The Washington Post Pension and Social Trends 1940
The piece discusses a steel trust pension plan with a $12,000,000 fund, pension ranges from 144 to 1200 yearly, and conditions for compulsory retirement and permanent incapacity. It also critiques social exclusivity and the expansion of New York society circles, comparing aristocratic access to wealth and status. It mentions Navy department budgeting issues, eight hour laws, and aviation “holes in the air” hypotheses with meteorological factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steel Trust
United States Steel Corporation
Congress
House Committee
Penglong
Infant Phenomenon Returns at Cornell as Prodigy Wiener
A sixteen year old at Cornell University, Nicholas Wiener, astonishes with mastery of philosophy from Alcibiades to Zeno, mathematics, and the classics while maintaining normal health. Experts caution prodigies are rare and often viewed with suspicion by brain and nerve specialists, who question the balance of talent and development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Nickivy
Vincent Crummiles
Cornell University
Arlow
Nicholas Wiener
Alcibiades
Zeno
Plato
Tie
Wiener
Not Extravagance and the Cost of Living Debate
A crowd of detached observations critiques extravagance and the high cost of living, blaming wage earners’ insecurity rather than the rich. It cites alcohol consumption, political irritants, and policy debates while mocking pretensions and noting varied social issues from Wall Street to temperance, tariffs, and public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Paul
Commonwealth
Wall Street
England
Democratic Party
Opened Philosophers Hall on Staten Island by Kolff Project
A log cabin named Philosophers Hall is planned on Staten Island for meditation and contemplation. Cornelius G. Kolff of the Richmond Holding Company and Staten Island Chamber of Commerce filed building specifications. The cabin, built by Robert Williams, rests on a hillside and features a Virginia style pitch roof and earthen floor. Kolff invites prominent figures to meditate using a corn cob pipe, and the project also promotes Staten Island real estate. A separate item recounts a trolley incident in Hackensack NJ where a motorman reports running over a lion, describing the startled passengers and the inspector’s inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staten Island
New York Times
Emerson Hills
John Geaton
Borough of
Richmond
Corneling G. Kolff
Staten Island Chamber of Commerce
Philosophers’ Hall
Mr. Kolff
Hudson River
Passaic Street
Hackensack
N. J
Harry Haddon
Haddon
Cow’s Palatial Home in Long Island Stable Room
Molly the large spotted cow owned by Joan Case of Sayville Long Island is kept in a dining room moved 75 feet to form a stable amid lace curtains and oil paintings once part of the Buel Tuthill homestead. Captain Albert Tuthill recalls the scene from the historic house. Fire at Harvard Club is put out with coal buckets tossed down chimneys by firefighters. Patrolmen Connolly and Smith coordinated from nearby Sherry’s as firemen delivered coal to extinguish flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Molly
Joan Case
Sayville
Long Island
Casé
Buel Tuthill
Case
Albert Tuthi
Harvard Club
West Forty-fourth Street
Connolly
Smith
Sherry
Harvard
Kavanaugh
Unclear excerpt from St Louis newspaper about a nervous guard
Fragmentary text mentions a person from St Louis and a guard in a wine cellar at height. Dialogue suggests nerves about a risky ascent and a flyer. No clear event, date, or identifiable entities beyond these fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Yale Students Work Through College Big Earnings Report
Yale News details 564 responding students earning a total of 190449 dollars from work during college. Graduate and senior groups topped the earnings with teaching and private tutoring leading, while waitering, furnace or sidewalk care, newspapers, lo dging, and church choir roles contributed state earnings across divisions and years. Evidence shows most funds came from term and vacation work, with notable gains in graduate school and scientific divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
En Haven Dispatch
New York Sun
Yale Bureau of Appointments
Yale News
SheMeld
SheMeld Scientific School
Archduchess to Wed a Mere Noble in Viennese Court Shuffle
From Vienna comes word of Archduchess Marie Alice’s engagement to Prince Ferdinand Montenuovo, heir to a powerful Austrian line. The match, amid dynastic tensions, hinges on Mediatized status and court politics shaped by Archduke Francis Ferdinand and Archduchess Isabella.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Ferdinand Montenuove
Austria
Marie Alice
Archduke Frederick
Isabella
Hapsburg
Europe
Marie Christine
Marie Henriette
Emmanuel Salm-Salm
Godfrey of
Hohenlohe
Elina de Bourbon
Duke
Parma
Elizabeth
Rudolf
Otto Windighgraetz
Marie Loulac
Renata
Charles Stephen
Jerome Radsiwili
Marie Alica
Ferdinand Montenuovo
William Montenuovo
Marie Louise
France
Count Adem Neipperg
Sardou
Madame Sans-Gene
Napoleon I
Almgnach de Gotha
Prince William
Napoleon
St Helena
Max Billard
Evelyn
Duchess of Wellington
Adam Neipperg
Marie-Tousse
Francia
Francis
Neippergs
Monténuovo
Montenuovo
Néuberg
Neipperg
