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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1905
Page
3
A long column of anecdotes on weddings divorces and theater life. A political senator and unimportant man share apologies after late stories. Tales span fence disputes theater mishaps hats and ties with vivid characters and social observations.
William T. Scott of East St Louis, former Liberty party presidential nominee, ends he becomes cloakroom janitor in the U.S. House after a six month arc that saw arrest and replacement by another candidate. The piece notes his brief national campaign, jail stint, and subsequent demotion in the St. Louis political scene. Also referenced is a discussion of locomotive engineers and Jump Fever dangers, plus an ad for Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder endorsed by Canada’s Minister of Justice.
The article notes foreign government representatives in Washington escape U.S. citizen laws, so diplomats coast fast while Americans face fines. It recalls a brick and race clash on a coasting street, where the Chinese Legation remained exempt, prompting questions about rights of foreigners versus native citizens.
Rev Dr S B Rossiter, former New York pastor, leads the American Presbyterian Church in Manila under Foreign Missions. The church serves English speaking residents, with Sunday school, Endeavor, prayer, Bible class, ladies aid, and choir. A new church is being built. transit issues and high fares affect attendance. two native churches are also maintained.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean a humorous note on William C. Halloway charging $4 for elevator inspection, then a long poem about Chicago’s reach across states. The piece cites politicians like Senator West and ends with a Philadelphia Press quip about marriage and dinner. It lampoons Chicago as a boundless West and a city whose influence stretches across the country.
A detailed travel survey contrasts city and country life in Russia, showing landowners’ rustic estates, peasant welcome, and wood houses. It notes winter routines, storerooms with salted provisions, and artels formed by moujiks for crafts. The piece praises hospitality and describes winter sledges, coachmen as artists, and the potential of rural co operation for economic reform.
A terse public notice advises restoring proper function of secretive organs to relieve biliousness. It suggests a quick acting remedy that acts as if by charm, urging readers to use it for relief and health.
Sioux City correspondent recalls W. C. Brown once stacking wood for pay and choosing to learn every rail way task. He started as a woodman in 1869, later moved to section work, then tickets and telegraphy, rising to third vice president of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad by decades of hard work.
From New Jersey the Newars News reports Sergeant Jacob Schregler of Camden police solves the mosquito problem for personal biting. He offers two remedies sturgeon oil and cedar oil with a test promise of a reward if either fails. Cedar sawdust in a cedar mill is suggested as a practical proof bed during summer mosquitos.
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