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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1911
Page
9
Publication Office on Pennsylvania Avenue near Fourteenth Street lists subscription terms. Daily service with or without Sunday options, weekly rates, and mail delivery details vary by whether Sundays are included and by payment in advance.
Washington readers are urged to keep The Post with them as they move, with easy address changes and prompt mail to any part of the country. The notice also extends congratulations to President Taft and Mrs Taft on her silver wedding anniversary and wishes the White House family happiness and health.
The Attorney General's frank statement to the Florge committee lists bills paid to high priced lawyers for trust prosecutions, including Henry J. Stimson at 8232047 and Frank B. Kellog at 48917 18. critics say fees are excessive yet effective, while others claim government success offsets costs. The piece additionally comments on Cold Storage and prices, arguing the legislation would curb greed and preserve staple supplies, contrasting bleak fertility of market with ongoing manipulation by storage firms.
A reflective column contrasts fireworks funding with a civic picnic for youth, criticizes monarchist coronation pomp and boosterism, and weighs the cost of tradition against modern norms a broad sweep through politics education and society. It notes youth crop prospects, rising costs, and calls for steadier growth and character building.
In Bergen County a violent electrical storm raged tearing earth and hurling a 6 foot iron stake and 20 foot chain through the air. Chief Tommy McCue and neighbor William De Vries traced the wreck to his roof after a lightning strike, finding stake and chain had struck the house and then returned to tether the chief’s cow.
Theodore Stanton and Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s son work on an International Journal to publish in Paris in multiple languages. The daily will focus on international politics, diplomacy, economy, finance, and arts with semi official news from global capitals. An international advisory board will meet in Paris yearly to set policy.
A Centerville Iowa cat known as Pussy became a familiar rider on the Keokuk and Westerman and Chicago Burlington and Quincy lines. Railroad workers twice moved the cat from beneath a car, only for it to return to its spot on bumpers. It now travels where it wishes, often on the engine or baggage area, and has even ridden as far as Red Oak on the Burlington line.
Lord Mostyn, appointed by the king to bear Wales’s standard at Westminster Abbey, leads a lineage dating to ninth century rulers. The Mostyns reside at Mostyn Hall in Flintshire, boast rare manuscripts, and retain historic artifacts from Henry VII. A connected branch includes Mrs. Mostyn in New York and other European links.
The Narine brasiliensis electric ray, a torpedo fish, joins the National Museum in Washington. It carries its own battery and can recharge thousands of cells, delivering a disabling shock when attacked. The species is common along the south Atlantic and gulf coasts, with the specimen from Florida.
Bridget Callahan, a Cork native and former Grand Union scrub, occupies a fifteenth floor Waldorf room without registration and refuses to leave. She threatens a 30 day fast, prompting Oscar Tschirky to consider police or court action if she cannot be persuaded to relocate.
Ben explains his stance on baldness and his past attempts at cures. He recalls watching Edward VII inaugurate a new hospital and resolves that if there were a cure for baldness it would have been found by then. The tale reflects witty rural humor and character dialogue.
William S Place of Hempstead avenue Lynbrook Long Island reported a giant garden strawberry six and a quarter inches around the middle. He and his wife claim no other berries on the vines showed abnormal growth. Place ate half at lunch and half after dinner and keeps the hull to prove it. The fruit was sweet with excellent flavor.
Judge Nathaniel Hobbs of North Berwick, head of the Ole Bull will contest, is in his eighty seventh year and is said to be the oldest probate judge in the United States. He can show a remarkable record with only two overruled or set aside decisions in twenty nine years on the bench.
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Clark asserting Pennsylvania should be reorganized into a militant Democratic force and predicting a Democratic win in 1912. He cites no factional fights, says the party must unite behind a strong presidential candidate, and notes his mixed Pennsylvania and New Jersey roots with Northern and Southern ancestry.
A Washington style verse fragment and quotes from Ainslee's and Chicago News appear in a Pittsburg Dispatch style spoof. It interweaves fishing imagery with wry observations on work beliefs love and society. The snippets mention Dylan Seplliard and light satire on gender and ambition.
A satirical column notes that promises multiply trouble and warns that clever people should not overconfidently outsmart life. It jokes about women’s rights, mockery of expertise, and the lure of money, suggesting a wry view of social pretensions and clever grifts.
Visitors praise Washington as the city’s beauty and planning with Glasgow architect John Halley and discuss skylines. He warns against skyscrapers and lauds the Capitol and post office, noting harmony and classic design. Tennessee politics get a mixed but hopeful outlook from Col. Fletcher, Bank of Commerce leader, on party unity and liquor-law tensions.
Reports from the New Bobbitt and the New Ebbitt feature two speakers urging charity by automobile owners. M. T. Nissley of Kansas City cites idle cars in Washington ready for use to transport elderly and disabled residents for brief outings. John A. Herron of Denver touts untapped Colorado mineral wealth, predicting a mining revival and noting census shows a drop in mining employment since 1902.
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