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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1909
Page
22
A fragmented page reports on Navy reform debates, British Lords vs Commons budget standoff, and Aldrich’s bank plan. It notes bureaucratic overhauls, fiscal tension, and global financial ideas amid partisan strains and upcoming elections.
Notice outlines payment methods for Washington Port CG in Washington DC including draft checks postal orders and registered letters payable to THE WASHINGTON PORT CG. It lists advertising representative Paul Look and references New York and a December 1 1800 date with minor garbled text.
A sprawling column parodies hydrodynamic feats and Martian speculation, tracing Canals in fiction to real world engineering by Col Gyethals and Sir William Willcocks. It humorously weighs Noahs flood, Panama and Nicara Rua canals, and hints at trust law and the Sherman act, ending with a brisk jab at salt pricing and competition.
The article argues against salt trusts and antitrust failures, then shifts to US diplomacy in Central America. It criticizes the Sherman act’s limited reach, notes a failed “pacific invasion” plan, and says public opinion opposed the commission, leaving US Latin American policy focused on information rather than intervention.
A long critique argues football should be halted due to brutality and corruption. President Stryker of Hamilton College condemns the sport as promoting vice, commercialism, and purchased success, urging abolition over reforms.
The Canadian minister of finance told Parliament the coming fiscal year will require 127,670, senior funds divided into 61.3 million for consolidated fund and 25.8 million for capital. The report notes a larger recent rise in Dominion appropriations than in the U S, citing growth in population land cultivation and industry as explanations. It adds a curious note on Lombroso and Perrier studies linking criminal types to arm length, suggesting criminals tend to have shorter arms than the average population.
A dignified college president recalls a vacation at a farmhouse in Mane town. A former boarding maid proves troublesome with neatness and table service. He suggests changes to sanitary setup and location, awaiting reply before deciding to return. A follow up note mentions hogs and confirms plans to visit.
Fragmentary report describes a six year old boy in Chicago who feels numb and asks about the dead. His sister wonders why the singers in church are placed above the pulpit and seated on the mantel piece, prompting questions about church seating and the choir.
The New York Herald lauds Mr Meyer for applying business methods to reform the Navy Department. It praises his patience and aims, citing improved efficiency and readiness. The piece notes broad public support for his approach and cites favorable views from rival papers. Meyer's guiding idea is that navy yards exist to serve the fleet, not the other way around.
New York World analysis cites Armour & Co disclosures showing a gross profit of 10682 000 on 720000000 capital and a surplus of 7107 996 or 45 4 percent dividend. It argues extortion charges against the packers are justified by windfall profits and inflated meat prices passed to consumers.
A bronze cup found near the Aluyo fortress site in Haltem im Weatphalie holds a dried black mass identified as Roman ink by Prof Kassner. The soot tannate mix includes iron oxide copper oxide clay magnesia and other compounds, with possible perfumed ink from Tals suggesting import origins.
International congress delegate Humphrey from Philadelphia criticizes U S building laws and fire protection. He cites Europe’s lower per capita fire losses, urges adoption of motor fire engines, and predicts New York faces a major blaze similar to San Francisco and Baltimore unless reforms occur. He sails December 11 aboard the Mauretania. Additionally, Adair County goats are valued for clearing brush and producing meat, with Binford Ranch leading in goat output.
An obscure Newark Press column laments the rise of oily, waterlogged oysters labeled as dropsical and argues such fattened shellfish are a health threat. It warns that brackish water polluted with sewage can produce typhoid germs and urges banning dropsied oysters from commerce year round.
A projected Fort Bragg connection with the Northwestern Pacific is advancing with rights of way secured and funding in place. Construction could begin in spring, opening rich redwood lands and a fertile northern coastal strip to eastern settlers and boosting a potential regional boom through Willits to Mendocino and Humboldt counties.
A report outlines plans to electrify Austrian railways using electricity as motive power where feasible and petroleum fuels when not. The Alpine lines, including the Amberg route between Innesyruck and Brogens, are under study with two large hydraulic plants identified and water power sources surveyed for potential use.
Fragmentary prose mocks perceived fate in relationships. It cites a woman abusing a husband and a deceitful actress, then shifts to male cowardice and fear. It concludes with sharp observations on women demanding servants and denying truth, in a caustic, ironic tone.
A garbled excerpt discusses gender roles and duty with glimpses of a suburban father and mother, a bearded child in Englewood, and a memory of a boy learning to spell. The piece touches on fear, childhood, and self-teaching in a fragmentary, newspaper-voice mood.
Former Governor Murphy argues the tariff tax on corporations is fair and necessary though some business leaders oppose government dictates on corporate salaries and operations. He cites Keystone issues, cites New Jersey GOP work, and defends presidential Taft style policy while advocating a broad waterways program and names Harding and Harmon as political contenders.
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