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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1905
Page
2
Clarence L. Cullen recounts a Nebraska and Illinois voyage chapter in which a farm boy named Jason is saved from enlistment by his mother. The piece follows other locals as recruiting officers shuffle potential sailors through humor and tall tales about seasickness and uniforms.
A long instructional note lists proper word usage and common errors. It contrasts terms like casualty middle proximity and commence with correct forms, urges replacing certain phrases, and clarifies preferred styles in writing and editing. It ends with a real estate loan advertisement.
A garbled OCR fragment describes a sailor with one arm around Zenobia, seasickness, a shell back, and jovial poking and winks at candidates. It includes garbled dialogue about sea horrors and a hand. The text is incomplete and lacks clear events or identities.
Senator Bate of Tennessee warmed to the topic praising the territories as fruits of the Mexican war. He urged fair treatment and opportunities for statehood, arguing for justice over party bias and noting battles at Monterey and Buena Vista as part of the blooded road to expansion.
The passage recounts General Scott silencing Mexican batteries at Vera Cruz, his victory at Cerro Gordo, pursuit of Santa Anna to Cherubusco and Molino del Rey, and the capture of Chapultepec. It argues these bloodied campaigns justified American title to the contested territory.
A traveler who visited China and Japan predicts Russia and Japan will exhaust themselves, allowing China to seek Manchuria restoration with Western powers ensuring sovereignty. He cites Japan's strain from tax policy and wartime losses, and notes potential fifty year Western commercial influence in the Orient. Also reports prize-winning attendance records in Lincolnshire schools, with students earning gold watches for perfect attendance.
A New York boarding house vanishes in stages as rooms and furniture disappear. Tenants uncover the landlady's scheme to pack up and move her operation to Atlantic City, leaving questions about rent and notices until the abrupt May 1 reveal. The tale ends with a firm pledge: no more disappearing houses in this town.
The piece surveys plans for major terminal stations in Washington Cleveland Buffalo and New York with emphasis on unions stations plazas parkways and riverfront and notes railroads support and city cost considerations highlighting the ambition to create gateway hubs for growing urban centers. It cites Frank Miles Day and outlines projected impact on cityscapes and traffic.
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