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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1910
Page
13
The 1910 New Jersey race steadies on traditional party lines with no insurgent or radical candidates for state or congressional offices. Voters focus on familiar issues like tariff, cost of living, and taxation, favoring conservative stewardship over the frenzied policies seen in other states.
A deadlock between American cotton interests and European banks over stopping fraudulent bills of lading threatens exports of 400 million dollars in cotton. If unresolved by October 31 exports may halt, damaging the South’s 12 million bale crop and risking a market crash, while bankers seek to recover losses from last year’s fraud.
The passage discusses two tip types in markets. The familiar tips enrich waiters and porters at the expense of the donor, who bears the blame. It also mentions less known tips about prospective fluctuations in cotton, steel, copper, and railroad stock values.
An analysis dissects con artists selling exclusive stock tips and promising big weekly returns while exposing their hollow claims. It also examines Beverly and Oyster Bay ties, Taft endorsements, and Roosevelt insurgent dynamics shaping 1912 politics. It notes mine rescue progress, apparatus, and voluntary rescue stations in Britain, the United States, and Nova Scotia.
The piece discusses how mine owners comply with safety regulations when laguvador laws exist, and highlights new dust laying methods reducing coal dust explosions at $292 per 1,000,000 tons. It then argues for global conservation of rubber and ivory, condemning wasteful harvesting in Africa and colonial extraction practices, urging international action to protect scarce resources.
An excerpt tracing historic smugglers Anne Benny and Mary Reed, their bold coastal runs and clashes with officials. It argues that wealthier women have replaced pirates with refined schemes and proposes drafting female smugglers into government service for national defense.
In Harper's Weekly, Gen Homer Lea argues against overvaluing aircraft in warfare. He says aerial scouts misjudge terrain and troop strength, since height limits depth of rivers fords and inclines, and cannot identify troops or defenses beneath woods or villages. He notes scouts' reliability rests on ground experience.
In a London Times report the Earl of Landaff dispute centers on Arnold Harris Mathew, who seeks recognition of his claim to the extinct Irish earldom and viscounty of Landaff. The Lords privileges committee rejected the claim, yet Mathew and his son continue to use titles. The tale traces lineage from the eighteenth century, including military service in India, a Calcutta marriage, and disputed inheritance amid dynastic intrigue and ecclesiastical controversy.
A New York Tribune essay contrasts a prehistoric arboreal feed with modern sedentary living. It argues autointoxication from improper elimination harms health, listing a spectrum of disorders from loss of appetite to gastritis and gallstones, noting lifestyle shifts drive disease susceptibility.
Oxford University debates reform to curb overemphasis on classics and boost practical training. Lord Curzon backs reducing Greek Latin and mathematics emphasis, expanding commerce economics and modern languages, while widening access for poor students to pull up average graduates. Parliament could take up the task if Oxford stalls.
From Tit-Blta, Lord Hannen was repeatedly fooled when a juror asked to be excused due to a funeral. The judge allowed it, then a clerk revealed the juror was an undertaker. The somber man departed, leaving the court with the odd moment.
A shopper recalls starting as a clerk on 15 shillings a week and rising to own a business. He notes modern shops use cash registers, highlighting economic change and self-made success in a compressed local anecdote.
The prince regent of China decrees English as the standard medium in modern learning schools nationwide. The move aims to unify instruction in science and arts, with examinations and new compulsory study of foreign languages, boosting national consciousness and aiding missionary efforts.
A fragmented poem contrasts a challenging mother mother in law with domestic edge and humor. The speaker notes a stern yet loving matriarch who presides over tea visits, critiques, and household bills, then shifts to vignettes of New York Times notes and a reflection on pine trees and the sky.
Ella asks Stella if Fred called recently and mentions a claim about his first kiss. Stella confirms a brief conversation and questions why Ella cares, while recalling Fred’s boast about his reputation. The excerpt blends dialogue with a nature verse interlude about pines and murmuring trees.
A collection of witty observations on human nature and social behavior. It notes that people dodge friends in need yet feel happiness from hidden things and that trouble seekers incur fatigue. It suggests genius as turning failures into success and mocks secrecy as stinginess in women.
A short humorous reflection on love wealth and marriage. It argues a man’s troubles seem smaller before marriage and larger after, suggesting wealth brings more complications. The piece notes the difficulty of inheritance and hints at the appeal of family life.
In Maine, Democrats discuss who may succeed Senator Hale with Charles F. Johnson of Waterville viewed as the leading candidate. Johnson, a lawyer and longtime party worker, is praised for popularity and loyalty, while others in the party eye governor and legislative outcomes amid Sturgis Prohibition backlash.
A Suntley school superintendent quizzes a bright pupil. the boy defines false doctrine as a doctor giving the wrong medicine to sick people. The exchange showcases a playful misinterpretation in a classroom setting.
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