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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1906
Page
6
A Sunday excursion train wreck near Terra Cotte in darkness and fog left numerous dead and injured. Early reports describe panic as help arrived slowly, with survivors wandering to the city outskirts. The incident prompts calls for stricter railroad safety and accountability for equipment and practices.
The Post reports a hidden obstruction halting a broad national forest reserve bill backed by Congress, the President, and civil groups. It calls for investigation into the impediment and urges action before a looming deadline, comparing it to stalled ship subsidy and other reforms while urging unity to press the measure.
The piece contrasts the Philadelphia Record’s stance on a revenue tariff with opposition to income tax, arguing the Washington Post mislabels tariffs as free trade or protection. It notes Britain’s revenue tariff and productive income tax, and asserts no party seeks abolition of customs or tariffs on imports. The text labels the “free trade” party in both nations as opposing protectionist policy.
In Bulacan province a bamboo tree forms a bark and fiber image that locals say resembles a woman and a Virgin Mary manifestation. Pilgrims, including Manila Time readers, travel daily to Taal and Bocone to collect leaves bark soil and roots as talismans. Vendors profit from dulcea and other offerings as devotion grows and healings are purported.
In a London county court yesterday a jeweler, Mr. George Spink, was accused of padding a suit to avoid payment. The garment failed to fit and, after a test with the robing room, three thick shirts and a heavy guernsey were found hidden. The judge ordered the defendant brought back to court for sentencing as laughter erupted.
Two brothers separated for twenty five years are reunited in Paris Bourbon County Kentucky when a poorly dressed stranger visiting J T Mastin asks his name and reveals himself as W G Mastin of Oakwood Oklahoma. They discover they are brothers and plan to start a business together.
Count Eugene Zichy, famed Hungarian aristocrat and ally of Ferdinand of Coburg, helped secure the Bulgarian throne and pursued Asian expeditions to trace Hun origins. His clash with the Kaiser at Potsdam sparked Austro-Hungarian controversy, while memories of Makart portraits and family tragedies color a sweeping, fact-filled obituary of a turbulent career.
Col. William F Cody recounts a tale of President Roosevelt seeking dogs to hunt bears in Colorado. An old Scotchman refused to lend his dogs unless he accompanied them, and Roosevelt himself tried to negotiate secretly before revealing his identity it proved futile and he left without the dogs. Also recounted is Paul Seydher’s harrowing Carpathia rescue tale of survival after falling overboard and swimming for hours amid sharks and cold, eventually being saved by the Carpathia crew.
A Wise Old Bloke and his pal, short of money, waste a dinner hour in the British Museum. They stand before an Egyptian mummy labeled BC The Bloke asks What’s that Jean The reply says That’s the number of the car that ran over the bloomin cove.
A garbled edge of humor and commentary on political and social clamor. The piece includes phrases about pride in small success, misjudgment blamed on various causes, and reflections on expenses during business standstills. It also quips about a burglar’s worry and a church collection amid a hold-up theme.
Representative John F. Lacey of Iowa retires after eighteen years in the House. He praises Tom Reed as the greatest mind he has known, credits Reed with avoiding war had he been president, and reflects on House service, training, and public duty witnessed at the Riggs. Judge William Richardson of Alabama weighs South conservatism and political balance as a steady alternative in a turbulent era.
Mrs Isabel la Beecher Hooker of Hartford aged eighty three wanes in health as fatigue from anti slavery and suffrage work takes toll. She helped found Connecticut underground stations and led early national suffrage efforts before retreating to her room. Friends attribute rapid decline to recent pressures in the movements she championed.
The autobiography recounts Lew Wallace’s shift from fragmentary biblical ideas to drafting a Ben Hur narrative. He began in 1875 with desert scenes inspired by Father Bede and considered Christ’s birth pivotal, then, after a late-life reflection during a discussion on Christianity, decided to write a grand novel culminating in a Crucifixion scene.
The American Embassy's famed hospitality helped John Creber, once butler to Joseph H Choate, amass over 15000 during his service. He left after clashing with Whitelaw Reid and used funds from Westminster Bank to buy a seaside hotel on the Devonshire coast. Choate offered encouragement as Creber plans an American cook for trans Atlantic guests.
A statistician estimates France grants in tips reach about 75 million dollars yearly, with around 15 million pounds in France and over four million in Paris. The method assumes Parisians spend seven twelfths of a penny daily and provincial residents one farthing per day in tips, amid possible shifts with income tax.
A short note laments the Kaiser’s isolation as he cannot send even one message daily to his congress. The tone invites reader sympathy for the ruler amid limited communication.
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