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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1905
Page
6
The notice details subscription prices for The Washington Post in 1905 including daily and Sunday editions, weekly and monthly rates, mail delivery to Washington and Alexandria, payment methods, and addresses for remittance and editorial offices. It records rates, delivery details, and management contacts for PA and NY offices.
Announcement urging readers moving from the city to notify The Post so subscriptions and delivery may follow them anywhere in the country. Readers are instructed to notify by phone at 4206 or send orders directly to the paper to ensure prompt delivery and updated capital addresses.
The 1908 presidential race begins to take shape with William Jennings Bryan driving Democratic unity toward a forward movement. He rallies the "plain people" against conservatism and targets Theodore Roosevelt, while critics warn that Bryanism could polarize the party and risk reform.
The Philadelphia papers urge clergymen to pray that Harrisburg will block a Republican machine bill aimed at strengthening the Philadelphia ring. The author questions vanity in prayer and notes the legislature will act per Senator Penrose’s guidance, urging focused prayer on the decisive issue.
A Santo Domingo dispatch to the New York Herald argues for a practical protectorate as civil war looms. Gen Miguelito and 15 insurgents push for a junction with Barba on Turk's Island while the US gunboat Independencia sails to Sanchez. The piece warns Morales faces a weakened government and pleads for swift US use of the modus vivendi to quell the rebellion.
A reflection on Edward Bellamy and future invention highlights how rapidly technology could advance. The piece imagines faster trains, airborne travel, straight rail lines, electricity as the core of progress, and telephonic and wireless communications expanding beyond present limits. It muses on electrification powering light, heat, and devices, predicting electricity as central to future discoveries and even interplanetary communication.
A verbose column ponders rapid future transport, contrasts 1860s and 1900s travel times, and imagines the year 2000. It urges caution on religious instruction in Washington public schools, praising church home teaching and warning government theology. It critiques tariff reform, rail and tariff politics, and global affairs with satirical notes on leaders and policy.
A fragmented item cites aphorisms on perseverance, prudence, and social behavior. It notes wisdom, luck, and riches as shared ideas, with pointed musings on men and women, appearances, and social company. The piece reads as a collage of maxims and wry observations.
A long account traces Freemasonry roles for rulers and heirs from the United States to Europe, noting vice president as heir to the presidency, monarchs serving as grand masters, and political uses of the craft in France and Britain. It also covers Baden Powell's reforms in cavalry training and Scottish precedence protests over a new table of rank affecting Knights of the Thistle.
A fragment suggests a comment that humor improves after drinking two glasses of wine, with unclear author and context, leaving the core idea as a casual aside about wit and drinking.
A Chicago Chronicle excerpt questions Bunau Varilla's role in Panama Canal work citing past associations with De Lesseps and Panama affairs. It argues the president should avoid his services amid scandal and calls the Roosevelts administration to maintain a clean project record.
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes large grain shipments from Missouri River points due to lower rail rates causing terminal congestion, with merchandise and building materials surging. It cites railcar capacity shortfalls, a healthy economy, and no signs of dangerous speculation. The piece urges steady adherence to traditional policies and providence.
The Chicago Chronicle discusses desertions from U S forces, arguing American youth resist rigid military drills and prefer voluntary service. It praises individual independence as a trait that hinders conscript systems yet fosters strong civilian character, while urging strict punishment for deserters.
In a Detroit scene a boy warns of smoke from a kitchen as a woman reveals she started a fire to lure her husband back. She explains her husband left in anger and she acted to bring him to return. The anecdote blends with editorials on graft and politics in Chicago and New Jersey.
Caleb Powers, Pittsburg native, seeks a fourth trial on complicity in the Goebel murder case in Kentucky. The appearance before a jury aims to reassure the public that justice has been served, as narrow-minded partisans are urged to abandon prejudice toward opposing party members.
From the Hartford line President Roosevelt dispatches Prof Jacob Hollander of Johns Hopkins University to Santo Domingo as a confidential agent. He will ascertain the situation and aid Washington in shaping a safe policy toward Morales and the debt-burdened republic.
A fragmented satirical piece questions wartime costs and policy, joking about barefoot soldiers in a South American president exchange. It moves through opinions of importance, weather bureau influence, and aging domestic roles with quirky verse-like lines and comic asides.
In a hotel lounge Mr McHarg of Burma, deputy conservator of forests, discusses Burma’s large forest lands, timber reserves, and economy. He praises teak as durable for shipbuilding, notes higher wages and fewer famines, and describes Burmese society and Buddhism including women’s freedom and public philanthropy.
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