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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1911
Page
11
A column blends debate on the free library’s literary choices with a dispatch on Hankow. It cites German gunboats escorting Chinese troop ships and landing marines, arguing Germany’s intervention serves its policy interests while warning of imperial meddling in Asia and across seas.
The Washington Post outlines Taft's planned December message to Congress, noting his travel and public remarks. It compares expectations to Roosevelt's silence and possible shifts toward La Follette, with implications for insurgent politics and the Chicago platform.
Lord Rosebery criticizes libraries as a display of philistinism during the Mitchell Library opening in Glasgow. He notes 220000 platitudes at Carnegie library openings and says the spread of learning bewilders him, leaving him in a mood of gloom about educating the young idea.
The article describes the Senussiyeh Brotherhood as a vast secret Moslem society feared by Europeans. It details its origins with Mohammed ben Ali and its aim to restore Islamic purity and politics, with millions of adherents and a grand master ruling from Petra.
Lenox dispatch reports a cow moose escaped from Henry Payne Whitney's Henry Mountain preserve was lured by a bull's call and captured after an hour near a 10 foot fence. Gamekeeper drove her into a small enclosure outside the preserve, ending a two year evade. The tale accompanies oddities from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York about strange animals and social notes.
A survey of Macdonald lineages recounts Somerled’s role in freeing Scotland from Norse rule, the lordship of the Isles, and later disputes over baronetcy and chieftaincy. It covers Sleat, Clanranald, and the Gretna Green marriage that affected legitimacy for Scottish honors, plus notable relics of Stuart loyalty and the young pretender.
Boston dispatch quotes Mrs. Mary Hines, Sunnyside Day Nursery matron, warning that excessive affection harms infants. She cites constant kissing and fondling as a source of misery and illness, arguing babies have rights like adults and that restraint fosters healthier development. She also links improper feeding to most infant illnesses.
A New York Tribune summary by J Clark Bell notes 14 centenarians died in 19 involving at least 30 years beyond 70, 29 in the following year, and 9 by the current date. Esther Davis aged 107 and 112 year old Fanny Feliman highlight long life, with only one native New Yorker among 62 names. Separate items report Florida tropical fish imports to New York aquarium, including two 250 pound specimens, and a turtle cruelty case in which a magistrate rules the turtle is an animal under law.
From the New York World a feature on the Recess Club on the twenty first floor of the Knickerbocker Trust building at 60 Broadway. It welcomes members with at least eight figures in wealth, including J Pierpont Morgan and Otto H Kahn, while omitting stock tickers and business talk for arts literature and science. Wives have space on a lower floor.
The piece blends sport chatter about Ty Cobb and Connie Mack with humorous verse and prose fragments. It notes Marquard, Baker, and McGraw in lively reportage, then shifts to poems about Loughareema and a quip on New York climate by Uncle Horace Johnson, predicting a hard winter.
A dialogue captures concern as Pat remains gravely ill while Mike asks about her condition. Pat responds she is extremely sick and not dangerous anymore, and a witty exchange about happiness and needing money for a polo coat follows.
A fragment discusses how men dictate behavior while women face pressure to conform. It notes men offer opinions without action and married men justify controlling behavior. The piece observes that men seek attention and women endure loneliness when away.
Reflections humor a bachelor life with quips on money and widows trust, training for children, childhood self perception, and temper in family life, illustrating social observations in a dated newspaper voice.
The Tulane University in October opens a tropical medicine school led by Dr Creighton Wellman, aiming to train physicians for work in tropical countries and to bolster U S trade through better health. The program, praised by Dr A L Metz, ties sanitation to commerce and notes New Orleans as a gateway to the Americas with growing international ties.
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