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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1909
Page
38
A lengthy column rails against reformers in politics and the tariff reform push. It argues reformers overstep, calls for a halt on what is labeled reckless lawmaking, and warns that tariff changes threaten treasury funds and broader commerce. It also critiques sensationalism in New York society and defends traditional marriage against radical trial unions.
A disjointed reminiscence discusses a Kentucky smoked chine and Virginia Virginia pork dish amid long digressions on Reconstruction era naval policy and Southern industry. The narrative mingles historical recollection with critiques of naval experts and references to political figures, suggesting a broader meditation on regional fortunes and federal power.
Justice William J. Gaynor spoke at the New Rochelle Forum on City Government and Reformers. He urged that courts be subject to critique, argued New York’s city government showed signs of despotism, and urged active oversight of department heads to ensure honest work and proper governance.
In a Fifth Avenue Baptist Church sermon Rev. Dr. C. F. Aked lauded Darwin alongside Lincoln and Gladstone as emanicpators of the mind. He argued heroes deserve veneration and praised the Christian Church for fostering hero worship, urging recognition of great figures who shaped our rational life.
The Philadelphia Dispatch reports a sea brake project for the battleship Indiana to reduce stopping distance. Winged plates will attach to the sides at Cramp's shipyards, operated by pneumatic control from the firing bridge, with a test planned in Delaware Bay attended by Navy officials and Cunard officers to gauge practicality.
From the New York Times a preacher predicts telepathy will surpass wireless telegraphy. He says telepathy will arrive under divine guidance, not as a medium led sideshow, and will mark a new era of intellectual supremacy.
An Athens Texas Review item notes a new legislator asked an Austin hotel for the lowest rate for himself and wife during the session. The hotel quoted 195 per month, he said he could not pay with a 150 salary, and his letter was returned with a penciled note reading it can be done. The column also cites a Cleveland Plain Dealer jab about Africa being tamed after Washington with a quip about Roosevelt.
A satirical note from the Chicago Evening Post imagines New Orleans threatening to feed Mr Taft with shark or alligator steaks and questions whether he will be turned into an experiment station for edible displays.
The Hari of Morley arrives in the country not to be confused with Lord Morley of Blackpool. Parker family holds Devon seat at Latham House with portraits by Reynolds and ties to Admiral Sir Hyde Parker. The heir Capt. Montgene Parker, wounded in the South African war, is nephew of Canada’s governor general and Lady Grey. A British commander Gen. Sir Thomas Kelly Kenny, Irish Catholic landowner, sworn veteran of many campaigns, arrives aboard the Mauretania for US visit.
Mayor Hibbard trims Boston's spending saving about 1 million annually after auditor notes. The piece also recounts Dumbarton’s historic charter loss and restoration dispute with the University of Edinburgh over a 1609 document. Other brief items include Worthing station burial ground intake and scattered notices.
The New York American carried an ad by T. O’Loughlin of 73 Carroll Street Brooklyn offering men for sale as slaves. Applicants numbered about 200 with few women. Prospective buyers from across the United States wrote seeking workers for farms and households, some expressing ridiculous eagerness to purchase.
Joseph S. Wilson in Newton New Jersey faced a moral dilemma after discovering ten black bass frozen in a cake of ice during a thaw. He had cast each fish back into the water rather than taking them as prizes, clinging to his claim of being an honest and conscientious fisherman despite the unusual catch.
Billy the goat, a familiar Livingston figure, roams a James Mendel garage area. An angry chauffeur tipped gasoline onto Billy after a bite attempt, igniting a fire that flared as the goat charged the car’s brass hub. Alfred Schwartz and bystanders battled flames with snowballs until the goat was saved.
An old time airship pirate recounts a reckless voyage above Pikes Peak, claiming a Chinese crew, six million taels looted from a floating ship, and a crash near the Flatiron building. The narrator drifts, chasing a distant cloud of gold while warning against hiding treasure on high air.
A humorous meditation on aging titled Signs of Age from the New York Sun. The speaker laments gray hair, thinning, sedentary habits, preferring a quiet routine, reading dull books, smoking a pipe, and rising early. He notes a recurring cadence of self-advice and coupons, concluding that the reader is also forty.
Boston dispatch reports Mrs. A G Brown leading a new sect the Crusaders claiming health through radical surgery and brotherhood care. Dr Herman Nierman underwent failed hernia surgery blamed on disease breeding grounds. mission includes industrial work for women and harmful medical theories noted by doctors. Westinghouse restores pay to 3000 workers after March retrenchment raising monthly averages.
In Boston, Dr. Blosgom, a noted criminologist, reports an extraordinary rise in delirium grandiocum or swelled head among men. He links this to criminal tendencies, noting incendiary types are typically light built, long legged, and either boys or old men.
A New York World item mocks an inventor of a tipping airship by comparing it to a cat always landing on its feet, suggesting clever science or borrowing ideas.
Guthrie’s H Norris asserts Oklahoma prospers under Republican rule as Democrats lose ground. Capt J Howard O'Brien, head of the National Pilots Association, discusses pilotage dangers and pending federal rules. Charles Mangold of Dallas promotes Texas farm and railroad expansion, while New York’s Lakie joins Washington inauguration planning. Postmaster General’s clock committee travels, with Clock tests in multiple cities, and local views on reform and political perception.
In Bayonne Samuel Goodman a Republican leader retires his horse Tom after twelve years of faithful service The horse knew Bayonne freight stations and could guide wagons by name to each stop He will reside at North Branch with no further duties
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