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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1907
Page
24
The Washington Post lists subscription options and delivery details for Daily and Sunday issues, including prices for various terms and payment methods such as drafts checks and post office orders payable to The Washington Post Co. References to filing and mailing addresses appear amid publication notes and legacy staff lines.
The writer argues for moving American battleships from the Atlantic to the Pacific by canal route, concentrating the fleet in Cavite Bay and expanding Manila into a modern expeditionary base. He criticizes Pacific coast basing as a half measure and warns Japan would press attacks if ships remain near the U S Pacific coast.
A chaotic collage of verse and prose blends a burlesque chorus girl sonnet with political chatter. It includes remarks on Theodore Roosevelt seeking a third term, Bryan’s stance, weariness of whiskers among medical graduates, and local misadventures from fires to a child left alone. The item mixes entertainment, opinion, and brief reportage in a midwestern paper style.
The Pittsburg millionaire hosts a Fourth of July gathering at Atlantic Avenue Philips Beach with his renowned Daniel Webster punch. Hon L J Powers of Springfield will prepare the recipe using lemons sugar green tea claret and champagne, with fruit such as strawberries bananas oranges cherries and apples.
Coln John Harrington, once a private in the Middlesex infantry, rose through ranks to lieutenant and colonel before becoming the Britigh Crown’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Abyssinia. He earned Victoria’s phonograph conversation with Negus Menelik, secured British interests, and maintains strong ties with the American sporting set while serving as a trusted adviser to Emperor Menelik.
A long anecdote on forgetfulness aboard Brooklyn streetcars and elevated trains. Passengers leave gloves, jewelry, keys, pens, and even a baby’s gravestone on cars, with rare returns. One tale recalls a dress suitcase misplaced by a rider who forgot it was his own, then recovered through the conductor’s timely return.
Washingtonians moving from the city are urged to notify The Post to keep informed about Capital affairs. Free delivery to any part of the country is offered by sending order directly or notifying the carrier.
The piece compares Charles P Brewin’s four-year dormancy as Frank G Johnson to Rev Ansel Bourne’s multiple identities. It notes Bourne’s disappearance from Greene Station and return in Norristown as A J Keown, with psychical research led by Harvard and University of Pennsylvania experts. The report mirrors themes of memory waking like a gunshot.
Miss Dorothy Tyler fourteen, daughter of Dr KB Tyler, former Joplin mayor, rode in the afternoon events at the local track and won her first event a quarter mile race. The crowd cheered as she crossed the wire ahead of Blackmare and Dolly Varden ridden by professional jockeys.
A garbled passage from a Chicago source quotes aphorisms on money leisure marriage and gender roles. It contrasts thrift and risk with a stray moralizing tone and hints at a dental or social essay style without clear context.
A detailed look at cigar box production describes materials cost from four to eight cents for a fifty cigar box, with cedar or veneered poplar as common choices. It explains veneering, printing to imitate cedar, and intricate machinery that drives down waste and prices. The piece touches on assembly lines, automated nailing, and labeling as major value-adding steps in large factories.
A garbled antique verse filled Fourth of July imagery and disasters, including gunfire cries, fallen heroes, and wartime bravado. Nearby dispatches recount a bear encounter with a fisherman named Williamson who shot and killed the bear, then severed a turtle head to free the hunter. A Valentine pigeons tale links Miss Freie Silworth and Frederiex Smth across the Delaware Tower, with the Titsworths and Smiths housing pigeons on opposite shores.
Representative A. J. Barchfield of Pittsburg elected chairman of Allegheny County Republican Committee at the Willard. He vows to deliver at least a 4000 vote majority for Sheats in the state treasurer race and cites Knox as a potential presidential candidate. He praises Roosevelt’s administration and notes widespread support for a Roosevelt delegation if a state convention is held.
A fragmentary recounting reflects on the Jamestown exposition in Virginia and the era's historical ties. It mentions Miss Titsworth, Cornish, and Smiths pigeons, early settlers, and the theater in Williamsburg, with musings on politics and notable figures amid a travelogue tone.
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