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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1909
Page
14
The Washington Post outlines subscription terms in a dense listing of delivery areas daily and Sunday options. It lists payment methods and various prepaid rates for daily Sunday and full year subscriptions, with mail remittance instructions and post office handling in Washington DC.
Reports recount how workers faced death as a mine shaft collapsed in Cherry Mine. Brave rescuers and trapped miners are named, with one man’s sacrifice highlighted while others persevere in dark tunnels and danger.
The piece discusses Reno's quick divorce culture and Judge Pike's stance on delaying remarriage. It notes public sentiment against rapid remarriages and highlights how Reno profits from easy divorces while preserving ceremony in marriages. It also includes a Newark gambling arrest and a humorous account of a poker tale used in court.
Uncle Sam's Employment Bureau has opened a free facility that may become the nation’s largest of its kind. About three million post cards were sent by the Department of Commerce and Labor to postmasters and urban managers to list job openings for workmen. Cards returned to Washington indicate the needed numbers and kinds of workers, aiding both unemployed workers and small industries by linking employers with job seekers.
The piece calls for an immediate thorough and searching inquiry by a high standing committee into the sugar trust and related customs frauds. It argues Congress must probe officers and officials of the government and trust, deny political pull, and expose alleged schemes, emphasizing the need to test the integrity of government and enforce accountability without delay.
The aged Dowager Queen of Sweden arrived in London and will spend much of the winter there. She is a patron of the Salvation Army, which has gained notable success in Sweden thanks to her support. Previously she was a devoted Salvationist and helped fund the movement, including aiding a blind woman whose conversion she learned of.
A historical survey of Prussian princesses marriage patterns and dynastic dictates. It notes limited alliances with German and Scandinavian Protestant princes, highlighting cases of unaffiliated matches and the strong influence of state considerations on marriages. The piece also references royal attendance hardships and recent European rapprochements affecting sentiment in Rome and Vienna.
A New York bank lent $2 on jewels to art dealer Lyman on Fifth Avenue. A writ of replevin served for $1000 worth amenda mayor of the Kirk Patrick Company. items including oil paintings and marble statues valued at $1660 were replevined from Lyman’s store after he disappeared with the art. One statuette valued at 2,900 was involved. The sheriff’s office aided by the jewelry company.
A new Osone aeration purification plant near Paris treats Marne River water to reduce disease germs. The process lowers water temperature and leaves no detectable harmful residues. Sterilization consumes 73 percent, diffuses 7 percent, and 20 percent escapes as atmospheric sterilizing effect.
Professor Charles Zyeviin, ex-Travernity 82 Chicago, told a largely female audience that democracy in the United States is hollow under the current system. He argued the eighteenth century Constitution has failed to deliver true equality and proposed new democratic ideals, citing electoral inequities and minority rule in Lincoln’s election and other cases to challenge representative government.
A plea for waterways argues railroads threaten river trade as river transport remains underused. It notes past rate wars and trucked costs, while rail lines push general rate cuts to win business. The piece also touches on maritime interests and the allure of water routes for rapid, safe transport.
Dr Leary of Tufts Medical School presents a pneumonia vaccine to aid treatment. The vaccine will be given free to registered physicians with only sputum sample and patient chart required. Early reports suggest reduced mortality in alcoholic and ordinary pneumonia cases, with the vaccine's costless distribution and ongoing clinical observations.
A fragmented poem from the New York Sun and New York Times verses reflects a complex love hate relationship with a male figure. It blends memories from childhood to college and adulthood, pairing affectionate devotion with fear and critique. The speaker admits deep conflict yet enduring attachment.
German shipping agent at Raleigh Club criticizes high American labor costs and lack of trained seamen as main obstacles to a robust merchant marine. He argues American shippers avoid freight charges by passing costs to buyers, and notes competition with Europe. He discusses Taft, gubernatorial politics, and the push for inland waterway improvements led by the National Rivers and Harbors Congress.
A humorous misfit sketch on money, intelligence, and courtship. It riffs on male vanity, female perception, and social quirks, noting how wealth, cleverness, or family roles shape attraction and dialogue. The piece satirizes mating signals and the ease some use to secure favors or affection.
Fragmentary text mocks fashion and social scenes with garbled lines about clothes lack and chorus, warnings about recording deeds, and a physician’s social judgments. It mentions payments for board and a conductor signaling a train, all in a satirical, improvised tone.
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