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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
38
A sprawling, garbled page lists subscription options for newspapers delivered by carrier or by mail, with scattered jumbled phrases and stray mentions of Washington and New York, along with stray notices about streets, snow removal, and local politics. The text includes crude OCR errors but preserves names like Washington Post Co and references to 1909 events and figures.
The New York Ward notes three Democratic senators elected: Benjamn F Shively of Indiana Charles J Hugnes Jr of Colorado and Gov George G Chamberlain of Oregon. They represent new blood with legal public affairs experience and strengthen the Democratic presence in the North amid regional balance and party dynamics. The piece discusses broader partisan shifts, regional implications, and mentions related political reactions and social notes.
Washington Dispatch reports Senator Thomas Collier Platt receiving news of Elihu Root's election as his successor while in the Senate chamber. Platt, aging but resolute, cites his health decline from neuritis and reflects on a long career, noting Root's qualifications and the nation’s growth and unity.
The Trinity Church corporation broke its silence with a statement outlining immediate plans to improve its realty holdings including tenements and other buildings under its control. Most property, excluding the ten churches in Trinity parish, will undergo extensive alterations to raise safety and habitability. St Johns Chapel will reopen May 1 with evangelical services led by Rev William Wilkinson, parochial work moving to St Lukes Chapel. The vestry cites criticism and a potential pending legislative bill to revoke the charter as factors in the action.
John Burroughs, the veteran naturalist and Roosevelt ally, returns to college at Cornell in the agricultural department. He says he has learned much about hens and plans to have his Harvard graduate son visit to learn farm management at Slabsides. He notes that both young men and young women are learning to farm.
A farmer near Trout Lake uses a large Newfoundland as escort and guardian for his three sons. The oldest boy, over 10, has walked two weeks through severe cold, across Trout Lake ice, to attend school in Coleraine. The dog accompanies them home after classes, braving wind and blizzards.
An officer of a crack cavalry regiment sinks into debt in India due to card and turf losses. A pundit warns lenders that the uncle he inherited from is alive in a foreign country, triggering pressure and estrangement. He resigns his commission amid disputed tenancy beliefs and a legend of occult influence. Estates of Second Sons: Scottish courts tackle whether Cromlix and Innerpeffray pass to second sons or revert to the head of the family.
Ohio Senator Dick declines a Taft backed plan to give up reelection for governor in 1910. He favors pursuing his own campaign to secure victory or defeat, while pledging loyal support to Taft and the administration. He condemns any alliance that could threaten his Senate aims or the people’s unfettered choice.
reports from New York and Jersey City reveal clergymen divided over sanctified flirtations. Rev John L Scudder defends mild eye contact as a social byproduct, while others call Sunday amusements excessive. Weather notes and banking statistics accompany a scattered news digest.
A New York Times note argues Senator Lodge seeks to charter a federal academy that reads like a Massachusetts Harvard dominated trust. The piece lists incorporators, most linked to Massachusetts institutions, implying a regional monopoly under the proposed National Academy. It cites Harvard figures among charter members and notes strong New England connections.
A collage of wry observations on love, wealth, and gender roles drawn from the New York Press and Chicago News. It lampoons male financial judgment, female vanity, and wartime era mores with humorous, sometimes caustic, quips about honesty, heroism, and courtship.
Col George M Bailey editor of the Houston Post arrives to deliver Texas 18 electoral votes for William J Bryan. He discusses Texas growth, prohibition politics, and party strength with reporters in Raleigh and Washington press circles. He endorses Culberson for Senate and notes Northern Italy’s industrial rise as a contrast in Europe.
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