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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jan 23, 1909

Page

12

Washington Post Subscription Terms and Address Details

The notice lists subscription options for Washington Post at Tilvania Avenues and West Fourteenth Street, stating delivery by carrier in Washlington Alexandria. Rates include Sunday editions, weekly, monthly and yearly terms, with postage prepaid. Remittance methods include checks, money orders, or registered seller payments to THE WASHINGTON POST CO. Washington, D.C. Address and contact notes mention Paul Block and related offices in New York, Flatiron Building.

Washington Post CO Washington, D. C Wref Veri Matt Matters New Vorg Fra Flatiron Bulag Paul Block Gmre Wartrond Butlin Vager

Great Politician Platt Remembered In An Era’s Echoes

The piece reflects on Thomas C. Platt and his era, recalling his pivotal role in New York politics, the 1881 resignation crisis with Conkling and Garfield, and his enduring influence. It frames his career as a dramatic political arc, noting his stature as a leading Empire State figure and his anticipated final exit from public life.

Andrew Johnson Grover Cleveland Conkling Senate Albany Senator Platt Garfield Empire State Chicago Lincoln Grant

Nation must curb waste and adopt thrift now

A presidential report warns that the United States wastes vast sums daily in mineral products fires insects soil erosion and other losses. It argues the nation must shorten extravagance, expand parks, and school and regulate play to build a sustainable future while noting social and political tensions across regions.

Nationar Umons Cannes Wsesnellle United States Congress United Stats California Middle West France Germany England Japan The Conservation Commission

Britain Faces Heavy Income Tax and Death Duties

Cassell's Journal condemns the British income tax as the heaviest and most burdensome in the world. It notes the three year average is gone, profits are taxed yearly, and death duties since 1894 have raised over £220,000,000. Landed estates pay multiple times in five to six years, crippling houses and livelihoods, with agricultural laborers displaced.

Cassell

10 000 LIVES WASTED From the New York American

Benjamin C. Marah warns before the New York congestion committee that Manhattan life congestion and high rents fuel tuberculosis deaths and strain family planning. He cites a need to replan the city, estimating Manhattan improvements at about 44 million plus sewer relays at 20 million, totaling near 70 million.

New York New Berlin Paris London City Improvement Commission Manhattan

Inauguration Date Change Urged by Maj. Fowler

A Baltimore American excerpt reports Maj. George S. Fowler urging Congress to move Taft's inauguration from March 4 to April 9. He notes milder weather and livelier civic mood then, citing Washington’s climate and the nation’s readiness for a more favorable ceremony.

Maj. G. &. Fowler Baltimore American Taft Maj George S. Fowler Washington, D. C Belvedere Congress Washington George Washington

Money Comes as Man Takes Gas

William Pars attempted suicide in his Fifth Avenue area room after refusing relief and a letter offering money arrived three hours earlier. He turned on gas but was found alive and was hospitalized at St Vincent's. doctors feared he would die.

New-York William’ Pars West Fifteenth Street Pars St. Vincent's Hospital

Texas Plan to Use Antitrust Judgment for Charities

Austin dispatch reports the Texas plan to allocate the 1,623,5900 dollar Waters-Pierce antitrust judgment to build and equip additional state charitable institutions. A bill to dispose of the funds is being drafted for introduction in the legislature.

Austin Dispatch The New York World Texas Waters-Pierce Oil Company

Consuls Clash With Lord Dudley In Australia

Lord Dudley as governor general confronts foreign consuls who have boycotted him over ceremonial precedence. London presses note that consuls have no special privileges beyond other foreigners and may have exequatur withdrawn. Popular in antipodes supports the governor general, with possible shifts in consular prerogatives and diplomatic status, while a Paris art exhibit showcases royal ladies’ works.

Lord Dudley Genjeral Australia Lord Lady Dudley Commonwealth Colonial Department Foreign Office London Australa Consis H Ban St. Louis United States Dublin Kingdom of Ireland Emerald Isle

Woman as Preposition in Socialist Home Debate

Mrs Charlot Par king Gilman faced the Berkeley Lyceum audience as she mocked the idea that a woman is merely a relative of a man. The forum discussed socialism and marriage, with speakers arguing ownership versus partnership and questioning property notions in marriage.

