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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1907
Page
16
The piece describes Washington in spring 1907 with parks and avenues alive in holiday garb. It praises the city’s growth and architecture, notes debates on private post delivery and policy, and surveys reactions to Central American tensions and rabbit peace talk.
Prof Adams of the Interstate Commerce Commission compares mail transport costs with express rates, noting $3175 per ton from New York to Buffalo versus $1250 by railroads. He cites railway mail car costs and profits to argue that private ownership might improve service, reduce federal role, and cut political influence, envisioning a half-way move toward utopia that remains speculative.
Washington dispatch from the New York World reports a government view rooted in Yale Professor Irving Fisher that diet determines physique and temperament. Vegetarians are strongest while raw meat consumption allegedly yields belligerence and selfishness, with further notes on intellect and regular meals.
A Chicago notice from "C. M. M" warns that his wife will shoot any man who accosts her. The speaker criticizes the idea as dangerous and urges wiser self defense, noting the risk to bystanders and suggesting more prudent methods.
Eleven year old Mary Holland of 2310 Crosa Street died from tetanus after biting her tongue during a paroxysm. Despite medical care, the wound ulcerated and jaws locked, leading to death. A second item reports a wiry terrier attempting to save its master at Morris Park station, but both disappeared under a fast express.
A garbled and reflective piece questions bluffing and conscience, noting how money can influence behavior but not erase guilt. It contrasts public boasts with private acts and warns against moral complacency, using sharp, aphoristic lines about courage, temptation, and self-deception.
A long feature traces hauntings in England from old manor legends to modern residences. It highlights landlord resistance to ghost reputations, cites Lord Onslow at Clandon Park defending his home, and notes cultural attitudes toward ghosts in aristocratic estates and historical houses.
Amagansett dispatch reports Edwards brothers sighted a huge whale near the coast toady before they pursued it in six whaling boats. Captains Josh Gabe Bert Jess Sam and George Smith commanded crews as the whale maintained a forty mile pace and spouted vigorously, then vanished about three miles from Nepeaga Beach.
The New York Tribune reports Dr William J Morton claims a cancer case was cured using trypsin with amylopsin. He notes many doctors worldwide are testing trypsin and cites a successful ten day reduction of a chin tumor. He warns no microscopic proof was done, but clinical signs matched carcinoma.
A garbled column mixes a sports exhortation poem about resilience with odd inset notes on Salome the python and a curatorial misadventure. The piece also parodies political nostalgia urging a White House railroad meeting to unify policy and reporters under strict enforcement.
A fragmentary Atlanta Constitution clipping notes President Bonilla of Honduras taking the field in an automobile during the Nic aragua conflict. The piece argues the innovation signals modernity and hints at broader Latin American shifts toward war in speed machines, described in a satirical tone. It also includes verse about April winds and roses.
Altoona dispatch reports Jonn Elmore, a local cobbler, claiming a method to make ashes burn hotter than coal. He mixes ten parts ashes with one part coal and a compound to ignite heat, producing more energy per amount of fuel. Demonstrations at Citizens' Electric Company plant impressed onlookers. Elmore seeks patent rights and says three bushels of ashes plus the compound could heat a ordinary winter with under one ton of coal usage.
A late 19th or early 20th century style piece recalls boys playing hockey by the bayou near a swimmin' hotel, likening a boy’s growth to gentling a colt and urging parental understanding during mischief and vacation-time freedom. A separate brief notes a boarding-house burglary thwarted by Mrs Mary Fitzgibbons, who spanks the intruder and hands him to a policeman.
John Cotton of Dewsbury Yorkshire set a new record by consuming eight thousand peas in a fourteen day contest. He began with two peas on day one doubling each day to fourteen days, eating dry peas then steamed. on day thirteen he ate eight hundred nineteen thousand? and on day fourteenth claimed around sixteen thousand, with only slight impairment.
Fragmented excerpt remarks on a boy avoiding dime novels and a girl’s fears of love and loss. It hints at parental influence and social expectations, noting a bachelor’s misperceived importance and a motherless fear of events, with scattered phrases about telegrams and homesickness.
Manuel A. Brausquim of Buenos Ayres praises the United States for progress and markets while noting Argentina as the wealthiest South American nation with vast cattle ranches, wheat farming, and growing American machinery sales. photographer Frederick Monsen reflects on the Southwest desert and Pueblo Indians as U.S. society debates reciprocity treaties, and diamond expert Irving L. Russell discusses rising diamond prices and artificial stones.
The Baltimore Sun notes a quirky scene as the bullfrog band performs with an old bass note resonating. Mr In the sweet Freeh Cienate staat appears in unclear lines, suggesting a local pageant or musical moment shrouded in OCR garble.
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