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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1905
Page
11
A letter argues reorganizing canal work into nine sections with division engineers, an advisory board, and a governing board to streamline progress. It calls for a chief engineer executive head and expands purchasing and sanitation oversight under War Department supervision.
Wilbur F. Crafts argues against inside army saloons citing Milwaukee incident where soldiers drunk outside a bar. He calls for post exchanges, amusement rooms, and gymnasiums before restoring beer sales, citing large Congress appropriations with no facilities built.
Washington editor condemns a local article about a colored minister obtaining a marriage license for a Negro and a white woman. The letter urges amending DC marriage laws to prohibit intermarriage, aligning with Virginia and Maryland, calling for penal servitude and a color line to protect “the country’s welfare.” John M. Morhring signs from Washington on October 28.
The piece argues against the view that modern animals are smaller than ancient giants. It notes African elephants have been killed that could rival mammoths in size, challenging the belief in universally dwarfed past beasts.
A millionaire host recounts the Jack Sabin story where a bank clerk Sabin is drawn into a fatal plot. Sabin’s wife hides a robber’s stash as intruders close in, and the twist reveals the tramp is Sabin himself in a doomed plan gone awry. The tale ends with a grim confession and a humane moral.
The verse recalls historical criminals like Dick Turpin and Captain Kidd, noting their harsh lives and meager treasure. It laments that such lives would be better protected by life insurance today, suggesting their burdens and hardships were softened by modern coverage.
Many chair designs are highlighted as original and beautiful in this catalog excerpt. Notable parlour chairs feature varied styles and prices, with several designs similar to the shown example priced at 8.50, 9, and 10 dollars before seat coverings.
M Auguste Person, credited as the inventor of the crinoline, died at Togny aux Boeufs aged seventy five. He conceived steel hoop skirts while employed by a Paris dressmaker and later sold the patent for 800 dollars. The fashion spread to massive hoop sizes, at times filling spaces several feet across, before waning after royal decree ended hoop wear.
Mrs Arthur Cadogan keeps a nine foot Indian python bought from William Cross in Culford Gardens. She praises its docile nature, saying serpents can be trained, respond to names, and become affectionate pets when well treated, a view echoed by Cross.
A Buffalo Commercial clipping recounts a Western professor noting how people resist change in body size. An anecdote describes a fat woman at the sea exchanging twenty pounds of pork for amusement, revealing she only hoped to see how much weight she had lost. A Success Magazine item adds that cheerful manners aid business prospects and convey an irresistible appeal.
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