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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1911
Page
26
Popular Mechanics reports M. B. Sellers has tested a quadplane in the Kentucky mountains. The device weighs 25 pounds with operator, carries a 250 square foot wing area, and uses a five horsepower engine to reach about 26 mph in flights none exceeding one mile.
The piece surveys brutal historic penalties for treason and crime, recalling drawing and quartering, boiling alive, mutilation, and public shaming. It cites figures from Henry VII to Elizabeth I, plus a Scotsman, a bishop, and a highwayman, illustrating harsh judicial excesses long ago.
A New York Times piece recounts how Mrs. Waddell of Bombay, childless and elderly, plans to leave Speaker Cannon a fortune, while Disraeli similarly received an inheritance tale from a widow Mrs Williams. Cannon doubts the claim. Disraeli initially thinks the idea is crazy. The article notes no biography exists yet, and the official bio on Disraeli is just beginning, with early letters from Mrs Williams dating to 1851.
A London anecdote recalls Mrs. Williams a wealthy eccentric of Jewish descent who pursued Disraeli with letters and a meeting at a fountain. He met her with curiosity, but grew impatient and misread her as mad. Her £1,000 final gift led to new friendship before her death in 1865 and a later bequest of her fortune to Disraeli.
DeKalb County Herald notes a scribe and Charles Uphoff repairing lines for the DeKalb County Mutual between Clarksdale and home and between home and Stewartsville. Ernest Marks family hosted dinner at a two acre College Farm lot west of Stewartsville. Uncle William Hamann hosted another dinner while repairs continued. The writer praises the fine homes and culinary skills of the hosts.
A mule on a farm near Erle became the center of a legal effort to secure damages in a Katey Railroad suit. Two attorneys and a doctor spent an afternoon photographing the injured animal to present to a jury, but the mule’s restlessness prolonged the session.
A Camp Fire Club of America dinner features a famed hunter who entertains with wild adventures across Africa and the Americas. An unruly member disrupts the talk, is ejected, and the speaker continues sharing perilous exploits while the club applauds his hardy escapades.
A historical account recalls William A. Davis of St. Joseph Missouri as the inventor and first operator of the railway mail car system. It explains how he fitted Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad cars with pigeonholes and lighting to sort mail in transit, leading to a nationwide distribution method now central to the U.S. postal service.
Robert Emerson Davie is returned to Boston in a tense police operation illustrating how detectives guard fugitives on long journeys. The piece recounts escapes, missteps, and the constant vigilance required, with examples like the Albany Kid and a Marseille arrest, highlighting risk, methods, and the need for multiple officers to prevent escapes.
In a New York subway anecdote a polite man, revealed as King Alfonso of Spain, keeps giving up seats to women and sharing straps. Passengers quiz his identity and the big man dismisses the tale as the ruler being a bit off in the upper story.
The Los Angeles Times notes a predicted spring gold rush to Alaska and wonders if Alaska is the new California. It observes California’s placer era waning as Sacramento valley dredges carve ground, transforming vineyards into gravel and prompting questions about long term value versus short term gold gains.
A humorous essay compares two classes in Washington society: the official class and the invading two-dollar families. It traces social division back to wealth, status, and tenure in the capital, noting recurring tensions between established residents and newer entrants, each claiming precedence. The piece, styled as opinion, hints at private viewpoints on the dispute.
A brief notice warns a local young man to improve conduct when he visits town on Sundays or face legal action. The message emphasizes that the region is now orderly and rejects the prior wild behavior observed in recent Sundays.
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