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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1909
Page
38
The Washington Post details subscription options and delivery terms including daily and Sunday issues, with annual and monthly rates by mail and local offices. A January 5, 1909 editorials discuss U.S. politics and potential alliances, referencing President and policy themes with speculation about future events and public sentiment.
A sprawling, era-spanning column surveys Messina's earthquake ruin and probes politics from Kentucky and Ohio to New York. It weighs reconstruction, civil governance, and the balance of labor and capital while recounting historical figures and current court cases.
Brooklyn police seek Pearl Ferguson a 13 year old who vanished last Tuesday from 71 Held avenue. Father says since recovering from scarlet fever her nerves fail and she periodically disappears for days. Disappearances occurring during the first quarter of the new moon have happened over a year, with more than a dozen absences.
From the New York Herald report on a Sunday debate at the Savoy Theater about socialism in Cleve and Moffett's play The Battle. John D. Rockefeller and a prominent Socialist provided lines to be spoken by actors from January 7, aiming to present the Socialist case within the play.
Dr Woods Hutchinson outlined a five year program to eradicate tuberculosis in New York City with 16 million dollars, moving patients to sanatoria and expanding beds to treat 30,000 cases. He proposed initial funding of 3.75 million for equipment, starting with 2,500 patients and projecting year one costs of 330,000 and 170,000 in 1928 while aiming to reduce cases to near zero.
From the Baltimore American Hon Morris Shepherd a Texas congressman spoke at the St James Hotel. He said a prohibition amendment to the state constitution requires a two thirds legislative vote and that antiprohibition members in the Senate could block action. He noted many oppose prohibition but fear a conclusive vote will settle the issue and potentially advance the Prohibition cause. He favored a prohibitory law and cited most of his district supporting prohibition in ten of eleven counties.
A brown bulldog owned by Stephen Morris killed a two year old bull belonging to neighbor Jackson in the county’s southern area Sunday. The dog, about 70 pounds, fought for six hours after being attacked once and again by the bull, which shattered by a blood vessel during the struggle.
A canner explains a new method to cure herrings using a chemical extract of smoke made from coal tar. He argues the process is faster and more profitable than traditional smokehouses, while a reporter notes its taste and quality compared to the smoked herring of his boyhood.
Theresa, daughter of the late Duke of San Teodoro, to resume the name of her husband Prince Colonna after reconciliation. The Romans recall the famed Colonna palace, its ancient art, and the powerful line that has produced several popes and leaders of the papal court.
Warr Schelling, a chauffeur for dairyman Charles Spohr on the Jacksonville turnpike, discovered an auto milk wagon could churn butter while speeding to market after an empty water cooler caused a breakdown. He mistakenly loaded cream as water and produced butter, inspiring hopes dairy farms will adopt auto churns within six months.
A Washington letter argues Roosevelt’s New Year reception drew mainly officials, not common citizens, and urges the President to host a separate farewell event at his home before leaving office. The writer, one of many elderly residents, recalls the long wait and requests a fair day for thousands to shake hands and wish him luck.
The Russia congress of women discusses trial marriages as a potential moral reform. Delegates debate lifelong unions versus temporary contracts, with some arguing for the ethic of such arrangements and others warning of deceit and unhappiness. The piece notes Russia’s paradoxes of radicalism and conservatism amid cultural upheaval.
A series of aphoristic lines discuss hard luck, work ethics, marriage for money, promotion, and parenting intelligence. The author critiques reliance on luck, rewards for dodging labor, and the idea that avoiding responsibility leads to better outcomes.
A satirical piece on male self righteousness and vanity. The narrator jokes that men avoid doubt about their goodness while women influence self-image through the mirror. It notes travel with family and the irony of buying underwear and waist measures.
Nome Alaska resident W H Holmes recounts long campaign through four Arctic districts claiming every eligible miner voted Republican. Attendee Roscoe E McCulloch endorses Wade Ellis for attorney general and praises McKinley legacy. Alabama and Oklahoma politics discussed with talk of Taft reception, bank guarantees, and party dynamics. travel stories and shipboard dining anecdotes from Congress Hall.
King of Hoboes known as Eads How has invited followers to a national convention of hoboes in St. Louis on January 25 26 and 27 to seek employment for all who want work to secure transportation for unemployed men and to discuss other vital issues affecting the jobless two months after leaving New York the advocate issued the appeal to his delegates from various centers.
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