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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1911
Page
9
The Washington Post publication details subscription options delivered by carrier or by mail in Washington and Alexandria. Rates for weekly, monthly, and annual plans are listed with prepaid postage and advance payment terms. Advertising contact and postal registrations are noted. The date shown is Monday, September 18, 1941.
The piece argues capital shuns the South due to entrenched hostility to Washington policies and Bryan era politics. It contends Southern leaders cling to old prejudices, favor Northern interests, and resist free trade, risking stagnation unless political and business directions shift toward development and openness to investment.
The piece celebrates William Rankin, the oldest living college graduate, recalling his Wilkins College graduation in 1800s when electricity was experimental and physics a jumble. It contrasts then with modern strides in science, railroads, and frontier expansion, noting America’s youth and rapid change through Rankin’s lifetime.
The piece discusses President Taft's stance against socialism, arguing its political appeal is limited in the United States. It contrasts American individualism with European models, notes obstacles in Wisconsin and Congress, and reflects on national progress through health and governance. It cites Ottoman cholera, Asiatic plagues, and sanitary measures as examples of strong public health leadership.
President Hadley of Yale argues that individuals need a guiding ideal and that strong public causes propel success. The pension movement for superannuated civil employés is praised by former Senator Lick and Senator Dick as a necessary, businesslike reform. With Hitchcock and Taft approving, Congress is urged to back a pension plan for long-serving federal workers.
The obituary honors former senator Thomas Henry Carter as a bold, principled fighter and trusted statesman. It notes his role in nominating Harrison over Blaine, his measured Senate philosophy, and ongoing public service on the boundary commission. It ends with satirical quips on contemporary political life.
The article portrays New York as a mild harbor for retired U S senators like Texas’s Joseph W Bailey. It describes former officials networking, office life near Trinity Church, and meeting longtime Washington figures such as John G Carlisle and Thomas Brackett Reed. It highlights Roger A Prior as the enduring dean of ex lawmakers in New York.
A man in Cliftondale waters his garden and discovers a five inch insect with green legs and horned tail. The creature flies like an aeroplane and bears two red feelers near its eyes. San Francisco dispatch notes a separate feature about G L Stone who supposedly can handle bees and wasps without being stung.
Workmen near John Dansing farm 212 miles west of Oneida unearthed a man’s skeleton and later six more skeletons. Five adults and two children about 15 years old were found. locals suspect ancestors of early Mormon settlers who camped nearby on a Utah bound trek, with sickness linked to drained fish-filled lake.
Dialogue shows George and the speaker discussing repairs on an automobile and a plane. The man asks about the car, gets assurance of a new tire and flat-class condition, then about the aeroplane, which has been overhauled and is ready for instant use. He ends with boots for a country walk.
Sir John Anderson is appointed permanent undersecretary of state for the colonies in London, becoming the de facto head of the colonial department. A longstanding Chamberlain ally, he rose after royal favor and a prior brush with the Ophir voyage, later serving as Straits Settlements governor and earning knighthood.
Apples are abundant near Westfield North Dakota lowering prices to five cents a bushel. Retail apple prices in New York City are said to exceed the price cider mill men pay per bushel.
Luke Cahill, a frontier scout, recounts Kit Carson's death in a restored adobe house at Fort Lyon now a tuberculosis hospital. Carson, about 4 feet 8 inches, 175 pounds, taciturn yet loyal, died May 22, 1855 after being brought to the fort for treatment. He enjoyed poker, drank socially, and was buried near Las Animas before reburial at Taos, New Mexico, under a Mason’s stone monument.
Maj Gen Leonard Wood visits Fort Sill to decide whether the Apaches held as war prisoners should be allotted on the military reserve or returned to New Mexico. War Department and Rep Ferris favor sending them home, while some Indians and supporters seek reserve allotment. Conference with 17 adult votes to return to New Mexico suggested. Aga Daklugile has already returned.
In Milwaukee a quarrel turns comic as Ajax defiantly defiles the rain. A feminine voice scolds Ajax with humor, calling him an old fool and urging him to come indoors. He listens, showing the behavior of a well gained husband.
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes Joseph G. Cannon arguing recall of judges mirrors Pontius Pilate. It warns that mob petitions could force judges to sacrifice justice, yielding to public clamor to avert insurrection, urging that rule by mob replace rule of law.
From the Pall Mall Gazette a poem laments dead dream cities through time and ruin. It lists cities like Babylon Karnac Atlantis Sardis Ophir and London highlighting time decay, interwoven with romantic imagery and a closing note on faded eras. Samuel Williams of the Smart Set applies reflective lyric tones to urban myth and memory.
In Louisville, a towering 9 foot 9 inch man named Dampsey Wren, weighing 224 pounds, attempted to enlist but was rejected. The anecdote, recounted by Sergt. Milton Creagar of Kansas City, highlights unusual size keeping him from serving.
A compact critique contains satirical social maxims about gender roles marriage money and ambition. It surveys how critics judge men and women by wealth success or influence and warns against delaying choices with a sharp tone. The piece riffs on justice desire and personal independence with ironic humor.
A humorous column sketches domestic chaos and social foibles as a bachelor narrator observes pandemonium at the house. Jests about tax folly, family quarrels, plumbing woes, and a woman's appearance in muddy white stockings punctuate the piece withsatirical tone.
The Rev Dr H McKeagh of Dublin speaks at Raleigh on Ireland’s home rule prospects and Protestant Catholic tensions. He notes Ireland’s prosperity, improved farming, and growing Methodist presence in the United States, with about 60 000 Methodists in Ireland and 16 churches in Dublin. He praises American courtesy and plans to attend a Toronto ecumenical conference.
A New York World dispatch recalls Frederic Frothing of Montreal criticizing Canada's naval policy under Laurier and reciprocity. He argues the plan for an independent navy proves unpopular and ineffective, noting two second-class cruisers Rainbow and Niobe, their grounding near Halifax, and repairs delaying any maple-leaf fleet for six months. A Danish seed stock discussion stresses selection methods improving mangels and turnips, praising government certificates and Denmark’s feeding strength. A Newburgh item humorously frames a Willowfellow robbery, where a roadside bandit quips about not needing the target’s watch.
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