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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1908
Page
3
The piece showcases a young author delivering an original short narrative and two meters rich in imagination. It blends vivid imagery and rebellious lines against tradition while infusing passages of intimate emotion. The writing frames a literary figure confronting cultural norms with creative risk.
The proposed bill restructures the bill of lading to be simpler and more uniform, reducing banking implications and easing carrier and consignee interactions. It would replace current forms with two printed variants, one for transport and one for order, to be adopted in the near term. The bill targets standardization across shipments, with full effect on September 1 and affects commodities including perishables.
A notice records multiple marriage licenses granted by Justice of the Peace Daniel Augelior, listing individuals including Bessie M Asheman, Laure M Tuttle, Victoria Grin, and Jessen, with ages given and towns noted as Baltimore and Batimore, indicating official approvals for marriages. The fragmentary OCR yields names, ages, and jurisdictions, reflecting standard public marriage license notices.
Health office record lists multiple deaths including Sarah C Cobaugh 35, Cecilia Zolier 19, Beatri Galvl 2 months, Delis Batter 68, Delis Batter age listed, Frank Ensor 24 Washington St, Ag Cs Eat Wood Heights 8 months, Albert Thompson two months, Florence Lee 9 Terrace Place, and others with ages from newborn to 68. Includes addresses such as 172 Corcoran St, 2110 Halt St Sw, 224 Kentucky Ave SE, and 436 Franklin Ave.
Detectives believe the mysterious black sloop led by a pirate captain yares past raids on wealthy summer residents along New York and Connecticut coasts. The Belle Haven burglary of Edward D Tarcell's summer home yielded over $1,000 in silverware and furniture, all marked with initials, as police connect the crime to a long-running network led by Henry A Jackson and the Dorada crew.
Rev Alfred A Curtis once Episcopal clergyman became Wilmington bishop and later vicar general of the Baltimore archdiocese. He died at St Agnes Sanitarium after stomach cancer. Cardinal Gibbons to celebrate requiem at the Cathedral before burial in Wilmington’s Convent of the Visitation graveyard.
Charles Costey and R A Sanders were designated by the police department to serve as inspectors under the child labor statute. They received instructions from Commissioner Macfarland on pre August first procedures, including coordinating with school officials and the juvenile court to gather facts and prepare a list of businesses employing children. General written guidelines for inspectors will follow.
Flooding returns at Potomac flats as a retaining wall gives way, dumping mud and water into pools near Seventeenth Street bathing beach. Workmen repair and pump mud and water from the dredger into the channel, noting the floodwater settled on the flats.
Stuyvesant Fish contends that wealthy Americans avoid paying bills and struggle to meet daily needs, while farmers and the unemployed face growing hardship. He notes even high earners find it hard to adjust from large incomes to modest weekly budgets as a national downturn deepens.
A telegram reports the killings of two men on the island of Nemos and the discovery of their bodies near a last camp in the Buyutal mountains. Lieut Ahearn and his party pursued Ayhao and followers, but guides deserted him as ration runs short and rivers swelled, forcing a retreat.
The Washington Post reports a brass band at the Witham Home for feeble minded boys in Hertfordshire showing mental improvement after learning instruments. The master notes rapid progress toward mental sanity with several cases fully recovering and band members outperforming other patients.
Philadelphia July 11 Alpheus T White was held without bail after his wife was shot dead at 2142 North Front Street. White claimed his wife fired first, then turned the revolver on herself. Neighbors noted her jealous, nervous temperament and a birthday-related conversation with a friend.
Atlantic dispatch reports hundreds of Jewish societies join in forming the Federation of American Zionists to be opened formally tomorrow. The conference will debate reorganizing propaganda to win American Jews to Zionism and declare the time ripe for the conquest of American Jewry. The diarist argues current leadership fails to advance this aim.
The annual convention of the Alumni Association of Christyn Brothers Colleges will be held in St Louis in August. Delegates from Washington are planning to attend. The event opens with a solemn blessing in the auditorium, followed by sessions and addresses by Charles M Pryar, Judge ONeill Ryan, and Judge Wallam H De Lacey. Women delegates will tour the city with a local committee.
Commissioner Capers declares completely denatured alcohol unsafe for external use and warns physicians and druggists of criminal liability for prescribing or dispensing it. The ruling cites kerosene and crude wood alcohol as making the substance unusable and notes penalties for misuse in beverages or medicinal preparations.
Dwight Purdy of Minneapolis, former Assistant United States Attorney General, sworn in as judge of the United States district court in St Paul Minnesota to fill the vacancy caused by Judge Willian Lochren's resignation. Appointed by President Roosevelt to fill the recess term.
Health officer Dr William Woodward orders a thorough inspection of the bathing beach amid fears of typhoid or malarial infection. If dangerous, the beach may close until Congress funds needed improvements after a $2,500 allocation previously provided. commissioners urge continued support to avoid hardship for local youths.
Commissioner West directed May Sylvester to report on police speed relations and water fire incidents. The memo notes a high speed run within city limits and urges department coordination to address rapid street car movements observed during the night.
Reports from New York describe a mutiny by Chinese sailors aboard a steamship. Consular officials and local police struggled to calm the crew as guards prevented landfall, with several prisoners kept aboard while authorities sought to resolve the incident and return the men to China.
Dr Hill argues the necessity of political influence to secure trade advantages. He contends diplomacy, national interests, and economic aims justify extending state power abroad to protect markets and materials. The piece surveys U.S. policy debates on tariffs, visas, and influence, framing foreign control as a duty of modern diplomacy.
A brave girl shielding a baby from a large Newfoundland kept the child between them as the dog attacked. A passerby restrained the animal, and the girl was hospitalized for treatment. Doctors will fight hydrophobia risk.
Hearst papers the American and the Evening Journal reveal a loss of confidence in the Democratic party and in William J Bryan. The editorials indicate Hearst will not back Bryan in the New York scene during July.
An item details a dubious kidney disease remedy claimed by a letter writer to have saved a life. It touts a product named Fusions Renal Compound advertised by John J. Fulton of Oakland and Henry Evans as agents, urging readers to request a bulletin of late recoveries.
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