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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1908

Page

22

The Two Platforms Debate In Chicago And Denver

The Washington Post outlines the ongoing platform debates as Republicans press for tariff reform and fiscal restraint while Democrats court reform promises. It notes leaders like Roosevelt and a focus on wariness toward excess language, with cross-party scrutiny of proposals on tariffs, waterways, and national resources.

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Coming of the Governors and the new era of conservation

A historic push led by Roosevelt and Pinchot seeks a national plan to conserve forests, waters, soils, and resources. Governors of states convene with eminent citizens to discuss unified conservation policies, signaling a new era in American resource management and international peace prospects.

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House of Death on the Guinness Farm Case Raises Alarm

The Springfield Republican discusses disappearances linked to Mia Guinness's farm, portraying a hidden house of death where victims vanish in a settled community. It contrasts civilizational care with the mystery of twelve missing individuals whose bodies are found by chance, prompting public scrutiny and questions about societal oversight.

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Prince Georges Visit Reignites Edward VII Era Ties

The piece recalls 1860 Prince of Wales Edward VII visiting New York as Prince of Wales and contrasts it with Prince George’s current American tour. It notes public identity, entertainment by Albert Doward, naval pageantry with the Aradne and Hero ships, and speculative future rule, while mixing other unrelated anecdotes and misprints about clocks and reading.

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Asquith's action angers Lord Elgin and Bruce ties

Lord Elgin declines a marquisate after being excluded from the cabinet reshuffle. He prides himself as colonial born and veteran viceroy of India. The Bruce lineage, Stuart succession, and Elgin's heritage are traced through Coburg era Scotland to the Bruce line, then Elgin’s own family prestige and death in India.

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Pneumonia's Death Rate Declared Cause Found by Experts

New York American reports a pneumonia commission, led by Dr. Herman Biggs, exposing the infectious germ Pneumococcus and detailing rapid onset from influenza or colds. The description contrasts pneumonia with tuberculosis, noting its swift lung involvement and danger to seemingly healthy people.

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Faithful Terrier Lingers Beside Dying Master in Philadelphia

The small terrier belonging to George H Simpkins of Germantown followed him to Presbyterian Hospital after he suffered an apoplexy while driving in Fairmount Park. The dog refused orders, crouched at the bed, and whined as doctors worked. The master died an hour later, and the terrier, kept from the room, was found lying by the hand of the deceased, licking it as if to comfort him.

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Cat Emerges From 21 Day Imprisonment To Drink Water

A Lock Haven dispatch reports a tabby cat freed after twenty one days without food or water. The family nurses the weak cat back to strength, noting it is a good mouse hunter. Residents heard a faint meow as hay was moved, and the cat sprang to water once uncovered.

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Debate on Tirrell amendment and Union Station bar threat

The House debated excluding camteens from soldiers homes with a Tirrell amendment, adopted 167 to 46. Indiana's Charles B Landis warned a Union Station bar grant could trigger a national liquor ban and end saloons within the District, while congressmen reportedly would drink anyway.

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Ballade of Ancient Jokes and Rat Comedy in Chicago Night

A spoof piece on aged jokes fading from public view contrasts with a strange dispatch from Riverton where United News Stand manager H H Shain tries a joke based rat experiment. Rats sneeze, a neck dislocates, and the editorial prank morphs into a broader infestation tale at the station.

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Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press

A satirical piece contrasts male and female views on marriage and romance. It critiques social pretenses, money spent to look rich, and a woman's simple pleasure in a withered flower versus a man’s luck with a found bill. The tone is wry and observational.

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Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News

A compact antiquated column offers biting maxims on gossip money and truth. It notes that fun often lacks humor and contrasts ease of graduating with earning a sting while urging caution in lending and borrowing trouble. The piece ends with a remark on women using anti loan remedies to improve themselves.

Milwaukee plans new city charter convention

Richard B Watrous of the Citizens' Business League Midwest Milwaukee says a modern charter will be drafted by a convention of about 151 prominent men this summer and then submitted to the state legislature for approval. Mayor Davis Rose, popular and reelected, leads a city that backed him strongly, despite prior defeat two years ago.

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Thought Uncle Sam Owns Washington and the Car Question

In a rough, satirical piece a Maryland traveler asserts the government owns the original ten mile square and rents land to inhabitants of the District of Columbia. A severe electric storm then strikes Providence Journal notes no thunder, hitting several trees and Henry Buner's barn, with a plaster dust misreading frightening two basements mules.

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