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The Washington Post announces subscription prices for Daily and Sunday editions with yearly and monthly rates. It lists delivery by carriers in Washington and Alexandria and gives mail payment options payable to The Washington Post Co. along Pennsylvania Avenue near Fourteenth Street. It notes New York and Chicago offices with Paul Block as manager.
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Congress and the Monroe Doctrine in 1908
A 1908 editorial weighs the Monroe Doctrine under Roosevelt, criticizing U S policy toward south of the hemisphere, proposing immigration shifts from Europe, and arguing for judgement of lives by enduring moral wisdom rather than harsh public censure. It cites Yerkes’ death and reflects on charity, character, and national duty.
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England
France
Germany
South America
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Argentina
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Brazil
South American
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Charles T. Yerkes
Chicago Record- Herald
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Joses
Castro the Incorrigible and a Veiled Diplomatic Snub
A satirical take on Venezuela’s president Castro snubbing France’s chargé d affaires M. Taigny at Miraflores on New Year’s Day. The piece mocks the melodrama of international tension between a small nation and a great power, noting potential repercussions in Washington and the absurdity of diplomatic skirmishes.
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France bluster over Venezuela deal mocks its own size
The piece argues France overreaches by pressuring Venezuela and cites Castro as rightful in defending sovereignty, noting France’s bluffing stance and past diplomatic snubs. It compares France to U S history, contending the world ridicules France for acting large toward smaller nations.
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Castro
Venezuela
England
United States
M. Taigny
Washington
W. W. Rockhill
Peking
M . Patenotre
Europe’s War Calamity If France and Germany Unite
Berlin New Year address warns a war between Germany and France a remote contingency yet says it would ruin mankind. The speaker notes history shows France’s and Germany’s borders shifted by great generals and rulers, and urges a wholly united Germany and bordered France to disarm Europe. Indemnity after Bismarck’s policy risks another costly conflict for all nations.
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von Moltke
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Bonaparte
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Italy
Spanish
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Napoleon III
Europe
Bismarck
Hadley cautions sane slow approach to rail rate reform
Yale president Hadley advocates a sober deliberate path in railroad rate legislation. He warns against rushing laws through Congress and notes the Senate’s duty as the deliberative body. The Providence Journal agrees cautious, steady action is wise despite public pressure and Roosevelt’s influence.
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Yale
Chicago
Congress
Providence Journal
New England
Roosevelt
House of Representatives
Senate
Legislative Department
Debating Jeffersonian Roots in Party Ideals and Kentucky’s Fallout
The piece argues that assassination reshaped Kentucky politics favoring Democrats, critiques Republican governance in Fort Knox era, and contrasts Jeffersonian ideals with Hamiltonian centralization. It asserts Republicans have historically embraced federal power to advance emancipation and enfranchisement while Democrats claim Jeffersonian equality and consent of the governed, despite constitutional tensions.
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Supreme Court
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Debate over Maine explosion and political provocation
A lengthy critique targets Goldwin Smith for alleging spontaneous ignition caused the Maine explosion. It argues the claim is false but not inherently a lie, questions the Inter Ocean’s rhetoric, and notes the global impact of the tragedy on U S Spanish relations and future policy. The piece also covers Kentucky politics, due process in the Goebel case, and public sentiment around elections and leadership.
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New York Independent
Maine
United States
Inter Ocean
Spain
Supreme Court
Howard
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Goebel
Commonwealth of Kentucky
Supremes Bench
Kentucky
Youtsey
Yeantsey
Bryan
Frankfort
York
Inquiries and quips from a restless press
A column of satirical notes touches on forged antiques, freight cars, colonial furniture linked to Washington kin, and a senatorial resignation. It jokes about Russia’s Linevitch, ex presidents, New York grafts, and Panama Canal experts, while mocking Moscow’s cold spell.
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George Washington
Morgan family on tour heads to Cincinnati for business training
Handal Morgan, vice president of United Gas Improvement, travels with daughter Miss Jane Morgan and son Marshall S. Morgan to Cincinnati where Marshall will learn car building and gas industry operations. He plans to wed Miss Louise Johnson soon, a move kept quiet to ensure business focus. The party also includes Marshall’s fiancée and her friend, with the rest heading to California.
