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Washington Post

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Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jan 17, 1907

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22

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The Future of Canada and Naval Warship Costs

A composite article reviews naval theory by Admiral Mahan on ship size and costs, arguing ten larger battleships offer superior firepower, speed, and efficiency over twenty smaller vessels. It compares price, manpower, docking costs, and concludes large ships better justify the expense. It also discusses Canada’s future growth, immigration, and the possibility of independence by mid-century, plus a critique of Rockefeller style philanthropy and taxation in funding universities and libraries.

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Earthquakes and Charity Across a Sturdy World View

The piece argues that high taxes raise costs for labor and that charity should be free of class bias. It denounces “worthy poor” filters, condemns pharisaic thrift, and defends Jesus’s outreach to all poor. It then dismisses earthquake predictions as fear driven and stresses scientific limits and resilience.

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The Problem of Hiving Solved by Maine Warden Norton

The article asserts Warden Bernes Norton of Maine’s Thomaston penitentiary has solved low cost subsistence for prisoners. It claims feeding and clothing inmates costs under 10 cents per day, with meals totaling about 9 cents, and notes workers yield profit and good health. The piece credits Norton with a lasting legacy.

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Whither are we drifting judge targets social gambling

Judge Fite of Cartersville Ga urges a grand jury to probe social gambling in his circuit. He condemns gambling in drawing rooms and parlor games with chafing dishes and notes society women may participate. He says old moorings are slipping and asks if such gambling exists in Georgia’s social circles.

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Freedom of Speech in Cartersville and American Dissent

A long critique denounces anarchism and assassination talk by Russian exile Gregory Gershuny and warns against tolerating Reds. It recalls Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley outrages, argues murder cannot fix government sins, and notes rising prices and political tensions across the United States. The piece calls for restraint, warns of dangerous rhetoric, and ends with assorted social and political jabs.

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The Remorse Motor Promises Freedom for a Sacrifice

A freak show at the Electric Show features an adjustable electrical kicking machine called The Remorse Motor. Prisoner Ed Bloom submits to the device after Inspector Wheeler offers freedom if he endures the kicks. Bloom endures 10 seconds of 1,000 kicks, clothes torn and flesh bruised, then is freed with new clothes. A science interest group observes. Archdeacon Bickersteth offers a theory on Piccadilly's origin tied to Peaked Hill.

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Navy personnel bill urged to raise officer quality

The article argues that the navy personnel bill targets only the line, aiming to improve command material by removing incompetence. It contends staff officers, doctors, shipbuilders, and others are not affected and supports passage to replace aging flag officers with capable officers, ensuring continued service.

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Stole Beef and Life Sentence in Ohio Burglary Case

William Welch, who pleaded guilty, was sentenced by Judge J. J. Alread to life in the penitentiary for stealing five pounds of corned beef. The act occurred via opening a closed porch, classed as burglary in entering an uninhabited dwelling. The judge lamented the life term as excessive but stated the statute required it without jury clemency.

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A Spy in the Chimney and a Front-Office Feat

Readable excerpts recount Ellsworth’s bold Union spy chimney climb at a Chattanooga conference to glean Confederate plans, a soot covered escape, and a later tale of Robert B. Armstrong forging an office access permit at 52 Williams Street amid a weekend scramble for company papers.

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To My Friend Poem Excerpt From The New York Times

A fragmentary poem titled To My Friend expresses conditional responses to friendship in hardship. It ponders whether a friend would offer comfort, support, and solidarity under wretchedness temptation struggle and poverty.

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Reflections of a Bachelor From the New York Press

The fragment satirizes male attitudes toward women and marriage. It notes a man’s need to feel heroic, hints at social roles like Sunday school attendance, and jokes about women enjoying heaven and pink kimonos. The piece critiques vanity and marriage as status.

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Lord Grey Plans a Dominion Navy for Canada

Lord Grey promotes a Canadian dominion navy by creating a distinct local force. Britain will provide torpedo boats destroyers and small craft to seed the fleet for training. No recruitment will occur on the Great Lakes and the plan aims to avoid antagonizing the United States while aligning with Atlantic and Pacific seaboard settlements.

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Views of jail life charged Mat Rees fails for release

Hyman Rees, jailed seven months for contempt of court over alimony, sought release from Ludlow Street. He wrote letters praising jail life to his wife, hoping to influence mercy, but Justice McCall denied the petition, stating relief would aid his defiant conduct. Rees married Lilian Hernan at Avenue D a year ago. she had filed for separation.

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Christmas thefts by two boys shock Waterbury church

Willis Vestro and Angelo Debellis, both eight, robbed St. Cecilia’s Church poor boxes for $16 after learning Santa Claus missed them. They bought teddy bears with the money and were sent to the county home. The case followed a tale of want and desire amid a Christmas window display.

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MEY IN HOTEL LOBBIES AND RAILROAD DEATHS

A dispatch reports the railroad commissioners annual tally for New York State. Street railways caused SIZ deaths and 2014 injuries, with 45 fatalities in Greater New York among 63 passenger deaths and 315 injuries from cars moving, while steam roads killed 559 and injured 210. The note highlights low cavalry horse quality and calls for better mounts, plus remarks on American trade and street car dominance versus Europe.

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