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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1910
Page
6
In a Washington Post commentary, Mall argues that Congress and the Supreme Court have unsettled long standing marriage norms with the District of Columbia code. The piece questions the push for damages on wife beating and asserts a return to traditional remedies over alimony or divorce, noting division within the court and Congress on modern domestic policy.
An old Welsh rabbit recipe is mocked as a cultural artifact while the Department of Agriculture defends it as nutritious and digestible. The piece lampoons experts and notes many humorous preparations with cheese butter beer and pepper, ending with a cautious approval of the dish's harmlessness.
Ten years of bank growth show combined resources sufficient to purchase the rail system with deposits near sixteen billion and bank capitalization around thirty two billion. The Department of Justice reports enforcement restrained to clear violations while civil suits curb technical infractions and a hoped decline in repressive litigation follows. Fine sausage and buckwheat cake weather.
A discussion of British election practices and parliamentary seat politics contrasts with American norms. The essay notes how UK MPs can resign via the Chiltern Hundreds to clear seats for party leaders and how multi-seat contests influence party strength. It references John Calhoun and Webster era debates, and ends with a jab at rapid reform and the Kaiser.
A Hartford Times excerpt recalls House slurs between Wisconsin and Connecticut members over Yankee taunts, then recounts Col Mosby’s wartime visit to Col. Beeman and the First Vermont Cavalry and his meeting at the Colt factory. Mosby praises Oliver Ellsworth and Connecticut’s role in founding U.S. jurisprudence.
The Springfield Republican surveys European motor rules. Germany bans driving above 9 miles per hour in towns, requires photos birth certificates physician certificates and moral character, plus strict road tests for licenses. Italy enforces a harsh motor vehicle law with fines from 20 to 100 dollars for speeding in towns, and daylight 25 mile and night 12½ mile limits in the countryside. Strong cases cite narrow village streets and posts office vehicles contributing to public worry over automob
Count Albert Apponyi arrives in this country next month as the guest of the American Peace Society to tour the United States delivering addresses under its auspices. He is a leading Hungarian statesman and brother in law to Austrian Ambassador in London and Gen. Prince Hugo Dietrichstein. His eloquence and English speaking ability are noted for attracting audiences. The article recalls his past visit to the US for the international parliamentary congress in St Louis and describes his lineage, wealth, and political stance with pride in Hungarian nobility. It also discusses Sir Arthur Herbert's diplomatic moves and the fate of Napoleon II and the Capuchin vault in Vienna, linking to debates on Napoleonic remnants and potential political reverberations in France.
An analysis ranks Britain, the United States, and Germany by the number and tonnage of dreadnoughts and superdreadnoughts. It notes U S battleships New York and Texas at 27,000 tons, Britain's Lion and Princess Royal at 26,550 tons, and pegs Germany as least aggressive among the three, with the speaker claiming the U.S. is most pugnacious.
A collage of opinions hints at politics finance and society with references to a $10,000,000 gift from Washington Wall Street links to Panama Canal hopes and a Carnegie hero medal. Mentions include Baldwin Lorimer Doc Wiley San Francisco New Orleans and a Georgia sheriff.
From the Befelo Express an ode to Canadian winter and tobogganing. Canadians traverse from Labrador shores to western mountains turning snow into sociability and pleasure. Montreal is cited as where toborganing reaches its peak with pilots considered experts.
A New York Herald account recalls Tim the smooth-haired fox terrier aboard the steamship Indra, beloved by Officer W A Stafford and crew through storms from Hongkong to Manila. Goozee the Malay man aboard, said to have arms nearly touching the deck, deserted in Boston along with other dramatic shipboard events.
Excerpts discuss mosquito destruction strategies used in New Orleans and Honolulu. Mention calcium carbide dismantling wigglers in water, chlorine gas alternatives, and the use of mosquito fish to feed on wigglers. Notes Louisiana’s vast surface minnow population and dairy pond use. Also cites railroads and industry as prosperity drivers per Lealie’n.
From the New York World, Edward Douglass White becomes the first associate justice to be named chief justice. The piece notes past chiefs rose from political or private life, brandishes the break with a century of custom, and cites the legal tender case as a turning point in perceptions of judicial independence. The poem section laments Western fatigue and longs for the Yangtse-Kiang voyage.
A humorous poem recounts a Hoboken lodging house tale where a man finds his socks repaired at Christmas, transforming poverty into a kindly surprise. Also noted is a Montclair item about Peter McCann’s clock aided furnace control that automates heat before dawn, keeping a Bloomfield bank building comfortably warmed.
A retired merchant muses on settling down and fortune. He recalls that quitting business left him with an unexpected windfall only if he had kept going. The quip suggests contemplation of risk, prudence, and unforeseen gains in later life.
We buy pleasure, and it isn't, we build happiness, and It is. Nobody could be a cynic if the world was peopled only by children. Being in politics seems like hanging on a life raft in stormy mid ocean. Love is what a woman Wants before marriage and much harder afterward. You can tell when a woman's complexion is touched up a bit by how conscious she acts that it is natural.
A string of pointed aphorisms on honesty, misers, sympathy, and social behavior. The piece muses on policy, wealth, and gender norms with wry humor, noting how public morals blend with urban life and car culture.
United States minister George H Moses in Athens speaks of Greek women and city life, noting 50 000 dine out in summer as temperatures reach 112 degrees. In New Jersey politics, Lambert’s era chiefs discuss Woodrow Wilson, Senatorial contests, and possible outcomes with Hughes and Martine. Road works and river to river routes in Iowa are praised, while horse racing prospects in 1912 look strong for yearlings and breeders amid shifting markets and international demand.
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