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Randel Morgan
United Gas Improvement Company
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Chestnut Hill
Hince
Marshall Morgan
Waturus
Mr. Marshall
Misa Jane Morgan
Randal Morgan
California
Rhode Island Prophet Predicts 1906 Events
A New York Sun letter lists bold forecasts for early 1906 including Russian upheaval, an April Czar assassination, a Moscow uprising, a Washington death, a June India earthquake, and a major eastern catastrophe. Also notes a Boston area fire prediction and prophecies from Proph et Thomas Hint s Jr. and other clippings.
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Stitch McCarthy Weds Lily Marks in East Side Jewish Synagogue
New York gossip notes Stitch McCarthy and Lily Marks wed at Kehal Adath Jeshurun on Rivington Street after a late ceremony. Guests praised the couple amid multi language cheers as presents fill two moving vans. McCarthy extols Lily, lists a lavish registry including dining set, diamond brooch, watches, and cash register, with a festive Hotel Astor supper and guard of his domain overseeing gifts. The night blends humor, romance, and social page spectacle.
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Mayer
Tim Sullvan
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College Room
Suesta
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Steer Escapes at Camden Home Shelter Squeeze
A Western River steer escaped from Schlorer's barn near Eighth and Chestnut Camden and wandered into David Galdes house at 785 Chestnut Street. Three men struggled over an hour to remove the animal from Haldes's kitchen. The incident was reported in local papers with brief notes on Roosevelt and a Lehigh County robbery sentence.
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Nations fast business demands more currency
A 1906 Washington press dispatch reports Boston Providence and New York bankers fearing currency tightness amid record exchange activity and booming industry They urge Treasury action to release idle funds and avert a broader liquidity squeeze while noting rail and copper markets strain and a surge in contracts that could outpace available capital The piece portrays prosperity as a potential bogey for the money market and hints at possible Treasury relief via deposits in banks and funded distributions
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Housatonic Valley
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Shaw
Faust Opera Amid Labor Tension Sparks Gala Edges
A New York City opera performance featuring Caruso as Faust confronts a labor strike. Conried cancels chorus scenes, tickets sell at double price in a rainstorm, while patrons applaud and some voice dissent. The article also notes Senator Blackburn’s long tenure starting with Cleveland’s 1885 inauguration and lists contemporaries in the Senate.
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Franko
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Polo Grounds
Tammany Graft Definition Sparks Albany Debate
Albany correspondence notes Senator Marks Tammany offered a vivid definition of graft calling it the unlawful taking of money from a corporation and attaching it to the taker. The definition contrasts with older usage and frames grafting as embezzlement. Also reported is a death in New Jersey from a pipe driven through the roof of a mouth after a fall, resulting in blood poisoning.
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A. G. Fine
Notable Visitors and Opinions at the New Willard
William Cameron Forbes of the Philippine Commission, in Boston for home visits, praises gradual improvement in the islands and self governed municipalities. Senatorial and state politics discussed include Oklahoma and Arizona figures, hotel waiter employment ideas, and optimistic 1965 business prospects from Indianapolis engineers.
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Dinner to Twain at Players' Club in New York
A dinner for Mark Twain was hosted at the Players' Club, Gramercy Park South, by a circle of friends including honorary life member Brander Matthews. Speakers included Richard Walder, Dr John H W Finley, Frank A Miller, Daniel Frohman, Ewart J Wendell, Robert Heid, Willard Meccalr, David Bispham, and Charles Gennr Pelegrams. Toasts and telegrams from Auguste St Gaudens, Thomas Batley Aldrich, and David Munro were read.
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Players’ Club
New York American
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David Munro
Reflections of a Bachelor in New York Press
A humorous column from the New York Press discusses dating, age gaps, and social norms. It notes girls at sixteen attract older men while boys fall for younger ones, and jokes about New Year resolutions and a girl’s nervous giggle before a kiss.
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