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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1907
Page
4
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The piece argues across newspapers that Galveston style municipal government, a small elected commission holding all authority, proves efficient. It praises Washington as a model and predicts ward heelers and bosses fade as cities shift to businesslike, nonpartisan governance free of graft. It urges District of Columbia residents to note these trends and consider reform.
Wall Street shows feverish panic over alleged gold export shocks and crop damage rumors. The piece mocks the haste for danger, noting markets drop one to three points while questioning the specifics of crops damaged and the reliability of fear. It cites the Delaware peach crop and Mississippi Valley produce as repeatedly claimed damaged, yet the economy keeps moving with factories and railroads under strain.
Reports from the Mississippi Valley note brisk support for a Lake to Gulf water route, with President Roosevelt urged to tour the river next fall. Warwick Vance, Secretary Root, and congressional backers push for surveys and platform pledges as Great Lakes interests resist. Analysts say the project could reshape trade, despite daunting engineering challenges.
A New York City jewelry theft case unfolds as Annie Cooverstein, a housemaid, is arrested after police discover $2,649 worth of jewels hidden in her hair. The arrest follows a tip and shows a dramatic aid to investigators who found a sunburst diamond piece and multiple other items tucked into her rat.
Tokyo correspondents discuss how Roosevelt's open stance toward Japan could fuel future trouble. They relay beliefs of Russian money influencing anti Japanese sentiment in San Francisco, and note the linked withdrawal of Russian troops from Manchuria as a boomerang effect. Also quoted are notes on camphor shortages and Japanese farming for camphor trees.
A batch of warrants cashed at the federal subtreasury included several Indian names such as Billy Mule and Has No Shirt. A memorandum showed warrants were issued to Arapahoe and Cheyenne Indians by Charles E. Schill in Darington Oklahoma for rentals and concessions. The tale was recounted alongside a Minneapolis Journal anecdote about William Penn advising a man to quit drinking by opening the hand before the glass.
From Paris reports reveal Infanta Eulalie’s life apart from Prince Anthony of Orleans after his arrest of a wealthy widow, Le Meénach, for assault and blackmail. The case links a past infatuation, divorce, and long pursuit by the prince, with broader royal family tensions.
A historical note details how circus animals sense approaching storms, with elephants swaying and beasts seeking darkened cages. It discusses routines to quiet them, the queen mother’s care of offspring, and expert views on self-destruction in captive animals including quotes about loneliness, illness, and euthanasia.
A portrait poem describes a plain, unambitious man who shuns fame and wealth. He walks among the throng with a clownish grin, endures hardship gracefully, and finds contentment beside his cottage door. He trusts God, accepts adversity, and does his best daily with scant means.
A New York wartime column lauds Jockey Miller after his Brooklyn Handicap victory, noting his immediate earning power and celebrity status while contrasting it with the sweeping ambitions of office workers and industrial laborers who strive for future success and ownership of thoroughbreds. It recalls parallels with Ted Sloan and Archie legends and acknowledges a transient fame that may fade as others rise. The piece shifts to a Louisville Courier Journal view arguing the world was flat, then to Quick Action from Ladies’ Home Journal, where a manager’s “Do It Now” signs backfire as theft and flight disrupt office life.
A humorous, era style piece pokes at social norms and marriage, noting that a prettier girl should be told she’s loved, a wife need not heed neighbors if her husband is rich, and that avoidance of duty leads to bragging later.
A string of rich men led solitary lives as hermits across the world. Samuel Dunlap aged eighty kept one housekeeper and spent his fortune on drink while living in a back room. George T. Cline of Chicago hoarded a hotel and lived on five pence meals, finding joy in listening to Irish brogues. A Pennsylvania hermit tended a mountain hut with self sufficiency and no outside contact. Moscow's Saladovnikoff squandered wealth in a two room cottage yet funded schools and cheap lodgings. Paris’ Colasson survived on eggs and bread after tragedy, guarding his palace prison. St Petersburg’s wealthy count wore rags while earning £1000 weekly. A Waterloo Road baronet, ninety one, died alone in squalid rooms despite £30,000 yearly, never inviting a servant inside.
A fragmentary excerpt blends a May poem with a discussion on pewter origins. It notes pewter dating relies on line shapes, lid styles, and handle connections, detailing distinctions between quaigh and porringer and mentioning heavy early plates as older artifacts.
An old town physician warns that licking stamps is not clean or necessary and poses health risks. He notes illness linked to the practice is rare but possible, urging moistening envelopes with fingertips or a damp handkerchief instead. He cautions stamp mucilage cannot guarantee the health of handlers and an infected worker could spread germs widely.
The piece presents aphoristic musings on fate ethics and perception in archaic tone. It critiques self pity credulity and showy displays while cartoonishly condemning pretension and hollow cynicism with a sly urban voice.
Roland P. Falkner, Porto Rico education commissioner, says English is now the teaching language in schools and Spanish remains at home. He cites building 100 new schools, $300,000 fund returns, and a shift from Spanish to English to boost U.S.–era progress in Porto Rico. W Townsend Smith and others discuss Mexican life, mining, and varied views on Oklahoma politics, railroads, and cosmopolitanism.
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