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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1906
Page
18
The Washington Post lists subscription terms with weekly and monthly rates for Daly and Daily editions, delivery locations in Washington and Alexandria, and yearly options. It provides remittance methods and mentions New York office details and managers.
A New Year greeting extols Theodore Roosevelt, praising his unprecedented global influence and moral leadership. It lauds his free consent governance, celebrates his enduring fame, and warns against flatterers and political machines that could threaten his place in history.
A lengthy account details a recent celebrated case ending on 29 ultimo, with multiple defendants found guilty of conspiracy to assault and heavy penalties, while noting one escape. The report compares this to Hoch and references an address at Yale by Secretary of State Haw, praising Hamiltonian federalism and arguing against centralization as risky for the Union.
The piece argues that Morales fled Santo Domingo, freeing Roosevelt to withdraw the Dominican treaty and end the failed revenue audit scheme. It suggests the de facto government should claim revenues, warns of dangerous precedents, and calls for presidential withdrawal to halt a growing political tangle amid external creditors and domestic instability.
A reflective meditation on the year’s notable deaths across professions. It notes judges, scientists, writers, and teachers whose lives ended with unfinished tasks, prompting sermons on mortality and the call to higher work beyond the grave. It laments missed chances to complete important work and the loss of rising vigor in families and society.
The Florida Times Union critiques modern Christianity's reach and asks if true followers exist. It notes Quakers' nonresistance contrasted with Civil War arms, questions universal disarmament, and argues humanity trends toward betterment though distant from Christ’s final state. It asserts believers seek the Christian spirit in daily life while history shows uneven progress among Christian nations.
A spread of editorials from Chicago and Boston centers on Boston bonds of 3 1/2 per cent. Chicago Chronicle reports bids vanished in open sale while Boston Post notes oversubscription and asks how to allocate. The piece blends market intrigue with political jabs and public finance caution.
The piece argues Wellman has spurred a generation to tackle national matters, blaming leaders if they fail. It notes plans to market a favorite cure in bottles at Louisville and Peoria, while noting you cannot take your skates with you.
From the Tacoma News December 22, Hugh C. Wallace reappears after a long absence and heavy buys, rekindling faith in Tacoma’s early enterprise. He led real estate and banking efforts in 1887, organized Alaska steamship operations after the Klondike strike, built a swift Ta coma line, and founded the Chilkoot Railroad era project. His vast interests span waning properties, banks, streetcars, and interurban lines, centering on Tacoma, which he helped to build. He divides time between Tacoma and the East and Europe, and his fortune rests on a durable foundation as Ta coma grows.
A long string of excerpts shows The Washington Post cited by papers from Elizabethtown to Chattanooga. It notes congressional activity, tariff debate, and political commentary with varying local takes on policy figures and the Interstate Commerce Commission debates.
George Cramer a Butler County farmer receives $1,000 from his German father with each birth. The stork has paid twelve visits, totaling $12,000. He emigrated from Germany penniless but thrived through thrift and farming to build a comfortable bank balance. The article highlights family pride and a bucolic American dream.
The article details Southern banking expansion from 1880 to 1905, noting rises in national banks from 220 to 1,221, capital from about 45 million to 126 million, deposits from 64.7 million to 469.1 million, and surpluses growing from 9 million to over 80 million, with Texas Florida Georgia Virginia Alabama Mississippi and others showing marked gains, while private and state banks and trust companies also expand.
An assortment of small regional items includes Laurel Run school pupils’ Saturday program with cake guessing, wheelbarrow and paints request to Santa Claus through a nearby neighbor, and a prize mixup. Also noted are a real life love tale from Salem, a hunter’s trouble warning, a 688 pound hog weight guess winner, thanks to Alderman Rathjen, a straw ride to Ball Camp, and reports of a 103 year old man’s vigor.
The late Charles T. Yerkes deeded his Fifth Avenue and Sixty eighth Street properties and art collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, valued around 3 million dollars. His holdings include priceless Oriental rugs, a vast painting gallery, and a 60 000 dollar Holy Carpet. He built a grand home, amassed a private collection, and left a 50 000 dollar Greenwood Cemetery tomb and a 400 000 dollar telescope to the University of Chicago and its Yerkes Observatory. He rose from early commerce to global finance, endured bankruptcy and legal trouble, yet remained a patron and benefactor with a storied London career.
A social elite crowd attended Durland’s Academy annual Christmas ride with an amateur circus and a revival of medieval tournaments. Notable feats included Miss E A Lake and others playing tennis on horseback using a toy-ball and inflated ball, with long racquets and net to mimic tennis.
Andrew Carnegie wakes to music from Walter Gale at his Fifth Avenue home. Gale plays a grand private organ built near the lower staircase as the Broadway Tabernacle choir visits for a Christmas carol performance. The event features soprano Reba Cornett and baritone Mr Moore among selections like Silent Night and Adeste Fideles amid German and English carols.
Mrs Charles W Fairbanks wife of the Vice President chaired a Washington Woman's League mass meeting in Columbia Theater to boost the National Junior Republic. Thomas Noyes explained the organization aims to prevent crime by teaching American citizenship. Wade Withrow outlined its government style and boys run their own colony with elected leaders.
Andrew Carnegie declined to fund the Pittsburg College for Women endowment, prompting local appeals. Within hours two donors each gave 40000, meeting the 150000 goal after a late midnight deadline, with Carnegie urging Pittsburgers to support themselves in education.
Havana reports Isle of Pines separatists urge U S hearing on the treaty before Senate ratification. They claim the island belongs to the United States and accuse an American officer of complicity in Cuba’s control, seeking public support to prevent betrayal and secure a hearing. Also notes Mrs Chauncey M Depew, formerly Miss May Palmer, sailing to Liverpool due to her mother’s illness in London.
Chicago Disputen reports that American Steel and Wire Company workers in Waukegan will have a daily prayer hour. Devotional exercises start work and a brief interval follows for special prayers. The move aligns with Apostle Dowie’s followers and the hiring of Zion City non union workers.
Hon J Hamlin former Illinois attorney general at the New Willard to argue Missouri v Chicago Sanitary District before the U S Supreme Court. The long running case centers on pollution of the Mississippi River by Chicago Drainage Canal with expert testimony and 18000 pages of records. Also notes Peru's Juan Pardo and reflections on Ouray Colorado. Edward J Boyer Allentown dies at 61 after rheumatic illness.
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