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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1907
Page
6
Fragmentary OCR text references an address on Fourteenth Street and terms of subscription. No clear event or person identified. Summarization limited by missing readable facts.
Washington readers are urged to keep Informed About affairs at the Capital by subscribing The Post. Ady addresses may be updated as needed. the paper will reach any part of the country. Notify the carrier or send order direct to The Post. Main 4205. Sa
An editorial essay questions the wisdom of moving sixteen battleships from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It warns of provoking Japan and urges prudent, forceful readiness in the Pacific, arguing that restraint risks crisis and that the navy must act to deter aggression. It refers to reactions in London and California as part of a broader war-vs-diplomacy debate.
The article reviews a Mississippi Senate race clash between John Sharp Williams and Gov. James K. Vardaman, highlighting Williams push for practical constitutional changes and opposition to repealing the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. It notes Vardaman’s emphasis on white supremacy and his call to repeal those amendments, contrasting Republican and Democratic stances amid a Meridian gathering of supporters.
The article analyzes John D. Rockefeller's personality and career, noting extraordinary concentration and organizational power. It recalls private conversations in which Rockefeller describes losing the pleasure of merely making money and embracing a future role in directing wealth toward distribution and public benefit.
A Cincinnati Dispatch reports three year old Howard Norman Gentry saved from death by a remarkable procedure after swallowing a stone. The piece includes humor from The Humorist in New York and Observations on newspaper gossip, war talk, and public figures. It notes moral questions about press influence and political chatter.
A Sidney woman Mary Schumacher feared her weight over 200 pounds after a penny scale reading and a fainting spell. The second portion details 18th and 19th century French women forming lodges titled as Masonic, led by figures like Empress Josephine, the Duchess d Orleans, and Queen Marie Antoinette's ally, with women officially initiated into Masonic rites across several Paris lodges.
The piece previews Cheyenne frontier days, July 2 3 and 7, with over 1 000 participants, hundreds of horses, and a crowd exceeding 2 000. It notes Western spectacle, rope acts, bronco busting, and a new feature of army officers dancing as part of entertainment and court levity, alongside a westward beauty contest and local sponsorship.
A dramatic excerpt from the Baltimore Sun recounts Chester Bunyan, an embeszling teller, allegedly dying of consumption, and a former friend’s claim. It recalls a friend’s near suicide amid grief, Bunyan’s crime, and public pity tempered by justice. Also notes a Philadelphia Record phrenology busting device tale with pickpocketing woes.
Readable fragments describe attitudes of workers and travelers with clipped lines. It mentions professional optimists carrying fortunes in belts and a tramp facing enemies, plus terse references to bowing, a dark night, and concerns about work reliability.
Bethlehem Steel's M Schwab says the United States can build five battleships faster than Japan and that war would not start with Japan. He notes US resources are vast and believes Japanese anxiety will not trigger conflict. He dismisses wartime fears as a midsummer scare. He also cites California anti Japanese sentiment as unlikely to cause clashes. A separate Indianapolis item recalls a lightning strike near a patrolman and a broken suspender.
A comical verse from Chicago shows a childlike fantasizing about wealth and endless ice cream, while a separate Ottawa piece recounts a tenacious desert search near town for John Brown’s 17 month old son. The baby, lost overnight in a cactus desert, is found at dawn by Charles and Paul Lesueur, covered in cactus and exhausted but alive.
A New York World opinion piece condemns jingoism and urges readers to test antiwar sentiment before supporting mass violence. It uses a satirical riff on “the Japs and other nations” and mocks warlike rhetoric by imagining applying same aggression to nearby mosquitoes.
In Washington at the New Willard Hotel Dr. O A Games of Managua asserts Nicaragua seeks peace, rejects war with Salvador, and explains government projects including a Atlantic to Pacific railroad. Indiana Rep Jesse Overstreet discusses the Republican National Convention and navy policy while others comment on Panama Canal progress and Washington water works.
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