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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1907
Page
24
Notice outlines rates and terms for daily and Sunday newspaper delivery on a one year and one month basis. Includes postage repayment details and reference to Malt as the publishing agent.
Let The Post follow Washingtoniana leaving the city to keep them informed about affairs at the Capital. Addresses may be changed as needed and the paper will be sent promptly to any part of the country. Notify the carrier or send order to The Post, telephone Main 4205.
A long opinion mix discusses pacifist diplomacy, ship movements, and racial tensions with Japan. It argues for exclusion laws to curb Japanese labor and maintains that U S poses a pacific stand, warning that failure could lead to war if tensions flare.
The piece recalls a bygone oil camp atmosphere where itinerant workers, from Pennsylvania to New York, chase riches across the globe. It notes generational ties, lifelong labor, and tales of danger from jungles to deserts. Stories of Allan, Preston, and others highlight rough frontier life and a restless search for oil wealth.
From New Haven dispatch to the World a freight train crew reports a lizard perched in the caboose as a substitute for screens. It watches sleepers and gathers insects while the men rest. They also claim ants used as pest control to deter bedbugs after hoboes pass through. An aside notes five men over seventy watching cannon crackers explode.
A profile of Sir Henry MacLean, scion of a Scottish aristocratic line, noting his military career in the British service and Morisco guards in Morocco, his divorce from Lady MacLean, and his distinctive Moorish appearance and demeanor. Also mentions a Madrid scandal over doctored photographs of royal events and Minister Collier’s proper attire.
A Philadelphia Press correspondent recalls Chester B. Runyan, a New York trust company teller who seized over $30,000 in a dress suit case last Saturday before noon, analyzing motives and the ease of theft. The piece contrasts Runyan with earlier cases, notably Jeremiah Townsend in New Haven, detailing Townsend’s capture, flight to Cuba, graceful return, and five-year prison term, ending with his later reformation. It also notes a separate Zoological Park finding in the Bronx, a golden egg laid by a rhea, guarded by Beebe, and the anticipated hatching in weeks at the Bronx Zoo.
A marginal New York state piece describes the Crabclaws a 160 strong Cataraugus County clan famed for disfiguring limbs. A legend ties their deformities to a centuries old curse after a peddler’s death near a farmer’s house. The tale notes hands that move and feet that climb but cannot walk, passed through generations unless intermarriage is halted.
Former Treasury Secretary Leslie M Shaw, now head of Carnegie Trust, extols New York as a hub of finance and hard work while West Virginia’s tariff outlook draws praise from Commissioner George M Bowers. Col Hepburn weighs Roosevelt support. El Paso, Texas, touted as a young man’s opportunity. A mix of local notes includes a fishing tale and a distant crime profile.
A fragment argues that high license and tight saloon regulations in Washington yield orderly streets. The author claims strong progress in Missouri Indiana Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota and other Western and Northern states, noting that drunkenness is rare and Washington is well governed.
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