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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1909
Page
22
The notice outlines subscription plans for The Washington Post including daily and Sunday editions with various durations. It lists payment in advance and acceptable remittance methods, and notes Washington, D.C. mailing details and international advertising representation.
A 1903 report details Collector Loeb pushing a crackdown on sugar import fraud at the New York port. Indictments surface, a large recovery looms, and importers’ association presses back as Loeb gains prominence amid a widening probe into manipulated weights and illicit employer ties.
A discussion among railroad executives highlights a shift toward public accountability. Leaders like Vanderbilt and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe’s Laney acknowledge the people’s power and seek reforms such as farmer training schools to bolster the industry and protect property while appeasing public concerns.
A fragmented line suggests the author stresses that no path to the White House bypasses the Senate. It emphasizes the importance of Senate approval in presidential plans and party strategy.
Taft outlined a broad reform agenda during a 12 000 mile swing, calling for increased ICC powers to regulate railroad securities and rates, a new court to review ICC decisions, compulsory safety devices, central bank influence, postal savings banks, and Sherman act refinements. He urged income tax amendments, tolls on tariffs, ship subsidies, anti boycott laws, conservation, waterway improvements, and mineral land reforms aimed at faster federal justice and stricter private control limits.
In the Journal for Psychical Research Rev Dr Newell Dwight Hillis cites a Brooklyn Plymouth Church member who reported her son’s alcohol episodes via telepathy. The mother, miles away in the South, allegedly visualized incidents including a hotel sighting and a railroad accident. Prof James Hyslop sought details but did not receive them.
A federal attorney alleges Theodore Roosevelt explored a plan to establish a U S protectorate in the Sudan north of Congo Tree State to relocate African Americans. The scheme would form a United States led nation among tribes, centering a new empire in Africa to counter German and British expansion.
Long obituary notes Montague Guedt a close confidant of the king, famed London society figure and art connoisseur who served as librarian for the royal yacht club at West Cowes Castle. It describes his sociable nature, wit, and influence among Sandringham circles, and outlines his artistic pursuits and collections at Albany and Brighton.
The boll weevil described as the most serious menace to cotton, tracing its spread from 1885 to 1906 across Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Mississippi. It notes dramatic yield losses, rapid life cycle, and failed Guatemala ant control, with native Solenopsis geminata providing significant destruction of weevil populations alongside cultural methods.
In a remarkable act, Lucy the cat defied rivals by saving six kittens from drowning. Dr James McDonough and Willard Bush witnessed the feline’s brave maneuver, guiding the kittens to safety in a coal bin. The doctor later offered Lucy a reward if she kept the brood, and she accepted by bringing the kittens to his office.
A collage of verses and snippets from various papers. humor on fashion and horse show roles contrasts with a London report about a museum exchange in Paris. The text references exbibits and runaway expenses, with a later note on Marshal Ney's knitted purse connected to Gisors and Paris.
Mrs Terrence O Grady formerly Miss Gertrude Arnoldy wed the "human ostrich" after a show where he ate tacks. She confessed falling in love upon seeing him gate tacks and aims to learn the art of eating tacks and glass without discomfort.
Memphis physician Dr. John H. Gray states after extensive study that eating Indian corn does not cause pellagra in the United States. He acknowledges foreign links but argues the disease is not contracted at home except by other factors. He cites a Southern charitable institution with 20 affected inmates, noting transmission did not originate within the facility.
Miss Lottie Sheldon, aged 22, born blind, near Mount Pleasant, Michigan, has gained sight after months of treatment and a delicate operation at the Homeopathic Hospital. Her early life involved hard labor and little income, yet she glimpsed the world as bandages came off, with plans to help her brother who is also blind.
Reflections on married life and male psychology from a 19th century perspective. The piece lampoons the difficulty of engaging men in moral debates while craving simple pleasures. It notes how couples claim peace through wrangling and a man's hope for a future heroic moment.
In Washington, Kurt von Mayrheuser of Basen Austria argues Germany will build a strong navy but not rival Britain. He notes Germany seeks battleship capacity for commerce and colonies and explains Bozen as a health resort with heavy tourist trade. He also discusses automobiles, Ohio politics, and presidential origins with multiple named figures and places.
Hayden of the public grounds department warns the elms along the Charles and Beacon Street malls of the Common are impoverished and will die within ten years without revitalization via systematic fertilization. Signs of feeble vitality are evident to casual observers across public grounds.
A quirky social musing notes giddiness from society chatter and contrasts easy going people with persistence. It jokes about truth and exaggeration, highlights a shapely ankle of the thin girl, quips about a Jove affair as beet cement for heartbreak, and ends with a caution to hire experts for well done work.
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