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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
11
Washingtonians urged the mobilization near the Mexican border be ended as soon as possible. Reports say health concerns and extreme heat endanger troops and animals, with no further enemy threat justifying continued occupancy of Texas.
The Senate contemplates opposition to increasing House membership from 391 to 433, arguing the change would not enhance its power. A census committee report by Senator Bailey will scrutinize the issue, while precedent and constitutional limits keep senatorial influence modest. After Arizona and New Mexico join, the Senate would reach 93 members, likely hardening opposition to further House growth and leaving reapportionment to readjust representation and ongoing gerrymandering.
Ithaca based crew, twelve wins in eighteen races on the Poughkeepsie course, beat Columbia after a shel- tered stretch strategy. Coach Courtney instructed a late surge, yielding a decisive margin as Columbia faltered with two rowers in distress at the finish.
Editorial discusses Alaska land laws and federal policy, arguing for broader pioneer rights and less rigid regulation. Compares Canadian settlement approach, cites conservation debates, and criticizes restrictive statutes hindering development and settlement in Alaska.
The narrative recalls Charl ie Clark in Martinsburg 1878 with Miss Bennett teaching. Four tough boys including Charlie and Bill Ficklin sparked mischief leading to a court whipping for Ficklin after he tattled. Miss Bennett, strict and fair, presided as judge and delivered the punishment.
A Frankfort dispatch outlines a brisk Kentucky campaign as Republicans aim to block James’s Senate bid. Langley leads the party effort to elect a Republican legislature, boosting hopes for a GOP governor and national influence. Speaker Clark’s tour for James draws outsiders’ attention amid a close, high stakes race.
An amusing tale from Tupelo Mississippi involves Private John Allen feigning a gag that lands editor suspects from the Daily Corinthian A G Anderson and Meridian Despatch B S Bernard and editor Bonner in jail on charges of criminal libel. The alleged crime concerns cracking a joke not a mill to obtain whisky, with the whisky said to date from 1880 and no reputations seriously harmed, only the whisky perhaps.
Louie W Strayer reports in Pittsburg Diapetch on Senate debate. Republicans lament lack of debaters like Foraker and Carter Dack and fearDemocrats' sharp speaking will continue without them. Milner praised as seasoned in tariff and debate prowess. Lincoln signature exhibit shown in Capitol office from Brown's Hotel register, November 1847, room 16, framed behind glass.
Emperor Francis Joseph elevates Count Francis Thun to prince with the title of serene highness and assigns him as governor of Bohemia. A Czech nobleman and long‑time statesman, Thun is known for enforcing law with a siege during his prior tenure and for maintaining order between Czech and German factions. He splits time between Prague, Vienna, and the Thun castle at Tetschen, famed for its gardens. The Thun line has historic roots, with the family burial in Loretto Church at Tetschen.
The New York Evening Post reports Pennsylvania mobilizing a major battle against chestnut blight. Governor Tener and the legislature provide 250000 to fund the fight, with a governor appointed commission to lead efforts. Chestnuts once thriving in the midwest are decimated, yet Pennsylvanians pursue rapid cutting and burning to halt spread, inspired by prairie-fire tactics. Harold Pierce chairs the chestnut blight committee of the Main Line Citizens Association in Philadelphia, noting state action could avert further spread beyond Long Island and northern New Jersey.
A swordfish slammed into Capt. Richard Noonan s Dorcas off Block Island, breaking a dory and throwing fisherman George Noonan and Thomas O Rourke into the sea. They were rescued after a perilous ordeal. the Dorcas crew later killed the monster and towed in 76 swordfish weighing 476 pounds with a 6 foot blade. The tale continues with a note on Lambeth Palace hospitality from the London Chronicle.
A German proprietor of a wet goods shop laments Irish rival Gilhooley’s lead. A customer notes Gilhooley’s sign “Ticker Inside” draws trade. Next day the Dutchman mirrors with a similar sign but wonders where the ticker is, finally pointing to the clock in the doorway.
Dispatch 17 reports Lee Mane glimpsed a large carp near Paradevilla Reeart Fred Vosen along the shore. The fish rose from the water to grab overhanging strawberries, repeating the act several times before the boatsman shot and landed it after hooking. The carp weighed pounds.
The Albingia brought Haiti’s renovated warship Umbria and its 32 officers to Port au Prince for a royal inspection. A German crew fired a 21 gun salute with a rifle after Haitian sailors failed to operate the breech load guns.
Minna Irving in Leslie's idealizes Lexington's first historic gun and the enduring spark of freedom. The poem links past battles to modern patriotism, urging wreaths of roses and daisies to honor a united nation across the North South and New England, appealing for a Fourth of flowers.
A fragment from Ted Robinson’s Cleveland Plain Dealer piece contrasts poetry with a lyric of betrayal. It shifts to a Pall Mall Gavotte discussing the historic Exeter to Lincoln road. It argues Rome’s roads shaped labor, strategy, and imperial weakness, emphasizing road networks as essential for communication and progress.
Melvin G. Huey, a farmer near South Bend, has produced an ear of corn with kernels red white and blue after wagering with Capt. Wallace Foster in Indianapolis. The feat showcases a patriotic novelty crop amid local agricultural interest.
A compact set of witty, satirical lines on gender norms and judgment. The piece jokes about age perception, humor, and superstition, contrasting a man’s view with a wife’s, suggesting social expectations influence how women are perceived and treated.
Nothing fails like failure. People who marry for money earn every penny of it they get. The milenaires we don't defer to are the ones we never heard about. The reason a woman's hat an seem to a man to cost so much 23 she's his wife. The first time a man borrows money he tries hard to pay it back: afterward harder not to.
In hotel lobbies supporters hail Taft with California and Florida backers praising his independence and steady policy. Florida leaders report President to attend the opening of the oversea railroad from Key West to the Florida East Coast Railway, a milestone celebrated as a major engineering feat amid long construction and international invitation plans.
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