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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1906
Page
10
The Washington Post lists home and mail delivery rates with weekly and monthly options for daily and Sunday editions. It notes cent pricing, remittance methods, and offices in Washington New York and Chicago with manager names.
A chaotic colonial era column weighs Latin American tensions with Venezuela and scrutiny of U S policy under Loomis. It shifts to a Massachusetts assembly critique and a quirky bill requiring bells on each wheel, imagining an anarchic yet humorous auto concert that could become a new public art form.
A lengthy era of commentary covers Sid el Mokhri and Tangier’s Moorish entourage moving to Algeciras, with satirical tone on diplomacy and a sharp critique of Jacob Riis attacking the President. It notes electrification as a future rail trend, Georgia politics heat, and Navy hazing debates, mixing international caution with domestic controversy.
The Providence Telegrau discusses corrupt state politics and a reform need. Congressmen D I D Granger cites widespread corruption challenged by the Providence Journal and Bulletin. Granger's charges follow a contested election and a lengthy vote-counting dispute, reflecting Republican machine influence in Rhode Island.
Minnie Bloom sues Walter Bloom for a limited divorce in New York Supreme Court marking a first test of whether a woman who married without ceremony or contract can obtain judicial separation and alimony. She recounts a 1894 verbal agreement, travel to New York, business success, and eleven years of cohabitation with alleged cruelty including a July incident. A warrant was issued and a peace bond posted.
A muscular Irish maid at Gates near Washington Square thwarted Pierce as he avoided process servers. Pierce fled into Gates' room but faced the maid’s forceful shove and a quick explanation from Gates' valet before being welcomed back. Public records note past standard oil probes and social intrigue involving Gates and the Waldorf scene.
The Countess Spottiswood Macklin is reported to have had a private audience with His Holiness the Pope. The Pope allegedly entrusted her with confidential commissions to certain directors of the Catholic University at Washington. She will sail for New York soon and then proceed to Washington for talks with university authorities.
New York sees unusually brisk activity as week ends, driven by automobile shows and conventions, with many visitors filling hotels and markets. Merchants’ spring buying surges, farmers and traders travel for holidays, theaters fill nightly, and hotel rooms run short amid widespread prosperity.
Gainesville dispatch reports a mob planned to lynch Rev. T H Austin after his elopement with Mrs Quilley wife of a Bellwood church member. Detectives traced the pair to New York and possibly Europe. Austin, now confined after sheriffs thwarted mob action, faced a new warrant from Quilley accusing him of poisoning with an apple at a camp meeting.
Gen Bloy Alfaro, a famed South American revolutionary and veteran partisan, returns to power in Ecuador. The old campaigner, banished for conspiracy, led revolts across the region, and now governs Quito once more from his second term dating back to 1898. His leadership follows July insurrection and the rapid overthrow of Senor Moreno after a brief tenure.
In Israel Hill Prince Edward County James Walker son of a prosperous farmer was killed by Peter Forbes in a pistol duel over Miss Misa Carew. Forbes wounded, escorted from ballroom, Forbes in jail. Carew injured and in serious condition. The duel arose after reported engagement issues and Walker’s renewed suit to Carew.
In a hotel lobby discussion Mr A J Burton of Vancouver described a Canadian plant importing US raw materials tax free to manufacture saws. He claimed Canada offers tax free raw materials to 108 manufacturers, boosting local industry and drawing Americans to relocate for manufacturing. The piece also notes Kentucky figures and other political chatter from a New Willard gathering.
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