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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1907
Page
24
Column notes stir over tariff policy and protectionism with quotes from editorial figures, contrasting Democratic and Republican views. References to Lincoln era figures, Johnson, Bryan, and Gos Johnson surface alongside remarks on United States trade history and the need for prudent tariff, while scattered items touch on water safety and public health warnings for Washington residents.
Washington readers moving from the city are urged to notify The Post to keep informed about capital affairs. Ad dress changes may be made anytime and the paper will be sent promptly to any part of the country. Notify the carrier or send orders direct to The Post by mail or telephone.
Fragmented OCR text discusses optimism and pessimism in the United States, economic mood, and potential recovery efforts. Mentions individuals, regions, and general concern about wartime or postwar prosperity, with unclear names and dates due to garbled transcription.
Fragmented OCR text discusses Japan, Bryan, and peace efforts, noting reluctance for war and U S cautions. Mentions Iro Ito and Marquis Ito discussions, and the fleet to the Pacific as a precautionary step amid tensions with Japan.
Gen Joseph C Breckinridge, inspector general in the Santiago campaign, writes from Oberhofen Germany about the narrow American escape on the hills east of Santiago de Cuba. He discusses Shafter and Lawton, the Crux at El Caney, and theories on why heavy guns failed to damage Santiago, noting miscommunications and hidden history in the Banflago battle.
A playful poem outlines a summer girl on the scene with smiles and fashion while a gossiping figure knits. It contrasts flirtations and moral warnings as covert glances and conquests rise and the gossip gathers.
An angry crowd recalls a faker who promised refunds plus a cake, a razor, and a gold watch for $1 each. He toured towns, duped buyers, then vanished with the money, leaving skeptics with nothing but a few cheap razors. Texas anti trust law targets sellers of trust made goods. officials vow enforcement.
OMago News reports a French doctor’s analysis of ten tramway tickets sealed in sterilized envelopes. Each ticket bred microbes including Mourighedataphylococci and others. Ten white mice were exposed. eight died and two fell gravely ill, leading to the conclusion that four of five random tramway tickets may transmit dangerous diseases.
The piece recalls royal visits to ailing statesmen and the Devonshire connections with King Edward VII, noting that declines were not personal slights but cautionary signals. It threads through anecdotes of Louis Philippe, Talleyrand, and Napoleon III era lore, then shifts to modern aristocratic allowances and the broader posthumous honors culture, ending with a critique of jewelry gifts to saints in Madrid amid festive religious observances.
In a New York Supreme Court ruling Justice Truax ordered ongoing annual sums from the late Judge Cooper estate for Elbridge Cooper a 70 year old ex slave and several Cooper relatives in Tennessee. Distributions include $7100 yearly for Elbridge and varying heirs notably Addision Cooper Martha Sansom Stockwell Milner and Christin Cooper with arrears and cash payments totaling thousands.
A New York Times analysis urges caution over a government plan to appoint receivers for 65 defendant corporations in the Tobacco Trust case. It argues such action could flood markets with disrupted assets and deter foreign investment, warning the administration’s staff aims are dangerous to national business credit. The piece notes historic reluctance of courts to grant such petitions and questions whether executive zeal should override due process.
A verse poem recalls a mother’s comforting words and a son’s grief after her death, contrasting childhood solace with adult mercilessness. The text then shifts to a ledger excerpt detailing James Cooper’s long, frugal support of dependents, payments from 1699 to 192, hotel life at 4 Spruce Street, and committees overseeing his affairs after his decline.
A survey of royal names and patronymics shows how legitimate and illegitimate children of royals bear distinct family names. Examples include FitzGeorge for royal kin in Britain, May for Villiers descendants, and Vetter von der Lille for Austrian nobility, paired with notes on historical usage and symbolism.
A crowd watches nearly 200 sparrows attack an intruder bird in protest of nests. The flock swarms within five feet, scolds loudly, then charges the squirrel. The creature climbs ivy to a roof ridge, leaps across slate, and disappears as the crowd cheers and moves on.
A traveler from Philadelphia reports West Pallatetehta apparel poorly received by locals. A hotel incident arises when pajamas, once ironed, arrive stained and misfolded, prompting questions about laundry handling and fabric care.
In a lumber yard of the American Car and Foundry Company workers witnessed a pinching bug battle a chicken. The bug gained first hold and clung to the chicken’s neck while the crowd bet on the outcome. After the bug was shaken loose the pincher reared up and pressed its attack until the chicken yielded.
IL professor Breckenridge urged rapid establishment of federally supported engineering experiment stations in every state within a decade. He argued such centers would yield vast benefits, comparing them to agricultural stations and noting Illinois already conducts numerous usable experiments shared nationwide.
A New York Times correspondent notes in The Washington dispatch that in the Riddersaal conference room inkpots were screwed to desks. He recalls, from a friend, that at earlier meetings many inkpots were taken as souvenirs and suggests such pilfering is a shared habit across nations and classes.
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