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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1908
Page
22
The article discusses support for the Speaker of the House and declares honesty a central virtue. It asserts the Speaker’s knowledge of coin and legislation, urges loyalty to the House, and warns opponents while defending the Speaker’s fitness and integrity for reelection.
Fragmentary text references MACCAPLFS HEROES and writing to Jewish children in a settlement. Lacks coherent events, dates, or names. Content appears garbled with many misparsed words, yielding no verifiable people, places, or actions to summarize reliably.
Toledo December 2 Representative Isaac R Sherwood plans a congressional resolution to remove from the Congressional Record a so called personal presidential message. He argues Roosevelt s Panama message was part of a personal controversy with the New York World editor and not within constitutional powers.
Gov George Curry appeals for statehood, praising New Mexico’s population, industrious economy, and credit. He notes strict enforcement of laws, prohibition of gambling, and Sunday closing, asserting the territory’s readiness for statehood. The report was made public yesterday.
The Canal Zone faces huge government property value with only minimal insurance. The fire force combines 49 paid firefighters and 226 volunteers protecting 3338 frame buildings. Regulations are strict, inspections frequent, and readiness high but risks persist through dry periods and vast campus-like isthmus facilities.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that transfer allowances for sugar shipments from refineries to trains were unlawful rebates. It ordered carriers to stop the practice and hinted at further enforcement actions if tariffs and prices are not adjusted to eliminate the payments. The decision, reached after months of consideration, centers on two cent per hundred pounds cartage refunds deemed illegal under security of gross and net rates. The dispute involves refiners in New York and Philadelphia and the practice's impact on shipper costs.
The Very Rev William Joseph Kirby outlined a socialist progression from simplified life views and belief in a bankrupt present order to the claim that private capital causes distress and collective ownership is the remedy. He allowed for good elements in socialism while noting personal opposition to socialism as a whole.
A fragmentary account details a gala of titled figures and celebrities in London and the Riviera. It notes Queen Alexandra and the Dowager Countess of Lurcity, prominent socialites Mrs Harman and Mrs Baring, and actress Miss Webber among others, with the Windsor cock cup recipe and Windsors famed brew teased as society lore. The piece sketches wardrobes, arrivals, and a lively social rivalry among elite women at the Ritz and on travel, highlighting fashion, marriages, and notable hosts.
In Allentown Pennsylvania a safeblowners raid disrupted the village waking residents with an explosion believed to be blasting. Thieves fled with over 3690 dollars in stamps cash and securities including Emanuel National Bank bonds Adelaide Snk Company bonds Telefon company bonds deposits and deeds.
The Rev J Henning Nelms speaks on Christmas welcome and meaning for mankind at the Church of the Ascension. He traced the events leading to Christ birth and its impact on world history, darkness to light, and the hope born with the baby Jesus.
Chairman Payne expects Andrew Carnegie the Laird of Skibo to be last witness heard before the Ways and Means committee. Carnegie will explain why tariffs should stay, while steel interests push for protection. The committee plans to complete the hearings and frame a tariff bill for the House after winter recess.
Children of Adas Israel School presented a Chanukah program at Sixth and I Street NW with candles lit by students and an address by Adolphus S Solomons. The ceremony recalled ancient commemorations and featured a student-led recitation and song.
The afternoon discourse by Rev Samuel Ho Woodrow addressed care and burdens. He contrasted secular mottos of indulgence and theories of humanity with Christ as the real comforter who can blot out the past, remove future fears, and strengthen present duty.
President elect Laft pledges to continue Roosevelt era policy toward Latin America. A letter from Julia Barrett at the International Bureau of American Republics dated December 7 notes Root’s Latin American visits and measures to foster goodwill and expand commercial relations, aiming for closer, beneficial international links.
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