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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1910
Page
11
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The article calls for a stern rebuke and a thorough cleaning out of officials in the coast and geodetic surveys amid long standing staff misrule. It argues that reform must extend to the Department of Commerce and Labor and warns other branches to heed the upheaval. The piece praises a systematic effort to raise efficiency through drastic cabinet action.
The Rev Dr William Rainsford urges greater liberalism in Christian churches. He argues the church should seek members based on belief in God, not creed, and criticizes the idea that the professional evangelist is passé. His two centuries away have sharpened his view on democratic Christianity and moral progress.
The piece argues for dating a century of peace from the 1814 Ghent treaty but notes the date is arbitrary since hostilities ended later. It recalls New Orleans battles, Jackson’s rise, and British moves toward Mobile, with a year reference to 1815 and incidents around Fort Howger and the Penobscot.
Six months after a treaty, American warships forced a surrender of the Nautling in the Straits of Sunda. Meanwhile two Wall Street workers looted over 2 million dollars from banks, prompting calls for brokers to scrutinize funds and recover stolen bonds from the Russo-Chinese Bank. The piece argues Wall Street tolerated dubious money and remains complicit in the theft.
The Monroe doctrine dominates discussion at the Buenos Aires Pan American conference as Brazilian delegates seek a united stand. Argentina and Chile resist, preferring neutrality and avoiding any move that could upset European interests. The U S delegates plan to abstain if the issue comes up, trusting unilateral enforcement while aiming to keep Latin American nations harmonized.
A discussion on women's colleges training for domestic roles and household economics. It argues for thorough instruction in house management as part of collegiate life, noting its value for post graduate observation and practical demonstrations within campus laboratories. The piece links domestic labor to broader social influence and the household as a strategic arena.
Wireless summer dispatches describe Parisienne fashion on beaches where maids stroll near the surf, avoiding getting wet beyond their slippers. The scene adds charm and draws interest from onlookers along American shores.
The bulletin notes a new skirt design that is sharply compact below the knees, hindering movement and shielding modesty. It suggests a dangerous plunge near the water, while spectators gaze on, and questions whether American taste will embrace this daring boulevard attire or reject it as ridiculous.
The Indianapolis News warns butter will cost more next year due to storage hoards and high costs. It cites 732,590 tubs in four cities and 225,000 more in other plants, all far above population growth, with oleomargarine ownership blamed for keeping butter off the market and fueling profits and higher prices.
L Rodgers of High Point North Carolina narrates finding eighty thousand dollars in gold coin in a cave near the Clinch River in Hancock County Tennessee. He describes a dream revealing the treasure beneath a kettle near a Civil War refuge site with a carved inscription promising wealth to the first reader. Rodgers says he followed the vision, found the gold, then returned to North Carolina and published the tale for friends and family.
The last of the Chartley herd of wild cattle dies, brokered back to Chartley Hall for burial. The famed cream colored cattle with black ears trace lineage to the Shirleys and Needwood forest origins. Entangled in legends of misfortune, the herd’s decline led to its sale to Duke of Bedford and transfer to Woburn Abbey. The article links historical figures from Ferrers, Shirley, and Washington lines, noting royal connections and notable executions. The piece ends with a reflection on lineage, estate history, and the demise of Chartley’s historic symbol.
A Philadelphia Dispatch tells of Capt Jim Lorenz dying at sea en route from Honolulu to Philadelphia aboard the bark John Ena. His wife Mrs Lorenz keeps vigil beside the coffin as mutinous crew oppose burial at sea, the ship finally reaches Morris Street wharf after eighty six days at sea and awaits docking to discharge cargo.
From the New York American, a Sunday crowd at Coney Island saw Mrs An ne Boyland of 248 Bay street Sheepshead Bay lose parts of her three piece bathing suit. Police intervened as jeers from a near the shore crowd followed. The officer ordered the crowd to help her ashore and she dressed before rejoining the beach.
Midland Beach water wagoners recount a frightful night as cats allegedly bit, wriggled, and chased four campers from their cots. Joseph Browne and companions describe a serpent dream turned real in a tent, after a candle reveals agile eels in the felines. General Miles recalls a war-era boast by an undersized man who claimed to take five Spanish officers solo, then fled when confronted by the general.
Arthur J. Meacham of the Second Georgia regiment in the Spanish War was declared dead and buried at Fort Thomas Kentucky with a tombstone. He claims he did not die and seeks $136 back pay from the War Department. He contracted typhoid in Florida then was shipped to Kentucky where another man was buried as him. Meacham objects to the tombstone and pursues payment to resume his service.
A satirical piece lists fried chicken in a shoe box and other odd items like toothpick skewered deviled eggs and unripe lemonade in a shaded setting. It then shifts to New York Dispatch reporting 150 cats boarding on Sixty fifth Street with a roof garden planned by Fred Plainer to give the felines fresh air through a window leap to the garden.
Airships carrying three tiny Vendome monoplanes and three French women aviators head for the United States to satisfy a growing female aviation fad. The 60 pound one person craft with a 16 foot wingspan will arrive in about a week and be flown from Minosse aviation grounds under Raoul Vendome’s design and guidance.
John Van Campbell of Pottsville Pa fell from an overhead Pennsylvania Railroad bridge about 60 feet to rocks below while repairing a bridge over dark water He was brought to Pottsville Hospital in a dying condition He asked on arrival how far he had fallen and if he would die
Barney Gallagher of Lansdowne accidentally ran over a dog near Linnerch. After a punctured tire and a chaotic escape from hornets, Gallagher and his party waded through Cobbs Creek and returned to the Kelly estate to dry out. The Valley Forge trip was postponed.
In a humorous vignette James Ravenacroft in New York American is wooed by a gold-digging wife who teases wealth and gifts. She presses for a yacht or diamonds but finally declares she wants an aeroplane, provoking his surprised, mock-grim realization of the demand.
A jumble of satirical quips from the era references Taft banning misrepresented golf reports and mocks critics. It cites lines from the Chicago Post the New York Press and Chicago Daily News on wit and gender, bending phrasings about manners, money and honesty.
A group of visitors share views on suffrage, banking laws, and politics. T. D. Jeston questions female banking rights in Brazil, J C Bird discusses Ohio politics and Harmon, while V W Fosdick mocks Spain and mosquitoes. A Chicago observer notes Anglophobia and a dramatic hose-drenching encounter with an Englishman.
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