Washington Post Subscription Rates 1906 Summary
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Fighting for a Lost Cause Against Aristocratic High Schools
The Chicago Chronicle renews its attack on aristocratic high schools as a symptom of a flawed system. It argues that funding favors high schools over primary and intermediate schools, leaving many children without adequate, comfortable accommodations and forcing half day attendance due to space limits. The piece notes widespread disparities and calls the system hopeless to reform.
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Chicago Chronicle
The
Chronicle
Toth
Chicago
We Support the Orchestras Strike in Chicago Theaters
A columnist notes Chicago musicians threaten to strike over wage cuts from 29 to 25 dollars weekly for incidental music. He mocks impotent art, recalls old stage tricks, and argues the public enjoys loud, showy orchestral excess while acknowledging a demand for fair pay.
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Chicago
Nat ‘Goodwin
W Rulette
Sher‘ok
Holmes
Leust
Hazel Kirk
Chicago fad dolls protest for higher pay by orchestra
Amid noisy chatter and scattered groans the public is left guessing the meaning as the orchestra and city musicians voice demand for larger pay. The scene captures groans and twitters from the crowd and hints at tensions between performers and management in Chicago.
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Chicago
Defiant Washington statue urged for removal on Washington's Birthday
The piece condemns the Horatio Greenough Washington statue before the Capitol, calling it contemptuous of common sense and unfit as a commemorative image. It urges Congress to remove the sculpture by the 174th anniversary of Washington's birthday, suggesting it belong in an art gallery or the Corcoran.
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United States
Capitol
Horatio Greenough
Edward Haverett
Washington
Edward Everett
Congress
Corcoran Institution
Modus vivendi eyed as path to tariff war relief
The German Reichstag and American Congress spar over tariff clashes seen as a commercial war. Both sides seek a modus vivendi to avert conflict, with McCleary and Root as key figures debating whether suspension of the German tariff can avert a broader showdown.
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Conaress
United States Senate
McCleary
Ways and Means
Germany
Congress
Chicago
Elviu Root
American Chancellery
Yivendl
Balfour and Chamberlain in tariff reform debate
The article sketches a view of Balfour edging toward a Chamberlainite tariff stance while not yet a tariff reformer. It recalls Pulteney’s failed ministry, notes Balfour’s trimming stance for patriotism, and compares 1688 Halifax to today. Chamberlain leads with stronger tariff reform plans. Balfour lags in the rear, building support among the party’s free traders.
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Chamberlain
Duke of Newcastle
Lord Hardwick
Pulteney
Robert Walpole
England
America
Mr. Balfour
Halifax
Chamberlain and the Education Campaign in England and U S Politics
The piece contrasts Chamberlain's forceful push for protection with Campbell-Bannerman's opposition. It notes the looming Sixtieth Congress campaign in 1906, predicts a predominantly Republican House, and discusses party organization, issues, and the Inter Ocean’s stance on a unified GOP platform and principles for the midterm election.
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Chamberlain
England
Campbell-Bannerman
House of Representatives
Oregon
Babcork
Overstreet
GO. I
Roosevelt
Taft
Root
Chicago Inter Ocean
Republican Party
Inter Ocean
St. Louis
Bryan
Bryan resigns Illinois College post over tainted money critique
The Chicago Tribune column notes William Jennings Bryan resigns as trustee of Illinois College cited for accepting tainted funds from Carnegie and others. It criticizes Bryan as superficial and hypocritical in his anti wealth stance while pursuing wealth himself. It lists swift quips on Witte, La Follette, Santo Domingo, Morgan, and a student note on a bachelor as authority on wife beating.
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Wiliam J. Bryan
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Hongkong
Illinois College
Andrew Carnegie
Octopus
Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Orient
War talks and political chatter fill late edition
A sweeping roundup covers Arsenal’s 4 million ball cartridges on a rush order, Chinese troop moves in Manchuria, political shifts in Parliament, and various U.S. figures. Notes include Mrs Roosevelt’s link to the Netherland minister’s newborn daughter, a political intrigue in Colorado, labor unions blamed for a Chinese boycott, and reflections on railway rates and liquor assets.
