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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1907
Page
14
A 1907 Washington Post page opens with notices on subscriptions and a satirical Animal sixth sense debate. It then covers the Terra Cotta wreck aboard the Baltimore and Ohio line and calls for accountability. New Year reflections urge restraint, reform, and a hopeful 1907 outlook with warnings on politics and industry.
Washington dispatch reports George B. Cortelyou plans to resign as chairman of the Republican National Committee before March while preparing to assume the Treasury post. Charles F. Brooker is favored to succeed. Roosevelt aides fear new disclosures from past insurance campaign gifts and potential witness issues.
Baton Rouge Dispatch notes two weeks after a murder charge case in Louisiana where Representative-elect Farrot faces trial for killing his classmate and family physician D. R. Aldrich. The piece compares it to the Thaw-White affair, framing it around the unwritten law and the defense led by Judge Kernan. Kernan redefines the unwritten law into ten cardinal rules, asserting that a man may be shot for slandering a virtuous woman, provided he is offered a chance to deny, retract, or apologize.
The Hon David Albaugh De Armond, elected to a seventh Missouri term, backs a constitutional convention as a path to amendments. Supporters and major newspapers push cautious opinions, noting early amendments shaped by time and Civil War changes, urging restraint and adherence to the Constitution.
Prof John B Watson of the University of Chicago defends his rats experiments claiming a sixth sense in rodents as critics in New York and Massachusetts decry vivisection. He described mutating captive rats by removing eyes and olfactory nerves provoking public outcry and concerns over research legality.
A New York Tribune item recounts Miss Helen Fay losing her umbrella after an alligator in the Bronx Zoo reptile house seized it as she poked at the creature. Tate the gator dozed. the mouth about two feet wide clamped the umbrella just before it disappeared.
An estate near Cassiobury in Hertfordshire, part of the Hart of Misnex line, is up for sale due to financial strain on the Earl of Essex and his American wife Adele Grant. The piece notes the noble family’s long history, a curious digression on Fitz James and phylloxera in France, and mentions related aristocratic scandals, marriages, and legal costs involving Lady Audrey Buller and Lord Townshend.
A jumbled Chicago item explores social behavior and politics, noting the gentle art of stepping down gracefully. It contrasts dull sermons with a speaker who awakens listeners, while touching on relationships, money talk, and love as factors shaping conduct.
The Rev Dr Madison C Peters delivers his farewell at Epiphany Baptist and announces next Sunday's start of people’s meetings at the Majestic Theater. He vows freedom from salary dictates, aiming to preach for the love of it, beyond church walls.
A travel prose study discusses sake drinking norms among Japanese hosts and guests. It notes that sake can intoxicate quickly yet wear off soon, contrasts it with European wines, and describes banquet customs including massive cups and the stamina needed to consume multiple servings.
On the White Star Cedric a five month old rhinoceros from German East Africa arrived via Naples. Captured near Lake Victoria Nyanga, it traveled in a ship pen and on deck for exercise, supervised by BH O Lang. The animal, insured for 3000, will join the Bronx Zoo, while 37 cases of African skins and bones head to the American Museum of Natural History.
Charles Rogers of Bleth WL rigged a Christmas tree for his cat Maria with sardines and mice on strings. After candles were lit the cat chased the mice, causing a fire before neighbors extinguished it. Rogers vowed not to repeat the ornament.
Senator Albert J Beveridge faced travel delays from Lincoln to Omaha to Chicago to Indianapolis for a banquet at the Hotel Claypool. With 600 alumni awaiting, he arranged a long distance call to connect his message, and a court stenographer in Indianapolis dictated the address "The Nation's Peril" for delivery at 1 pm while Beveridge watched a Chicago theater play.
The San Francisco Chronicle warns that President Roosevelt's stance on the Japanese question and school control could spark rebellion in California. It argues loyalty resembles family loyalty, and excessive central power may provoke widespread discontent. The piece predicts strong repudiation by Congress and a united American public.
A two year old boy died after swallowing an almond nut that lodged in his windpipe. Mrs. Charles Muller carried the choking child to Dr. Nelson S. Kirk at Rutledge and Lee avenues, but the nut could not be removed. An ambulance was summoned and the surgeon reached the Muller residence too late.
In a Washington hotel scene, Marcus Aurel ius Smith argues for separate statehood for Arizona and New Mexico, citing growth and wealth. Col Phil B Thompson Jr urges whisky labeling reforms. Judge Davey of Louisiana discusses job politics as Rep Thagodere Burton studies John Sherman, praising his balanced character. An art expert speaks on Pompeii and Herculaneum excavations and the preservation of ancient Roman treasures.
Captain Kincald Smith, MP for Warwickshire Southwest and Ninth Lancer, arrived aboard the Cunarder Caronia and told reporters that besides the King, President Roosevelt is the most popular man in England today. He predicted a visit by King Edward to Canada could be arranged and would be welcomed by the King.
A fragmentary dialogue shows Hixon dropping a penny before a blind beggar and a reply from Dixon. Hixon insists it was a dime, claiming it would bind to atoms, revealing a quirky exchange about value and perception.
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