Washington Post subscription terms and offices
The Washington Post lists delivery and pricing options for daily and Sunday editions in Washington and Alexandria, with various weekly and monthly rates. It notes prepaid postage and multiple city offices including New York and Chicago, managed by Paul Plock and Paul Block.
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Lodge’s Disturbing Speech Dominates Senate Debate
A feb 13 1906 report details Senator Lodge’s Senate speech on railway rates, stirring speculation about the administration’s stance, and sparking questions about his loyalty to President Roosevelt. The piece also critiques open-door diplomacy in Asia, recounting consul resignations and historic promises, and closes with a Kentucky robin pie sensationalism note and a call for bird protection laws.
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A Bold Proposal To Stop Hazing At Naval Schools
An article argues that existing hazing laws fail and Roosevelt is unhappy with them. It urges abolishing current methods and dismissing cadets who submit to hazing. The writer claims hazing produces future bullies and that removing those who tolerate humiliation will purge the naval officer corps.
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Keeping Up Insurance Policies Across Graft Exposures
The article argues big insurers are solvent with large reserves despite graft. Policyholders keep premiums paid to avoid lapses, while many avoid public panic over policy value. Uninsured people hesitate but insured remain confident in death benefits. Young holders stay current to secure eventual returns.
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Doctors Shy in Austria Trigger Epidemic and Dispute
A Vienna dispatch reports a parish doctors strike in Lower Austria leading to a surge in scarlet fever and measles as doctors refuse to treat, citing insufficient pay for infectious disease cases. The government threatens dismissal, while others may fill the vacated posts. Drug clerks gain wage raises amid wider unrest.
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Public duty over party in drift of city politics
In Philadelphia Mayor Weaver breaks from gang control to serve the people, while Philadelphia and national party issues unfold. The piece reviews caucus power, Patterson’s conscience, and GOP/Democratic tensions, with notes on Roosevelts treaties, Tillman, and a Grosvenor Cockran debate proposal.
Various National Buzz and Society Flashes From The Era
Brief column items touch on Hepburn bill politics and railroad issues, hints of Rockefeller and Castro notes, a Lincoln Farm Association push toward Lincoln birthplace national park, journalistic quips from New York and Philadelphia, and light social anecdotes. Names include Aldrich Cochran Harriman Rockefeller Lincoln Roosevelt Folk Choate Gibbons Porter Clemens Taft, with mentions of Monroe doctrine, parcels post, and fresh amusements in clubs and billiards.
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Portrait of Senator Knox as a Surgical Target
The New York American profiles Senator Knox, portraying him as a calm, precise, and coldly analytical figure. The piece likens his meticulous hands and controlled demeanor to a surgeon at work, noting his dry temperament, decisive mind, and the influence of powerful institutions on his career.
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Timepieces and fortune mingle in society notes
A column notes Miss Alice Roosevelt's gifts of ten jeweled watches and about four dozen clocks as wedding symbols. It lists varied pieces from Swiss carved wood to a diamond surrounded gold timepiece given by the French Ambassador. Jeanne Sore wins $12,000 at Monte Carlo then spends it on a sable coat hats and a pendant. Washington chatter recalls Congress debates and a Yonkers road sign observed by Senator Knox.
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Reflections and Ditties of a Bachelor Excerpt Style Notes
A collection of witty lines from the New York Press and Chicago News. The passages feature ironic reflections on germane language, marriage, notary vows, and the humor of preaching one’s own sermon. Strong quotes illustrate social satire and bachelor banter with playful mispronunciations and observations.
England's Navy Mightier Under Unionist Rule
A London Graphic analysis contrasts 1895 Liberal naval strength with 1905 Unionist gains. It notes battleship numbers and tonnage nearly doubled, adds 39 modern armored cruisers, and highlights doubled destroyers and a 36 percent rise in personnel. It credits stronger ships for preventing wars in 1898 1900 and 1904 and cites the Dreadnought as vastly more powerful than prior Majestics.
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Painting Missing 58 Years Recovered in Padua Case
Rome correspondent reports Giorgione's painting Christ Meeting Veronica with thirteen life size figures and lantern portrait, vanished from Padua in 1848, has been recovered. Owner Mount Perazzolo refuses to disclose details of the erasure or circumstances of the disappearance.
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Two Cents a Pound and Saint Valentines Offerings
A verse and prose fragment from a 19th or early 20th century issue discusses copper prices and a dream of cheap copper goods, imagining trolley lines and copper bricks. It retells a quip about a Boston gentleman and an ideal political figure, then shifts to Saint Valentine offerings with a dialogue about gifts, diamonds, and female desire, ending with a note from Ruskin on painting cheeks with health.
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Lincoln foe of polygamy sermon in Lincoln Day talk
Special to The Washington Post from Springfield Idaho Senator Dubois recalls Lincoln while denouncing polygamy as a great menace to American civilization. He links Mormon power to politics and argues Lincoln would oppose polygamy as he did slavery, praising Roosevelt and Cullom.
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Gaps in History Highlighted by Carnegie Speaker
A Carnegie Institution historian urged U S scholars to fill gaps in colonial records at a Columbia Historical Society gathering. He stressed missing royal proclamations, journals, state papers, and correspondence on Franco Spanish relations and the Revolution, noting losses from damaged archives and newspapers. The meeting featured Judge A R B Wagner, A it Spofford, and a 271-member membership led by President Tien A R B Hugnery.
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Rockefeller's Long Cruise Reported By Letter From Diana Captain
Washington Post dispatch notes Capt Edward R Greer of the steam yacht Diana sent a letter to a friend claiming Rockefeller's party prepared to cruise South American waters. The message suggests an eastward course toward Rio de Janeiro, explaining why West Indies contacts failed to locate Rockefeller aboard.
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Hotel Lobbiers Meeting Sparks Market Talk
A fragment reports visitors at a New Willard hotel audience discussing Wall Street trends. Names linked to finance, politics, and society appear amid chatter on markets, weddings, and prominent guests including lawmakers and executives.
Mayors Johnson Scored By City Ministers
Cleveland February 12. Mayor Tom L. Johnson faced severe arraignment at a meeting of 100 city ministers who opposed what they called a diabolical usurpation of the people’s power. They resolved to spear next Sunday in denunciation and urged him to close dance halls, especially on Sunday nights, to meet his promises to the pastors.
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Mrs Blair Seeks Insurance Against Provident Savings Company
Mrs Blair, widow of the former general counsel, sues Provident Savings and Loan Company of New York in the civil court at St Louis, alleging a signed policy and failure to pay. In Chile the Andes flight and Buenos Aires leg are noted, while in Columbus Ohio Rev Gladden marks his seventieth birthday with telegrams arriving nationwide.
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