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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1906
Page
5
The item notes the Washington Post Publication Office located on Pennsylvania Avenue near Fourteenth Street, a landmark mailing and distribution point for the paper.
Washingtoniana who are leaving the city should not fail to have The Post follow them. In this way only can they keep Informed about af fair at the Capital. Addresses may be changed as often as desired, and the paper will come promptly to any part of the country. Notify carrier or send order direct to The Post, Telephone Main 4205.
The piece denounces William Jennings Bryan for preferring expansive government over individual action. It compares his views to Jefferson and Jackson, accuses him of ordering party figures like Roger Sullivan to resign, and predicts turmoil in Kentucky and a widened split ahead of a New York stop on August 30.
English physicians and other European experts denounce a Chicago doctor’s 235.00 fee for attending Marshall Field’s death as extortionate compared with European charges. They cite Lorenz of Vienna and other cases to argue high U.S. compensation, higher living costs, and broader wage standards drive the disparity.
Mr Raymond Patterson of the Chicago Tribune reveals that Western states lag Eastern cities in protecting working children. His study spans New York Chicago and Pittsburgh, noting Western neglect of youth education and welfare, and urging federal action to limit child labor to physically and mentally fit youths past certain growth milestones.
Ex monarchs lose extraterritorial immunity as Austria’s justice department and Supreme Court rule Queen Natalie and other dethroned rulers have no right to diplomatic privileges. Court decisions treat their status as courtesy, not legal protection, affecting pretenders like the Duke of Orleans and Don Carlos.
A jumble of social tidbits from Chase City and New Bern covers a late party hosted by Miss Hisis Edmunds with lanterns and feasting, plus busier items on riding, wheat sowing, and a Democratic convention. Other vignettes mix humor, public notices, and international pension debates blending local color with brief nonlocal digests.
A patchwork of notes from Clarkton and nearby towns details bond anxieties, local visits, and social happenings. Mentions of Ever-looming railroad fare changes in Pennsylvania link to a broader economic mood, while scattered items from Gate City, Chase City, and Martins draw a mosaic of ordinary lives and local interests.
Readers are advised on how to appeal pension denials to the Secretary of the Interior, with steps, timing, and evidence needed. The column cites cases from Civil War to early 20th century, detailing when pensions begin, how to increase or restart claims, and advice to supply physician statements and prior claim numbers.
A financier who earned 15 million dollars in a few years laments spending years hunting European junk shop pictures to decorate his palace instead of enjoying them. A second joke notes a preacher finding weather dampness makes sermons harder to assemble a congregation.
A garbled Chicago newspaper fragment cites satirical aphorisms about love wealth luck and social behavior. The text mocks adults judgments and social norms with scattered wry observations.
An English periodical notes a headmaster at a so called popular school urges pupils to learn to speak with an American accent and in an American manner. Proponents argue it signals wealth and business savvy while observers say it suggests travels in America and practical, energetic traits.
Representative Malcolm R. Patterson of Memphis arrives in Washington to lobby Congress for ten days before returning to Tennessee to gear up for his governor bid. He touts a united Democratic party and cites Republican Henry Clay Evans’s lack of joint canvasses.
The British admiralty will arm the Dreadnought with ten Winch Mark X wire wound breech loading quick firing guns. The 6b caliber weapons weigh fifty eight tons and fire 9 pound projectiles with through fifty one inches of wrought iron at the muzzle. Velocity is 2900 feet per second and a 2½ pound modified cordite charge fuels two rounds per minute. Trials slated for October after over a year of construction.
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