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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1907
Page
22
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The piece contrasts Roosevelt’s two party system with Germany’s multi party Reichstag. It praises German liberty under constitutional limits, notes dissolution of parliament, and predicts the rise of a United States of Germany as a free republic. It lauds German valor and resilience despite war costs in South Africa and internal constraints.
Charles T Terry backed by the American Automobile Association aims to test a national auto law to ease state by state touring. he argues for uniform rules while cautioning against federal overreach, amid broad New York commentary on constitutional jurisdiction and cross state impact.
The piece discusses a Florida bill to sell the Philippine Islands to Japan or another power for a price to repay the U S for costs. It argues the chance of a sale is slim given the strategic need for an Orient naval base and political opposition. It then shifts to reflections on American forgiveness, citing Gladstone and Swettenham, and lampoons various public figures and anecdotes in a satirical tone.
On the West Side at 15 Old Broadway, the Soubrette Museum houses Epes W. Sargent’s vast trove of theatrical memorabilia. The display includes tights from Vaudeville acts, stage shoes dated from various eras, and a Satin apron worn by Lilian Russell. A cabinet holds relics from Lyceum Theater and Lincoln’s assassination night. The collection totals over 2,000 items with many linked to famous performers and productions.
A Chicago Record Herald piece mocks gallery praise in politics while noting the state moves to present a report to Gov. Deneen on mental health. The State Board of Charities endorses a Kankakee training school for doctors in detention hospitals as Cook County faces a high insanity risk and calls for reform of insane asylum conditions.
A playful verse recalls Senator Tillman and fellow senators reacting to a jokey pitch meant as levity. The speaker confesses poor judgment in improvising humor about powerful figures and vows to stop joking, comparing himself to a clam and planning to join old Swettenbam.
The Syrian bear Czarina, missing a week, was found in a cave with two cubs about three days old beside her. Czar, her mate, showed aggression after entering the entrance, and keepers observed the cubs huddled with the mother. Earlier, Czarina had one cub that died after a prior birth. Two Nilgais, Indian antelopes, were also born at the Bronx Zoo yesterday.
A fragmentary piece from the Chicago News reflects on honesty wealth and social virtue. It critiques material success as often tied to others while highlighting gendered reflections on vanity and ambition with wary humor.
Washington dispatch outlines efforts by public and private figures to coax President Roosevelt into a public statement reaffirming his focus on bad trusts only. It notes that such a statement would not add new promises and may reassure business anxieties without altering policy.
A Chicago teacher assigns a compound proportion math problem about workers doing ten hours daily. The next morning a pupil’s note, signed Samuel Blockby, protests the assignment as a possible slur on honor. The pupil refuses to let his son submit a problem seen as excessive, insisting only a brief answer is acceptable.
A fragment from a column on bachelor life and social expectations. It ponders women's worries about children, opera outings and shopping, noting oddities in relationships and the idea of a husband limiting a wife’s spending. The language reflects a humorous, satirical newspaper tone.
Rochfort Maguire, Lord Peel’s son in law, succeeds the late Alfred Bell as president of the British South Africa Company and heads the greatest diamond mine syndicate in the world. An Irishman famed for a dramatic cleansing bath in Lobengula’s realm, his career spans Oxford honors, diplomacy, and Cecil Rhodes backing. He fuses politics with business, later guiding Rhodes through London society and the Boer War era.
Fragmentary OCR note references Prom, the Bohemian Adam and winter, with lines about pain clothing and adequacy for an opera, suggesting a literary or stage context rather than a clear news item.
The Battery community endures icy bay winds and a sick dog named Spot. Bigl Quigley fetches care, but Spot dies after a failed buckthorn remedy and a final bullet from Officer Andy. The piece interweaves dog tales with unrelated snippets on cotton mills and a 71 year old goose in Kansas, reflecting a bustling, oddball sea and city life.
The New York American recounts a wager about the Universal Provider a late Mr Whiteleys business that promised services from cradle to grave including medics attendance and a funeral It supplied staff travel tickets and even a yacht An English officer bet he could name any item and Whiteleys would supply it The officer named elephants and six were found chained in the basement procured from a menagerie
There is indication the reign of elbow sleeves is ending as new gowns favor short sleeves with tucked chiffon cuffs extending below the elbow. Fashion has become exaggerated and loses smart effect except with elaborate gowns. Mid summer fabrics may revive the trend briefly before fading with the first of January’s elastic currency.
Private John Allen, longtime humorist of the House, and Brig Gen. Henry C Ward share memories of the Forty-ninth to Fifties Congresses and army discipline at the Raleigh. German officials Hoffmann and Krause discuss Dernburg and Germany’s colonial policy while in America. Spencer notes next national rifle match planned for Ohio with mixed class competition and strong District marksmen.
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