Nex' Week Promises Yet Again From a Kansas City Star Poem
A person described as a good-natured busybody with a quick temper and a knack for predicting weather and fish allowed a promise of action for next week. He’s a bricklayer by trade, offers marriage pointers, and reads winds and birds. When nex' week arrives the forecast hints rain and he delays, aging into a content, lighthearted presence who waits for Old Gabe's horn.
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The
Kansas City Star
Eiver
Morning Paper Jokes and Political Quips
A compact column collects satirical notes on Congressman Tawney and government clerks buying the Morning Post, plus brisk quips on Rockefeller, politicians, and social figures. Sharp observations touch on transparency, reform, and public life with period-appropriate humor.
Bourbon Prince Joins Jesuit Order Amid Royal Controversy
Prince Rainer of Bourbon, nephew to European royals, enters the Jesuit order and begins novitiate amid parental resistance. He serves as a cavalry officer in Spain and is educated in Spain under Queen Mother Christine. The piece notes rare royal adherence to Jesuits and contrasts with other royal clerics, while also touching on Dutch and British political figures and the broader European royal connections. It closes with a sweep of noble lineages and historical anecdotes.
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Christine
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St. Ignatius of Loyola
Iuive
Europe
Prince Rainer
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Wilhelmina
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M. Kraus
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Chile
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Santiago
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Spencer Churchill
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Gopshall
Leicestershire
Handel
Penn House
Amersham
Jordans
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Marquise DE Foxntenoy
Eskimos souvenir cards eyed at pole gag
Exchange lines from the Chicago News and New York American suggest humor about North Pole sightings and a White House gathering on the 17th with attendees described as honoring enough. The snippet notes a joke about Eskimos selling souvenir postal cards and a mention of a White House event.
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Guyer
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New York American
White House
WASTE OF WATER WILL COST NEW YORK CITY $150000000
New York experts estimate aqueduct water waste amounts to about one third of daily usage. The waste, unpreventable by meters, could justify a $150 million debt for additional reservoirs over ten years. Officials note gas and electric waste mirror water waste, driven by carelessness and fixed-rate billing. A separate health inquiry reports widespread food adulteration and faulty weights, harming the poor, while some trusts produce pure goods.
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New York City
Philadelphia Press
Washington Post
New York
Farrington
Electric Lighting Company
Chanler
Columbia University
Chanter
Association of Nluminating Engineers
United States
Marks
Felow
Association
Congress
Board of Health
Darlington
Hayward
Hughes
Legislative Insurance
Sugar Trust
Mr. Rockefeller
Tolland
Baltimore socialite opposes woman suffrage views
Mrs Jessa Tyson of Baltimore criticizes suffrage, arguing a woman's place is home and that voting would complicate life, divert attention from households, and invite social chaos. She questions the need for public political involvement, endorses domestic influence, and suggests suffragists lack other duties.
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Baltimore Sun
Baltimore
Jessa Tyson
Mrson
Mrs. Tyson
Pat
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
The piece muses on wealth, pride, and marriage, arguing wealth comes from inheriting and some men cling to comfort while denying others. It notes a bachelor’s pride, temper, and the belief that staying unmarried is wiser until marriage changes the outlook.
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New York
Col Zevely among Washington friends in Raleigh lobby
Col William Zevely of Muscogee Indian Territory gathers in the Raleigh lobby with numerous Washington friends. He praises Jude Charles Stewart for Oklahoma Senate, discusses Arizona New Mexico union talk, and notes Georgia politics and insurance woes in a bustling hotel scene.
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Ter
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Col. Zevely
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David R. Francis
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Indian Territory
Oklahoma
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Sena Lorna
Jude Charles Stewart
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Stewart
Dwight I. Heard
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Foraker
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