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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1907
Page
9
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In a mid twentieth century style analysis dated Monday March 14 1997 railroads are blamed for failing to plan and the nation sees no shift in prosperity. Rail traffic rises as passenger use grows but extensions lag due to labor and material shortages while companies trim special rates. The piece argues railroads should have expanded facilities to handle growth and warns against short sighted pricing that could hurt future expansion.
Viccount Hayashi urges calm, Roosevelt friendship, and patience as California debates Asiatic exclusion. Japanese officials condemn anti-Japanese sentiment while lawmakers push measures to bar Asian students from primary schools, and to restrict Japanese entry. The dilemma centers on crafting a fair exclusion treaty acknowledging sovereignty and equal treatment.
The article discusses push for an exclusion treaty with Japan amid opposition and praise for the president’s support, then shifts to a cheerfully optimistic spring outlook contrasting with winter. It profiles the Reclamation Service’s growth under Prof. Frederick H. Newell, highlighting land sales, irrigation projects, and workforce, and ends with cultural notes on Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Club and reflections on municipal reform and public affairs.
A Manchester Chronicle analysis notes diplomacy lacks a barometer, with historic near crises sparked by insignificant incidents. It cites Pritchard’s Tahiti episode, the 49th parallel boundary dispute, Morier’s Petersburg meetings, Pribilof fisheries, and Russo-Japanese war era balance, illustrating how small frictions threaten great powers without warning.
A poetic lament about society life contrasts with a report on Brooklyn’s new trolley ash removal system. The piece notes that ashes are now hauled quickly by specially designed cars, replacing slow cart hauls, and mentions adoption considerations in Cincinnati Boston and Chicago.
A New York society gag during Sigma Alpha Epsilon founder's day at Rebehweber's ends with a staged pie opening. Waiters release a wax doll four feet tall with gauze dress while sparrows fly over tables and the crowd roars. Charles Studin presided as the pie stunt unfolds.
Sir Edward Tennant Liberal MP for Salisbury and brother of Dodo Asquith will hold a dominant stake in the London Times board this month. His control, along with Walter holdings dispersed among family members, signals a potential shift toward Liberal home rule support as Churchill rises and Monson ties to U S alliances shape aristocratic circles.
The piece recounts racial and political friction at Oklahoma Territory’s constitutional convention. White delegates push patronage while Osage Nation agents swing decisive votes. Indians are depicted as untutored yet politically savvy, while county seat battles and gerrymandering claims unfold, illustrating power struggles in the birth of Oklahoma.
A long invented scene describes a beauty doctor lecturing in Houston and employing a stenographer to record slang while detailing ritual face treatments. The narrative shifts to a humorous domestic scene and ends with a science note about a Naples zoologist’s device revealing fish communication by humming tones.
Nellie Melba signed a contract with a talking machine company for the largest remuneration a singer has ever received for a single week’s effort. The soprano will earn more than 50000 dollars for singing in the week ending April 7. The company guaranteed the total and will likely exceed that sum. Melba will travel to England to fulfill the engagement, with departure noted as March 26.
A retrospective on Cyrus W Field and his brothers detailing Cyrus role in linking continents by the Atlantic cable, plus elder David Dudley Field, Stephen Judson Field, and Henry Martyn Field. It notes honors, legal codes, judiciary service, and journalism careers across 19th century America.
Edward Curtis of Seattle, famed authority on Indians, discusses his photographs and the Hopi snake dance in Arizona. He describes the nine day ceremony, snake washing, regalia, and the priests distribution of snakes amid prayers for rain and tribal good.
A toast extols fellowship and integrity concluding with a nod to community and support for the down and out. Meanwhile reports from Washington and New York detail Japan’s wireless torpedo advances and an armored cruiser built in Japanese yards, slated to visit the Atlantic coast in May for the Jamestown Exposition.
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