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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1907
Page
20
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Washington residents planning to leave the city can have The Post follow them to any part of the country. Keep informed about affairs at the Capital with prompt delivery. Notify the carrier or send an order directly to The Post. Telephone Matin 4205.
The Washington Sunday reports Rev Ernest Smith's address to the Episcopal Diocesan Convention detailing declines in clergy numbers, confirmations, offerings, and parish reach. Despite figures, St Alban's stands out for growth due to location, cathedral schools, and surrounding wealth limitations. Sunday observance in Washington is described as tranquil and unusually quiet compared to other cities.
The essay argues Cubans will not celebrate May 20 with enthusiasm as self-government since the republic’s past year shows growing discord. It notes eclipse of the republic, US warnings, and a planned restoration framework to preserve tranquility and order, restrain Cuban impulse, and safeguard both nations.
The piece discusses Cuba likely eventual U.S. control and independence issues, argues for restrained influence, then shifts to Washington suburban housing trends. It cautions against overcrowded small lots, advocates small detached homes with larger grounds, notes rising trolley and auto mobility, and urges builders to supply modest, well built houses. It ends with praise for Massachusetts savings banks and details a proposed savings bank insurance and annuities bill with conservative limits and expected broad support.
A long, satirical column blends anecdotes and quotes about commerce, politics, and society. It lampoons mail order scams, economic policy, and public figures, while noting clever incidents from a Fort Dodge girl to Roosevelt, Kuroki, and civic affairs, all framed in an early 20th century newspaper voice.
Pennsylvania Republicans plan to nominate Senator Philander Knox at the June 6 state convention, presenting him as the best fit to continue President Roosevelt’s policies. The move is seen as a substantive boost toward a national Knox candidacy, with Roosevelt’s tacit approval noted.
A collage of notices and anecdotes cites a yearning for rural life in Atlanta era verse, a Lebanon Dispatch obituary of Howard Harbeson who died after a railroad accident, and a Waterbury Dispatch report on striking waterspouts at a mill pond. It also notes Bryn Mawr College students sickened by tonsillitis after a banquet and a run of funeral attendance by an elderly man.
Fault finders are never out of Job as the staff of life is praised yet sugar and cane are debated. Early books warn of downfalls on the pike while office-holders remember past seeks. Contented worldly resignations hint at trouble and weigh on those who think themselves too bold for their age.
Lord Allendale becomes captain of the Yeomen of the Guard, replacing the Duke of Manchester amid court tensions. The new holder, formerly Wentworth Beaumont, inherits a fortune and links to London society, while the Yeomen’s long history and duties at state events are noted.
The New York Times notes Pennsylvania Railway stockholders rose to 45,496 in ten years with many new buyers from modest means. Despite hostility to corporations and railways, millions from savings banks and policyholders hold railway securities, shifting risk to small investors as dividends and stability depend on railroad profits.
A survey of collectors from childhood butterfly and stamp collecting to a Marquis title for Spain's Dr Gutierres, plus notes on bachelor diplomats influencing diplomacy. Roosevelt's single lifestyle rule for ambassadors is examined, with European capitals cited as evidence of shifting social power. Also references to Odell on egotism and a ParisCosmos report on tree nutrition by trunk injection.
A satirical column wonders about angels and climate changes and the psychology of letters. It jokes about marriage fantasies and Adam and Eve, ending with a quip about a woman crying over old slippers from a ball.
New York correspondent describes barber Joseph Bischoff who shaves Wall Street elites at their homes. He claims wealthy men like James Stillman James A Stillman Thomas Ryan and others show wiry stiff hair that marks fortune and says Ryan has the strongest beard. The piece also notes Bischoff’s routine and a color comment about a dog carried by a fatigued soldier observed with General Lawton.
Dr. Chammers Prentice of Chicago, suing North German Lloyd for 250000 in New York, claims Captain Morgenstern and ship’s doctor caused Mrs. Prentice’s body to be thrown overboard near Genoa after death on the Koenigin Luise during a voyage to New York. The daughter, opposing embalming, protested as the body was dropped with a prayer aboard the steamship.
Multiple voices at the Raleigh share views on Oklahoma statehood, Northern and Southern race policy, and urban life. Veasey argues for immediate statehood despite constitutional flaws, Hart urges trained labor for the new South, and Johnson praises New Orleans society. Atlantic City hopes for summer crowds. Gaines returns to the farm for peace.
Lackawanna County court hears Antonio Palom o Palonio Scavazzo or both to resolve his legal name. He was naturalized as Palomo in 1899 under a different surname, later buying property taxed under both Palonio and Scavazzo. A second item recounts a St Joseph's Hospital doctor telling of a pin swallowed by a patient, later removed with forceps, and the patient reporting ongoing throat pain relief.
A visiting Irishman, with much of his family in tow, visits an undertaker and asks for the meaning of mourning bands. He is told a wide black band signals death of a wife or mother, a smaller band signals death of a son or daughter, and he then asks for a shoestring.
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