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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1908
Page
12
A long Washington Post column covers Brownsville army discharge politics, labor and capital partnerships, theater travel impacts, prohibition and liberty of conscience debates, Swarthmore College athletics independence, and assorted editorials on ministers policing paper trusts, railroad rates, and imperial diplomacy with references to Taft, Foraker, Harriman, and British ambassador Gerard Lowther.
A Leone's Weekly report notes that about a million robins were killed in Louisiana during winter 1907 08 by men and boys for food, a southern practice while robins are protected in Northern states. The piece cites officials and Audubon society members amid concerns over the weevil outbreak and cotton growers.
A Brooklyn Eagle account relays a Washington tale of Taft factional strategy. An influential Western district leader wavered over a federal job bribe to secure Taft delegate support, and Hitchcock boasted of shifting sentiment in under a week. The senator dismisses public outcry to avoid charges of using patronage for Taft.
Washington dispatch notes Secretary Loeb has served five years as the President's confidential man and secretary, with unique executive trust. A luncheon remark claimed he is the best secretary ever. He has spurned offers, though railway and streetcar interests may lure him later.
A Yonkers lawyer Alanson J. Prince failed to post bail after speeding charges, his diamond ring used to cover the amount. The story recalls a dying remark about where three million dollars may lie among twenty thousand motorists. A Buffalo representative, Willam H. Ryan, loses his money and ticket in a tailor’s trunk. A London correspondent recounts an old Lincolnshire cottage conversation about daily sponge washing and aging.
The report surveys Abbotsford, home of Sir Walter Scott, its fame, owners, and the social web surrounding the estate. It details Mrs. Maxwell Scott, her marriage into the Maxwells, courtly favors, and connections to the Norfolk family, along with notes on heirship and British peerage origins linked to the property. It also covers Lord Annaly’s rise via a lottery-linked fortune and Luttrellstown’s historic estate, tying these figures to broader aristocratic ties.
A historic look at how Kansas delegates to Chicago in 1892 were instructed for Cleveland and how anti-Cleveland forces sought to override this. It recalls an all night ballot battle on June 2 with Hill and Boles, showing how public opinion at home aided unbinding instructed delegates.
The Forest Service circular 140 lists major forest areas by country and acres, noting vast unsurveyed forests in Africa, China, Alaska, and the Philippines. It praises U S forest management, compares international spending and returns, and discusses Canada’s woodland classifications and timber reserves.
A collage of satirical verse and brief notes from newspaper pages recounts a naval critique parodying Dr Squills remedies, a court scene over marital woes, a carnival of odd patient hints, a vagrant arrest with a brimming pockets inventory, and a sleepy infant poem that ends with a child waking at 3.
A collage of quirky notes and aphorisms. Includes anecdotes about a hearse kept in a stable after a long dispute, a vain man upset by a horse, and reflections on money, forgiveness, and skepticism toward collectable curios. Several brief witticisms from the New York Press and Chicago News appear, closing with short moral maxims.
A Montana Daily Record poll shows Secretary Taft favored by three-fifths of respondents, with Roosevelt and Hughes splitting the rest. The survey includes legislators, Republican editors, and county officials, expecting a Taft loyal delegation to the convention.
The Sam Francisco Journal notes shrinking and often destroyed paper money and unredeemed bank notes. It questions official figures on circulating legal tenders, estimates loss ranges, and urges clearer disclosure of gold and silver certificate totals amid ongoing contraction and destruction of currency.
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