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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1908
Page
6
A miscellany of topics from Washington and New York era affairs including rail traffic prospects after the canal, economic mood, and political notes. Mentions Senator Tillman recovery, canal discussions, free speech clashes, theater criticism, and a campaign song. Contains scattered references to cities, ships, and legislative issues of the period.
An English writer notes a shift in society and health, arguing that self examination dominates present times. He traces changes from Stuart to eighteenth century to today, observing older heroes and a longer youth phase due to modern introspection and praising its continuation.
A court clerk comments that butchers are thought to be cruel and unlikely to serve on juries in murder cases. They are believed to fear cruel tendencies and might vote to hang when justice requires release. The speaker concedes doubt, noting past cruelty but notes modern meat industry changes.
The kookaburra, once called settlers clock, is described as the greatest ornithological oddity in Australia. It laughs at will, including during violent events, and a wounded bird provokes a demonical chorus echoing through the trees.
A historical discussion on political surprises, free speech limits, and the presidential nominating process. It notes voter passions during election seasons, calls for orderly conduct, and cites Abraham Lincoln and William H Seward as examples in 1860. It compares national conventions to a fertile but volatile field where prior expectations often shift.
A fragmentary Washington correspondence from Chicago speaks of unusual claims against the government. It notes Congress has sometimes spent far more than the sums involved to uncover truth. One noted case is that of Senora Fellmann Merdola who hired men and certain payments are described in partial detail.
The late Duke of Devonshire’s heir cannot sit in the House of Lords for eight years due to an old succession rule. Despite the death, the young duke remains barred from the Commons pending posthumous heir considerations, with the Derby example cited. The piece also notes prior Devonshire premiers and lineage details of related nobility and titles.
The seventh annual mortality report 1908 shows higher death rates for Negroes in cities with large Black populations. In Maryland colored mortality 32.16 vs white 14.61, Mobile Alabama colored 62.52 vs white 26.2. The text discusses rising Black death rates since emancipation and suggests disease as a claimed solution to the race problem.
Poem fragment from a CatholicStandard style piece, celebrating Mona Machree as a nature goddess. The speaker speaks of distant places eastward and far away, praising grapes, pomegranates, flowers, and the sea, while confessing longing, dreams, and interior ache.
A fragmentary poem riffs on hunger and sleep as a comic aside to a news note about an army of 200000 caterpillars in Krigersdorp, struck by recent hailstorms. It mentions theories tying hail to germ spread and recalls historic storms seen by local Free Sitters. A New York Telegraph item notes an undertaker near Hotel Maria Antoinette on Broadway.
A quirky society column fragment discusses a shopkeeper nicknamed the wealthy planter. It mentions a Boston man’s unsolicited testimonial to a safety razor firm and references a long, meandering meditation on wealth, vanity, and public life. The tone blends humor with local color and social observation.
Alfred Ferreyras of Lima Peru, representative of the Peruvian government, visits the United States to study sugar production methods. A 22 year old graduate of the Agricultural University of Lima, he has toured many sugar regions and prepared a report for Peru. He notes Peru’s climate favors cane but cannot compete with US prices and tariffs, seeks world markets, and contrasts US and European trade dynamics. He also comments on Nebraska politics and the broader economic mood affecting farmers, including crop prices and currency pressures.
The New York World reports Bryan and allies contemplate another assault on the Supreme Court. It cites state court rulings that deny states’ penalties and challenge federal supremacy, while The Omaha World-Herald posts Bryan’s organ praising a likely four new justices and urges voting Republican to avoid radicalism. It recalls Bryan’s 1912 push to pack the court to overturn the income tax decision and warns against another campaign to break the Constitution and impeach the Supreme bench.
A broker from a well to do family attempted to buy a $600 rug after his wife years later. His plan failed as the wife changed her mind when the unexpected sight of money overwhelmed her. The tale illustrates sudden wealth influencing decisions in a humorous household anecdote.
Ethan Clarke Burdick of Paweatuck Conn nears eighty five years old despite a neck fracture from a failed procedure after a spider-like growth was lanced. He cannot turn his head but remains active with help from family and a long life of preservation noted by physicians.
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