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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
20
A garbled compilation of subscription terms for the Washington Post, scattered city notes on California Japanese land laws, snow removal thoughts for Washington streets, political commentary on Oregon and Kentucky figures, and a long, distorted excerpt mixing headlines, court mentions, and editorial asides from an early 1909 era publication.
Three Democratic senators are elected Benjamn F Shively Indiana Charles J Hugnes Jr Colorado and Gov George G Chamberlain Oregon strengthening the party North states supply new blood and capacity in public affairs. The article notes Southern senators as able yet a minority and comments on Taft Rockefeller and Roosevelt while recounting various political and social anecdotes including a marriage proposal story and a St Louis tornado related tale.
Washington Dispatch reports Senator Thomas C. Platt receiving news of Elihu Root's election while in the Senate chamber. Platt reflects on his career, health failing from neuritis, and the sense that a younger leader should take his place as he departs national service.
The Trinity Church corporation announced plans to overhaul extensive real estate holdings, excluding the ten churches, to improve safety, habitability, and cleanliness. St John’s Chapel will reopen May 1 with evangelical services led by Rev William Wilkinson, while parochial work moves to St Luke’s Chapel. Critics say public pressure drove change. others cite a looming legislative charter revocation bill.
John Burroughs, the famed naturalist and Roosevelt ally, enrolls as a student at Cornell in the agricultural department. He notes new insights about hens and plans to have his Harvard-educated son visit to learn farm management at Slabsides. He adds that both young men and women are learning to be good farmers.
A large Newfoundland owned by a farmer two miles from Trout Lake escorts his three sons to Coleraine school despite severe cold. The dog walks with them across the ice each morning and returns after classes to guide them home through wind and snow.
An officer of a crack cavalry regiment in King Edward's eastern dependency faces renewed debt after lavish spending. Native moneylenders deterred by a Thaumaturgic warning and a tale of a living uncle stoke pressure, forcing him to borrow in London. Estates and second sons' rights in Perthshire also discussed along with Cromlix history and Chisholm lineage.
Ohio Senator Dick declines to join a Taft driven plan to trade his Senate reelection for Taft allied support for a 1910 governor bid. He advocates independent campaign, preserving his right to run on merit. He emphasizes loyalty to Taft’s administration without sacrificing his own reelection chances.
A New York World excerpt notes mixed views on sanctified flirtations in church. Rev John L Scudder of Jersey City supports mild flirtation as a social aid while others deem it improper. He cites personal anecdotes and a People’s Palace concept for wholesome amusements. Also included are atmospheric science notes on recent warm air inversions causing rain in storms and a financial update showing trust company resources rising sharply in New York State as of early 1909 with deposits and loans up.
The piece analyzes Senator Lodge's proposed academy charter as a New England monopoly dominated by Massachusetts and Harvard. It lists incorporators and claims Massachusetts members exceed the expected share, framing the plan as a Massachusetts educational monopoly within a federal trust. It also notes other unrelated items and a poem about a fraud scare.
Collage of wry observations on marriage money and vanity drawn from the New York Press and Chicago News. The quips compare widows faith, male judgment, a mirror’s gaze, easy money, and heroism in families with a sly urban humor.
Col George M Bailey editor of the Houston Post arrives to deliver Texas electoral votes for Bryan. He mingles with press peers at the Capitol, discusses Texas politics, prohibition, and the expected Democratic strength.
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