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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1908
Page
12
Digest of a historical newspaper snippet outlines subscription details for Washington Post issues, with delivery by Carter in Washington and Alexandria. It mentions daily Sunday editions, pricing options, and periods like monthly and yearly terms, reflecting typical 1908 newspaper advertising language.
A university professor argues that depression in U S and world markets stems from an abnormal surge in gold supplies over the past decade. He notes production vastly increasing monetary stock and predicts conditions will persist until markets re adjust to the new gold driven monetary balance.
The piece compares past Speakers Schuster Colfax Blaine Reed Cannon and notes Cannon as the last survivor of a Lincoln era generation. It discusses their origins Indiana and Maine, their influence, and the idea that no Speaker reached the presidency. It also touches on Roosevelt and party politics with references to African American delegates in the Republican conventions.
New Hartford postmaster Joseph Widmer and his wife cherished their dead daughter. They hired a New York undertaker to seal her features in an airtight coffin with glass, claiming the body would look natural after 50 years. When exhumed this week, the child’s face remained calm and unchanged, confirming their faith in the preservation.
A fragment claims John D Rockefeller carries an eagle stone, a perforated ancient stone found in an eagle nest. It supposedly brings relief in distress and disasters. A ribbon threaded through its perforation is said to hold greater virtue, used to grant favors.
The article reports rumors of poisoning in the death of Nour Pasha, a leading Ottoman official at The Hague peace conference era. It notes alleged palace intrigues, a controversial dismissal, and claims the poison theory supported by the absence of an autopsy. It also covers related royal knighthood events and a lengthy digression on Lord Castletown and Irish nobility.
Washington dispatch reports Gov. Johnson surging as Democratic leaders discuss his presidential bid. Many Congress members reportedly oppose Bryan, while Johnson gains labor and Swedish support, with Minnesota Wisconsin and Dakotas seen as favorable. Harrs asserts Johnson could win Kansas if mobilized.
Fragmented discussion traces who might sit on various thrones, naming Amadeus, Victor Emmanuel II, George I of Greece, and other royal lines. It notes uprisings, depositions, and parliamentary expectations, with references to German, Italian, and British monarchic origins and disputes. The piece blends speculative lineage with historical shifts and political commentary.
Dr J Crombine, secretary of the Kansas Board of Health, reports finding ginger snaps containing glass shards, hairs, dirt, and stone particles. The adulterated product, from a Chicago cracker company, is being shipped into Kansas. He has ordered the company to stop and referred the matter to the Federal Pure Food Department for prosecution.
The excerpt discusses William Lyon Mackenzie and his 1840 remark on democracy and aristocracy, noting his role in the Upper Canadian rebellion of 1837 after three years in the United States, as sourced from the Chicago Journal. It also includes a London newspaper joke about a man shooting his dog and the dog returning with its tail.
A Springfield Republican piece reports New York banker Hepburn returning from Europe with the view that Europe dislikes Americans, citing perceived bumptiousness and calls for restraint. It notes America's growing cultural influence, tourism spending, art interest, and naval power as counterpoints to European disdain.
A jumbled reminiscence blends dialect humor about eating, gin, and old school slang with a travel poem from New York Times lore. It shifts to a whimsical travel tale from Sew York to Paree with desert and Arctic imagery and odd sports trivia, ending noting billiards and green tables as refinement.
A chaotic collage of quotes and reflections touches on law, labor, philosophy, and gender roles. It contrasts a judge’s authority with resignation, notes the mill and strikes, and satirically comments on tactics, vanity, and societal pretenses as July 4th imagery glints on the horizon.
Former Senator David Bennett Hill and Governor Hill of New York visit Washington to meet before the Supreme Court. The Willard crowd probes politics while discussing Bryan, Roosevelt, Taft, and delegates for the Chicago convention amid Democratic and Republican leanings and forecasts.
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