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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1911
Page
11
A Washington Post extract examining Taft era politics, insurgent tactics, and legislative costs. It analyzes pension expenditures, the hypothetical impact of war-time costs, and the vulnerability of Republican strategy to publicity stunts, Chicago conventions, and committee maneuvers. It argues that fake stampedes and aggressive rhetoric fail to alter underlying political realities.
The 1080 page volume The Souths Physical Recovery issued by the Southern Commercial Congress recasts the Atlanta convention as a pledge to unite the South and the nation. It argues nine physical assets like coastline rainfall soils forests and minerals give the South leadership in exports and imports and a path to economic unity beyond old political lines. It also notes the Congress aims to teach the world the South’s opportunities and welcomes labor with generous rewards.
The article surveys a national debate on war strains and veteran pensions. It notes pressure from inside and party lines pushing the $70,000,000追加 aid, with critics warning of pork barrel politics and the impact on rivers and harbors funding. It mentions a likely endgame, a draft skirmish, and political blame games as Congress debates pension bills.
Long history of Paisley as a world center for thread and textile production. Notes on Painley works, scale of mills, engines, and workforce, with details on wages and hours. Recalls the 1697 witchcraft tragedy linked to Christian Shaw and the early origin of thread making in the region, credited to Lady Blantyre and the emergence of barbering thread in Newfrew shire.
Long feature notes the seminary housing the largest Bible collection in the country, tracing its origins to John Pintard and the Copinger purchase, later expanded by Dean Hoffman and his son. It highlights Gutenberg’s 1450 Mainz Bible among 1,206 editions in 2,375 volumes, plus extensive language diversity and ongoing gifts and enrichment.
Capt Willan Pakenham, long noted as a naval warfare expert and ally of Winston Churchill, has been appointed a lord of the admiralty amid a board reorganisation. The report traces the Pakenham lineage and ties to Anglo Irish nobility, and notes his single foreign-born ally on the Japanese flagship during the war with Japan. It also covers Bonaparte lineage and Corsican noble status with references to historical figures and titles.
Albert Marion Hyde, Brockton pastor, circulates ten commandments for wives among leading society women. The rules mock fashion, gossip, and spending on status, urging single life over marriage for money, cautioning against liquor at parties, neglect of children, and hypocritical church attendance.
Frank Kuntz, caretaker of the Peter Pan Fishing Club property near West 195th street, fought a young eagle in dense fog before dawn. Using a boathook, he struck the bird after a ten minute struggle, breaking its neck. the eagle, nearly three feet long, appeared to have been pursuing pigeons along the shore.
The document from China ends the estate of Lee Hoyes a former Boston merchant killed in a railway accident. The will on yellow rice paper includes Chinese hieroglyphics and an English translation with identity certs for Lee Hoyes wife and son and a $20000 widow’s share receipt. Fingerprint of the widow appears on another paper.
A warden on Long Island uses wheat to feed winter quail by tying a sheaf around tree trunks and spreading loose food as snow falls. Birds shelter under bent tops to feed, leaving uncovered shelves. Also a comic exchange from Harper's Weekly parodies a line about fools and money.
A New Rochelle dispatch recounts a jet black long haired cat named Kinky, claimed to be a freak show exhibit in cat shows. The cat, from Africa, sailed with a New York bound crew, survived ship misadventures, and earned a notorious reputation aboard vessels for mischief and escapes.
A collage of old verse and a comic exchange on hair nets reflecting 19th and early 20th century views. It juxtaposes women’s wage concerns with traditional expectations, plus a traveler’s quiet road meditation and a joke about invisible hair nets.
A collection of wry observations about life and marriage contrasts, noting light hearts with light heads, catching cold, love awareness, diamond wisdom, and ministers. It jests at male self certainty and the comforts of home versus club life for married men and mothers tracking a baby’s age in exact detail.
Juxtapositions and wry observations on appetite conscience and social ascent. A witty catalog of musings on women sleep travel and male vanity ends with a sharp note on status and advice.
Judge Thomas Burke of Seattle says Washington is returning to Republican lines after a period of insurgency. He notes large crowds listened to Taft, praising his honesty and convictions, and predicts Taft would win Washington if nominated. Kansas Democrats also favor Speaker Clark, while Missouri hopes a Missourian leads the national ticket, signaling possible Democratic victory in 1912.
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