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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1908
Page
6
The notice notes delivery from Fennsylvania Avenue and Fourteenth Street, praising outdoor life for reducing patent medicine sales. It details subscription rates by mail and carrier, with pricing for daily and Sunday editions, and lists payment methods and postal information for The Washington Post in Washington DC.
A long column argues that cheap food will dominate politics if urban costs rise, endorsing a coffee duty for revenue while noting past failures in tariff policy. It details Castro’s alleged Venezuelan plunder and widespread expropriations, calling for protection and fiscal measures amid international dispute.
Joseph Hallinger aged 27 of 496 Must 16d Street, a jewel seller, married Misa Urances Silverstein age 19 of 50 Petersburg Street at 31 Second Street. The ceremony featured a double vow as a quarter century bride wore golden sheen attire. Hallinger and Silverstein celebrated with 70 guests, family elders Burnett Wayman attended, and Rabb Abraham Ornatein presided from Congregation Shaad Shaymin Allington Street.
Charles Hess Jr woke to a dog barking and threw a shoe at the intruder. The tiny fox terrier Yopsy woke the family, alerted them to a kitchen stove leak, and kept them from harm as the house filled with escaping gas. The Hess family at 49 Gaston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, credited the dog with saving their lives.
Patrick Sullivan an ice wagon driver found Tuesday a ten thousand dollar gold certificate in an old tomato can in an alley. Conrad Beebe of Southern Minola National Bank examined the bill through a microscope and said it seemed genuine. The note was sent to the St Louis subtreasury for further examination.
Gerard Lowther, recently knighted and elevated to privy counsellor, arrives in Constantinople as ambassador with a salary around 56,000 annually and a well-equipped entourage. He is credited with restoring British influence, guiding Young Turks, preventing bloodshed after the coup, and averting Ottoman Austrian conflict while maintaining order in a tense eastern Europe. His diplomatic reach extends to calming tensions with Bulgaria and moderating Ottoman Austrian trade disputes, positioning Britain as a dominant force in the city once more.
Cartoonist George McManus creator of Newlyweds and Panhandle Pete obtains a marriage license in New York City. Clerk Scully chides him for lampooning matrimony while Florence Bergere supports reform and jokes about keeping him in line. The couple plans a future together as the office records the ceremony.
Samuel L. Clemens adopts the Mark Twain name as a corporate vehicle to keep the financial benefits of his works within his family. The Mark Twain Company of New York is formed with Clemens as president, Ralph W. Ashcroft as secretary and treasurer, and his daughters Clara L and Jean I Clemens plus Isabelle V Lyon as directors. The incorporation papers were filed with state authorities.
Elly Butts, revered by students, tethers to a rope as Billy Butts rams janitor George Bowen, tipping him into a 20 foot embankment and later a snowbank. Bowen’s pride and the students’ amusement collide as a tale of a ram turning the tables and laughter erupts among nearly 106 trainee teachers.
David Q Brien aged 98 of Bay Shore Long Island was jailed on a charge of attempting suicide. Suffolk County District Attorney George Ho Furman appealed to County Judge Griffing for release, visited Brien in jail and spoke kindly. Brien was released and to be taken to Yaphank Hospital for Christmas dinner with plans to place him in a peaceful institution for his remaining days.
Samuel Van Dorn, 18, son of Abraham Van Dorn, a Black Jamaica resident on Rockaway Road, died Wednesday from peritonitis after reportedly betting he could eat a printing glass. He recalled wagering with Jim Smith a month earlier, winning a dollar before his death. Van Dorn had bought a ring for his "best art" with the dollar.
A New York Tribune bulletin from the United States Geological Survey notes a historic drop in U.S. copper output in 1907 versus 1906 while other minerals show steadier variation. It discusses aluminum as a potential substitute for copper in power transmission and trolley wiring, citing its lighter weight, sufficient conductivity, and lower production costs, but warns of issues in motors, dynamos, and underground cables due to conductor size and insulation needs.
A clipped verse framed as a business transaction in Chicago is used to narrate a tale of gullibility and loss. The speaker recalls a stranger who offered an easy deal and, after a flurry of boasts, the “jewels” vanished the next day, exploited by promises of great wages. The piece centers on Cornelia Ashard and her flat, with references to a Federal building sale as a metaphor for the fraud.
A fragmentary, older sounding passage discusses New York murder rates and indictments in 1908, noting 40 indictments for homicide in the county of New York, with 21 for murder and 19 for manslaughter, plus broader context on convictions and executions. It also references President Cleveland and a religious theme about belief in God and Christ.
A satirical sketch on gender and romance notes a woman’s view that a man’s poetic leanings fade in politics. It argues vice or virtue, sentiment or sustenance, shape how a fiancée or husband is judged, suggesting a woman endures emotion even when appetite runs low.
A compact fragment critiques vanity and social mistakes. It notes women bearing men’s vanity, bullies as remedies to trouble, discreet enemies preferred to discreet friends, men claiming charity by advice, and women grasping pointless humor. It ends with a joke about crowds and a remark that small changes help, but large cash is better.
Oklahoma voters showed a Republican tilt with Alfred Wright predicting a GOP win if a fuller campaign were run. He cited Bryan’s 1904 Oklahoma victory and a shrinking Democratic plurality, noting legislative gains for Republicans and Indians’ civic status in the state. Wright, a half blood Chickasaw lawyer, warned of long-term political realignment and Indian suffrage implications.
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