Kaiser Lectures Draw Brilliant Washington Audience
A flashing cable to readers in Washington reports Kaiser delivering lectures to a brilliant audience. The summary notes strong attendance and public interest in his remarks during the event.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1909
Page
7
A flashing cable to readers in Washington reports Kaiser delivering lectures to a brilliant audience. The summary notes strong attendance and public interest in his remarks during the event.
Special cable reports from Washington Post describe Prof Wheeler and Prof Moore lecturing in Berlin on the power of opinion in America, Roosevelt's stance as a conservative bulwark, and the clash between radical theory and cautious governance. The Kaiser and Kaiserin attended, with German and American officials present, as discussions touched on parliamentary government and U.S. political dynamics.
Mrs Moore Mrs Wheeler and Miss Eva Sprague accompanying Mr Wheeler were presented to the emperor and empress on Tuesday Captain Belknap will host a dinner for Prof Wheeler who will begin months of unflagging entertainment as aid to his predecessors.
An old newspaper ad warns constipation as a root cause of appendicitis and urges use of Dyspeptia Tablets rather than drastic laxatives. It claims many suffer daily and promises a remedy from F A Stuart in Marshall, Michigan with a free sample offer.
An American traveler in Vienna sued a European sleeping car company after her berth from Vienna to Frankfurt was resold when she boarded late. The court ruled the deal complete when payment was taken. she was entitled to board anywhere on the route with her original ticket. The company must pay the full claim.
A Washington Post telegraph excerpt reports a wave of arson attempts targeting Roman churches after the death of Senor Terrer. Churches in Trastevere and other locales saw front doors burned, interiors ignited with cotton wool, and facade damage, while police restrained further reports.
Special cable from Paris reports Dr Romme of Paris discussing an old English cure for colds. The method, attributed to Dr J B William, requires 24 to 48 hours without liquids, consuming only small amounts of tea or milk and minimal water. Breathing fresh air is encouraged and Dr Steimbers supports the regimen with slight modern tweaks.
Special Cable reports Prof Charles Heydemann argues woman is not man’s equal in intellect, morals, or physical capacity. He cites skull measurements and evolutionary theory to claim women lack true citizenship duties and that progress requires male superiority. He dismisses political equality and calls nature’s warfare decisive.
An old advertisement touts Seventy-Seven as a portable cure for grip and colds. It claims a few doses at the first sign of illness break up the cold and prevent influenza, cough, and sore throat, promising grip relief from the pocket size remedy sold by druggists for 25 cents.
From The Washington Post London Oct 3 the king’s Christmas card has been chosen. Edward IV今回は piano printer sends cards to intimates and friends. Queen Alexandra selects a later history showing Queen Philippa intervning for Calais citizens. The Pacers of Wales card favors Alfred the Great era with a boy Alfred before his mother.
An elderly London coppersmith, George William Parkes, claims direct descent from poet Robert Burns. Parkes, 88, states his mother Anne Burns was Burns's eldest son’s daughter, and his own grandfather was Burns’s eldest son. He works at Stills factory in Chartres Street, Hatton Garden, with family history largely unacknowledged in public.
London reports a curious royal remark by King Edward upon a well dressed American woman. The king notes an American back and, after inquiry, confirms the lady is from Chicago, describing the scene as a display of keen observation and worldliness.
France plans a new department under public works to study tourist needs and improve transport comfort. The measure aims to catch up with Switzerland Germany and Austria in aiding travelers. The cabinet seeks a provision in the current session to establish the department and gather information to develop travel.
Liverpool October reports the Cunard Line steamer Lucania, in service for seventeen years, beginning her last voyage with Swansea as her port of call for breaking up. A fire damaged her at Liverpool on August 14, she was later sold to ship brokers for $U, 000.
London reports a drop in picture post cards as the public shifts to telephone calls. Fewer telegrams are sent, while misaddressed letters reveal losses over two thousand pounds in penalties.
Special cable from London reports the British Museum expedition to the Congo Free State explored the Rusa bagin area with E Toray W Hilton Lampoon and N Ferdy. They faced rumors of cannibalism but met honest, clever traders who valued curios and paid high prices for a single page of an English weekly journal.
The Vienna Academy of Medicine reports strange sleep phenomena as mysteries of slumber persist. Cases include a locomotive engineer napping at the controls, soldiers and bicyclists dozing mid task, a lawyer drafting a plea unseen, a Hungarian count riding asleep, and a chemistry student translating texts in dreams. The study notes the brain’s blood flow drops during deep sleep, then surges when waking, illustrating ongoing uncertainty about sleep itself.
A winter dinner for Prime Minister Asquith at Lady McLaren's London home featured two militant suffragettes gaining entry and pressing questions. Lady McLaren defended the PM, while suffragists targeted Mr Harcourt and Mr Churchill before being asked to leave.
London reports urge that radium now costs $90 a gram, with a new British Radium Corporation facility in London and a plant in St Ives Cornwall aiming to produce radium commercially from pitchblende ore. Sir William Ramsay outlined rapid production goals and the wide medical potential, noting limited global radium stocks and early clinical results while highlighting Cornwall as a future industrial hub.
German actress Mme Wangel leaves her husband, the musician Herr Stabernack Hess, after eloping with Carl Hess an Salvation Army officer. Hess escorted her to Berlin and later traveled with her to the Erzgebirge before being expelled again from the Salvation Army. The affair began at Frankfurt on Main where Wangel publicly joined the Salvation Army.
London society centers on diet fads amid election talk at country houses and clubs. Metchnikoff theory gains followers as milk and chocolate bourbons appear. hot water rituals spread, dine-in courses shrink, champagne declines. Women’s clubs snack between meals while upper ten adjust to a simple life, whisky and soda replacing wine in some circles.
Report from The Washington Sun London October shows devoted divers endure eight to ten hours in an iron tomb under air pressures of four to eight pounds per square inch inside a boiler pumped by an engine. Dr Hill leads investigations on oxygen and miners and divers’ occupational disease risks from rapid pressure changes.
A Hungarian village near Gaborjan reports a mob lynching a man Ludasz his wife and daughter after burning a widow Bergs home. An enraged crowd, armed with knives, forced entry as the fire was fought. Gendarmerie arrested several after the incident.
Mrs Norma Kupfel Lutge plans a 1910 Berlin exhibit of feminine America showing home life from working woman to society queen. Model interiors feature Yankee kitchens with flapjacks pumpkin pies and corned beef hash. A Gibson Girl bevy and Gibson style garments highlight a national image backed by May Carson and the U S Department of Commerce and Labor.
Berlin reports Morenga Morenga Jr, son of a celebrated African chieftain, launches a driving career after learning in the United States. A multilingual 45 year old, he markets himself to international travelers from his new Berlin base, previously an elephant trainer and boxer at a winter circus.
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