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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1907
Page
4
Publication slice details subscription options for The Washington Post including locations, delivery terms, and payment methods. Notes addresses for offices in Washington and New York with multiple terms such as daily, Sunday included or excluded, monthly and yearly rates, and remittance methods. Dated Monday June 3 1907.
The State Department touts a German tariff accord favoring the United States only on paper while actual gains are in questions of duties and value declarations. Glen Echo authorities clash with diplomats over enforcing local laws, with cautions from the State Department and calls for respect for national and local authority.
Detective Sergeant Thomas Gregory, after a quarter century at Scotland Yard, retires with a pension. Renowned for his outdoor make ups and disguises as peddler, beggar, plumber, and even a woman, he played roles with urbanity and polish. Nicknamed Gentle- man Tom, he helped convict criminals from the badger game to coiners and plane thieves, earning many commendations.
The New York American reports a seven foot phonograph clock that announces time in words every fifteen minutes. The device can use any voice, from soprano to bass, and can be set to wake servants or awaken households with hourly or quarter hour announcements.
From the New York Press a satire shows the Dove of Peace disturbed by mocked nature stories and a chorus of animals debating Nobel peace awards. A Chaicago News cue follows, reflecting on public figures and media. The piece hints at political humor and literary jabs about fake nature tales and fame.
The article traces the contested line to the Earldom of Perth and the Drummond family, detailing the birth of a boy as heir through the Hon. Mrs. Eric Drummond and her sister the Duchess of Norfolk. It discusses alleged illegitimacy claims, past marriages, and the intertwined Drummond and Herries lines amid long royal and noble connections.
An expose from the Chicago Chronicle details astonishing sums paid for brief medical and legal services. It cites James B. Dill and William Nelson Cromwell among others as receiving up to $2,000,000 for pivotal negotiations and cases. The piece surveys fees in law medicine and high society, noting sensational bills to physicians and the wealth and risk surrounding such charges.
A reflective poem laments March's retreat into cold, winterlike weather. The speaker pleads to restore spring for one night, describing shivering bones, an overcoat, and a resting by the furnace as warmth returns briefly.
In Chinatown a grand feast honored the first haircut of Foaig Hock's only son. The event drew 150 guests to an Eighth Street restaurant where wives and children sat with heads of families. A lavish menu included birds nest soup and sharks fins, costing $1800. Guests offered gifts worth thousands of dollars as the heir becomes a family factor.
The note traces the slang phrase nothing doing from Dickens in Dombey and Son to Watson’s Weekly Jeffersonian. It argues the expression expresses habitual behavior and business surrender, not slang, noting Sol Gills saying nothing doing as a half century old, reflecting its enduring meaning.
Dr H Savage discusses how delirium and general paresis can arise from physical causes and aging, noting some people resist drastic mental breakdown. He traces intoxication related disorders, then outlines forms tied to insane or debased parentage, their relapse tendency, and the limits of drug treatment, urging asylum care as the practical path.
The Atlanta Constitution piece contrasts humorous verse about Satan with notes from the Brooklyn Eagle and New York Frees on Grover Cleveland and other presidents. It recalls Cleveland’s hand written letters, reliance on staff stenographers, and the pen economy tip from a New York merchant.
From the New York Press a humor piece rails at reforming policemen and civic manners while musing on leisure at a summer resort. The prose jokes about a man who snores in church and a wife’s embarrassment over her husband’s clothes to expose human nature and vanity in a breezy, satirical voice.
A Cincinnati lawyer Francis B James argues Taft could be a strong presidential candidate and favors a tailored tariff revision under section 4 of the Dingley act to restore reciprocity. He cites German tariff policy as a model and warns broad revisions may unsettle business while praising selective, condition-based reciprocity.
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