Washington Post 1906 subscription rates and reform columns
The Washington Post outlines current subscription terms for daily and combined daily Sunday editions with carrier delivery in Washington and Alexandria and lists payment methods. It also carries an editorial wave urging economy and reform, discussing congressional restraint, public graft exposes, and the role of newspapers in policing corruption while noting Poland’s decline and sidewalk safety issues in the capital.
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Washington
Alexandria
Smoke Law Dispute at Police Court
The piece condemns the smoke law and its enforcement in Washington, arguing the statute is absurd and routinely violated. It fault the Commissioners, Judge Scott, and Prosecuting Attorney Pugh for contentious proceedings, noting selective prosecutions and calls for amending the law to end friction and inconsistent enforcement.
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Pugh
Scott
Washington
Education Reform In United States Fails To Meet Demands
A Wall Street era editorial laments long neglected school needs in the United States. It cites insufficient schoolhouse capacity, unfit buildings, and widespread underpayment of teachers, plus gaps in compulsory education laws, urging urgent reform nationwide. It also parodies political and social bits from the era with satirical items about governors, presidents, and local quirks.
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United States
Jackson County
Hanagaround
Breathitt County
Shootaround
News and gossip of other lands reveal royal maneuvers
The article surveys European aristocracy and diplomacy, detailing the Duke of Orleans quarrels over his wife’s dowry, Archduke Joseph’s failing health, and the duchess’s limited control of wealth. It notes torpedo magnate Mr Whitehead’s rebuff in Fiume, ambassador Nisard’s retirement, and various royal and noble scandals across Britain, France, and Russia.
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Duke of
Orleans
Louis Philippe
Archduke Joseph
House of Austria
Duke of Orleans
Order of the Golden Fleece
Duchess of
Fiume
Adriatic
Whitehead
Queen Victoria
London
Mr. Whitehead
Count George Hayes
Princess Herbert Bismarck
Prince Bismarck
Nisard
Vatican
France
P. P
la Vie Parisienne
Perchenstein
Bernadaki
Count de Talleyrand Perigord
Capitol Chat surveilling a frigid session in the House
In a lively Capitol scene Speaker Cannon engages in a private conversation as a distant bell rings for entry. Senator Perkins jokes with Senator Allison about California warmth while Virginia’s Martin laments a stubborn James River freeze. Long, Beveridge, and Morgan Carraway share a reunion tale of political paths and Muscogee’s mayoral hopes. A Mississippi representative notes seed briefings and small postal deficits reveal a broader legislative tempo. A Philadelphia Press quip closes with a prize fight usher and a sports editor mockery.
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Long
Beveridge
Morgan Ocarroway
National Capital
Kansas
Medicina Lodge
Ferry Simpson
National Congress
Carraway
Simpson
Indiana
Hoosier
Carroway
Awvay
Indian Territory
Muscogee
Snapshot opinions from across papers on policy and leadership
A collage of briefs notes from multiple papers. Walter Wellman urges a Napoleon sized canal effort. The Baltimore American mocks DC governance trends. San Antonio Express critiques domestic racial issues. Sioux City Journal questions sentencing speed. St Louis Globe-Democrat cites weather predictions. Texas isthmus military proposal shows Roosevelt planning. Indiana and Philadelphia pieces lampoon graft and catsup safety. Cleveland casts the beef trust as mincemeat. Council Bluffs praises strict budget with steel protection. Boston mocks Judge Swayne impeachment. Chicago Post notes Cannon versus Supreme Court prestige with humor.
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Minneapolis
Walter Wellman
Baltimore American
District of Columbia
San Antonio
Uncle Sam
Sioux City
Gua Machente
St. Louis
Isnappia
Senate
Congressional Garden
Philadelphia Bulletin
Wiley
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Sam
Council Bluffa
Joe Cannon
Boston Herald
Gyez
Oyez
Charles Swayne
Charlee Swayne
District Court i
Florida
House of Representatives
Chicago Post
Cannon
House
Supreme Court
Uncle Jos
Pointed Paragraphs From Chicago News
A collection of satirical observations on social behavior and manners. The writings critique transgression and bluffing in personal relationships, wealth’s impact on family ties, and the power dynamics of invitations, with wry commentary on gender and social events.
