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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1909
Page
14
The Washington Post subscription terms list carrier and mail delivery options in Washington and Alexandria with daily and Sunday editions, prepaid billing, and various durations. The piece includes scattered long excerpts on politics, tariff debates, steel, foreign capital, and brief notices from the era, reflecting the paper’s typical mix of ads and opinion.
A historical examination reviews Civil War era politics, Lincoln’s assassination, and Johnson’s approach to reconstruction. It contrasts political strategies, party conflicts, and the impact of assassinations on Southern policy and state prohibition movements.
The article praises Secretary James Wilson for his long service as Secretary of Agriculture since 1897 and notes his potential to match Albert Gallatin’s record if he remains in the Taft cabinet into 1902. It highlights reforms, growth of the department, increased staffing and budgets, and the department’s expanding responsibilities from forest reserves to meat inspection and pure food laws. It also mentions challenges like policing, disease control, tick eradication, boll weevil fight, and rural advocacy.
Unprecedented cost in a single suit and a record number of words of testimony were revealed as the Standard Oil Company case in New York ended at the custom house. The company spent over 4 million dollars defending itself, while the government spent a similar amount prosecuting. Sixty nine subsidiary companies were named, with 192 witnesses called by the government and 14 by the defense. The testimony totals about 4.6 million words, possibly the most ever in a U S government case. If printed, the volume could rise above seven feet in height and the four color maps shown by the company added substantial expense.
The New York World portrays Admiral Rojestvensky as a scapegoat for Russia’s failings in the war with Japan. It notes praise for Evans and criticizes official greed and neglect that left the Russian fleet unready, criticizing misgovernance by the grand dukes and the nation’s harsh treatment of him.
A recent Cape Town report from Luderitzbucht in German Southwest Africa details new diamond fields seven miles off the coast. Ovambo workers in blue goggles sift sand, seawater baths separate stones, and diamonds are stored in pickle bottles. Recovery costs average about 5s a carat, with notable yields per claim.
Joseph Osborne, a contractor, deposited one dollar with Citizens Savings and Trust Company under a 99 year agreement that it cannot be removed until the period ends. After annual interest compounds, the total will be paid to the oldest surviving Osborne in descent from Joseph Osborne, the present owner. He added 77 cents to cover the old 28 cent balance.
The world’s oldest nun, Mother Andrey, died at the Cistercian convent of Sarneu near Lucemne. Born December 14, 181, she professed on June 10, 1887 and led the convent vestiary for about 60 years. She read without spectacles late in life and remained in the convent since her profession under six general leaders of the order.
A humorous homespun note urges early rising to read neighbors papers before they are taken. It claims a 1 cent daily gain yields about 6 dollars yearly, with an extra cent in leap years, and warns this plan conflicts with good neighborhood duties by omitting items to interest a wife.
The London Globe describes new electrical devices for kitchens. An automatic eye boiler system aboard ships like the Lusitania and Mauretania cooks 200 eggs at once, with a timed mechanism flipping the basket to lift eggs from the water every half minute up to six minutes. A self dumping oyster cooker is also noted, dumping its stew contents into a soup plate after a set interval.
A far flung news summary notes Queen Wilhelming of the Netherlands decreeing the child due in March will bear the title Orange-Nassau and be Duke or Duchess of Mecklenburg. The piece links dynastic ties to Nassau and Luxembourg, cites a lawsuit over a vast fortune, and mentions related political intrigue involving France, Abyssinia, and British figures like Sir John Harrington, plus a Serbian anthem dispute and royal theater reactions.
A New York prisoner known as Sahano Mallil o, to be executed next week, refuses a dentist's aid to remove gold teeth. He fears dentists more than the electric chair and asks that the teeth be removed only after his death, unless relatives in Italy can pay for the extraction. The dentist hesitated, and no money was pledged.
A seven year old English bloodhound named Ben, owned by Edward Tschropp, is described as the city’s fiercest beer drinker. He reportedly can drink eighteen schooners in a day, remains gentle when sober, and refuses whisky or soft drinks. Ben follows the bishop’s laws, hops on the water wagon each Saturday night, and travels home with his master by Monday morning.
Edson Smith of Walton Conn, 40, a longtime town official and reader, learned he had been functionally blind in one eye for decades. Dr Francis Watson explains half blind people may not notice the deficit, as Smith always shut both eyes, interpreting darkness as normal. He recalls tilting his head and winking with both eyes, leaving the cause of his unusual sight unknown until a recent eye examination.
John Breedlove, a long time shoe shop owner in West Newton, Marion County, is a local character who claims to have walked from North Carolina to Indiana twice. He asserts during his travels that the earth is flat not curved, recounting a humorous image of someone on the earth’s underside with their head down. He frequently discusses disputed topics at his shop meeting place.
The Manchester Guardian notes Messina export of sumac harvested powders used to tan goatskin for morocco. Genuine morocco comes from pure sumach tanning while imitations use haboo pods or bark. Roan leathers are sheep skin. Moroccos decline for furniture, but cars open new markets.
The true character of owls is clarified and their value noted. While some fear death bodies, most owls provide immense benefit by destroying rats mice and other noxious insects. The British owl species are increasing and roosting in crowds, though rare aberrant cases of killing young birds are acknowledged.
The Public Service Commission reports surface, subway, and elevated lines carried over 1.06 billion passengers in the year, up 1 percent from railways nationwide. Revenue tops 62 million with New Yorkers using one fifth of local gas, 30 million gas and 20 million electricity costs. Accidents total about 40,000 with 600 deaths, urging safety devices. The commission supports running more cars during rush hours and careful handling of bankrupt surface lines amid ongoing wrangles with receivers.
A mixed item from the New York World includes a satirical jab at Carrie Nation’s temperance protests in Angland and public scenes, followed by quirky financial tidbits on prized animals. It mentions a French bulldog offer, Lady Samuelson, Lord Rosebery pets, and royal cats valued highly, all presented in breezy, columnar fashion.
A collection of aphoristic lines on gender roles, courage, and social behavior drawn from a Chicago News source. It contrasts bravado with timid men, notes a woman’s influence, and suggests education shifts thinking more than cash. The piece weaves wit with dated social perspectives.
Former Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota cites two causes for the Democratic defeat, radical Republicans and fear of Bryan among big-enterprise interests. Indiana figures Beveridge, Had Beck, and Shively discussed, with hopes of party unity and strong leadership. Exposition notes from Seattle praise progress and Indian education, while Ohio and Indiana political commentary reflect on the era and forthcoming cabinet possibilities.
A purportedly valuable Koran copy is described as the most precious work, kept in the Mohammedan city of vispan-Ruza Perma. The gold covers measure 914 by 4 inches, are one eighth inch thick, and feature stones in symbolic designs at the center and corners. The parchment manuscripts alone are valued at £10.
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