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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1910
Page
6
Publication office and subscription rates for Washington Post dated Monday August 29 1910 outline carrier delivery areas in Washington and Alexandria. Instructions cover payment methods and mailing addresses with terms for Sunday and weekly editions, plus advertising representative and post office entry note.
The President's campaign letter to Chairman McKinley is hailed as the strongest GOP document to date. It argues for electing Republican congressmen regardless of insurgent ties, defends Congress's achievements, and criticizes Speaker Cannon while praising Taft's administration and tariff plans. The piece frames the letter as a decisive statement aimed at rallying party voters and shaping the upcoming electoral contest.
A fragment discusses a shift in British mood as pessimism gives way to strength and optimism. It notes imperial pride, reports of vigor in the old country, and a press push to buck up and focus on national resilience amid external comparisons.
A 1909 perspective connects rising meat prices to scarce livestock, blaming corn use and dietary shifts toward vegetarianism. It cites Texas convict farming as a model and notes England’s colonies as proof, arguing inmate labor on farms could address food supply and unemployment.
The health department must collect record and report public health data to inform and warn communities during epidemics. Officials need discretion to present facts tactfully without alarm or deception. Full cooperation and access to complete data are essential for accurate scientific deduction and effective administration.
A writer in a Southern paper calls for a statesman to advocate restricting cotton exports and exporting only finished goods. He argues Congress has no inherent power to ban raw cotton, warns of economic ruin and universal hardship, and predicts global trade collapse if raw materials are blocked. He asserts the cheapness dynamic benefits planters and foreign spinners alike.
The American Prison Association meets from September 2 to October 10 and the International Prison Congress runs October 2 to 8 in this city. The events will focus on prison reform including parole and penalties. Delegates will discuss methods for handling offenders and parole features adopted by various legislatures.
A critic argues that English writers claim no word for home while Americans say a house is home. The piece contrasts wealth and homelessness, noting a home is defined by people and daily life, not mansions or yachts. It suggests true home comes from those beneath its roof, not status.
A verbose critique blends vaudeville offers to Leneve with headlines on Jack Johnson, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Harry Thaw, and Joe Gana. It rails at morbid celebrity culture, political candidacy, and election weather, praising Sunny Jim while mocking national appetite for notoriety and the era’s public figures.
A Philadelphia Rhodes Scholar returning from three years at Oxford offers a critical view of the English university system. He finds curriculum lax and social life prioritised over academics, noting few recitations and many freedoms. The piece discusses Rhodes trust aims, cross-Atlantic ties, and that evaluating outcomes requires more time.
A New York Evening Mail report describes a bizarre rite by eleven northeastern Indian Hindus in a dingy Twenty third Street room. A pure white dove was killed before a brazier as a youth priest chanted prayers for protection, then a strong drink was shared and participants dispersed to distant goals. The scene contrasts with contemporaneous London municipal data on street washing and overhead wires.
Pietro Pistro, working with a railroad crew in Florida, barely dodges a rattlesnake strike as he lifts his leg from a log during noon lunch. He curses the snake after its fangs slash the bark beneath him. The incident highlights danger warned to workers on site.
King Alfonso of Spain ends England visit without meeting cousin Dor Alfonso amid a royal dispute over an unauthorized marriage to Princess Beatrice. The article notes his dismissal from the army and loss of titles, plus royal stable tensions as Gen. Sir Henry Ewart retires as crown equerry and reforms loom under Capt. Fitzwilliam. It touches on Lutheran leadership in Sweden and excommunication practices, including Upsala’s archbishop and historic tombs.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch notes how Americanisms endure in speech as plain people preserve old idioms. It cites ditchwater versus dishwater, buncombe versus cantankerous, frazzle, and a long southland vocabulary showing enduring regional language.
A Detroit News-Tribune column mocks so called feminine bluffers, detailing how women bluff to threaten action and the social contempt that follows. It argues husbands and fathers see through bluffs and warns readers to avoid promising actions they will not perform.
September state elections in Maine and Vermont draw national notice for delaying presidential votes until November. The piece recalls October balloting in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana in past decades, its political impact on national contests and shifts in party fortunes from 1856 to 1880s.
From the London Times viewpoint the fashion system is a clear process driven by three players: manufacturers, dressmakers, and wearers. Leaders set trends to attract attention. followers adopt to avoid conspicuousness, then a new cycle begins as novelty sustains demand and profits.
A satirical column notes how truth struggles to survive in commentary about work and romance. It mocks self importance and social pretensions, reflecting on interactions between men and women and the sting of being underestimated for humor and wit.
In Washington at the New Willard Representative J. H. Small of North Carolina urges a broad waterways plan with public, free terminals owned by states or municipalities to improve navigation and freight handling. Nashville's J H Blanton praises Fisk Jubilee Singers and their world tours boosting the university. A naturalized German, H. L Schultz of New York, argues Germany might adopt a republic if needed, and G R Hemphill of Oklahoma predicts Roosevelt's 1912 run, noting Western delegates would push for him. A Cleveland Leader query ridicules a sign about serving ladies and gentlemen at a small restaurant.
Ignace Paderewski recalls an encounter on Broadway where a pug-nosed boy with papers teased him about the time. After Paderewski sought justice from nearby officers, they checked a clock and calmly allowed him eight minutes, offering no remedy for the insult.
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