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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1909
Page
11
The Washington Post reports broad business anxiety over tariff reform as uncertainty chills investment, job security, and factory activity. Critics urge Congress to avoid partisan rows while weighing steel duties and industry impacts amid a fragile economic climate.
A chaotic column of anecdotes, nicknames, and skits about Taft's inauguration scene, congressional delays, and public figures. It lampoons the pension office housing the inaugural ball, cabinet gossip, and probing the secret service while weaving in jokes about doctors, poets, and international affairs with sharp comic timing.
Titteburg dispatch reports the annual Carnegie Steel Company banquet at the Duquesne Club. Each guest formed a one man committee to block newspaper men from inside, led by W Ellis Corey. A prior incident of a newspaper man being secreted in the club is recalled.
A New York Herald analysis argues delaying tariff reform amid a recovering economy. It cites rising stocks, stronger real estate, reopened factories, higher pig iron output, and plentiful money. It warns tariff reform could undermine prosperity and job growth, while quote by Charles A Moore questions a trade giveaway.
Railroads across the nation adopt telephone dispatching for main lines from Chicago to the Pacific coast. Funds have been set for partial installations while Union Pacific and others expand the system, driven by efficiency and labor law limits on telegraphers. Meanwhile Winsited dispatch tells of comedian Strauss entering a tramp room and befriending the townsfolk.
The text notes long lasting fashion trends from ancient times to medieval and early modern Europe. It contrasts enduring styles of Louis XIV and Louis XV eras with Greek and Roman attire, and comments that past ladies were more artistically dressed though often spending beyond means, keeping costly garments rather than discarding them for new ones.
New Haven dispatch cites Yale junior promenade committee urging students to curb costs for the annual prom dated January 19. The event follows several days of entertaining with expenses rising from flowers, carriages, hotels, and other luxuries, prompting concern about funds among attendees.
A German press wave criticizes royal extravagance as Kaiser Wilhelm and princes live quietly this winter. He plans to sell palaces but remains wealthy through private fortune and Hohenzollern assets. Foreign-born Berlin leaders influence social trends while public sentiment calls for restraint.
General Drummond portrays Zelaya as seeking to topple Central American governments, install himself as ruler, and use Honduras and El Salvador as a pretext to strike Guatemala. He identifies Luis Anderson and Mexican President Diaz as apparent Zelaya allies and accuses Zelaya of intent to settle old scores with Guatemala's Cabrera.
Chief Engineer Nelson P. Lewis of the New York Board of Estimate reports from Great Britain and France that French roads are modernly engineered and better maintained under centralized control. He contrasts France with New York’s five borough bureaus, calling the U S far behind and urging comprehensive standardization, lab testing, and reorganization to cut waste, dust, and costs, while extending pavement life.
Reverend Madison C Peters denounces New York policing as a criminal factory inflating arrests and convict rates. He cites 1908 figures showing tens of thousands of arrests, only a fraction resulting in convictions, with many released without evidence and thousands of youths swept up in minor offenses. He calls for accountability and an end to framing crime as a method to preserve appearances.
The 1,061 year old Methuselah toad, dug from a Montana copper mine, reappeared after an extended absence. Found in good condition with a wary smile, the creature faced questions fromBronston officials and a keeper, who urged him to return to safety. The tale recalls the toad’s 1908 escape and previous sensational revival.
Martin Sillwagon, a Green Pond farmer, keeps two highly trained horses, Bill and Bob, that pull in double harness and manage their own feeding and water. His pig Bonaparte roots potatoes, never eats them, and helps load them into barrels. His cat Tom gathers mint for julep, while a tree near his yard remains a Prohibitionist, never bearing fruit.
A fragmentary collage from New York Times and London sources includes poems on hair loss and vanity, trivia lines from newspapers, church reopening notes, governance debates on meal forks, and assorted maxims. It sketches a mosaic of society obsessions, humor, and local notices with scattered names and places.
In Raleigh hotel discussions P J McDonald of Leavenworth Kansas urges reformatories for first offenders instead of jails or workhouses In the same talks the Federal prison at Leavenworth is cited as a model with brick and stone from convict labor and a vitrified brick plant The Rev Father Burke discusses missions and education for African Americans with 9 0409 colored people in the South remaining illiterate and the push for schools and asylums to curb criminal tendencies Also noted is Alaska oil coal mining and West Virginia timber plus Panama Canal progress and a long Philadelphia doctor milestone with a 26 heartbeat rate after 75 years
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