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Newspaper
The Caldwell Tribune
Location
Caldwell, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1905
Page
2
A collage of quips on wealth, divorce, charity, and society from a Caldwell Tribune page. It lampoons Rockefeller era capitalism, professors, and public foibles, noting New York City population drains, a bullfrog hatchery plan, and a four month spring imprisonment for leisure restrictions, ending with a grim note on tramps in snow.
The Senate adjourned without deciding the Santo Domingo treaty. It would have the United States run customs houses, collect revenues, and pay fifty percent to Santo Domingo creditors while guaranteeing the republic’s territorial integrity. American officers would remain at Monte Christi and Puerto Plata until claims are satisfied.
The article explains a distinct African banking practice among Kaffirs near Kaffraria in South Africa. Traders from Kaffiraria pool money with one chosen banker who stores deposits in a bag and pays storekeepers from that bag, while depositors shout the amount owed in front of two witnesses.
American inventor Lee De Forest advances a wireless telegraphy system claimed superior to Marconi's. Communications linked Chicago St Louis Kansas City Springfield Cleveland Port Huron with long range tests including 1800 mile Chicago Key West messages. A neighborly joke about a girl being called a spinster ends the note.
Editorial from Chicago Tribune reprints debate on whether a $15 weekly wage justifies owning a dress suit. It warns that costs of shirts, studs, shoes, hats, carriages, and theater seats may push a modest earner into debt or crime, while conceding the suit remains desirable yet impractical until income rises.
The piece extols physicians for risking life and enduring long-term hardship in service to humanity. It contrasts public perception with true doctor heroism, noting their unending duties, lack of personal time, and obligation to treat all regardless of status, delivering care amid fever and suffering.
The New York Press argues church support should rely on ordinary citizens rather than Rockefellers wealth. It condemns legalistic attempts to shield religious institutions from critique and warns that accepting such gifts buys silence on injustices within corporations like Standard Oil. The piece urges moral accountability from churches and the public.
A Louisville Courier Journal critique denounces money worship as corrupting humanity. It condemns prioritizing wealth over character, mocks bohemian immorality, and urges the pulpit press and schools to wage ongoing battle against materialism, noting money’s cheapening effect on good deeds.
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes high wartime loss yet compares return-to-duty rates and hospital shares. It cites Russian figures showing about 120 000 officers and men, with 77 000 back in service and 21 000 still in hospitals. Killed in combat are estimated 40 000 to 50 000 in a year of heavy battles. It attributes lower lethality to small bore rifles and mentions Japanese recovery rates as surprisingly high.
Truman H Newberry is named by President Roosevelt to be assistant secretary of the navy succeeding Charles H Darington. Born 1804, Yale 1883, he built Michigan railroad interests with his father the late John S Newberry and served in the Spanish war aboard the Yosemite as lieutenant. He is married with three children, a large fortune, and strong ties to Roosevelt and Brooklyn Barnes lineage.
A student of Esquirol asks if there is a sure test to distinguish sane from insane. Esquirol invites him to dinner with two guests, one quiet and well dressed and the other noisy and conceited. The student concludes the quiet man is sane while the other is a lunatic and should be locked up. Balzac is cited as a great writer.
Fragmentary report notes an incident involving Jones with a comment about a mug and shaving. The text appears to reference a barber and a mash line, suggesting a public or local anecdote rather than a full event. The source is incomplete, offering only scattered dialogue and fragmentary references.
A garbled sermon fragment urges faith over greed, stressing divine strength as essential, love through action, liberal hospitality, and disciplined conscience. It warns against rivalry in revivals, emphasizes transformation by the Word, and notes true praise comes from a life aligned with God.
A Washington Star feature recalls a sales duchess at a pattern counter who complains about women customers while describing a playful scene with kittens, tails, and a shirt waist pattern. The piece blends humor with sharp social tone and ends noting a Cleveland Plain Dealer tease about bachelors and marriage.
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