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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1906
Page
22
Our Duty In China condemns missionary danger and urges restraint while questioning protection, asserts no mission to invade China, and cautions against meddling with Chinese affairs. Abolish the free seed perquisite note applauds Wadsworth committee for stripping $240,000 from agricultural appropriation used for campaign-friendly seed distribution.
A critique of a cash for transcript appeal in New Mexico compares it to a guaranteed life extension for the wealthy while condemning the system as an abhorrent practice. The piece cites John Carte and a Spanish speaking jury, noting the governor’s failure to grant a reprieve and the broader federal involvement in territorial justice. It questions whether similar allowances exist in Illinois or other territories and condemns the delay and inequity in the appeals process.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat denounces political meddling in the railway rate bill while noting deep GOP rifts. It cites Senator Aldrich and Tillman’s leadership, arguing the Senate and House backed Hepburn measures with broad Republican and Democratic support, and warns against injecting partisan maneuvering into the bill.
Princess Pauline Metternich turns seventy and marks her fifty year public anniversary of charity work in Vienna. She is hailed as leader of the Viennese social world and credited with advancing women’s social standing. Her wit, philanthropy, and long influence define a century of European society.
A telegram dated February 26 to Hon Frank Oliver outlines electric smelting of iron ore as a proven, revolutionary commercial method. It claims immediate applicability, potential to replace coke with charcoal and peat, and to shift steel hubs if water power and ore are near. The report suggests reduced railway tonnage and altered ore, coal, and coke transport dynamics.
The Ogerita, a self propelled electric car built by Strang, arrived at Jersey City on a 48 mile average speed test from Philadelphia. Strang and railroad officials hailed the car as a major step in electric propulsion, noting its gasoline engine dynamo and storage battery power, and its planned cross country route from Weehauken to San Francisco with guests aboard.
A Raleigh clerk recalls a Kentucky tale about a river barkeeper named Ludenstruth who served skimpily mixed drinks from a funnel under the counter to Black customers and petty thieves. He kept an ax handle for crowd control and billed a six cent drink to deter troublemakers.
The Chicago News recounts a domestic joke about superstition with a cuckoo clock. A wife asks if the clock is unlucky and the husband replies it is, noting recent bad luck with the clock chiming during a phone call after he fired a pistol. The item sits among quotes and light snippets from newspapers.
New York American Roast catalo describes a Canadian Camp banquet at the Hotel Astor where less than 100 catalo specimens were served in quarters on laurel plates. Col. Jones narrated the hunt from December 12, while other courses featured mink purée, black sea bass escalopes, and a cinnamon heat filet.
Minnie Gaillard of Sartartia refuses to reveal her age in Recorder Goft's court saying the right of womanhood to keep such secret is inviolable. The scene is praised as a stand for women's freedoms as Colorado women prepare to vote, with marriage licenses and peerage authorities noted for their silence.
Miss Neely Lenrietta Alexander married Bernard Spring Rice in London this afternoon. The pairing ties the wedding to the famous Whistler painting "Portrait of Cicely Henrietta Wise Alexander," discussed as a masterwork by admirers and critics alike, with comparisons to Whistler's Nocturne in Black.
A collage of humorous lines from the New York Times Chicago News and New York Press. It includes playful verses about joy desire and daily woes. Notable bits reference a burning home duels jail three times and a man bragging about college math honors.
Mr Lewis Nixon, shipbuilding figure returning from Russia, discussed Russia’s future after peace and the czar’s empire with a hopeful tone. Other guests, including Andrew S. Kyune and Warrington, praised American legal minds and rail policy while contrasting U S and European systems. A Detroit banker highlighted proposed uniform bills of lading to curb forgery and safeguard collateral in railway trade.
A brief devotional note extols domestic happiness linking true joy to the home and a wife’s tenderness as the finest gift, asserting that a man’s best ideas originate there and mature through care.
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