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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1911
Page
13
The Washington Post lists delivery and mail subscription rates while reporting on the Turkish question and Italy’s approach to Tripoli. It notes Turkish willingness to resist, potential European peace implications, and shifting party loyalties in U S local politics alongside socialist agitation in Europe.
The piece argues Congress maintains control over the District of Columbia finances via a half and half arrangement with the District, dismissing talk of upheaval. It contrasts political authority with college youth culture and references historic centers like Balatmanca, the Sorbonne, and Cluny to evoke a tone of changing eras and enduring youth.
A wary tone from naval authorities reports reduced work at U S shipyards and a possible slowdown in battleship construction. Private yards refuse bids on two dreadnoughts, costs for government ships run about 25 percent higher, prompting questions about efficiency and future needs.
An opinion piece criticizes weight and price manipulation in markets. It argues buyers overpay due to tare on weights and deceptive packaging while noting foreign markets ensure customers get what they pay for. The author calls for awakening to covert charges and food-price inflation.
Intimate friends say Secretary James Wilson plans to leave the Agriculture Department by March 4 after fifteen years at the helm. He is 76, credited with building and expanding the department into a world leading agency, attracting top talent and driving global agricultural research.
The Philadelphia Yoquiter recalls the 1804 Philadelphia incident during the Tripoli conflict. It notes Capt Bainbridge and Lieut Decatur executing the burning of the captured frigate to prevent its capture by Tripoli, with few casualties. The piece mentions officers like Bainbridge Lawrences, MacDonough, Izard, Morris, and honors their later achievements. It also notes a later diver retrieving wreck wood, now used as paperweights.
A rambling column mocks college life and reformers, lampooning Mr R T Crane and New York figures while skewering Prohibition era morals. It contrasts lofty ideals with youthful mischief and national issues, from tailspin politics to modern gadgets and rail against Western decadence.
A sprawling portrait of Lady Northcote, widow of the former governor general of Australia, and her complex background from Canadian adoption to high British society. The article traces her guardianship by Lady Mount Stephen, ties to Lord Northcote, and a long chain of aristocratic connections, with digressions on siblings and marital ties. It also notes Lady Gregory's theater leadership and anecdotes about Sir William Gregory and Irish literary revival.
The New York Times reports M S Rattherson of Kiel, Russia, funds a Jewish university effort in Jerusalem. An international education panel would select scholars, supply stipends for archaeological and literary work, and require residents to live in Jerusalem. An eventual teaching center may arise, inspired by Oxford’s model, with scholarships open to graduates from European universities who have proven merit.
The Wright brothers sought a secluded Atlantic dune strip from Cape Henry to Cape Lookout for embryo glider experiments. They found Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk best suited, built a shed, and, unseen by the world, spent months testing their craft while locals watched in awe. Nurses as wives follows a London view on nurse quality and marriage.
The piece captures a shy exchange about God seeing everything and a comic moment with a Puck photographer. The subject jokes about being photographed and admits a recent indictive habit, dodging newsmen.
Oukar Nagel chemist and engineer announces a perfected process to extract gold and potash from seawater with low costs. Demonstration scheduled at the New York meeting of the American Chemical Society. Nagel claims potential to market gold at 33 per ounce and potash at 3.15 per ton, with a modern plant planned. He notes no patent but withholds one detail about the weak solution temperature. He cites German monopoly on potash and historical tensions over price and supply. He has presented to world chemical societies, with a six hour demonstration to conclude before members learn the results.
A collection of aphoristic lines exploring ambition versus ability, regret, courage, honesty, and social behavior. It ponders tomorrow's plans versus present action, male vanity, female appreciation, and the irritation caused by evasive conversation shifts. The tone is observational and wry.
A fragment from a New York Press column discusses gender roles and social norms. It touches on women's fears of men, financial anxieties, and the idea of giving portions to the church amid moral reflections on marriage and independence.
Senator Porter J. McCumber of North Dakota comments on the reciprocity issue, noting Canadian defeat shifts political dynamics. He signals farmer concerns in the Dakotas over wheat yields and insurgent tendencies within parties, while opining on Democratic prospects and Republican strength ahead of the next presidential race.
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