New York Charlot Parking Gilman Berkeley Lyceum Mra Gilman Jman Charles 5. Read Randolph Churchill Eugenia Thompson Eva McDonald Valesh

Secret Bellevue Hospital Romance Ends in Marriage

A nurse trainee Anna J Krauss and surgeon Rieves Andrew Manker wed secretly after a romance in Bellevue Hospital psychopathic ward. They violated rules forbidding marriage and dismissal followed. Dr Bradley and nurse Miss Armstrong supported the couple and witnessed the ceremony before leaving the hospital together.

New York American Bellevue Hospital Anna J. Krauss School For Nurses Bo Levue Miss Krauss Rieves Andrew Manker Miss Krause Dr. Bradley Missy Armstrong Miss Armstrong

Trust Won't Cut Ice in Bangor Dispatch Report

Bangor Dispatch to the New York Herald notes no ice harvested on the Penobscot river this winter and doubts the harvest size. A freeze extends miles downriver from Bangor with 12 to 14 inch thickness, and up to half a million tons could be cut if the American Ice Company, the trust, wanted or had room. The company capacity on the Penobscot is about 92 000 tons. none harvested since 1907, when 57 000 tons were housed. On the Kennebec, American will house about 100 000 tons, a quarter of its capacity. L C Ballard, Maine manager, says Hudson crop will be large, making Maine operations small. Plenty of first class ice in Maine, but recovery prospects low.

Stuady Paoy Mainess Coventry Ife Bey Bangor Dispatch New York Herald Penobscot Bangor American Ice Company The Trust Kennebec American Company L. C. Ballard Maine

Jury Peeks At Painting in N J Court Dispute

Jurors glimpsed a painting of a wood nymph during a motion over authenticity. Judge Endicott ruled the case could be settled on law points and blocked a closer view by the jury. Mrs Caroline A Richards, wife of Mark Hanna Steel’s Cleveland manager, paid 250 for the piece which dealer claimed was not advertised as original. The dealer offered to take it back and was allowed to do so.

N. J Endicott Circuit Court Carolne A. Richards Mark Hanna Steel Company Cleveland Jean Jacques Hener

Our Feet to Be Wheels In Futuristic Newton Club Idea

Newton Club member Frank Wentworth envisions a 2,000,000 year distant future where wheel and steam turbine merge into a new human. Motion would be by wheels elevated from joints, powered by hot air from axle orifices driving blades. Respiratory systems would be superseded with speeds near 40 miles per hour, altering present locomotion and society.

White House Expenses Debate Roils Congress

Senate and House debate proposed presidential salary hikes highlight the total annual cost of the President's support staff. Figures cited include $85,000 per year discretionary funds and Madden's estimate of $238,000 for White House upkeep, with current appropriations for the 1907-1908 fiscal year totaling $229,430 for direct or indirectPresidental support.

Senate Congress Borah Bailey House Barah Representative Madden Madden White House Executive Office

Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Pexs

A humorous sketch notes that a man’s public speaking debut lingers in memory and jokes about male folly. It compares male confidence in farming during snow and a woman’s view of a man who won’t bother with church.

New York

Fragmented Chicago news line on happiness and fashion

A disjointed Chicago News paragraph muses on money happiness and amenable attire. It suggests cash fades, appearances mislead, and a wife deserves sense when a man has wealth. The garbled text ends with stray culinary and dress references.

Views of Visitors in Washington Reflect on Politics and Japan

Former Senator Fred T. Dubois of Idaho muses on leaving politics for agriculture, noting the fleeting nature of public life and the constant watch for enemies at home. Gov. Terrell and others discuss Taft and Democratic hopes, while a South Australia stockman extols open-air stock breeding and the value of thoroughbreds in farm and cavalry use.

Fred T. Dubois Idaho New Willard United States Senate Hale Frye Aldrich Cullom Daniel Galinger Congress Yast California Japan South Austral J. Craven Adelaide Ashearlington South Australia India South Africa Sir Modred

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