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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1909
Page
32
A Washington Post summary notes an address by McCormick predicting growing prosperity for farmers, bank deposits rising, and shifting political alignment during the decade. He cites mortgage cases and the broader impact of farming success on society, with a focus on mechanization, markets, and rural independence.
A prose critique discusses Edgar Allan Poe as a great poet whose art expressed beauty and conveyed a mission to capture pure beauty in earthly form. It compares Poe to Greek sculpture, notes critics’ attacks do not erode his fame, and argues his influence rests on more than mere form.
The doctor predicts Rockefeller may live to 100 barring accidents, credited to never worrying, light meals, and restraint at table. The piece questions overeating, noting Rockefeller’s rule to leave the table slightly hungry and discussing appetite as a central factor in longevity.
A harsh critique argues the guillotine return in France marks a backward moral step amid rising crimes. The piece contrasts old transportation penalties with renewed capital punishment, condemns public executions, and lampoons political figures and assorted cultural notes.
A Philadelphia dispatch reports Gov Marshall denounces a proposed 101000 appropriation for a governor’s house as extravagant, arguing 15000 to 30000 suffices and the state should not bear maintenance costs for a governor. The piece also jests about politics, railroads, and public figures in a broad, satirical style.
Edward Malvatm of 4 State Street Jersey City celebrated his cat Grizel turning 28 yesterday. Grizel, once black, now a grayish white who has produced many kittens, has never left the premises despite the back fence’s attractions. Dr Nicoll, West Ninety-sixth Street, said he has not heard of an older cat. Malcolm’s cat has lived there for 28 years, remains healthy, and shows only gray hairs.
Reported in Indiana, two gray timber wolves roam Jefferson township, reportedly sociable to a troubling degree. They avoid capture, target sheep and fowl, and have eaten animals, with efforts to trap failing. The piece notes oddities about Verona New Jersey jail sales and a missing local prison, and suggests a sporting editor is needed.
The article discusses pension relief for the elderly, public protests and proposals to extend aid to more regions. It notes Britain’s strengthening navy, shifts in colonial policy, and emigrant movements to Canada, Hudson Bay, and allied settlements. It highlights the impact on agriculture, stock raising, and anticipated industrial growth in emigration areas.
Analyzes how America's first poetic genius, Poe, inspires roaringly divided opinion among critics. Some worship his work while others condemn him, misreading his values and the moral undertones his era sought in his tales and poems.
A fragment describing John D. Rockefeller as fortunate and unconcerned with next meals. The text notes his ease in obtaining food, avoiding worry, and sleeping well, suggesting such security might let one live a long life. It reflects on bodily needs and longevity in wealth.
Aristocratic Women's Municipal League opens to poor wives mothers and servants in tenement districts. The new league, born from the Tuesday Club in Back Bay, declares all interested women may join regardless of social standing. First public meeting to be held at 211 Commonwealth avenue with plans to study milk, street cleaning, child recreation, and teaching housekeeping economy.
Washington January 17 Senator Henry B Foraker states there is no truth to claims that a large fund by African Americans is being raised to hire him as an attorney for Brownsville soldiers after his retirement from the Senate. He says he would not accept such employment or compensation and has spent his own money to seek justice for the battalion's innocent members.
Dr W A Lamberton of the University of Pennsylvania notes that about 99 of every 100 inquiries to a Greek professor concern three words. The first is baptize in the New Testament sense. The second seeks Greek for sweetheart. The third asks for the Greek word for victor for a motto or gift.
A historical survey argues monarchs and presidents vary in horsemanship, noting Roosevelt and Alfonso among rulers who rode. It contrasts Bulgarian king Ferdinand’s fragility, Greek and Scandinavian royals’ fondness for walking, and Emperor William’s Englishlike riding. It discusses French leaders avoiding horseback at reviews to balance prestige and public safety, citing Boulanger and Faure as examples.
The Boston public failed to fund the purchase of George Gray Bernard’s statue The Hewer after its removal from Copley Square. The sculptor’s price is $20,000, with only $3,254 raised from subscriptions to date. Contributions already sent will be returned to donors.
Mrs J Welsh Strong, daughter of the Welsh family of Lexington Kentucky, asks Federal court to annul her marriage claiming involuntary servitude. She asserts her husband William Edward Strong provides little support for her and their 18 month old, and that poverty and lack of food justify freedom from the contract entered when she was not of legal age.
The Philadelphia Public Ledger notes a 104 year old man who registered as Captain James E. Smith at Twentieth and Carpenter streets. The elderly registrant, recalling the Revolutionary War age, claimed uncertainty about his birth date while confirming his age as 104. He said his father was born in Cuba and that he was born near Culpeper Court House, Virginia.
Dean Ramsay noted Sabbatarians among countrymen stricter than usual who resist Sunday amusements. Anecdotes include a man who misnames a castle, a cook whose roasting track ran on Sundays, and a ben wife selling fowls who remarks that fowls lie every day including the Sabbath.
The Dundes Advertiser notes princes and nobles, incl Prince Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort at 73 taking vows and being ordained in the Dominican Order, among monks at Benzon Abbey. It mentions Princes Edward of Schooburg-Hartenstein and Philly of Hohenrohe, and other titled figures in monastic life, alongside a London case involving Lady Lawson charged with drunk and disorderly conduct. Sir Charles Allen Lehween, an Anglo-Indian journalist knighted in 1987, is linked to her marriage and separation from Miss Catherine Shaw amid alcohol-related arrests, while several Lawsons hold baronetcies and political power.
In the French village of Verrieres near Pontarcher residents defy decline. Mme Bell, wife of a farmer, has 26 children while M Crefier, a revenue official, is father to several. M Hatnard has many sons and daughters and M Longchamp also has a large family. Last week, M Simon celebrated his golden wedding with 42 children and grandchildren attending.
Robert Dunlap street car conductor slipped while bowling yesterday and swallowed a plate with three false teeth. He nearly choked before the teeth passed. Doctor Everett Rowell performed an X ray and an operation may follow to remove remaining pieces.
John Kilimét, a county jail inmate in Eling heth New Jersey, claims a vision of his dead mother compelled him to scratch his confession on his cell nails. He recites his mother's urging to confess, reform, and tell all, intending to serve his time and seek a clean life. The police report notes Kilimét was arrested in New York by Jailer Frank Lenman and Detective Buck Ward.
A mixed page fragment critiques unwritten law from the New York Times and shifts to notes on a Texas wave of settlers. It mentions homeseekers arriving in Houston and Galveston, roses for visitors, and Texas orange industry growth along the coast from Babine to the Rio Grande.
Ava Pollard of Silzabetl New Jersey refused a 599 for her Persian cat Miss Mad that won at the Boston cat show insisting it is not for sale. Adolph Anderson of Bristol Connecticut sold a Cochin for 1500 at the Boston poultry show. Mrs Paderewska, wife of a pianist, offered 1000 each for some of Andersons Cochins but the coveted birds were already promised.
American consul George Nicolas III in Warsaw cites Russian stability amid dissensions and czarist strength. Honduras and Central America are discussed by Linard and others, noting peaceful leadership, mining potential, and railway plans. Washington reporters describe New York storm aftermath and city conditions.
Amateur reflections discuss U S machine tool firms and foreign competition. Notes emphasize American superior technical knowledge, need for technical education, and the value of diversified designs seen in Germany and England. Comparisons with French auto industry are mentioned. Includes several aphoristic sentences on human behavior and women's fashion.
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