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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1916
Page
7
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The New York Times and other leading Democratic papers oppose the revenue bill as written. They urge equitable taxation, warn of biased burdens against certain states and industries, and call for immediate radical revision to fund national defense and avoid inequity.
The article argues that labor hour reductions by state and federal law will affect U S production and development. It notes the eight hour rule could hinder farm harvests and raise living costs, while American industry may need more workers to maintain output as hours shorten. It cites coal industry cuts and a general labor shortage among machinists and related trades.
The piece urges House members to study Texas primary returns as they debate augmenting the Navy. It lauds Colquitt as a leading proponent of a strong foreign policy and national preparedness, while noting a prominent anti navy figure lost renomination. It argues that national safety demands broad, collective judgment in expanding defenses and cautions against letting individual opinion override public will.
A fragment discusses historic theories on sharks and the Gulf Stream as a driver of shark movement. It notes Aristotle’s era and later develop ments, rejects the Gulf Stream shift claim, and suggests psychology or rhetoric may explain shark behavior. It cites the Navy’s hydrographic office and hints at a broader critique of theorists.
Terberg traces odd and mysterious vagalions of college students and suggests a conduit for adolescent aberrations. Dr Stanley Hall, famed for his work on adolescence, Dr Munsterberg, and Hall tackle the youthful progeny as a solution for the bathing season.
Adjournment deferred as Congress rushes through many measures. Army and District of Columbia appropriation bills ship purchase and naval bills stand among items awaiting final action. Senate faces a heavy program with conference fights likely and revenue raising delays may push adjournment beyond September.
The piece argues that the child labor bill, already passed by the House, will burden Southern mills and factories while offering some relief to children with access to vocational education. It urges Senate passage with safeguards to minimize hardship and emphasizes broader obligations and future educational expansion.
Lord Newborough, serving in the navy, nears heirship through a childless sister, with the title to pass to cousin Robert Wynn. The article details a storied lineage from Welsh chieftains to early baronets, a controversial Florence marriage to Maria Stella Atalls, and two marriages that shaped the family estate at Glynlliven and Bodvean, ending with the current line’s vast Welsh properties and a fort at Williamsburg.
Amid wartime efforts the United States Navy takes possession of a vast searchlight system following the arrest of German inventor Heinrich Heck in Liverpool. Heck, who aided in Schenectady’s project, could not reach Belgium or Germany as war began, returning to the U S to negotiate rights now purchased by the government. The device features a mirror over eight feet in diameter and can project a violet white beam up to about 300 miles under ideal conditions.
Congress condensed report notes the confirmation of John H. Clarke for Supreme Court, Thomas Allan for district attorney in Nebraska, delays by Senator Hitchcock, Page pressing a vocational education bill, continued army appropriation debates with recommended increases, Hastings signaling propaganda efforts on naval envoy for American mails to Europe, adjournment to 10 am, and a library committee move to fund a monument to John Ericason, Intreator of the moniter-Koneiad.
In a poor Tokyo quarter the Going-out-of the-Mountain Temple holds a sea of offerings for fallen soldiers. A Shinto Buddhist rite on the Sumida River sees worshipers launch a canvas-roofed junk boat, scattering paper images to guide departed souls amid chants of Amida Butsu.
A lyrical excerpt imagines two lovers who have traveled the world and shared distant wonders. The speaker recalls moments of closeness and wonder as their hands meet and hearts align, contemplating if their journeys truly belong to a single story.
The National Federation of Women’s Clubs drives reform across states. Nebraska and Dakota women push portable schools and rural education, Oklahoma educates teachers, Arkansas mobilizes 11,000 college girls in domestic service, Wisconsin clubs focus on child health and eugenics, Tennessee and Kentucky stress moonlight schools for illiterates, and Texas clubwomen promote good roads and rural markets while Louisiana Georgia and Alabama push compulsory education. One Kentucky clubwoman alone has taught 1,860 people to read and write.
A Delaware man reportedly wore the same pair of shoes for seventeen years without mending them, prompting curiosity about how many pairs his daily life requires and what this says about frugality or circumstance.
The article recounts Simon Bolivar born in Caracas in 1783 to a noble family and chronicles his rise as a liberator. It notes his education, travels, and alliance with patriots, his campaigns against the Spaniards, his dictatorial roles in Venezuela and Peru, exile in Haiti, and eventual legacy including statues and the aim to unite South American republics.
An article from the New York Sun quotes Father Odenbach and scientists on a far future possibility of warm New York with orange groves and rubber plants. They note the gulf stream’s behavior is uncertain, the idea remains speculative, and current heat is explained as natural.
A discussion of harem life in the East describes harems as protected family homes for women and children, where culture is preserved. It notes Western misperceptions of polygamy, emphasizes the women and mothers’ control, and contrasts Oriental laws with Western behavior.
Prominent leaders at the Willard discuss Progressive votes in this year’s election. New York Democrat Jam B Herd notes independent and third party movements will shape outcomes, with emphasis on how Progressives split in key states and the electoral college. Polls and tax policy, including a proposed copper tax and smokeless powder levy, are debated for impact on party prospects.
Plan calls for rebuilding Volcano House Hotel, the only hotel inside a volcanic crater. New structures will rise on the current site within the crater walls, offering unobstructed views of lava flows and the active crater. An old log cabin era has faded as plans proceed.
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