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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1911
Page
10
A long, discursive column discusses Utopian imagery, celebrity poets, and romantic entanglements, interweaving Upton Sinclair and Harry Kemp with marriage trials and public policy debates. It shifts to the Loelschen glacier discovery, befitting a digest of sensational curiosities and literary musings, followed by brief assorted notices on crime, travel, and society.
Louis Hepnetto, penniless at 53, recalls living 15 years in a 60 room basement at 114 South Seventh Street. He denies riches, claiming his father is worth 3 to 4 million, living in Genoa on interest and urging his son to move abroad. Hepnetto says he earned more as a boy selling papers, once kept only a dog and a photo of his dead family, and now lives modestly with his old dog Jack and three puppies.
The article recalls Bill Stegall a long-time Nett County representative, defeated amid a wave favoring Vardaman. It details his distinctive oratorical style, rural roots, and memorable anecdotes, noting the loss to Pontotoc’s political scene and the impact on the Mississippi House. It then shifts to Leopold of Belgium and Agadir tensions, a failed Moroccan mission, and a biographical sketch of Prince Bibescu and the Bibesco family, highlighting their roles in Romanian and European history.
In a brief, wry dialogue a speaker questions a class for its context while another laughs at a remark about a person named Jack. The tone hints at social evaluation and casual familiarity within a urban setting.
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The insurgent leaders and Democrats prepare sharp attacks on President Taft as they study tariff bills and weigh disloyalty charges in the wake of the extra session. Champ Clark signals a fierce crossfire with hammer and tongs, echoing blacksmith imagery as debates intensify. The aftermath shows no concession to regular proceedings amid political speculation.
A dated editorial reports a surge of Black Hand outrages in New York with bombs and kidnappings rising weekly. It blames weak immigration controls, laments police difficulty, and urges stricter character certificates for immigrants to curb lawless acts.
A bulldog dispute sparked a street brawl at Macdougal and Sullivan streets as Attilio Simone and Vincenzo Mirabella fought with fists revolvers and a baseball bat. Mirabella fired four shots wounding Simone, then Napaloni joined with a bat. Simone and Napaloni were hospitalized or jailed.
A Philadelphia Chronicle recounts Jules Verne's imagined voyage and how modern feats now surpass it, with a Paris journalist circling the globe in under forty days and future travel shrinking distances. It reflects on imagination versus fact, aging literature, and the shrinking world driven by aviation and rapid transport. It also cites a Minneapolis Journal poem celebrating renewal in spring and the enduring energy of old love.
A fragmented Kansas City Star piece features Bacchus imagery and a drowsy meadow tavern scene, alongside a New York World item about a Ossining hen that sat on fifteen eggs amid a wreck, showing devotion to duty. A Carmi Illinois note reports a marriage scheme between Dr. S P Morgan and a Beanville woman, who fled after learning his age and appearance via a long-ago photograph.
A satirical sketch notes a man’s lean joke drawing a fat laugh and jokes about the devil’s snoop amid rosy automobile dreams. It reflects on flirtation, the mechanics of flirting, and a woman’s need to stay on good terms with servants to avoid gossip in the neighborhood.
From the Chicago News a compact social sketch notes that many girls secretly aim for fame as art models while men care little for meals if coffee is acceptable. It also jokes that bachelors dislike roasting but married life can be harsher. A critic’s habit of judging others hampers personal achievement.
Maryland voters selected Arthur Pue Gorman over Blair Lee for governor with Baltimore backing the organization’s influence. The result promises future state issues to shape the campaign while Republicans look to exploit residual primary tensions to challenge Democrats in November.
District discussions consider replacing current Washington police guarding the White House with soldiers from Fort Myer. Business leaders see tax savings if the change reduces annual guarding costs, while concerns arise over protection levels and the need for more officers to cover special assignments.
A tender exchange unfolds as a woman and man discuss life as romance and the author of their fate. The man asks where he fits in their life story and she replies humorously that he is Chap Seventeen in their novel.
The New York Evening Sun reports measles raging in American Samoa. It cites Fiji’s 1870s outbreak when about 49,000 of 150,000 died, nearly one third, due to late medical care and ignorance. By contrast, Samoa shows relative immunity but faces deadly hemorrhagic “black measles” in new communities, feared more than smallpox.
Donaldsonville Dispatch reports Wilson Arnoldt, a house and sign painter, jumped from a ferry landing into the Mississippi River and survived after floating downstream. He blamed his weight for the attempt, promised not to try again, and quipped about being a possible swimmer. The item also includes a moral about fables and a Philadelphia instructor’s remark on a wolf and the lamb.
In Washington and Baltimore discussions a proposed parkway and boulevard linking the two cities between Washington and Baltimore is pushed by Baltimore business leaders. Senator Smith introduces a survey bill, with architects predicting a two to five million project including long park-ways, aiding surrounding counties and fostering growth toward Gettysburg.
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