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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1908
Page
24
The Washington Post details subscription options including daily and Sunday issues, mailed or delivered, with rates and postage prepaid. The page comments on U S Japan exchanges, Taft Cannon talks, tariff optimism, and calls for humane treatment of ex-convicts seeking reintegration into society.
A Chicago Dispatch to the New York Sun discusses Prof Hugo Müensterberg's talk on everyday psychology and its practical uses in law medicine and teaching. The piece riffs on politics tariffs romance and a mix of historical notes about Egypt South railroads and economic prospects for the South with quoted snippets and satirical asides.
A fragmentary reflection on hunting ethics contrasts with a debate over funding for the American commission to the Tokyo exposition of 1917. The piece recalls a hunting scene and shifts to a plea that Congress should not cut support, praising the commission members for safeguarding US Japan relations and military peacetime beacons.
Rear Admiral J B Coghlan, former vice president of the Navigation Congress, died last week. He led efforts to complete Point Judith harbor of refuge and a landing place, pressed War Department funding, and urged Congress to support the project. His letters to War Secretary Wright and Senator Frye highlighted the urgent harbor needs. His maritime colleagues note his energetic advocacy and memory honors.
The piece argues for humane treatment of ex convicts as the season of goodwill nears. It urges that once a offender has served his term and paid his debt, society should grant him an even chance to reform and rejoin law abiding citizens without suspicion or reproach.
After Dr Charles H Parkhurst preached at Madison Square Presbyterian Church a listener objected to his mention of refined sin. He cited Parkhurst’s contrast between Madison Avenue depravity and that of other avenues, reproducing Samuel Baile and Ling references to support his view.
Historian Dr Carlos D Godfrey of the adjutant generals department presents documentary evidence challenging the New Jersey Provincial Congress meeting site. He locates the 1776 session in taverns on North Warren Street, Haddonfield, disputing the Camden county legend at the Royal Oak or Mrs Rachel Stelle’s tavern and noting legislature funds in 2005 for the old tavern site.
A strange caller warned Mrs William T Brace that her husband, a former department store superintendent, and Mrs C Bradace were at the depot with a woman and had bought tickets to Seattle. The husband, Bruce Brace, 43, resigned days earlier, withdrew $9,000, and was arrested with Mrs Bradace as they stepped from a Western Pacific train in Seattle.
Count Alfred Durckheim Montmarin, newly promoted to full general and chief of one Bavarian corps, was arrested on high treason but never tried. Loyal to the late king, he acted as aide and remained a trusted adviser while the Bavarian throne faced palace politics and a regency. The king, detained with Dr Gudden, died at Berg. Durckheim's loyalty preserved amid treachery, with the full history yet unwritten.
A flock of starlings nests atop Manual Training High School in Brooklyn, mimicking human whistles to stop Seventh Avenue trolleys. Students report the birds tapping into romantic sounds, causing confusion as a starling couples with a girl and boy, while the birds whistle popular tunes from their perch.
An elderly horse ridden by Isaac Stevens on a Paterson New Jersey ride pursued a red fox across farm and woodland. The horse dodged trees and fences while Stevens clung on amid peril, aiding the chase until two men with dogs arrived and the fox was killed. A passing motorist then gave Stevens a ride home to Jacksonville.
Readers recall the fabled Capulet palace in Verona after a fire destroys the structure near Piazza della Erbe. Veronese pilgrims and scholars debate legend versus history, while the memorial remains a smoldering ruin and the balcony town lore endures.
The University of Breslau contracts with a Frankfurt accident insurer to cover mathematics astronomy physics chemistry pharmacy botany zoology mineralogy geology students at 86 cents per semester. Firemen and machinists and clinic employers are included with higher premiums. Death benefit is 0.5 to 1.0, annuities for total disability, smaller sums for partial disability, and 1 cent a day for up to one year if cured. Insurance optional for students in other branches.
A rare Borneo parasitic plant rivals the Rafflesia in size. The buah pak mah of Malays submerges entirely in its host tissues, with only a two foot wide flower protruding. Its repulsive odor and lack of beauty contrast with its claimed role in native pharmacopoeia. Multiple Raffies species exist, notably in Borneo, often as odd pairs of vines.
The Indianepolts Republican senators vow retaliatory tactics in the next session to unseat Democrats if they unseat a Republican. A Thursday meeting endorsed a unified front with no wrangling, aiming to retaliate against Democrats on any political matter, including potential seating fraud in Lake County.
A poemish feature notes a Bright Boy shows vanity from his father’s line yet remains amiable and sweet. It links stubbornness to maternal traits and reflects on winter New York conditions with radiator heat, gas bills, and tenants seeking warmth as streets turn indoors and commerce slows.
The account describes ruins in Venezuela and Colombia with mentions of decayed cities, earthquakes, plagues, and aging walls. It recalls remnants of grand bases once hosted by Bolivar era figures, including a partially roofed corner room now a butcher shop, frescoes and Caryatids, and an ant formed causeway two inches wide. It notes poverty, a few soldiers, and harsh local conditions including a distrustful innkeeper in a Colombian village demanding payment in devalued currency.
A fragmentary reflection on marriage and youth presents a sardonic view of aging and domestic life. The speaker contrasts a failing marriage diet with a lampoon of social expectations, likening misfortune to a collapsing ten story building.
A reflective column lampoons social morals with wry humor about money talk, romance, and debt. It notes women as mind readers would affect conversation, hints at reforming male habits, and satirizes payments and car ownership in casual urban discourse.
Arizona Governor Kibbey argues for statehood this Congress session while touting copper output, cantaloupes, and Salt River project water. He notes rail and port limitations, Galveston trade growth, and national policy debates, including tariff positions by Gresham, Bryan, and Bristow, amidst visitors in Washington.
A New York sourced report notes Oklahoma students and faculty at the State Agricultural and Mechanical College protest after the board of regents declines to reinstate a football coach. The action leaves about a hundred student aides and widespread discontent across campus life.
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