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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1911
Page
11
A Washington Post item discusses subscription terms, dates, and price options, then shifts to opinion on reform, noting Mayor Gaynor, curfews, and house to house espionage. It contrasts virtuous claims with reform rhetoric while urging balanced improvement. It ends with reflections on controversy as fuel for progress and human achievement.
A long critical wag of the nation’s capital mocks reform chatter in Washington, denouncing sensationalism over facts, while weighing the Hornet neutrality dispute and a lurid English butler scandal as American journalism faces international ire and a mysterious tall, dark bribery offer tale.
Frank Foxcroft argues in Contemporary Review that voters show apathy toward constitutional questions and proposed laws. He notes low turnout in off years, few voters record themselves on amendments, and warns the initiative referendum should not extend to national legislation. The piece cites historical safeguards in the U.S. Constitution and discusses a Washington dispatch on Post Office debt payments and mislaid funds involving George W Weart.
The London Chronicle reports the debate over knighthood as not appealing to all. Coke of Norfolk claimed a rightful claim as first commoner and vowed to retaliate if George ITV knighted him. George warned Coke that he would knight him, while Coke vowed to break the king’s sword if challenged.
War den J K Codding argues prison crowding in Lansing Kansas stems from homelessness and broken home ties. He cites 125 extra inmates since two years ago and cites Gov Stubbs refusing pardons or paroles. He claims divorces and stepfamilies drive confinement. A separate anecdote describes two women with big black hats buying three tickets to Republic Theater to reserve space for hats and coats.
J Pierpont Morgan Jr has purchased Aldertham Abbey in Hertfordshire from Col William Dugald Stuart and restored its name to Wall Hall. The piece recounts Peter Thellusson's 18th century will, the Thellusson Act limiting tied up property to 21 years, and a century of litigation leading to the 1859 ruling in favor of the senior male descendant. It notes Lord Rendlesham’s wealth, Lord Bendresham’s sports renown, and Sidney Greville’s royal paymaster post, with a digression on Warwick Castle’s fire fundraising in prior decades.
A historical reminiscence recounts Senator Elkins early career in New Mexico and Washington, his floor voice but no vote, and a misread celebration of Burrows. The New Mexico admission failure cost Elkins a Senate seat, yet he later found financial success, including a bold offer during a panic to aid a Missouri schoolmate.
Mrs. H E Monroe Hand, descendant of President Monroe, claims John D Rockefeller has a soul thousands of years old. She leads a new spiritual movement arguing great figures share a high sixth sense and that wealth stems from fixed ambition across past lives.
Oswego Dispatch reports Dr. Mary Walker arriving in town in male attire celebrating Paris fashion's decree for women to wear trousers. She criticizes corsets and corset coats for men and urges looser waists, practical dress for educated women, and dislikes picture hats while advocating short hair and traditional caps for women.
Interviews with visitors to the capital report Oregon’s April 1912 primary will instruct delegates for both parties on presidential and vice presidential candidates. Rep John Co Floyd of Arkansas notes Oregon may favor Champ Clark for President, while a Missouri speaker of the next House is seen as the Democratic choice if a vote were held today.
The piece portrays former Wisconsin Senator Spooner as markedly out of politics and law practice in New York City. It notes his reluctance to discuss politics, his role as West Virginia's chief counsel in a major debt case, and his retirement from public life. It also mentions reactions about party unity and a predicted Republican rebirth ahead of the 1912 convention.
A poetic collage from multiple papers notes Dr. Marshall H. Saville’s Ecuador expedition returning with rare relics from lost tribes and stories of a gold rush that let antiques be seized without digging, alongside aphorisms and verse on speed and pursuit. The piece blends New York Times passages and Chicago News items with reflections on language and ambition.
A tangled mix of social musings and legal opinion spans a telephone chat about outfits and a New York Press quip on morals. The piece then details Attorney General W. G. Conley of West Virginia explaining the Senate seat dispute as unresolved, noting the legislature’s unorganized status and the need for a quorum. He predicts the U.S. Senate will rule that Chilton and Watson were not lawfully chosen.
Robert Winthrop Chanler, husband of Lina Cavalieri, works in his West Sixty-seventh Street studio while friends say he produces small paintings that sell and sends part of his earnings to his famous wife. He lives in a Fifth Avenue bachelor apartment and travels daily between studio and home. Friends note his finances and sentiment, claiming he sends money to Lina to show he is thriving after Paris hardships and that she remains a key influence on his art and life.
A Pacific Monthly excerpt portrays a weary prisoner describing thirst and pain as he lies awaiting the colonel. Vivid jail mood shows the sergeant ordering prisoners to turn out for the morning audience with authority figures and a looming sea view.
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