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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1906
Page
6
Washington readers are urged to keep The Post with them when they move. The notice states the paper will follow to any part of the country, ensuring prompt delivery and updated addresses. Notify the carrier or mail order directly to The Post via Main 4205.
A Breezy but pointed letter discusses Mr Joseph Chamberlain visiting Oyster Bay to confer with President Roosevelt on tariff reciprocity. The author argues Britain seeks a federation and that the United States should resist tariff links with New Zealand while pursuing a strong commercial stance. The piece frames party loyalties and fears over global trade shifts, praising stand pat protectionism.
The piece notes labor scarcity amid high prosperity with rising wages and strong steel demand across US regions. It cites coke, iron ore, and steel output, with railroads expanding, and crops accused of solid yields. It then contrasts Jesse James’s notoriety with romanticizing pirates and historic figures, suggesting praise for rugged valor despite criminal deeds.
The piece reviews Secretary Taft’s stance toward Southern Republicans and a regional political split, contrasting with Southern distrust of tariff policy. It also reports Santo Domingo bond plans, U S involvement limits, and Senate caution, plus currency debates tied to Bryan and the gold standard.
The Potomac River Regatta Association plans a large Labor Day regatta on the Potomac River, drawing rowing clubs from the East. The event, set for September 3, will be watched by thousands in Washington with free access at wharves and bridges. Police will oversee the tidewater course to ensure safety for participants and spectators. The Post urges local support for aquatic sports and highlights the river’s beauty and health benefits.
A Spanish army captain general Lopes Dominguez is named premier. He is a veteran of major European wars, allied with Serrano figures, and known for bold military skill and steady leadership amid reforms. He faces court mistrust and weighs on republican currents in Madrid.
A Yonkers Statesman item notes Patrick, the Vicar of Thames Ditton, announcing reserved seats for boating attire in the parish church Sunday mornings to the southwest gallery. Patrice jokes the vicar should also reserve space for bathers, lest their outfits get wet.
A fragment from a dialogue shows a young man pressing a reluctant caller about absence and fondness. The woman replies with playful doubt and proposes a long separation before judging feelings.
A sale notice describes Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel, once held by the Heaven family since 1834, famed as the Kingdom of Heaven. The 3 mile by 0.5 mile isle, pirate stronghold and shipwreck site, goes to auction on September 25 in London.
Secretary Taft's Greensboro speech blasts North Carolina GOP factions and urged loyalists to abandon free trade in favor of patronage and tariffs. He warned of Democratic gains, urged electing capable men to elevate state politics, and drew parallels to Liberal reforms in Britain while noting potential shifts in U.S. policy toward railroads and the Panama Canal.
The London Globe reports a grim sequence at Arpagon where two station masters were killed on consecutive days. First, M. Jacquentin sacrificed himself to save two travelers trapped on the line. Then Mr. Gramnboeut, sent to manage the station, died after stepping onto the tracks as an express sped by at forty five miles per hour.
A Chicago Inter Ocean note describes a woman who sat through a Sunday service in error and, upon receiving the collection basket, realized she was in the wrong church. She returned the mislaid coin and left promptly after withdrawing.
A Wisconsin University faculty member recalls a pup under exam who was asked to write examples of the indicative subjunctive potential and exclamatory moods. The dog’s effort yielded a humorous sequence: I am endeavoring to pass an English examination. If I answer twenty questions I shall pass. If I answer twelve questions I may pass. And help me!
Representative Littlefield of Maine and a Pittsburg man swap quips about losing elections. The Pittsburg man recalls running for office once and being defeated by seven thousand. Littlefield says he is not usually as unlucky and mentions speaking for Dave Mercer in Omaha in 1900 with defeat not until 1962.
Powis and Quires report a heated exchange over the organist appointment at the church. The choir master mocks Miss Thomperton’s organ, while the rector defends the new hire opposing the choir’s improvised mass.
A fragment from the Chicago Record-Ferald satirizes old fashioned men clinging to bygone styles, then reports a humorous street collision where a polite passerby excuses the incident and hurries on, highlighting contrast between past bores and modern civility.
A fragmentary humor piece from various papers recounts a theater egging incident with a bemused actor and a passerby viewer. It links social weather to Adams era satire, notes New York surface chatter, and closes with a fable about a condemned rider and old bridge judgments.
An aged guide recalls bears shot and a wily bear that escaped. The tale mixes campfire chatter with memories of paddling, a bear rummaging a cabin, tipping a stove, and getting flour on himself as if making ginger cake for cubs. The speaker claims to be the biggest liar if the story isn’t true.
A London sketch lampoons a female writer blaming men for lacking arts. It argues that singing and dancing were once taught by force or family pressure, but many men never learned, while mothers press daughters to master these skills. The piece shifts to a city column noting a paradox: abundant food in markets but no true green corn, with harsh satire on New York’s corn quality.
In Washington reporters note Edwin S. Cramp of Philadelphia at the New Willard for battle ship bid openings at the Navy Department. He argues America must expand foreign trade and ship subsidies. D. R. Midgette of Richmond cites rising life insurance business as a South advantage. A New Haven businessman recalls Gettysburg and a Raleigh witness discusses the Michigan senatorial race with Willam Alden Smith a leading contender amid local party dynamics.
A Worcester report from Maia notes a Denier de St Pierre Society convention at Woonsocket Rhode Island on September 3. It plans an aggressive campaign to secure French priests and bishops for New England. A radical move includes an independent Peter's Peace collection to Rome.
A fragmentary exchange jokes about virtue and literature. A weary man bets the line about the writer never being married to a widow, while another questions the source and meaning of the quote.
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