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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1909
Page
20
A long OCR page mixes news and commentary from early 1903 about naval efficiency, officer promotions, and public policy, with essays urging Tennessee sheep production and dog impacts on flocks. It references public figures, anniversaries, and political contexts, including discussions on tariff, Congress, and state politics.
In a fragmented Indiana political scene Oliver P. Morton and George W. Julian could not unite the factions. Morton, a strong opportunist, pressed rivals back into the Democrats while both clashed with each other and later shaped the Republican party’s direction.
An article summarizes a New York World digest noting the belief that feeding a husband is not the only path to marriage success. It reports on a Hotel Astor meeting by the Society for Policies discussing the woman’s problem, housework duties, and a public license idea for wives proved by status tests.
Rumors report E H Harriman has an option on all Vanderbilt NY Central holdings. Union Pacific, chaired by Harriman, owns 14.2 million in NY Central stock. Speculation swirls on Harriman joining the board or succeeding Vanderbilt, but later reports doubt he will take over Vanderbilt stock though his stake could grow. Vanderbilt family owns 2.97 million par value Central shares. J W Davis & Co owns 1.3 million. Harriman firms hold significant blocks as well.
A Philadelphia barber notes fashion shifting back to a middle part after years of side parts. He recalls earlier disdain for middle parts, mentions that many young men now request the middle-part style, and predicts it will become popular again along with revived pompadour trends sparked by prize fight talk.
The Rev Donald Mac Laurin urged a citywide evangelistic campaign at a Congregational ministers meeting in the Masonic Temple. He warned Chicago morals are low as schools show moral decline and public life is corroded by drinking and impropriety. He called for plain talk to schoolchildren and renewed church activity. He contrasted with New York City where a recent annual report shows no professions of faith in four hundred churches.
A note from the Albany dispatch reports Senator Sullivan introducing a four kin measure in the New York Senate. The proposed amendment to the penal code would treat possession of a blackjack or metal knuckles as prima facie evidence of intent to carry weapons for crime. The piece notes the senator's district and his aim to restrain belligerent constituents.
Switzerland elected 78 year old Dr Adolf Deucher of Thurgau as president for a fifth term, though not consecutive, with a one year tenure and a salary near $3,000. A Prague Zurich Heidelberg Vienna alumnus, he led agriculture and industry divisions for decades and is praised for Jeffersonian simplicity in the Swiss republic.
At the St Regis venue the Thirteen Club held a superstition defying banquet. Abarbanell shattered a mirror, injuring his hand, and caused damage to an $18 000 piano. The room featured a thirteen foot ladder and a table of thirteen as guests, after which revelry turned eerie with shrouds and ghostly imagery.
A chaotic scene at West Tort Street police desk as a haunted chair tosses Lieut Thomas Palmer to the floor. A boy's shout triggers panic while officers restrain the chair and the desk, with Palmer sustaining injuries. A policeman recalls similar incidents with a haunted chair in the precinct.
The piece notes horses vanishing from English streets as trams motors and buses replace them, with motor traffic expanding to country roads. Farmers cease breeding ordinary horses. only elite breeding remains for champions as a potential war shortage looms due to no reserve.
A Boston Park Commission report notes 12 miles treated with oil and plans to extend to more than 40 miles. Engineer Putnam calculates annual sprinkling cost at 3 489 per mile versus 115 per mile with oiling. Oil emulsion uses roap dissolved in water, mixed with crude, then sprayed. claims better road surface and lower repair costs, with strong satisfaction in Boston and potential for wider use.
Joseph Jones, a farmer, battled a wild animal on Lore Mountain near the Hoosit Tunnel. After firing multiple shells, he suffered the loss of part of his gun but survived as the creature, likely a panther, was killed. Jones found the animal in a cave on the mountain.
John W Movian abandoned a tip to Albany to visit his sister when he remembered the 1st of the month. He suffered heart disease and dropped dead in the street shortly after, shocking bystanders at Saratoga.
A sardonic column contrasts wealth with brains and social pretensions. It humorously mocks moralizing friends and the vanity in relationships, noting how money shields foolish choices and how truth and excuses intertwine in everyday life.
The article lists major railroad stockholders and dummy holders, noting Harriman and Morgan holdings and foreign investor ownership. It highlights the concentration of control across Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Atchison, Louisville and Nashville, Baltimore and Ohio, Norfolk and Western, New York Central, and others, with dummy names and trusts obscuring real ownership. It also comments on Vanderbilts shifting to bonds, and cites sources from Deutsche Bank, London houses, and Berlin and Amsterdam entities.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson warned at the American Forestry Association meeting that forests are vanishing and US wood use is far above growth. He urged reforestation of about one quarter of a million acres annually and emphasized state and private action over waiting on Congress to preserve and restore forest lands.
A fragment from a late 19th or early 20th century issue contains scattered notes on postal cards. The piece parodies rhetoric about writing, marriage, romance, and fortune, weaving a collage of aphorisms and social observations with references to newspapers and seances.
David C. Owen Milwaukee postmaster discusses timekeeping machines for the postal service with a Washington commission. He notes Wisconsin and Milwaukee show growing postal receipts, a 1-2 percent annual gain, despite a quiet political climate and a heated autumn Republican primary featuring Senator Isaac Stephenson.
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