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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1907
Page
12
The article surveys Oklahoma’s stance on the proposed constitution and prohibition, noting Democrats’ gains in national offices and a shift toward reform. It contrasts Oklahoma’s independence with broader party dynamics, and touches on Secretary Taft and Root’s diplomacy, plus naval incidents and international ties.
Gustav Reville recently returned from Africa with a gorilla for the New York Zoological Society and delivered a menagerie of exotic snakes parrots crabs and other animals to a modest East Side residence near Bellevue Hospital. He displayed tree boa and other rare snakes to Curator Ditmoar in the Bronx while passengers on the third avenue elevated train watched the show with curiosity and amusement.
Fragmentary reflections mix of garbled lines from a song or poem. The text reads as a jumble of phrases about memory, heroism, and personal doubt with no clear narrative, date, or identifiable person. The readable portion suggests a literary conjecture rather than a news item.
A jumble of outdated items covers mechanical woes, telepathy, a quarrel leading to sleep loss, and a burglar alarm tale at Dominick Staith. It notes US postal output and a rotary press design shift, with miscellaneous observations on Italian vogue and crime.
Royalty rarely suffers shipwreck, yet historic royal misfortunes are recounted from James I’s era to later dukes. The piece traces monarchs surviving wrecks, then shifts to the late Duke of Cambridge’s morganatic family, noting confusion over legitimate issue, titles, and bankruptcies amid marriages and intrigues. It mentions Count Henry Fitzjames and Fitzjames kin amid a tangled line of succession and scandal.
The piece argues industrial progress harms families more than wars, detailing brutal injuries from locomotives, gears, belts, and mills. It cites anonymous figures from unions about woodworkers and factory labor, noting lifelong disability and the social cost of injured workers and dependent families.
A Joplin Globe piece threads Taft’s global reach with satirical references to Cuba Puerto Rico and the Panama Canal while mixing comic notices on dog fashion including pocket watch dogs and a London market craze. The text blends political critique with eccentric costume and cultural notes and mentions Native dances of the Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples at a city park.
The piece portrays Theodore Roosevelt as a natural politician who spoke bluntly to all classes, tempered only by courtesy in the White House with influential figures. It recounts two bold political moments, his early push after McKinley’s death, and the Ohio convention tensions, including Hanna’s rebuttals and Roosevelt’s stance before the 1904 election.
The fragment describes a tiny deer under two inches tall at the shoulder with brown speckled fur and large spots. It notes a hornless head, a musk deer male with tusked upper jaw, timid disposition, and routine feeding at dawn and dusk, with overall gentle but shy behavior.
A fragmented verse recalls a summer in York Town with six rooms, no rent expenses, and comforts like fresh fruit and tea. A tale weaves in a horse named William Lockwood’s, a missing diamond, and domestic scenes at a farm near Bloomingburg with family and workers devising a plan to recover or replace the gem.
The article records visitors in the capital discussing advances in ocean vessel design, the potential for ships to cross oceans in three days, and the long timeline for such improvements. It notes comments by Mr Weir and Mr Luke on engine power, size, and the role of fuel weight in voyage economics.
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