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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1911
Page
11
The piece lists Washington Post subscription terms including daily and Sunday options by carrier and mail. It then discusses the Supreme Court Standard Oil decision, noting its broad implications for antitrust law, detailing practices deemed unlawful, and forecasting industry and market reactions in banking and railroad sectors.
A massive fire in the five story Standard Ol factory destroys over 206000 bushels of peanuts, nearly half the visible U S crop. Producers hold less than 3 percent of last year’s crop, signaling a severe shortage with wide effects on circuses parks picnics and sports fans. Prices may rise sharply as the peanut becomes the focus of public worry and even political symbolism.
The piece covers railway firemen wage demands and the Southern Railway Company President Finley’s response, arguing against a 278 percent raise due to current earnings and summer uncertainty. It blends opinion on wealth, fate, Hugo’s fiction parallels, and a broader critique of reform in criminal trials as discussed by President Taft.
A Kansas City readers symposium explores civic improvement ideas with emphasis on amusements dining streets and parks. Citizens including John Henry Smith envision more resting places wayside inns and station-like amenities to balance business with humane altruism.
The Supreme Court's rule of reason in antitrust cases aligns with common law and supports enforcing the act against trusts. It preserves judicial interpretive power, limits monopoly protections, and promises greater protection for honest business while enabling prosecutions of leaders like John D. Rockefeller.
The speech rails at the Republican tariff policy and accuses the party of deception about prosperity. It recalls past alleged party failures, mocks a chanticleer anecdote, and highlights public disappointment with long-standing claims. The speaker charges hypocrisy and political misrepresentation.
Max Marcus of Pittston swallowed a diamond after betting with Harry Fassen in Wilkes Barre area. Marcus paid $60 after claiming a way to swallow the unmounted stone the two men discussed, while Fassen had received a shipment of diamonds valued at $150.
A 43rd birthday celebration for Emperor Nicholas of Russia brings attention to the German crown prince and crown princess while debates on modernization and liberal reform color the gala. The report also recounts Lady Blanche Noel and Thomas Murphy’s romance, later life in America, and related aristocratic lineage.
Mrs Growler snaps that Mr Growler fixes on horses and has had them on his brain. He shoots back that this is why he married a nag, his face hidden behind a sporting page.
Washington dispatch notes President Taft favored a reasonable regulation approach and viewed limiting courts to define reasonableness as risky. Senator La Follette disputed the interpretation, citing a January 7 1910 message passage and contrasting Wickersham on good versus bad trusts with the Supreme Court alignment.
A French historian M. Omessa challenges the long held view of Napoleon I as a prisoner on St Helena. He asserts Napoleon escaped to Italy with a double, Robeant, and lived seven years in Verona selling spectacles before revisiting Vienna to see his son, while Bertrand is said to have helped mislead the English. The claim cites witnesses from English Italian and Austrian sources claiming documented secrecy.
A New York supreme court jury awarded $3100 to Henry Hamilton against Dr. Morris Ostrowisky and assistant for pulling the wrong tooth. Hamilton alleged he asked to remove the third molar on the left but the second molar was extracted. The dentist claimed the extracted tooth caused the trouble and that Hamilton later had the root removed.
Washington correspondence in the New York Times describes Democrats as a stone wall as they defeat amendments or sweep them away like dead files from the clerks desk. The wording signals sharp partisan framing and mockery of the political process.
A Chicago Inter Ocean column mocks Washington heat as an accelerant to early adjournment, noting temperatures, sunlit asphalt near the Capitol, and the two houses meeting only twice weekly. It contrasts Mount Vernon’s once lush groves with decay ahead, urging timely visits before arboreal glory fades.
A collage of poems and notices from the era speaks of victory through courage and faith. Joaquin Miller’s lines promise triumph to a silent hero while others share daring gastronomic feats and local challenges. Contested eggs and roast beef dinners spark wagers and bragging rights across cities.
A collection of brief, opinionated notes on weather, behavior, and social quirks. The-writer pokes fun at clichés about transgression, dress, and effort while musing on fear, knowledge, and morals in everyday scenes.
A witty collection notes glory lies in a man’s head and a woman’s mind. It jokes that a man paid to lie in a hammock would hate the job and that a clever trick a girl uses is to flee. It also imagines a wife sensing a husband’s Christian virtue by his cooking hints and mocks a man’s gardening knowhow as knowing a furnace poker from a spade.
A New Willard gathering quotes Elisha G Hegeman on Eleanor Peregrin the nurse who cared for Walter Duryea of Muneota Long Island and inherited $1 006000. Other talks recount Justice Harlan scarab pins and Egyptian scarabs symbols. Col Lenmert recalls Senator Calvin S Brice and gaming with local heavyweights. Lunatic John G Coster's estate grows to nearly $600000 with a hefty state inheritance tax before a nephew claims it.
In a fragment from Life titled Friendship, a heated exchange revolves around unloading rotten stock on Jones with insinuations of an intimate feud. One speaker asserts, I think we can unload that rotten stock on Jones, counting on that.
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