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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1905
Page
6
Publication Office on Pennsylvania Avenue near Fourteenth Street announces delivery terms in Washington and Alexandria. The Daily Sunday edition costs 75 cents per week or six dollars per month, while the Daily including Sunday costs 60 cents per week or seven six cents per month.
By Mail, Postage Prepaid, Daily, Sunday excepted, one year. Daily, Sunday included, one year. Daily, Sunday excepted, one month. Daily, Sunday included, one month. Sunday, one year. Remittances by drafts, checks, post office orders, registered letters, or express orders payable to The Washington Post Co. New York Office, 211 Vanderbilt Building, Paul Block Manager. Chicago Office, Unity Building, Paul Block Manager.
A compact editorial page rails against treating the March inauguration as a pageant while urging a thorough vote on Santo Domingo actions and Monroe doctrine concerns. It notes Roosevelt era boldness, warns of European intervention, and argues for careful investigation and civic reform amid widespread Senate scandals.
A collage of U S newspaper snips credits Congress and the executive with co ordinate powers, cites debates over RooseveltRockefeller ties and Santo Domingo ties, and notes concern over presidential overreach, congressional prerogatives, and constitutional lectures.
A lengthy profile defends Grand Duke Sergius as loyal and austere governor general of Moscow, detailing his charity, religious intolerance, and strong support from Emperor Nicholas II, while contrasting public gossip with his steadiness, family kindness, and relief efforts amid famine. it notes his widow Grand Duchess Elizabeth, and the impact of his death on Moscow society.
A crowded Capitol dialogue thread sketches a push to honor Gen. Lew Wallace with a high command for Spain's war, playful quips about a spy, fence talks, and a Bea veridge letter, plus Nairobi customs hints and seed requests. The piece blends politics, humor, and small-town views from Washington scenes.
A satirical sketch on male confidence born of ignorance, marital discord, and social pretenses. It notes husbands annoy wives privately, the futile chase to regain status after a stumble, and humorous quibbles about fare and church collections.
The Post cites Britannica and a council of foreign bondholders showing that Santo Domingo's alleged loan largely went to bandit chiefs. It details 1869 bonds, Hartmont contracts, and payments, with only a fraction reaching the capital. The piece notes Morales era decrees of death for expelled or disembarking nationals and the ongoing anarchy in Santo Domingo.
A Chicago News humor piece quotes a railroad president who jokes that greatness brings penalties. He recalls slipping entering his office, a bystander returning his cane, then asking for a deadhead pass to San Francisco as a playful jab at status and access. The Cleveland Plain Center gag follows, featuring a boy taunting Mr Slowleigh with a mock plan.
The Houston Chronicle notes a platform humorist who jokes from the back platform of a car as a woman steps off backward. A Denver Man wonders what Ba laam told his asa when the animal could talk, and Uncle Ephraim remarks that one should be thankful if poor folks do not suffer as much in winter.
A compact clipping debates prudence and vanity with aphorisms on prudence not prudishness, aging and youth, trust, political urge, and reform. It riffs on time money virtue honesty and cynicism, ending with a quip about pawn brokers and interest rates. The piece presents wry maxims and social observations in a witty, period voice.
A long, intricate case centers on Judge Andrew J. Davis of Butte Mont who left an estate valued between 4.7 million and 10 million. J H Leyson of Butte, the administrator, faces eleven claimants as furniture and real estate are unsettled amid fees from Col Robert G Ingersoll and ongoing Federal Court actions in Boston.
Dialogue style excerpt shows two men waiting outside a church discussing a river trip. One swain jokes about time, the other asserts they have an hour. A parson intervenes, warning that one more word will end the exchange.
In a Boston Advertiser critique, the administration faces a Senate split as Lodge and Crane vote to amend arbitration treaties. The paper urges public appeal to settle the standoff, likening the crisis to Civil War vigor and predicting a campaign with the President and Senate at odds across six months.
The passage rambles through satire and gossip on events and figures across nations and finance. It references Panama Canal zeal, a costly Colorado governor bid, a bomb that shook a sesmograph, Wall Street stocks, Standard Oil, Roosevelt, Rosestvensky, and figures like John Jacob Astor. It notes Grand Duke Bergius, Nicholas II, and John A. Kasson, weaving commentary on governance, industry, and society with quips about speed, justice, and spending.
The Chicago Inter Ocean notes the sudden retirement of Senator Chauncey M. Depew as president of the Chicago Junction Railways and Union Stock Yards Company. It laments the loss to workers and the stockyard community, praising his wit and aid to laborers, and imagines his move to New York society while hoping he remembers Chicago.
The excerpt discusses the distribution of work across generations, advocating for averaging workloads so each person receives a fair share. It cites an example: the speaker’s father did so much work that subsequent generations might feel exempt from labor.
An angry patron taunts a barber as a foreigner in a white jacket claims blood ties in a terse exchange. The scene hints at a clash sparked by insult and perceived honor, framed in sharp dialogue and urban atmosphere.
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