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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1911
Page
11
A 1909 editorial argues the Post Office Department is now self supporting with a surplus, praising Postmaster General Hitchcock and President Taft. It urges making 1 cent postage a reality to boost first class mail and public benefits, noting past deficits and potential savings.
John W. Gates testifies before the committee, offering sharp views on Carnegie, Rockefeller, and others as the inquiry probes price stability and competition. He suggests Carnegie’s elimination and a contested Tennessee Coal and Iron sale, while noting two key points await fuller answers from other principals.
Historical church proceedings show heresy hunters pressing clergy under strict confessional rules. Prof Brown escaped major punishment after reaffirming core doctrines, while Dr Grant was found guilty of deviating from scripture and suspended. The assembly debated the compatibility of Calvinist rigor with modern enlightenment and core tenets of grace.
The piece denounces sectarian clashes over religion and calls for inquiry into District government practices. It critiques speeches attacking heresy and discusses Speaker Champ Clark and Chairman Johnson. It also praises Irish poet Moore, noting his moral poetry and universal appeal.
The piece argues Americans overreact to college pranks, noting hazing crackdowns and stiff penalties. It cites Virginia students punished for a museum raid and Cambridge students staging a mock funeral, recalling a dramatic procession with a devil cab, mourners, and a long crowds, asking what U S readers would say about such stunts.
The commentary argues Germany may seek colonization outside its borders, with Asia Minor and Southwest Africa as options, while Britain pursues a Taft arbitration pact. It questions who will dominate seas, and notes Britain’s desire for peace terms, Germany’s patience, and the balance of imperial ambitions.
A San Antonio correspondent describes soldiers walking miles from their posts to city dives in the Saloon district known as Hell’s Half Acre. They spend scant pay on beverages and gamble in mud and stone jadobe huts, where crowded rooms host craps, poker, three-card monte, and a Mexican keno caller.
Five years after upsetting the 1908 Metropolitan at Belmont Park Grapple, once a racing hero owned by Joe Rucker and famed for Drake’s bets, now hauls a newspaper wagon along Long Island roads. Once a horse of Roseben scale, Grapple now works a modest load near Sheepshead Bay with a history of dramatic leaps and fall from racing glory. The piece notes other ex-racers like Apple a' My Eye and a laundry wagon horse in the same coastal area.
The President directs scrutiny of any Standard Oil reorganization by the Attorney General for approval under the court decree. The administration claims victory and says the monopoly is destroyed. no reorg may bypass the court’s prohibitions.
Col Alfonso Bazaine, son of the French marshal, petitions the French Council of State to review the 1873 Metz surrender court martial. The debate notes public anger, loyalty to Napoleon III, and MacMahon’s complicity, with Alfonso later serving in the Spanish army and maintaining ties to the Spanish royal family.
The St. Louis Republic reports that within months the last traces of Kaskaskia, once the first capital of Illinois, will disappear as the Mississippi erodes the land. Only a remaining smoke house stands. forts, churches, and streets have fallen into the river.
Tennessee Bar Association event features Judge John W. Judd calling for discarding the Philippines and cautioning on the Monroe Doctrine. He warns it may lead to future wars and diplomatic issues, noting Washington restraint on a Porto Rican paper. Former Secretary Dickinson praises Tennessee and vows to stay, delivering a long, well received address.
The article critiques English renderings of Diaz and Corral resignation remarks. It contrasts a literal Spanish meaning with a flawed English translation noting unwitting culpability. It questions the vice presidency’s perceived utility in the United States versus Latin contexts.
The article argues that the medical field is overcrowded with ill trained practitioners and too many druggists. It cites physician-to-population ratios in France England and North America to show excess numbers and calls for better medical education and training, noting income pressures on doctors and the need to end tolerating unqualified practice.
Girls plan a relay of pastry prowess as The Pie Eaters clash with The Consumers at Wellesley College. The rivalry centers on fudge charlotte russe and a secret candle eating contest next month. Dill pickles are banned amid the challenge.
Oregon’s Salem dispatch reports the United States Army plans to herd 40000 elk from Jacksons Hole to prevent starvation. Wyoming has funded winter feed movements, but fences and homesteads confine the herd, raising winter deaths despite state hay supplies. Senator Warren secured War Department cavalry aid to encircle and drive the elk toward a designated destination along a multi-line relay system across the winter range.
Richard Le Gallienne’s poem in The Smart Set conjures a lover returning from the dead. The speaker questions the beloved’s restoration and laments dust on the grave and the rings of their betrothal and wedding.
A reflective poem contrasts a white-haired man and a bright-eyed boy. It argues age and youth are outwardly opposite yet share a common inner soul. Joy and Woe chase each other, and truth is hard to pin down for those who claim age and youth differ.
Dunk McPherson delivers whimsical verse in Santa Cruz as he imagines grand feats and impossible tasks. The piece closes with a bold reminder that the citizens' charter party will not be defeated next Tuesday.
A collection of humorous maxims and wry observations on marriage, wealth, and human nature. The pieces offer aphorisms about honor, gates, stomachs, friends, family trees, resolutions, advice from wives, engagement rings, widowhood, and a mother’s quip about boys.
A humorous essay noting that avoiding spats means avoiding marriage, and a man’s finances feel larger in family hearing. It jokes that a woman’s imagination exaggerates her husband’s bravery when facing burglars, while she delays descent to check.
Former Gov. Nahum J. Bachelder of Concord NH, master of the national grange, says sentiment against Canadian reciprocity among farmers nationwide is rising. He cites farmer opposition as a major factor harming land values and warns the Senate may defeat the measure.
Representative Bird McGuire of Oklahoma warns a Wizard keynote audience that full blood Indians will largely vanish within fifty years due to consumption and changing lifestyles. He says many tribes were moved into Oklahoma and that only half breeds will remain, with full bloods becoming curiosities like museum specimens.
Ottawa observer Thomas Stephens notes readers expect no general election in Canada until fall. He says parliament may seek a referendum on reciprocity with the United States, but no vote will occur until the U.S. acts. Public sentiment has cooled since last December, with manufacturers farmers and merchants opposing outside education on reciprocity. Laurier’s Liberal government may push for a vote in the fall if Washington approves.
An exhausted puzzle lists many U S newspapers including Richmond Times Dispatch Norfolk Lane Augusta Chronicle Macon Telegraph Columbia State Birmingham News Chicago Examiner Detroit Free Press and Picayune. It questions why New Orleans would yield a Picayune and invokes Atlanta and Constitution in a playful reference.
A terse stage dialogue features an old gentleman remarking on a lady’s altered appearance and the judge’s response that she could only have changed for the better. The exchange centers on recognition and social judgment with tension between characters.
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