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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1908
Page
24
In a Washington Post fragment from February 14 1908 a broad political and economic debate unfolds. The piece references Roosevelt Hughes and Taft era politics with questions about initiative and referendum and railroad development in Virginia and the South. It notes party dynamics in New York and national sentiment on governance and integrity.
A historical column notes Gen. Coxey mobilizing his force at Mount Vernon as a prelude to an interstate campaign to stir up support and protest economic distress. It contrasts Coxey with political figures, cites calls for issuing bonds against government money, and mentions broader legislative and tariff critiques amid Wall Street and trade data.
The article notes European nobles selling famed Old Master paintings to raise funds, citing the Duke of Sutherland and the Dunrobin and Stafford House collections with works by Rubens, Van Dyck, Veronese, and more. It describes Stafford House’s location near Green Park and the Crown lease, and mentions reactions from art circles and an anecdote about a Saxon king’s list and a near sale of the Sistine Madonna.
A jumble of decade old anecdotes covers Sir Ralph Lopes and family lineage, Punch caricatures, and Society hints. The narrative references Sir Massey Lopes, Lord Ludlow, and the de Walden connection, with satire on royal age and theatrical musings.
The Wall Street Journal discusses rising urban density, noting New York City's two boroughs cover about 3 percent of a square mile area with a population near 429,200, yielding a high per square mile figure. It compares densities to London and Chicago, highlights Manhattan’s extreme density, and describes transportation projects like subway, tunnels, and bridges intended to ease congestion and encourage broader distribution of population in the metropolitan area. It also touches on slum conditions and efforts to improve them through transportation gains, while noting continued poverty in dense districts.
A lyrical meditation on timeless beauty and identity asks if the speaker lived in a distant dawn or dream. The verse moves through dawn light, incense, and imagined ages, hinting at eternal connection across eras and self. The speaker muses whether they have always been someone else in the long arc of earth’s history.
An analysis questions Dr Savary of Paris on sudden rising and cold baths triggering illnesses in the waking moment. It argues modern medicine should not revert to antiquated practices and highlights risks like rheumatism and misapplied therapies while defending progressive medical approaches.
St Joseph patrolman Wilson found a rusted revolver packed in a fruit can behind Jesse James former residence while searching for a rumored cave. The Colt pistol, stamped patented 191, appears ancient and may have belonged to Jesse James, a discovery Wilson values highly.
An examination of teeth shows they arise from skin rather than bone and consist mainly of dentine enamel and cement. Enamel is the hardest substance in animals, making teeth highly indestructible and capable of revealing an extinct creature’s diet and life. Teeth vary greatly across species from elephants to snails, sharks to snakes, with patterns for identification and fossil reconstruction, while some reptiles lack teeth entirely.
A jokey note utters how laughter lightens burdens and defeats gloom while a serious discussion warns how parlor matches ignite clothing and kill women and children. It cites a U S fire marshal report on fatalities, cites experiments on flameproofing and nitty details on safer fabrics, and notes prehistoric monsters, wool, and weather blues with brief local observations.
In Washington last night Col Cody drew a crowd in the New Willard lobby with former Senator Stewart of Nevada and other officials. The talk covered Cody’s Wild West fame, Indian fighters like Sitting Bull, Roosevelt, irrigation, and politics. The exchange touched on Indian policy, population ideas, and the national view of Western figures.
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