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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1907
Page
24
The issue covers tariff debates, Connecticut jury trials against corporations, and Glen Echo marshal clashes with motorists. It also includes economic musings on wealth, a national temple of art proposal, and a parade of short opinions on current affairs and personalities.
Dr Louis Fisher, who introduced the diphtheria antitoxin serum in New York, spoke on its early and effective use in treating Archie Roosevelt. He described experiments in Berlin and urged broader development of human-derived antitoxins for diseases beyond diphtheria, including tetanus, pneumonia, typhoid and erysipelas, while noting risks from heterologous sera.
An Italian patient at St Gregory’s Hospital has lived two weeks with a bullet in his brain from a shooting. Doctors led by Dr Duncan attempted to remove the missile from March 8, but the skull’s unusual thickness and brain position thwarted all efforts. The bullet fractured both orbits yet the man’s sight remains unimpaired and he walks the wards days after admission.
Magistrate Housa called a possible burglar trust after Jacob Frey and Philip Harvey were charged with burglary and attempted felonious assault. Frey claimed No 46 Second Avenue and Harvey No 26 East Twenty eighth Street as addresses. A man offered bail of 5000, suggesting coordinated bonds for seasoned criminals.
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Alfonso XII left no provisions for Elena Sayiz and her half brothers Fernand and Henri, who sue the current King for a share of the estate. Their Paris and Madrid actions follow a failed Paris case where a banker and Queen Cristina's 2 million franc trust was contested, amid lavish claims and legal wrangles.
Altoona to Philadelphia North American reports Cobbler John Ellmore, aged 54, asserts he has solved turning ashes into heat producing fuel. Demand from promoters, press, and neighbors floods him while Hoy, a local physician, demonstrates the process. Ellmore seeks patent help but remains overwhelmed by sudden fortune and public attention.
A reflective poem on gardening mishaps and wasted seeds. The speaker mocks a meek gardener who labors with tools yet fails to coax blooms, while weeds overrun the plot and the gardener bears a rude sting from ignorance. Echoes of effort, misfortune, and unfulfilled plans pervade the verses.
A column on mole signs linked to love and fortune appears alongside a Philadelphia North America report about two young physicians at Antinemann Hospital saving Mrs. Sarah Flannery, 106, through skin grafting after severe burns. The doctors, Wayne Killian and Orthmar Barthmaier, led a patient care effort with nurses.
A new international Bible trust linked to Comer the Bible Trust forms an American headquarters at the Bible House opposite Cooper Union. The American Bible Society, now the American arm, joins pooling efforts with the Brian and Foreign Bible Society and the National Bible Society of Bed. The merger has eliminated many local Bible societies, absorbed others, and driven up Bible prices for U S purchasers.
Ex president Cleveland’s NY Times interview sparks wide Democratic support for tariff reform as the path to victory. Ex-Justice Morgan J. O’Brien backs a “second Mr Cleveland” and urges public control measures, opposing centralization while endorsing targeted protection for key industries.
A satirical poem mocks consumer vanity while a Bronx zoo elephant Congo undergoes corrective surgery for hind leg deformities after weight strain. The operation involved restraining the animal and realigning joints with a steel leather brace, witnessed by hundreds. A separate item recounts a man in Paris with a celluloid nose igniting a fire during a cigarette incident.
In the Raleigh hotel lobby baron Daniel d Hauteserve of Paria argues for a French monarchy as stability would aid business while noting unlikely near-term restoration. Other guests, including Rep Keifer and Austin Meade, discuss canal sanitation, railroad regulation, and Roosevelt's renomination amid Maryland and Louisiana political shifts.
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