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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1910
Page
14
An excerpt portrays marital strain and social expectations, stressing female upbringing for marriage, home duties, and virtue. It cites the ideal of educated, industrious women shaping family happiness, and includes a commemorative inscription praising mothers.
The page reports a farewell ceremony in London featuring the Duchess of Julland and others, plus an amusing mishap at the Richelieu premiere where Miss Terry received chocolates dropped from a balcony. It notes a craze for color themed decor in social life, dictating table and room design with coordinated shades across flowers ribbons menus and even guests outfits.
Cambridge Mass February 27 Heroic support for suffrage noted at Radcliffe College where Jim Iines faced the press and campus campaigners. Regents action against placard restrictions drew praise from the campaign, while a commemorative pillow symbolized ongoing protest. Belmont and his bride began a southbound journey aboard Mr Belmont’s private car.
The Taft brothers plan to visit Washington this summer, with Charles P Taft leasing the Sohler cottage at Burgess Point adjacent to the executive mansion. The cottage has long hosted Thomas P Beals, former president of the Second National Bank of Boston, in prior years.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt travel aboard the Hamburg from New York after a storm delayed the voyage. A tug was sunk in a collision. many sailors rescued. Mrs Roosevelt and her daughter Nel landed at Naples and plan to sail again. Roosevelt party rests at Khartoum in Sudan, with Kermit joining for a hunting trip before departure for Mongalla.
A Clyde Line freight sheds fire at Lewis Wharf in Boston caused about 75 dollars in damage after a three hour blaze. The Clyde Line steamer Onondaga also caught fire but tugs and the fireboat quickly saved the vessel.
Maria Jackson widow of the late Jacob Beeson Jackson former governor of West Virginia died this morning at her son Maj W W Jacksons home after a week of illness. She was in her thirties or forties. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon.
A British rubber boom drives wild market activity with profiteering claims across England. A Liverpool merchant reports 1.5 million dollars profit while hundreds of individuals gain from 9,250 to 100,000 dollars. The week sees new companies, rising rubber prices, and widespread risk amid speculative fervor.
Mrs Jennie Seifhamer 66, wife of lawyer Georga Seifhamer, died of gas from a coal stove in her Cham bersburg bedroom. Relatives Mrs Selthamer and neighbor Mrs Helen Muston, both exposed and later hospitalized, were gravely ill. Six doctors treated all three. Muston and Mrs H B Seilhamer regained consciousness after hours.
Charles F Cook a Cornell engineer sails for Turkey to lead the excavation of Sardis in Asia Minor. The dig is under H C Butr, Princeton archaeologist, with Turkish government approval. Five years projected. Other buried cities may be uncovered. Also Bryan begins homeward trip via England.
The New York market reports muted activity with bond traders noting a dull season and reduced interest. Analysts expect court decisions in the American Tobacco and Standard Oil cases to shape future investment, with debates over antitrust law focusing on corporate conduct versus corporate structure and potential impacts on interstate commerce.
A fragmented query questions whether Congress could amend a just law to confine perceptions to later experiences in an unreasonable extent of trade or to alter the operation of the autom, rather than making it comprehensive. It asks if such an amendment is possible and what recourse exists.
Democratic legislators in Albany plan not to invite hall hearings as Senator Elihu Root weighs in against the federal income tax amendment. Root will focus his stance in a letter to Senator Davenport to be read to the senate Monday night. His position contrasts with Governor Hughes who urged withholding New York's ratification on grounds it could let the national government tax income from state bonds.
The American consuls in Europe have been instructed by the State Department to quickly prepare and forward comparative statistics on the cost of living in 1900 and 1910. The survey will cover food clothing rents and other essential expenses for use by the Senate committee investigating price increases.
Pressure builds in pig iron and finished steel products as New York Fed reports heavy February activity. Foundry iron sales top 70 thousand tons with two thirds east of the Alleghenies, and railroads rushed 3,000 tons of rails, 5,000 cars, and 55 locomotives amid broader orders for fabricated steel, bridges, and wire products.
Manila reports Cameron Forbes plans an extra session of the legislature at Baguio in March to finish public works legislation. The move aims to address revenue shortfalls from the new American tariff bill, noting the last assembly failed to act on several projects, yet overall revenues declined only slightly.
A three masted French vessel was sighted by the Savoie off Havre on February 23. The ship reportedly had no captain aboard and appeared to be off course with unclear whereabouts. The Savoie logged latitude 49 18 and longitude 15 04 after the relay signal but could not read the ship's name.
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