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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1906
Page
28
A miscellaneous 1900s column lists subscription terms and delivery options for a Pennsylvania avenue paper, then shifts to disjointed editorials on secrecy, Gorky, and U.S. policy debates. It critiques agitation, praises restraint, and notes hopes for congressional action on tariffs, alcohol, tobacco, and seeds amid broader reform talk.
A historical notice outlines payment methods including drafts checks and post office orders payable to The Washington Post Co. in Washington DC and other listings such as New York and Chicago offices with manager Paul Block. The document notes dates around April 18, 1906 and references multiple building addresses and offices.
An analysis compares Springfield Missouri to other towns in Ohio Massachusetts and Illinois warning that mob violence stems from deep rooted race antipathy. It argues police protection and societal restraint matter and notes the role of the Negro in preventing lynchings and calls for national reflection on justice and reform.
In July 1893 Belgium formed a commission to investigate Congo State affairs and report impartially. The panel included prominent Belgian, Swiss, Italian, and other officials and spent five months visiting key sites. The report, widely cited, faced little challenge to its conclusions, while critics in Boston and elsewhere pressed for intervention amid claims of native mutilation and forced labor.
A collage of columns and snippets ranges from religious and political satire to crime and labor talk. It notes a preacher fearing heaven lacking singers, grim Japan labor toil, a suicide by James Days in Indiana, Chicago policemen at churches, a Buffalo rate bill bet, and a Pittsburg man’s failed suicide. It also touches on inheritance tax, Spooner for president, and a constitutional battleship joke.
A garbled bulletin presents a stream of quotable remarks from various speakers on injunctions, government reform, taxes, constitutional authority, and moral judgments of foreigners. References include Judge Humphrey, Chief Justice Tuller, Keifer, and public figures, with World War era civic humor tone.
Paris aristocracy and public opinion harshly condemn Boni de Castellane over his marriage to Miss Gould, viewing it as a business contract rather than a love match. The piece notes his lavish lifestyle funded by Mrs Gould and the resulting estrangement from Paris society, while detailing the broader diplomatic shifts as German and Italian figures near retirement or reassignment amid tensions in Europe.
Dialect scene describes a traveling circus arriving soon. A speaker recalls saving money, awaiting the show with gold bands and fantastical wagons. The pipe organ on wheels and steam calliope announce tickets as crowds gather for the tent. The narrator, among crowds, anticipates the spectacle and mockers.
Fragmentary column from the New York Press jokes about money poets and relationships. It discusses how wealth and flippant language affect a man’s appeal to women and hints at playful talk of marrying via telephone. The piece reflects dated attitudes and casual social satire.
Banker I N Seligman praises the Presidents tax ideas and hints at support for an income tax as a fair, beneficial measure. He argues public opinion will shift toward accepting tax justice and endorses Roosevelt's critique of the muckraker.
One hundred years ago today in Congress Representative Varnum spoke at length against a militia increase. He contrasted colonial defenses with present United States strength and warned opponents not to misjudge national capacity. The House defeated an $800,000 bill to fund two frigates and a Senate bill timetable was rejected on its second reading.
Cable from Berth reports Col William Mayer died yesterday after a long career in New York and Philadelphia. Mayer, Vienna born, aided German Herald and New Yorker Zeitung, bought all German Mergenthaler patents in 1894, and helped publish the New Yorker Revue and Sunday editions. He moved to Germany while keeping American interests.
Chicago April 17 District Attorney Morrison said if investigations show railroads were owned by Chicago National Bank of which Walsh was president and not by Walsh, charges of misappropriating funds may be dropped. If railroads were bank property Walsh acted as bank agent and may lack willful intent to defraud.
Lawton Oklahoma April 17 Geronimo Apache chief is critically ill at his Fort Sill military reservation home. His biographer says he may live only a few days as the tribe holds vigil. Geronimo, 76, with his eighth wife married last Christmas Day, urges God to spare his life to free his people.
In St Louis, Judge Sanborn of the US Court of Appeals upheld a 10 million dollar merger uniting all electric light and power firms through a New Jersey corporation. The decision allows the merger but notes potential actions by objectors and minority stockholders. The ruling reverses a district court demurrer while addressing legality of the corporate formation under Missouri law. Postmasters appointed in Maryland, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, and more. President nominates Watson as US Attorney for Western Michigan.
The Chinese minister Sir Chentung Liang-Cheng is expected to receive an official notice of a second term as minister to the United States. The arrangement envisions a future recall to the foreign office in 18 months to two years, with possible reassignment as an assistant secretary.
Reports circulated that Belgium and China planned ultimatums over alleged threats to Chinese residents in Missouri and Congo subjects in the United States. Officials could not substantiate the claims or confirm Beijing or Belgian actions, while Russia and Belgian inquiries faced denials. Officials awaited possible developments and humanitarian intervention失.
American tea traders filed an appeal at the State Department challenging a Canadian law that imposes a duty of 10 cents per pound on tea entering from the United States. Chandler Anderson is handling negotiations as tensions with Canada over the transcontinental tea trade persist amid Canadian subsidies to steamship lines.
London magistrate at Gala Hall Police Court denied reducing bail for Franklin Everhart and Harry Samuel Simons. The Americans were arrested March 8 for issuing forged shares and certificates tied to Alaska Oklahoma Cripple Creek and Manitoba mining ventures. Police cited New York warrants and Simons Chicago indictment for forgery and a confidence scheme. Simons claimed offices at 9 Dearborn Street as he named several mining concerns.
Abraham Barker of Philadelphia died after a street car accident in New York. His will, dated November 24, 1896 and filed for probate, leaves unostentatious wishes, $1 to his three children Wharton Deborah and Anna, and names Wharton Barker as executor. The petition states the estate has no personal property or real estate.
A lengthy report at the New Willard details John W Springer of Denver, a leading Colorado figure, his birth in Jaskeoffville, education at DePauw, law practice, and business leadership in Texas and Colorado. It notes his roles as president of the Capital National Bank and Continental Trust Company, former mayoral bid, and potential Senate candidacy amid Colorado Republican support and livestock interests.
Officials urge passage of Senate bill 4675 and House bill 148 to establish clear District code on interest and usury. The measures aim to curb ten percent loan sharks and unscrupulous money lenders, with corporation counsel scrutinizing safeguards to protect the public in Washington.
A wireless telegram traveled 2089 miles from the English coast to New York and was received aboard the Moltke today. The message, sent last Friday, contained eighty three words. Meanwhile officials at the Government Printing Office, Assistant Foreman Spottswood and Superintendent Collins, have renewed $50 raises for federal roles.
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