Italy
Hungary
Wiliam Neipperg
Julia Batthyany
Francis Joseph
Prince Alfred
Vienne
Frances Kineky
Prince Alfred Montenuovo
Count Adam Neipperg
San Vi«tale
Archduchess
Pridea
Alfred Montenuava
Archduke Francia Ferdinand
Duchess of
Hohenberg
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Chotek
Isabela
Francis Ferdinand
Howzes
Grande Monde
Alfred Monténuovo
Jockey Club
Nobles Club
Mahkquine DE Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
Lies Out of Mexico
A Dallas News opinion criticizes sensational Mexico revolution rumors as exaggerated and false. It argues the public is quick to believe wild reports about Diaz era unrest, noting hoaxes such as arms shipments to Yaqui Indians were fabrications and urging cautious, clearer reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas News
Mexico
Diaz
Rio Grande
Alter Republic
Cananes
Slicer feminine form divine debate in Pittsburg Dispatch
Readers weigh Dr Sargent Harvard gymnasium view that rational dress open air and athletic training reduce traditionally feminine forms. Diverse opinions from Harrison Fisher Gibson John W Alexander on changes in the female figure and fashion. Authors argue whether true femininity is nature or fashion and note waist hip contrast altered by looser lacing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sargent
Pittsburg Dispatch
Harvard
Harrison Fisher
New York
Gibson
John W. Alexander
Alexander
Bull Rampage Hits Bristol Home in Narrow Kitchen
A runaway Holstein bull escaped from a farmhand headed for an abattoir in Bristol, rampaged through a street, forced entry into Mrs. Edward Rex’s home at 524 Mary Street, and wrecked the kitchen. It wedged between doors, pulled part of a wall, and caused gas fumes that nearly suffocated residents as neighbors helped turn off the gas and evacuate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
N. J
N. Y
Bristol
Edward Rex
Mary Street
Buckner mocks riches to stay rooted in Hart county mint life
Gen Simon Bolivar Buckner, famed Civil War commander and ex Kentucky governor, aged in his eighties, visits as an honorary guest and declares he would not trade his Hart county log cabin home, mint bed, spring water, and loyal dog for Vanderbilt or Rockefeller wealth. He urges others to value home and simple joys over riches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckner
Rockefeller
Souleride
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Kentucky
Hart County
Old
Kentuck
Vanderbilt
Salome at the Stock Yards satire and assorted clips
A collage of satirical verse on Salome at the stock yards and mockery of Chicago morals. The page reprints a New York World piece and humor about typhoid cases in Adirondack camps, plus brief editorial quips from Detroit Free Press and New York Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Linthicum
New York World
Chicago
Salome
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A collage of wry observations on money, romance, theater, and social foibles. The piece mocks rent, gender roles, theater profits, and amateur hunters while noting odd quips from police, astronomers, and writers about marriage, honesty, and vanity.
Dutch Officers Praise America and House Travel Comforts
Lieuts Coblyn and Mershon of Haarlem Bolland praise the United States at Miss Helen Taft’s tea, finding the country grand but criticizing railcar comfort and dining rituals. They admire American women and discuss European railway private compartments and smoking rules, while noting New York and Chicago horse shows and American hospitality. Representative Roberts urges torpedo boats to guard the Panama Canal over fortifications, arguing cost and mobility favor naval defense. Ohio’s Ansberry praises Ohio’s new delegation and predicts Harmon’s 1912 presidential nomination. Chicago and New York items note mustache conservation at the University of Chicago and a humorous telegram exchange from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieuts
Coblyn
Mershon
Haar
New York
Chicago
Europe
Lieut. Mershon
Ernest W. Roberts
Chelsea
Maas
Panama Canal
Mr Roberts
New Willard
Colon
Panama
Cor
Timothy Ansberry
Defiance
Ohio
Washington
New
Willard
Harmon
Ansberry
Oslo
Texas
Mr. Ansberry
Buckeyes
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The
Washington Prest
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Alawaarika
Washington Post CO
Washington, D.C
Washington, DC
Paul Miouk
Fifth Avenue
York
Steger
Marcord
Times
Witham
Naval Appropriations
Navy
Department
Ralph Johnstone
J. Armstrong Drexel
Denver
Johnstone
Arthur T. Abherholt
Aerolab of
Pennsylvania
Boston Society of Scientifc Research
Niagara
RCH
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Thomas Jefferson
Spain
Joe
Premier Asquith
Bill Sterett
Agity
Beef Trust
Doc Cook
Philadelphia
YALE
Bull
New York Evening Sun
Dr. Cook
Baron Munchaugen
Eva Prentice
Beveridge
T. R
Denmark
Aes
Ft Qnward
Lockport Dam
Michigan
Art
John
Charlea E. North
New York Milk Committee
Nathaniel Bowditch Potter
Detroit Free Press
New York Press
Chicago News
Alonzo
Cincinnati
Jane Kiss
Congress of Hirsute Conservation
Chicago Examiner
University of Chicago
Congress of Hiraute Conservation
New York Telegram
Erie
Reagan
Reno
Neweparn
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