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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1910
Page
6
Representative Cary of Wisconsin introduces a House bill for a 25 percent salary increase for government workers earning 2500 dollars a year or less. The piece argues clerical staff perform essential labor, deserve fair pay, and that retirement provisions and efficiency reforms should accompany any raise.
A historical reflection on Supreme Court justices and politics, noting Hughes’s departure from party ties upon joining the bench, and recounting figures like John McLean Chase Sprague Davis and their involvement with presidential politics in the 19th century. The piece traces how court members were candidates or perceived as such while maintaining judicial roles.
The piece lauds Senator George T. Oliver of Pennsylvania for his six years in Washington and anticipated re election, praises his manufacturing background and tariff knowledge, and argues for his continued Senate service. It also critiques fire prevention policy, urging uniform state legislation to reduce fire losses and improve economic stability.
A Nashville dispatch recalls 1860s wartime passion between Miss Martha O Bryan and Capt John Yates Beall. Beall, a Confederate spy hanged February 24 1865, was betrothed to her as her virgin widow. Rumors tie Beall to John Wilkes Booth and a pardon bid, amid reflections on Hale Andre and Sam Davis.
The school board defends higher appropriations by outlining Washington's unique system and listing Acts of omission at higher levels. It argues funding needs are urgent and that responsibility lies with the Capitol authorities, with historical notes from the 1508 commission. The piece juxtaposes policy concerns with whimsical notes and topical quips.
The journal argues objections to reciprocity with the United States. It warns that tariff reductions could boost US demand for Canadian goods, undermining Canada's gains from reciprocity. It favors independent national legislation over treaty constraints and cautions against coercion, industry disruption, and political risk.
A New York Times piece notes France will set clocks to Greenwich Mean Time, counting hours and days second by second. Paris will set Paris heure legale, Brest remaining 27 minutes off, linking French and English business and diplomacy.
The government plans a naval inspector general to oversee fleets and naval forts, with duties similar to the army’s inspector general. Likely appointees include Admiral Sir Edmund Poe or Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman, amid broader talk of unified command in European waters.
After Norman Hapgood spoke Judge Gary announced a public call for George Ade to present his work. Ade recited a comic serenade about microbes, a Darwinian love ballad performed as a stage piece for the New Theater, with mock dialogue and verses detailing a germ and its suitor in a playful science humor tableau.
The world’s only trained hippo Caliph at New York Central Park is taught color recognition by Keeper Joseph Kennedy. Caliph, ten and a half, now distinguishes blue and other colors, a feat for hippos, after months of repetition and training behind iron bars.
Washington dispatch reports Kentucky Congressman Ollie James leaving Champ Clark's office grinning as Rep Hinkead asks the reason. James shows a bourbon bottle and a box of cigars, adds a new gun on his hip, claiming such items satisfy any Kentuckian.
Grouchy visitor demands the boss at the prom venue as office boy reports the boss is bald with a thick belt of trousers and boots greased for trouble. The terse exchange hints at a comic workplace prank set amid noisy preparations.
Henry Watterson argues in Louisville Courier Journal that Democrats risk a chaotic, corruptible House if committee appointments move to a separate committee on committees. He deems such a reform a football game of barter, diminishing responsibility and favoring self seeking members, with Champ Clark pressured to accept.
A playful verse about holiday shopping and the endless refrain of what to buy for family and friends. The speaker laments the burden of presents, wandering through stores and weighing jewels, fur, and art as crowds hum along with the catchy tune. Names and specifics reflect a humorous city scene and the struggle to find gifts for relatives.
A poetic fragment describes Mary Clark Abbott in the Metropolitan, a dim sunset over a pine hill, silver pale light, dusty gold road, and a star brightening the path toward a heart’s desire as night falls marked by uncertain light and lingering beauty.
A Milwauaaa era piece notes Maude, a carefree girl, and her mother, strict about propriety. The mother confronts Maude after discovering gum stuck on a piano keyboard. Maude replies humorously that she was seeking gum she had misplaced, diffusing the moment with wit.
From the Chicago News: a discussion of new canals linking rivers and coast reveals a 100 mile inland route improving navigation from Baltimore to Florida. A Thanksgiving voyage on five private yachts, including Widgeon and Katharine F., traces the Jacksonville to Miami crossing via Jacksonville to St Augustine stretch. The waterway promises both leisure cruising and future commercial use.
Eldora Iowa lawyer John Porter aged eighty five recalls admission before the Supreme Court in 1833 and meeting Lincoln Garfield and McKinley. He describes the Dred Scott decision and his Washington trip to press an Interior Department claim. Other interviews note Cuban politics under Gomes and possible Zayas succession, plus remarks by former Senator Hopkins and Oklahoma law enforcement on pattern of crime decline.
Truth runs a slow face with a lie. Men groan with horror while women endure with smiles. Children believe in Santa Claus to humor their parents. When a woman has a good complexion she knows nobody else’s a remedy. People who like to quarrel will do it in an effort to prove they never.
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