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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1909
Page
12
The text records a highly mangled OCR of a 1903 Washington Post page including subscription terms, office details, scattered articles on naval reform, sheep farming in Tennessee, Nebraska politics, tariff debates on pearls, and assorted political asides. It preserves many names, places, dates, and figures, though obscured by garbled spacing and broken phrases.
In Indiana a factional struggle emerges as Oliver P. Morton and George W. Julian fail to unite factions within the state. Morton, a strong opportunist, defeats Democratic rivals and reshapes alignment as both men drift into opposing sides, with Julian described as a broker of political tactics.
In a New York World digest on matrimonial advice, speakers at the Hotel Astor argued that feeding the brute is not the only way to catch a husband. Frank Cronise urged women to face their own duties, suggesting public certification for wives and criticizing wives who neglect domestic work.
Wall Street reports El Harriman has obtained an option on all Vanderbilt stock in New York Central. Union Pacific, led by Harriman, holds $14.2 million of Central stock and Harriman is rumored to seek a board seat and possibly succession. Vanderbilt stock ownership and brokers tied to the Vanderbilts are noted as key factors.
A downtown Philadelphia barber notes a coming fashion shift toward middle part hair. He recalls past side parts, mentions star influence, and predicts the pompadour revival amid talk of Jeffries and Johnson.
Reverend Donald Mac Laurin urged a citywide evangelistic drive at the Congregational ministers meeting in the Masonic Temple. He cited Chicago youths and public life as morally adrift, calling for plain talk to schoolchildren and a robust revival. He noted widespread alcohol use and moral decay among children, contrasting with New York’s church reports.
The Albany dispatch reports Senator Sul van pushes a 4 KIN amendment to the penal code making possession of a blackjack metal knuckles or billy a presumptive felony. Critics warn the bill is sweeping with no exceptions and will burden law enforcement amid belligerent constituents.
The 78-year-old Dr Adolf Deucher of Thurgau has been reelected president, marking his fifth term though terms were non consecutive. He studied in Prague Zurich Heidelberg and Vienna and has led agriculture and industry policy for decades. The Swiss president serves one year with a salary just under $3,000 and appears without official costume, often in full evening dress during federal maneuvers.
At the St Regis the Thirteen Club held a superstition defying banquet. A member struck a mirror, slicing his hand, while a damaged piano and scratched woodwork resulted. Guests entered through a thirteen foot ladder and wore shrouds as they staged the Revelry of the Dying with eerie lighting and a parting toast to the next death.
A haunted chair at West Tort seventh street police station causes chaos as a small boy cries out for his father and the lieutenant is assaulted. The chair toppled Lieut Thomas Palmer, then a bystander restrained it while Palmer recovered. Palmer and another officer carried the chair away after a tense struggle as another desk, hurt by the chair, observed the scene. Several officers report injuries from similar incidents with the chair in past cases.
The article notes a prophetic shift from horses to motor power in England. Trams omnibuses motor vans and private motors replace horse traffic in London and provinces. Farmers cease horse breeding, top breeds exported, and Britain loses its horse reserve for war.
Boston park commission reports that 12 miles treated with oil to reduce dust, with over 40 miles later coated. Engineer Mr Putnam finds annual sprinkling cost for a 30 foot road is 3489 per mile, oiling cost 115 per mile. Oil emulsion uses 15 lb roap in 50 gal water, mixed with 400 gal crude, then 150 gal emulsion mixed with 9 gal water and sprayed. Plan praised in Boston and suggested for wider use.
Farmer Joseph Jones on Lore Mountain near the Hoosit Tunnel reports firing several shells at a wild animal he believed to be a panther in a cave, losing part of his gun in the fight. The animal, said to be a wildcat by Jones, sustained fatal injuries.
John W Movian abandoned a tip to Albany to visit his sister and remembered the 1st of the month. He suffered heart disease soon afterward and dropped dead in the street.
A humorous reflection on money and brains, dating from a social column. It contrasts inheriting wealth with needing brains, notes the boredom of preachers, and toys with gendered ideas about extravagance, truth, and music. The piece uses satire to critique social mores and marriage dynamics.
A New York World summary of major railroad stock ownership shows control concentrated among a few, detailing holders like E H Harris and Kuhn, Loeb & Co. It notes large dummy holdings in Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Atchison and others, with foreign investors stake and Vanderbilts shifting to bonds.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson warned at the American Forestry Association meeting that forests are thinning as U S wood use far exceeds growth. He urged a national program to reforest about a quarter of a million acres annually and called on states associations and individuals to plant and invest in forests. Dr Edward Everett Hale backed planting funds for future forest growth.
A miscellany of clipped phrases and snippets from a vintage newspaper page. It riffs on postal cards, deficit talk, and social observations including a wry note on romance, marriage, and fortune, with scattered aphorisms and characterful asides.
Milwaukee postmaster David C. Owen discussed time keeping machines for the postal service, Wisconsin and Milwaukee receipts rising yearly, and a hot autumn primary in which Senator Isaac Stephenson secured the Republican nomination. He recalled Stephenson’s long political memory and campaigns across the state.
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