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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1908
Page
9
The Washington Post subscription terms are outlined including daily and Sunday delivery options, prices for various durations, and payment methods. The notice section references the paper’s offices and mentions a presidential correspondence section with letters from the president and senators, plus a note on the paper’s status and street addresses.
A lengthy overview surveys U.S. Senate members age, education, and professions, noting few West Point graduates and a legal majority, with calls for more business leaders in Congress. It also covers Atlanta’s great fire losses, early 1900s firefighting shortcomings, and warnings to modern cities to modernize prevention and equipment. The piece threads currency reform debates, currency commission proposals, and a bit of national political mood, including Roosevelt’s stance and forest policy questions.
The piece links Guatemala's post-assassination turmoil with tariff tensions in Houston Post reports and cites claims by Madge Rourke that Estrada Cabrera's regime rules Latin America with absolutism. It notes suspicions against military cadets and others, and mentions international interest in peace and intervention, including Diaz and Hearst.
A Pittsburg man seeks divorce after his wife allegedly threw hot sauce in his clothes. The odd domestic dispute contrasts with a wartime era line about harsh living conditions. Separate notes mention a campaign, a writer stopping novels, and a broad cultural scene.
A clock in the tower near Philadelphia city hall stopped functioning drawing unusual attention, likened to a city employee who suddenly starts working. The remark on McBryan and the Boston paper’s harsh wording about Tielic de Sagan reflect sharp political commentary of the period.
An article recounts William Russell Dudley's note on a massive California tree whose life began about 271 years BC. It details multiple fires, wounds, and regrowth over millennia, including ages 516, 1712, and 2063 years, and contrasts such cedars with Lebanon, praising standing worth over cut clapboard value.
Chicago News presents a criminological hypothetical pitting Johann Hoch against Mrs Relic Guinness. It imagines a clash of schemes where each seeks to murder the other for insurance money, with both using marriage ads and glib deceptions to conceal motives and profits.
A New York Times tale of a dog imagined to display telepathy as a match-bringing animal, plus a New York Press anecdote in Washington Market about a German butcher and the prevalence of assorted animal fats for sale, highlighting curious beliefs and market goods.
The article reports Pope Pius X reviving three knightly orders including the Order of St Thomas Aquinas and detailing revived orders for culture and art, with notes on the Order of Christ and other pontifical distinctions. It also discusses a British government move to stop paying ransom for British subjects captur ed by brigands, arguing taxpayers should not fund rescues abroad. It concludes with a study of sleepiness in military leadership, citing Majuba and Waterloo anecdotes.
A boy near Dallas survived a near heart shot after the bullet was removed but later died when the bullet, placed on a table, was swallowed by the boy during a family visit and caused death by choking. The incident led his mother to seek occult explanations and insist fate destined the child to die from that bullet.
Los Angeles physician Dr Frank P King aged sixty wanders New York Central Park in February forgetting home wife and friends. He was found by his wife in park, brought to Glengarry Hotel, and began regaining memory with doctors hopeful for full recovery. He earlier traveled from San Bernardino to San Diego and Riverside, without money, before recognition returned.
A report from the Metical Journal notes that for the year 1807 ten deaths in London and sixteen in the rest of England and Wales were attributed to anesthetics used for operations, per coroners verdicts and medical certificates. It questions completeness of certificates and proposes further inquiry into causal links.
In a piece by four naturalists the article explains how certain birds use deception to protect nests and young. The mother goose imitates a snake to defend eggs, the Japwing distracts predators with a broken wing display, and the thrush provokes earthworms to surface by tapping the ground as if rain were falling.
Phoebe the Plymouth Rock hen owned by Emil Massman of Montclair New Jersey laid two eggs in a day during her laying season and yesterday walked from the nest with sixteen chicks. Massman set thirteen eggs previously and cannot explain the extra chicks, pondering what surprise Phoebe will provide next.
A Melbourne era commentary contrasts Japan's advances in medical care and military organization with Western practices. It notes Japan’s humane prison reform, treating criminals as patients and focusing on rehabilitation, while adopting best modern methods and discarding obsolete traditions. The piece lauds rapid progress and questions traditional rigidities in disease, hygiene, and punishment.
A column excerpt humorously surveys dating norms and courtship myths. It parodies a woman's jealousy, a man’s financial caution, fashion habits with big hats, a mother’s matriarchal certainty in selecting a husband, and a quip about arithmetic and love. The piece uses witty, observational tone to critique relationships and social expectations.
A collection of terse aphorisms reflecting on appearances, marriage, friendship, trouble seeking, and the quirks of the male character. The lines blend satire with blunt social observations, noting that beauty may be skin deep and a strenuous wife challenges simple life, while some men overestimate danger and a beard's three day growth alters perception.
Long excerpt from a visiting observer in Washington discusses Western concerns about prosperity and confidence during the depression. It covers crop prospects in Kansas and others, political futures, sugar industry notes, and personal remarks on European royalty and the Beets project. The piece weaves economic optimism with political commentary and global references.
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