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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1905

Page

4

Need of Reciprocity Errors in Tariff Debate Headlines

Harold Boice, Treasury expert on foreign trade, returns from Chicago after addressing a reciprocity congress. He warns tariff reformers misjudge foreign trade and urges a permanent tariff commission to study reciprocal tariffs with nations, citing failed export records and the need to expand finished goods beyond raw materials.

Harold Boice Treasury Department Booklovers John Franklin Crowell N. I Stone América Europe Germany South America Congress Oceanica Asia Islands Orient China Japan Argentina United States Zum Mexico Canada America Dominion

Identified with Capital's Growth Story

A damaged fragment recalls Eeroliton agtenty Se and Beachey Adams at a West corner, detailing a boy of eleven and his brother learning business methods in a periodical trade. It notes Adams' diligent daytime work, evening music interests, and hints at early success.

Eeroliton Agtenty “Se

Early career in opera and vaudeville years

A fragmented reminiscence details a performer’s stage career starting with a John A. McCaull Opera Company offer in Philadelphia and a move to the New York Casino Company in 1890s. It notes touring with leading troupes, a 1890s return to Washington to work as a news dealer, and fraternal affiliations including Masonry and Shriners. The passage shifts to a tariff policy view arguing tariffs harm raw material trade but support the broader appeal of reciprocal schedules to maintain international commerce and industrial growth.

Washington News Dealer Ninth and Gy Streets Adama

Taft Party Honored in Albay Capital With Hemp Draped Trees

Logan with Secretary Taft aboard arrives at Legaspi city, capital of Albay, Luzon, where elaborate decorations honor the visitors. Hemp draped trees line three mile route to Camp Daraga as Miss Roosevelt receives souvenirs. Senator Long pledges free trade for the islands and speakers praise Legaspi.

Albay Legaspi Manila Logan Taft Albay Province Luzon Camp Daraga Moon Senator Long Kansas Roosevelt Sorsogon Tha ‘Amerizen Philippine Squadron

Circus People Hungry in Grenoble Distress Signals

A dispatch from the State Department reports the Maccaddon circus stranded at Grenoble France with food stopped since August 23. Twenty performers accepted a London offer paying $4 each, sixty refused, with initial estimates of 209 members in the party. Also noted are extradition papers for Walter D. Yager wanted in New York on forgery, and bids opening for timber on Minnesota's White Earth reservation delayed to October 4. A sewer project near Aqueduct Bridge and several fourth class postmaster appointments are listed.

France State Department Maccaddon Circus Grenoble Maccabeon London Goldingnelumber Walter D. Yager New York City Yagser Toronto Hamilton Ontario White Harth Reservation Minnesota

Yellow fever checked in New Orleans amid quarantines and detentions

Dr J H White says the epidemic will end in a month as New Orleans tightens controls. gutters treated with rock salt to curb mosquitoes. Frisco Railway hospital expanded. trains resumed by Gov Blanchard order. Italians and others rebel against detention camps. Delizen plantation reports cases. partial quarantine enforced to stop travel from infected points.

Louisiana New Orleans Good Hope Washington Post J. H. White White McDonough Public Acthoal Frisco Railway Blanchand Memphis Kelena Louisiana Railway St. Charles Parish Hanson City Jefferson Parish Ciood Hope Delizen Plantation Patterson State Board of Health Southern Pacific Company Mississippi River J. N. Thomas Colon Jelks Birmingham Ala W. D Jelks Alabama Goy . C. Blanchard Guy Blanchard Board of Health Cocana Poreas United States

Newport R I Boat Races for Narragansett Cup

In Newport Rhode Island crews from the battleship Keatsarge and the Hibernian Boat Club raced for the Narragansett Bay Challenge Cup with a $4,500 side bet. The Keatsarge won by 2 minutes 11.5 seconds over the Hibernians on a straight course.

Newport R. 1 A. Fouranile Keatsarge Hibernian Boat Club Jackies Wéconda Hibernians

Ban on Married Soldiers and Army Discipline Report

General Wint urges that army chaplains be barred from marrying soldiers without CO approval to discourage marriage enlistment. The War Department notes desertions and property loss as chief court martial causes and calls for organized prison guards and a general military prison. The Duggan report cites guard duty at Canton and improved alcoholism stats, while denoting of young soldiers mingling with general prisoners as harmful to discipline.

Theodore J. Wint Department of the Missouri War Department Walter T. Duggan First Infantry Department of the Lakes Fort Wayne Mich Weatlawn Canton Ohio President McKinley T Ja

Officers’ Orders and Naval Movements Report

Orders to army and naval officers detail leaves dismissals retirements and transfers with assignments to Fort Leavenworth Sandy Hook Wilmington and the Philippines. Movements of naval vessels include arrivals at Galveston and Key West and ships sailing for Solomons and Newport among others. Maj Hodges named national delegate to the Milan International Navigation Congress.

Galveston Juan Wasp Key West Standish Annapolis Solomons Castine Sanches Santo Domingo City Maryland Provincetown Newport Tanooga New London Taxes Newark Atlanta Hartford New la Hopkins Worden Lawrence Stewart Hampton Roads Chicago Fen Francino Ezquimalt Maj. Hodges Milan Harry F. Hodges Corps of Engineers Gen. MacKenzie War Department Italy

Will Stop Vulgar Cards At Mail In Washington

The post office department moves to ban delivery of suggestive and vulgar souvenir postal cards sold openly to visitors in the capital. Sellers and senders face penalties including fines up to 9600 or imprisonment up to five years, with several arrests expected.

Post Office Department

Town Notes and People in Georgetown News

Georgetown residents share travel updates from Atlantic City to Colonial Beach. Dr W D Brace returns from Portland Exposition. tug Edward F Gummell resumes service for Columbia National Sand Dredging. Local shops advertise jars and hats while many families vacation at beaches and resorts along the coast.

Georgetown Edward F Gummell Potomac Chesapeake Bay Columbia National Sand Dredging Company

Death by Own Action From Insomnia

James Madison Brooks a forty five year old Standard Oil salesman in New York’s Florence apartments shot himself in the hallway near his flat after leaving a note blaming insomnia Mrs Brooks described as Virginia wealth funded their upscale lifestyle Col William H Michael chief clerk of the State Department arrived in Washington after delivering a copy of the department’s papers to Secretary Airce at Portsmouth New Hampshire

Washington Post New York James Madison Brooks Standard Oil Company Florence Apartments Eighteenth Street Fourth Revenue Brooks Col Michael Returns William H. Michael Department of Staite State Department Airce Portsmouth Washington

Crook in Chicago Faces Prison Return After Long Freedom

Frank Punshon, a seasoned swindler who has spent most of his life behind bars, faces a penitentiary sentence after three weeks of freedom. Investigators identify him through charges and the sworn statements of numerous women alleging victimization.

Crook Chicago Frank Punshon

Woman Jumps to Death on Eads Bridge

Mrs Lauren Oxford aged thirty two leaped from a Burnington train halted on the Eads Bridge while en route to Texas after illness and was drowned in the Mississippi River. her body not yet recovered.

Bt. Louis Texas Lauren Oxford Burnington Eads Bridge Mississippi River

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