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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1909
Page
9
A fragmented Washington Post page discusses congressional acts, the geostrategic need for a comprehensive survey, and foreign policy notes. It lauds ambassador Reid and White as skilled diplomats shaping U S relations with Britain, highlighting Burke’s memory and English-American ties.
The piece surveys fluctuating seasonal hints from Virginia Tennessee to North Carolina. It notes dry skies, shifting flora, and a public discourse on spring’s arrival. It contrasts nature’s signs with social commentary and references political figures and historical journals.
A long editorial column humorously debates whether President Taft will endure until March and mocks stomach troubles, political dinners, and looming senatorial maneuverings. It covers Guffey’s leadership troubles, Illinois and Pennsylvania political shifts, and international tensions, infusing satire on public figures and events of the era.
A Honolulu speaker at the Belvedere urges making Honolulu a world port with equal treatment for all ships. He argues 2100 miles of distant governance is wrong and Hawaii should be internalized yet remain under U.S. flag.
Atlanta Mayor Maddox portrays E H Harriman as a grunting enigma during a city visit. Harriman remains reserved, with humor shown only twice after a formal tour of the state capital. He jokes about graft and recalls meeting Rockefeller at a recent dinner amid Morgan cigars and a ptomaine poisoning episode.
A excited wife calls the New York public service commission late at night seeking word on any subway or elevated line incidents to explain her husband’s lateness. The on duty inspector replies there has been no serious accident and the conversation ends with the woman perplexed.
George W Field a letter carrier in the Wall Street branch post office faced Judge Mulqueen in General Sessions for neglecting support of his aged mother. He argued his salary was small and refused to pay. the judge ordered jail until he agrees to send three dollars monthly. Field’s mother, aged and infirm, lives at 369 East 1234 Street.
The last of the silver bullion certificates issued by Zimmerman & Forshay was redeemed and the certificates stricken from the Met exchange on Wednesday. Between 4,000 and 40,000 certificates circulated, each backing 1,000 ounces of silver as a warehouse receipt. Silver priced around 6 cents per ounce in 1900, with holders losing nearly $8 per certificate as the firm repurchased yesterday, impacting London Standard values.
A proposed Twenty Years Ago feature recalls John Dobbins promising to pay his subscription upon selling his wheat. The column asks if he lied or is still holding his wheat, reflecting memories from two decades prior.
A local producer shipped 1500 strawberries by express to Chicago Cincinnati and New York at two cents per berry. The first crop is praised for size and flavor and marks the highest price in the region. Also reported are pearls found in an oyster by George Garrahan with a largest pearl about the size of a pencil end and several slightly smaller ones.
A lengthy feature explains that Nelson papers and relics survive the Sicily quake at Castle of Maniaces on Mount Etna. Alexander Hood, great grandnephew of Nelson, manages Bronte estates with wine production and Nelson relics, while titles pass among the Bridport and Hood families through complex hereditary lines.
A collage of brief items features a London Globe excerpt about a grown girl bid farewell, notes on French medical schooling in Hanoi with four Cochin China students, and Mary O Neil the girl without a country crossing the Canada US line amid immigration debates. Also cited are a Chicago News verse about aging and love, and a 1909 note on a debutant’s coming out.
Elihu Root’s Albany visit draws attention from Republican leaders as Gov. Hughes meets Roosevelt. Politicians seek his guidance on direct nominations and party harmony amid impending legislative fights. Root’s presence could shape strategy and influence the winter decisions in the state capital.
Chicago dispatch reports Dr Asher Gluck founder of the Simple Life and Equality System declares a Chicago colony will join Sercombe in spirit. He claims a child born in fifteen months will talk at birth and never die, with Gluck reborn as the child. He plans to sell possessions and relocate to a secluded spot to maintain perfect conduct. Neighbors doubt the colony’s size while some followers desert citing temptations such as women, cards, drink, and theaters. Gluck advocates vegetarianism sackcloth isolation and prohibition on kissing.
M. Burton and Nora Henderson married in Dallas on April 10 198 Three months later they discovered they were half brother and sister. The wife filed for divorce to annul the marriage. Their mother had been twice married and the baby born during the second marriage was raised as cousins. They eloped and wed three months before learning of their true relation. They ceased living as man and wife.
Prof Isaac Franklin Russell of New York University Law School told the Chenango County Society at the Hotel Astor that hero myths are myths, citing Pocahontas and Washington legends as misinterpretations. He argued judicial proof alone cannot prove truth and that witnesses or writings may be forged, challenging mathematical certainty in evidence.
A New Orleans dispatch to the New York World says alligator steak will be served at President-elect Taft’s February 14 banquet on his Panama arrival. Nine Southern governors will help prepare the dish, with Mr Trezevant of the Progressive Union in charge. The piece notes Roosevelt’s bear meat preference and claims Taft will favor the alligator dish. It also mentions Yale University receiving two autographs from Gov Elvin Yale via Dr Edgar Thurston, one from Guy Yale.
From the Soulgvtite Herald comes an odd piece noting John D. Rockefeller would hide in a hollow toga before history, and Attila today would work in a steel plant for a dollar and a quarter. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch cites a new 2 cent stamp showing Washington and a curious claim about the strawberry blossom on his nose, closing with a note that another bet ends happily.
A brief from Omaha Bes notes the prospect that the president may view Africa as tame following his prior Washington encounters. The remark suggests a calmer outlook for upcoming engagements abroad.
John A. Hennessy, editor and Press Club president, met with President Roosevelt at the Willard in Washington to invite him to the New York Press Club cornerstone ceremony. Roosevelt regrets he cannot attend due to imminent Africa trip. the clubhouse is planned as a grand, costlier home for newspaper men.
In the London Chronicle the Bendigo Anglican church debate splits over a temperance pledge to ban tobacco. Canon Brydges warns the proposer of female backlash as wives fear the pipe is their husbands vice. Opposition stems from sour grapes or failed attempts to smoke, keeping him at home away from the hotel.
In this age there are no old maids the term has been taken out of conversation and literature but there are many bachelor girls who do their part in the world with signal ability and to whom the praises of the President elect will be as welcome as they are justified. Indiana's new United States senator is six feet five inches tall so Mr Fairbanks is not the only skyscraper statesman. In captivity.
Col Rivers commands four divisions of the Philippine constabulary at Visayas and leaves for San Francisco en route to Manila. Discussions cover good roads congress to be held in Seattle July 4 to 7 with delegates from every state. Observations on Japanese stance, Philippine questions, and economic cautions accompany reflections on roads and foreign policy.
A humorous vignette on male folly and restraint in relationships. It notes that men fear losing enthusiasm if kept in check like champagne and that some men pride themselves on imagining a different future as a successful farmer. The piece riffs on preferences in women and past choices.
A Dundee Advertiser piece surveys bequests to royalty, noting the largest bequest of 30 000 to Queen Victoria by John Neala and other notable legacies from figures like a Balmoral Scot and Lord Alington. It contrasts such gifts with quirky requests and touches of modern talk, including a Catholic Standard and Times exchange about ready-made clothes and familiar banter.
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