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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1910
Page
8
The editorial urges restraint amid railroad rate proposals, arguing the government must enforce laws if violations exist while warning against panic about a railways clash. It praises Taft, supports moderate reforms, and stresses patient, lawful regulation over strikes. The piece also discusses school reform and moral standards in theater, championing wholesome entertainment and municipal censorship as a check on indecency.
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Opera industry faces a shakeup as stars face pay limits amid a looming global salary realignment. Chicago Opera Company director Dippel predicts a rebalanced system with salaries tied to drawing power, Europe losing appeal for top singers.
The Post outlines an Indiana opinion survey on national issues, tariff, high cost of living, and administration. It aggregates 1,390 citizen verdicts from both parties to present a clearer view of the political climate as the campaign unfolds.
A fragment discusses a Chinese boycott strategy versus American goods as a stronger tool than Western campaigns. It contrasts China with a past meat boycott in the United States, noting the meat trust’s price hikes and the resilience of entrenched interests. The passage reflects on how collective action in China differs from prior American consumer protests.
A New York court of appeals decision sparks a debate on tights for female performers. The piece notes Lilian Russell once refused tights, citing cold fear rather than ethics, and discusses consent, costume flexibility, and artistic taste as the core issues, urging restraint and taste in debate.
The Chicago school superintendent bans compound interest fractions and memorizing historical dates in elementary grades. He argues that forcing youths into strenuous, unsympathetic study yields little practical value and questions the purpose of teaching theories that students may never use.
A satirical read on Legi Brunskin of Centerville New Jersey proposing a scheme to tie frogs hind legs so front legs jump, allegedly to breed a marketable four legged frog. The piece mocks prior Brunskill stunts and notes distrust and local gossip from Vent Township and Wall Street satire. Fate and Destiny dock twelve days hence as headlines jab at finance and the Devil’s Own Fraternity with Wesleyan ties.
The New York Tribute urges prompt inter state commerce commission decisions on freight rate changes to avoid delays and court complications. It argues the commission should suspend and study proposed increases in general rather than rate by rate, clarifying whether higher rates are necessary and not arbitrary, while balancing railroad and public interests.
The New York Press notes 5600 men deserted last year. A court martial gave Sgt. H. six months hard labor and forfeiture of pay, then he returned as a private. Officials call the sentence inadequate while debates rise on deterring desertion and the role of public opinion in peacetime.
Excerpt from the New York Sun proposing a 1912 Republican ticket for president George Woodward Wickersham of New York and vice president Robert Marion La Follette of Wisconsin. The platform calls railroads to be struck down.
The Metropolitan Magazine notes one in four prisoners in New York State prisons is an alien and the share has risen for years. From 1906 to 1909 prison populations grew 93 percent, with over half of the increase foreign born. Italy alone supplied 473 of 1,091 aliens then confined. nationwide the 1908 immigration report cites 15,323 criminals in U S penal institutions not naturalized.
A humorous Young's Magazine exchange centers on the famous line from Tennyson and a jokey twist about being broke. A sweet girl finds the opening lines sad, while her Wall Street swain quips that being broke is even sadder, recalling his failed promise to take her to the opera.
A garbled column of aphorisms and quips reflects on success, human nature, weather forecasts, and social mores. The text riffs on generation, arguments, celebrations, and everyday life with fragmented sentences and playful asides about culture, family, and public figures.
Sir Richard Holmes, long Windsor librarian, is commissioned by Edward VII and King George to prepare a royal biography. He has access to vast Windsor Castle royal and private archives, including Queen Victoria correspondence, while managing the late king’s personal library at Sandringham.
The piece argues for open interior settlement of Southern Europe immigrants via Galveston as a way to balance a crowded coast. It warns against maritime immigration prejudice, noting historic fears from 1817 and 1819. It predicts Latins will assimilate and enrich the national stock as America expands inland.
The piece recalls past summer tunes and asks what this season’s popular song will be. It forecasts a patriotic hymn and a “musical comet cocktail” while noting likely variety from humorous to sentimental and trash, with reader anticipation for the season’s tunes.
Charlen Battell Loomis offers old fashioned advice to win and keep a wife. Act attentive, pretend she is your sweetheart, bring candy, meet her at the door, share stories, plan dinner and opera, and seek her approval on cigars. The piece promotes courtship ritual to sustain affection and a traditional marriage dynamic.
In Trenton New Jersey a jewelry auction seized by customs in Hoboken sparked a row among bidrs with hair pulling feared as State business paused. States Marshal Thomas J Alcott oversaw the sale in the assembly chamber while girls stenographers and clerks cheered bids in chorus. Uncut stones rings charms and bracelets sold at improbably low prices, bringing $60 less than the duty on the goods.
In Catholic Standard and Times and in Smith's Magazine two poets reflect on gossip and memory. The piece contrasts aging whisperers with the urge to speak freely, urging kindness despite bitter histories, set against spring and renewal.
A New York case describes a clergyman aiding a Sunday closing law violation by luring deacons into a saloon to drink beer. Police and church officials were found there, including the saloon keeper’s father and the trustees president, prompting closures. A related note mentions a British Indian court deeming Bryan's pamphlet on India sedulous, punishable by eleven months' imprisonment and a $70 fine.
A reflective passage argues that many theories interest men, but a pretty girl needs no theory to navigate men. It suggests that some men succeed despite college, while easy paths become hard with effort, and warns that revealing a past life to a woman risks tough consequences.
A fragmentary Chicago era column notes bigamy crime linked to landlord tenant issues and marriage, mocks ministers avoiding wedding bells, hints at hackbiters, and jokes about farmers beliefs, farm life, and long letters from writers. The piece mixes social commentary with rural humor and terse remarks.
A terse exchange features a judge and a country farmer debating poultry care with the farmer insisting on spring hen setting while the judge references guidance from a poultry book. The dialogue emphasizes difference between practical farming advice and official guidance.
A New York legal note discusses a case where a judge held that tips for hotel staff and service are not expenses of a commercial traveler. The ruling, based on a London hotel example, suggests tips are a luxury rather than a necessity, impacting how business travel costs are viewed.
Natulx展示 replicas of famous world gems including the Great Mogul and the Pitt. Descriptions cover their origins, historical thefts, and later ownerships, with notes on the gemstones’ sizes, cuts, and the labor to create precise crystal-like models. Also includes reportage on Panama Canal construction and political remarks about Ohio figures Mooney and Foraker.
The New York Brecing Post reports that Bryan seeks to pressure Harmon to back a favored senator candidate ahead of the Democratic State convention. It notes no clear consensus exists on the Senate race in either party and suggests Harmon has grown strong by independent thinking, contrasting Harmon’s stance with Cox headquarters ties.
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