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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1911
Page
11
The Washington Post details subscription terms and delivery areas in Washington and Alexandria. It lists daily and Sunday options with varying frequencies, mail and carrier delivery, and advance payment methods including drafts and postoffice orders.
A group of financial experts from the New York Evening Post assesses post panic conditions. They warn that recovery hinges on overcoming political agitation and litigation while noting diverse opinions from Horace White and Paul Leroy-Bollueau. They discuss tobacco pool troubles, farm politics, and the case for farmer involvement in governance.
The Pan American commercial conference in Washington February 13 to 18 seeks closer trade ties among the Americas through education and discussion. Delegates include American consuls, international officers, and trade experts, with no political aims.
Debates over assigning executive duty tasks to in Washington based aides. argues it would free Congress to focus on legislation and boost independence. Cites Harvey Watterson and "Pig Iron" Kelley as examples urging paid staff to handle constituent business and department errands.
A British cabinet member leads 1500 men in an attack on an anarchist dens in London. The siege features fierce resistance, siege tactics, a corps of nurses aiding the wounded, riotous crowds, a final fire assault, and the discovery of self-inflicted casualties, illustrating underlying London tensions.
A column mixes wartime fear and public affairs with a Duluth speech by J Proctor Knott. It surveys waterway gains, Duluth Superior harbor tonnage, and contrasts Knott with Reed. It notes Taft’s assets and quotes MacVeagh’s sharp reply to a question on Knox and Wickersham.
The Louisville Courier Journal discusses Kentucky Governor elect Lee Cruce of Oklahoma and his dress choice for the inauguration ball. It notes Kentucky origins of the term jimswinger for a two-tall frock coat, describes its long tails, large pockets, and hidden licker bottle, and suggests Oklahoma might adopt the style for formal wear.
The New York Times notes iodine replacing carbolic acid and bichloride of mercury as a safer more effective antiseptic. Dr J L Wollheim summarizes iodine's potency from 0.2 to 1 percent, rapid action against streptococcus, easy preparation, lower toxicity, and deep tissue penetration. Nicholas Senn also extols iodine as safest and most potent antiseptic, aiding tissue phagocytosis and inflammatory healing.
A Washington dispatch reported in the New York World describes a court hearing in Adams County Ohio where a farmer confessed to selling votes to both parties. Representative Longworth called the county the most businesslike in the U S the judge warned fines and disfranchisement for bribery.
A six pound hog vanished from A. J. Nichols herd a month earlier. His sons split a log with an axe where the dog treed it and found the pig skeleton blind and unable to stand. It now appears to recover from a long fast though eyesight is lost.
An article urges London readers to adopt the Spaniard’s technique for smoking dry cigarettes to avoid lips sticking and mucous membrane contact. The writer promotes rolling with a turned lip and claims it prevents watery ends and irritation.
A New York court case involves Elizabeth Bushnell Clinton, known as Miss Ethel Clinton, who claims to be the widow of Prince Dimitri Soltykoff. The will of Prince Dimitri reportedly leaves her an annuity, jewelry, a Newmarket estate, horses, and cash, while his brother Prince John Soltykoff is named heir to the residue. Obituaries do not mention a widow. The piece traces the Soltykoff lineage and notes the prince's long racing ties and English associations.
Honolulu reports a novel industry grown from old Spanish priest plantings. The wild mesquite bean, known as Idawe, yields huge yellow beans rich in nutrition for livestock. A new grinding machine enables processing, with Japan testing it for cavalry feed. Lokaki and Mokuleia plantations could produce up to 160000 tons yearly, promising about 3200000 dollars in profit after shipping.
The Carl Woermann of the Hamburg American Line heads for West Africa with a frivolous cargo aimed at pleasing native tastes. The ship will visit about 120 ports and exchange trinkets for ivory rubber and raw materials, amid a bizarre array of costumes, hats, batteries, phono records, cigar coupons, and a tiger cub, with a three month voyage.
A Pall Mall Gazette report recalls a St Petersburg incident where officials mistook Beethoven. A concert director listed the Kreutzer Sonata leading to Tolstoi bans. After officials pressed the promoters, the governor learned the work referred to Beethoven not Tolstoi, aided by a telegram from M Stolypin.
Kalman Gyver sy George Kalman, a Hungarian nobleman in New York, rushes home to Hungary to confront editors and gossipers who questioned his noble status. He vows public slappings on those who maligned him, followed by pistol duels, believing his fighting stock heritage will justify his actions. Eugene von Deuth supports the plan, noting Kalman’s father died in a duel.
Martha Haskell Clark explores distant castles in Spain as a metaphor for inner refuge and enduring love. Aimed at Maud A. Black and featured in the Smart Set, the verse contrasts hopeful harbor dreams with fading daylight and a solitary heart.
The government uses boiling of an Indian village in Wind River reservation to disinfect items and suppress smallpox traces. The settlement housed 100 Indiana quarantined with mild illness, no deaths recorded, quarantine effectively maintained. The hot water method was chosen for clearer understanding by the Indians.
Zeven the bachelor minister is a marry ing man. Do your own thinking, but do your worrying by proxy. Bosom friends may be chums, or they may be chumps. It's difficult to get more than 10 cents for a hard-luck story. Too many candidates for office run in the wrong direction. A corvette is like a war veteran she goes through many engagements. Erratic currency may be all right, but what most people need is adhesive coin. A man seldom has occasion to be ashamed of his associates in a worthy cause.
A humorous set of maxims on courtship and marriage. It notes a girl's flirtatiousness, a man chasing money, and a wife’s role after marriage. The piece also urges modest self-focus, avoiding weather talk, and laments that preemptive remorse would have been wiser than later regrets.
Mayor Fred A. Busse leads a Chicago delegation to discuss the removal of single pier bridges over the Chicago River with War Department officials and to seek assurances on building new structures. Busse dodges talk of reelection while stressing bipartisan considerations and ongoing city matters.
The narrator encounters a Filipino waiter at a hotel breakfast who weeps. Asked what troubles him he reveals only that the pancakes are cold. The exchange ends with the waiter sobbing in frustration over the insignificant insult.
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