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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1908
Page
19
An extensive, heated debate on vivisection unfolds in New York and Washington. Advocates quote medical progress and humane treatment, while opponents demand bans, urging that torture of animals for science is indefensible.
In a letter to the Post, an opponent of vivisection argues that physiology research must be tightly controlled. The author cites Dr Charles Richet and Dr Loomis and claims experiments on living animals continue despite public outcry. She asserts the practice grows, argues it does not aim to relieve human ills, and urges swift action to regulate physiological research.
A mother and writer credits Grape-Nuts with restoring morning appetite, boosting breast milk, and fueling sustained brain work. She describes improved energy, plumpness, and clear thinking within weeks, noting meals replaced pie and cake with a regular morning serving and continued use for herself and her ten month old baby. The testimony promotes Grape-Nuts as a regular diet.
Special to The Washington Post Charleston Feb 24 The mine investigating committee report drew lively debate in the senate with vigorous opposition to amendments. Senator Gordon proposed creating a chief clerk for the chief mine inspector at 1800 dollars a year. The panel moved the bill to a second reading and passed a resolution to copy and publish its evidence. Meanwhile the county salary bill abolishing fees in county offices cleared the house 46 to 0 and moves to the senate.
Funeral services for Crosby Noyes editor of the Evening Star will be held at St Thomas Episcopal Church with Rev Ernest Smith and Rev Dr Edward Everett Hale officiating. Interment at Rock Creek Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers include Vice President Fairbanks and Secretary Root. native pallbearers listed. The Washington Board of Trade delegates to attend. Gridiron Club Quartet to sing hymns. Union Station memorial reception planned.
Harlan Post letter argues against a proposed pension increase for widows of soldiers who married before June 180, citing income, marriage dates, and Treasury costs. The writer asserts the measure is political and unfair, urging the bill die or be broadened to include all widows. Addressed from Talbott Tennessee, signed H. D. R.
Mary Robinson, before Bow Street Police Court on perjury charges, confesses she copied a famous diary and was promised large sums by a man claiming as Drace. Prosecution reads excerpts. diary links George Hallam, Deuce, Robert Cardwell, and Giles Cruse during proceedings in Marylebone Police Court.
The fragment outlines Mrs Robinson's diary controversy with Allen and Kimber attempting to seize the diary for profit. It notes Allen's detective claim, Robinson copying the diary, claims about letters from the Duke of Portland and Charles Dickens, and her Holloway adjourned perjury case as she faced possible seven years.
A long readers’ feature recounts Antoinette Pole de Charette’s youth in Tennessee, detailing her daring ride to Columba pursued by Yankee cavalry, and her later triumphs in horse competitions. The piece notes genealogical corrections about Gen de Charette and Mary Polk, and promotes a Post special edition with 33 pictures from the Educational Contest.
Chicago February 24 A practice march of 100 miles is to be undertaken in July by the First Cavalry Regiment of the Illinois National Guard. Col Milton J Foreman and other officers have arranged the plan and the Springfield encampment will be abandoned this year in favor of the march to evaluate field readiness.
A jumble of officer assignments and ship movements is published including Chief Boatswain GB Moncrief to Newport News Shipbuilding Company and orders for officers and vessels to home ports and active stations. The document ends with a promotional note that the paper reaches readers with the full pocketbook, urging advertising.
The funeral of Rt. Rev. Henry Yates Satterlee Bishop of Washington will be held at 2 pm at the Procathedral Church of the Ascension with services from 7 am to noon. The Standing Committee handles arrangements and numerous clergy, pallbearers, and church leaders attend. Resolutions of sorrow are issued by St Alban's vestry and local religious bodies praising his leadership and public service. The bishop died at his home on Saturday morning and will be interred near the Jerusalem altar at St Alban's on the cathedral site he helped create.
The Washington Post announces contest rules open to all except staff families. Entries must follow numerical order on a single page with complete sets. Prizes go to those submitting the most correct solutions, ties split, editors final.
Peking plans a March conference with Manchuria governors to address fears of Russian municipal control and Japanese influence. Tang Shiao Yi is summoned to Peking after the meeting as China weighs responses to rail and governance encroachments on its imperial authority.
Col George W Goethals chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission sails from New York to the Isthmus today to oversee the Panama Canal project. He expects the canal to be open for business by January 1 1913.
In the Chamber of Deputies Paris February 21, a heated debate over the Moroccan situation concluded with government support reaffirmed. The vote stood 248 to 110 as critics charged leaders with dragging the nation into conflict while foreign policy officials urged restraint.
To the Readers of The Post a strain scene Bastion and images have been protected and placed for sale at the office of The Best News Congress. Readers are invited to secure a proof of song and come to the entertainment retreat offered. The notice appears on the page for Post readers.
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