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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
11
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Report on the withdrawal of the army of observation from Texas as Gen. Madero enters Mexico City. Authorities cite improved conditions in Mexico, yet press reports of plans to move troops to southern California are disputed. The article notes growing internal instability, a nationwide conspiracy against Madero, and uneasy relations with federal commanders, suggesting a volatile period ahead. It also explores the idea of nature faking in literature, discussing various authors and figures in a speculative essay.
A long moral vignette critiques belief, monarchy, and national sacrifice through Uncle Remus lore, then shifts to political commentary on government ownership, Panamanian affairs, and congressional funding. It mocks zeal for England’s coronation, praises restraint, and laments fiscal and diplomatic tensions shaping U S policy’s path forward.
A 17 year old Alexander Siegel tells New York detectives how he fled the Randalls Island house of refuge on May 20 by tying bedding into a rope and lowering to the river. He swam through Little Hell Gate to the East River and reached College Point Ferry Dock before police flashlights forced him to dive back. He later found work as a wagon boy. The piece also notes F W Mackey’s eight day cross country trip claiming a $500 wager bonus.
Quiet voices in the New York Sut celebrate Taft as a steady, honest president. They value his modest, constitutional, unbellowing approach and insist he is making a good enough president for the people despite crowded campaigns and noisy rivalries.
Queen Mary lifts ban for two divorced guests at Buckingham Palace ball during the German Emperor visit. Princess Louise of Schleswig Holstein, cousin to the Kaiser, attended with protection of the Pauncefotes and appeared at the White House visit to McKinley. Mrs Waldorf Astor also attended, aided by Connaughts and Roumanian Princess. The other divorced cousin, Mrs John Jacob Astor, was not admitted.
The Loilayitle Courier-Journal notes the retirement of Col 0 Stealey after over a long tenure as head of the Washington news bureau. A trusted figure since 1865, he served as city editor and then chief of the bureau, earning wide respect in Louisville and Washington for integrity, reliability, and sound judgment in political reporting.
Washington correspondence in the Boston Herald notes humor in government book disclosures. Testimony from the House committee on expenditures in the Postoffice Department highlights excessive subsistence claims by Portmasters Owen Bacharach Bean and a pattern of inflated expenses across 538 days. The case, printed for record, shows officials squirm as blame shifts between committees and superiors. In a separate Long Island City trial, horse thief Frank Golden, who spoke Hinglish to officers, is found not guilty after claiming English learned in jail.
New York Times report notes 67 emigrant applicants for transport to Canada. Only 2 percent of colored female servants were accepted by the Guiana’s surgeon. The ship sails via New York. Employed domestics in Canada are to earn six dollars a month under a Canadian agent.
A whimsical Plain Dealer snippet imagines two microbes discussing their journey to a public roller tower. One asks where the others are going and the reply notes a recreation ark ascent for amusement. The playful dialogue evokes a light, surreal scene in a city newspaper format.
Muddy flood from a water department fire plug sent a stream and fish raining onto the Harlem police barracks steps. Lt Meehan recalls the spot as eel and catfish fell from the sky while onlookers scooped up specimens and warned of Friday mischief.
A reflective verse from the Spectator laments lingering winter and longs for spring’s escape to the Scottish highlands Argyle shire and the Tay. The speaker yearns for sea spray heather hills and the North’s rivers and mountains while celebrating May’s music and renewal.
A Chicago dispatch describes a counterfeit penny story where a prosperous man pays for a cigar with a $20 gold coin. Ray Rising tests the coin and questions its origin, then the man reveals he made it and presents a card reading Frank Downer director of the United States mint Denver.
A chaotic mix of witty lines about poverty love and social habits. The piece mocks pretentious men praises resilience and notes everyday ironies in family visits weather and gender roles. The tone resembles a satirical column with quick pointed vignettes.
The piece jokes about flirtation and social schemes. It notes women’s behavior at sewing and card parties and the dynamic of husbands treating wives after theater outings. The tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper column.
The article recounts conversations with Robert A. Archibald a patent lawyer and Ernestus Gulick from Dresden in Washington. They note the busy patent office the odd patent clashes with ancient uses and the marvels of Congress Library and Carnegie libraries. Gulick discusses beech bookbinding origins tied to old Caxton volumes and precious bindings.
Charles Fisher of Cincinnati urges support for President Taft's reciprocity with Canada at the New Willard. He notes hay prices and import duties, praising Taft's policy and recalling his long connection to Cincinnati, predicting a four year term with continued pride from his hometown.
Mining man Richard A. Penfield recounts a New Mexico ranch visit where he met a younger brother of Senator Joseph B. Foraker who favors public affairs but shuns political ambition. The piece notes the brother’s long stay in the Territory and interest in statehood prospects. Also mentions J H Shakespeare claiming descent from Shakespeare’s grandfather arriving for a Baptist Alliance conference in Philadelphia with plans to lecture at Harvard.
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