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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1907
Page
9
The Washington Post announces subscription terms including delivery by carrier in Washington and various mail options. Rates cover daily Sunday editions, with annual and monthly plans and payments via drafts, checks or post-office orders to The Washington Post Co. in Washington DC.
Washington readers are urged to keep informed by having The Post follow them when they move from the city. Change addresses anytime and The Post will be mailed promptly nationwide. Orders may be sent directly to The Post or via carrier.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat debates Southern and Northern Democratic votes in 1904, noting Parker carried 140 electoral votes from the South while the North produced none. It cites Houston Post claims of a large Southern Republican share, Texas poll-tax disenfranchisement, and argues the South is not a single party. It also critiques anti-corporation rhetoric in state races and defends the value of corporations amid political corruption.
The piece laments Pennsylvania Avenue dust and disruption from excavation, urging increased sprinkling carts and independence from Weather Bureau forecasts. It notes merchants suffer dust, recommends more water use, and calls for a broader sprinkling squad to ease the public ordeal.
Simeon Alguier born 1851 in Solliès-Ville, famed music hall act the Pendu. He transformed his body from skeleton to fat, mimed dying with a fake coma, and finally hung himself on stage in Montmartre to astonish crowds. He died of grip in the Toulon area, never revealing his neck muscle secret.
A pair of humorous letters framed as domestic finance notes. The first, Dear Husband, asks for a hundred dollars to cover mounting expenses and health-related gaps, with a note that the last check is exhausted. The second, Dear Wife, expresses loneliness and sends two hundred dollars, anticipating further needs, framed as an explanation with games like Bridge and Poker.
The Brooklyn Eagle reports Isaac Manhoff, a Dubuque peddler, quit smoking after sixty years consuming about 60 cigarettes daily, totaling 963000 cigarettes. Calculations translate this to 223866 feet of matches and over forty two miles of rolled tobacco, costing thousands of minutes and days spent pursuing the habit. In Somerset County a nine year old sleeping amid bees is stung to death after the queen bee crawled onto his body and drew the swarm to him, then the bees followed as the queen was restored to the hive.
A fragmented report from Philodeonia Retocu in Washington County Pennsylvania notes a Carnegie library with a thousand volumes and taxed property holders. The librarian laments low patronage, citing only one reader last year amid urban crowding and distant skating routes affecting access.
Princess Louise of Belgium and ex Crown Princess Stephanie sue King Leopold in Brussels to claim a proprietary stake in the Congo Free State. They argue consent was not sought as Belgium debates the status of Leopold's private domain and its vast rubber forests. The case also tests the crown lands and a centuries old family compact among the Hanau and Hesse lines amid a web of morganatic marriages and disputed inheritances.
A discussion from The Birmingham Age-Herald emphasizes breathing education for TB patients, urging nose breathing, chest expansion, and cautious exercises. It critiques overlong open air exposure, praises targeted lung ventilation, and notes societal fears and general gym use as secondary aids. The piece also mentions the era of loud speech and phony fame, and reports on a fifty-seven year old swimmer in Missouri athletic circles.
A compact composite item from the Chicago Record-Herald and New York Journal of Commerce notes a grieving mother moving with children to a cottage to seek relief from toil while the father rests. It then shifts to a separate brief about railroad executive progression and a scattered parody on advice and popularity.
A half century old Trestown fraud unfolds as a wax coffin misleads relatives. James Bleath and heirs uncover insurance schemes worth over 90 000 with a vault reburial and a Ohio inquiry leads to restitution of eight hundred thousand dollars before a treasurer absconds with the funds.
Chicago patent lawyer Donald M. Carter argues that American inventors are now more practical, driven by manufacturers' needs to save labor and boost profits. Edward R. Tinker reflects on honorable success and happiness through marriage and self development. Judge Ed Baxter notes a halt in Southern railroad activity amid tight capital, while Rep. Rodenburg praises Speaker Cannon's growing support and age as nonissue. Salvadoran minister Mejia denies foreigners were jailed for loan refusals, citing voluntary subscriptions as the policy.
Dr Witlam P. Doyla a Brooklyn police veterinary surgeon trephined the skull of Seven Up a Fort Hamilton traffic squad horse to save sight and possibly life. A three inch bone fragment was removed above the right eye and the operation succeeded with the horse returning to duty.
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