Reflections of a bachelor from the New York Press
A satirical column on politics and romance. It mocks the devil’s cleverness in politics and cites ironies about women desiring jewels while friends go without. The piece playfully notes a bachelor’s view of love, candy, and awkward courtship with witty, flirtatious tone.
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New York Press
Lessons From Trusts In Cordage Consolidation
The Springfield Republican reviews the rise and fall of cordage trusts from 1887 through the current receivership of the Standard Rope and Twine Company. It notes inflated capital, debts of about 10 million dollars, a floating debt of 1.3 million, and assets limited to mills valued at 2.5 million while warning that industrial consolidation offers limited real economies and often ends in bankruptcy.
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Springfield Mass
Standard Rope and Twine Company
National Cordage Company
United States Cordage Company
Wall Street
United States
Thrift of Wage Earners From Success Magazine
The article notes that the number of depositors in U S savings banks doubled over seventeen years and deposits rose from 1 285 247 371 in 1887 to 2 935 in the year 19 8. It cites 7 305 228 depositors in 19 8 and describes wage earners as about half the deposits. It highlights New York holding 38 6 percent of deposits and lists building and loan associations, personal hoarding, reinsurance, and stock investments as wage earners’ saving avenues. Home ownership among rural wage earners is mentioned as part of broad prosperity.
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Success Magazine
United States
New York
Building and Loan Associations
Wise Precaution and Snippets From Various Papers
A Chicago Journal item notes a St. Petersburg citizen refusing a high collar and pocket handkerchief for safety, fearing mistaken likeness to a Japanese battleship by armed men. Other clippings critique overwork at a Chicago college and reflect on thinkers of the age. A Prohibition Town quip about a professor’s value, a Pittsburgh Post line on a boy and quinine, plus a brief exchange about misunderstanding between Wiggins and Higgins.
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Chicago Journal
St. Petersburg
Round About Maryland and Kent County Snow Impact
A collage of Maryland items: Ground hog vs goose bane, seasonal closures at Chesapeake Bay resorts, Chestertown arrivals, congratulating Frank Sappington family on a guest, egg prices down to 22 cents a dozen, Annapolis theater crowds and dances, drummers stuck in town after travel woes, a butter shortage from road blockades, sleigh rides on Chester River, funeral travel woes for John W Fowler, mail trains hampered, and snowdrifts up to ten feet hindering road access for days.
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Baltimore News
Chesapeake Bay
Mint Jusep Association
Chestertown
Frank Sappington
Viettor
Chestertown Transcript
Annapolis Chronicle
Annapolis
Mary Ann
Chestertown Enterprise
Salisbury
Price Station
Eleigha
Price
Kent County
Chester
Queen Anne's
John N. Dodd
John W. Fowler
Massey
Life of Bucky ONeal recalled by war stories in hotel lobbies
The piece recalls Lt Frank Frantz aiding Rough Rider Bucky ONeal at San Juan Hill and later rising to captain. It reports Frantz later leading Osage affairs in Washington and comments on Osage wealth, Chilean resources, Arizona New Mexico statehood debates, and remarks by ex governors and officials regarding federal control, statehood, and politics.
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Bucky” O’neal
San Juan Hill
Frank Frantz
Frantz
United States
Post
Raleigha
National Treasury
Henry L. Wilson
Washington
Chile
New
Willard
John L. Wilson
Sam
Santiago
C Cile
Guile
Americas
Charles F. Ainsworth
Phoenix
Ariz
Rateigh
Fred C. Ainsworth
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Ainsworth
John Q. Underhill
Westchester
Thomas
Utah
Harrison
Salt Lake
Smont
Provo
Sutherland
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