Washington Post Subscription Rates and Office Details 1906
The Washington Post announces subscription terms with various plans including daily and Sunday combinations, one week, one month, and one year options. Remittance methods listed include drafts checks post-office orders and registered letters payable to The Washington Post Co. Managers Paul Block noted for New York and Chicago offices. Friday June 22, 1906.
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Washington, D. C
Pengaylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
New York
Fist
Let The Post Follow You in Washington DC
A notice urging Washingtonians planning to leave the city to keep informed by having The Post follow them. It emphasizes changing addresses to ensure prompt delivery nationwide and provides the telephone contact for changing orders.
The Morality of Politics Editorial Urges Democratic Fight
The Nashville American argues for a lively Democratic campaign in Tennessee, asserting morality guides politics beyond offices. It cites conscience shaping opinions on liquor, tariffs, and protection, noting divisions within parties and past battles over slavery to stress politics as a moral realm influencing policy and elections.
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Nashville American
Congress
House of Representatives
Canada
Dominion
Springfield Republian
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United States
Great Britain
Gladstone
Democratic Party
Protection
Mischief with Silver and the Basic Money Debate
The House debate echoes a silver question with no Democratic capstone, arguing that basic money would demonetize gold by law. The piece estimates about 550 million in silver holdings, half in melting, and warns that future crises could trigger a gold drain and bond sales.
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House of Representatives
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Debated money standards and tariff policy in early talk
The piece contrasts gold standard arguments with quantitative theory and silver bullion proposals, notes Washington hotel growth and a call for a simple inn for modest folks, then discusses Canada’s trade outlook vs U S protectionism. It cites the Springfield Republican and argues for protection against overreach by Democrats.
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Democratic Party
Democrats Party
The Chicago Platform and Bryan Aims Reexamine
A long critique of the Chicago platform and William Jennings Bryan. The piece argues the platform’s currency issue was central, notes The Washington Post and The Commoner disputes, and warns Democrats and the nation to move beyond the 1890s platform while addressing immigration, Panama Canal plans, and party leadership. It references Taft, Bryan, Cleveland, and party dynamics with sharp, period-voice framing.
My Neighbor and the Widder in a Rutted Farm Tale
A fragmented rural vignette recalls Wilt McSparren and a widowed neighbor who clash over ruined crops and livestock. The narrator storms to the widow’s door, pauses at her sorrow, and learns humility as anger gives way to empathy amid farmyard misdeeds and poverty.
Picturesque and Hated Marquis Evictions at Loughrea
In Ireland, evictions at Loughrea unfold as Sir Antony MacDonnell pleads for tenants, while the Marquis of Clanricarde remains an absentee landowner living in London. The piece paints him as austere, unpopular, and blamed for mass dispossessions on vast estates. It comments on his tie to Peel era politics and notes parallels with Burke lineage and potential succession shifts. It also mentions Paris visits and a Paris dog show dispute over noble titles amid a wave of aristocratic maneuvering.
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President weighs extending Saturday half holidays to other federal yards
After granting Washington Navy Yard workers a Saturday half holiday, Representatives Calder Roberts Dawson urged the policy’s reach to Brooklyn and other navy yards and arsenals. The President favored the idea and indicated an executive order may grant the same Saturday half holiday, with Printing Office delegates also seeking the benefit.
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Brooklyn
Calder
New York
Roberts
Massachusetts
Dawson
Iowa
W. C. Smith
Pennsylvania
Printing Office
T. C. Parsons
W. F. O'Brien
F. C. Roberta
EB. J Hall
G. G. Seibold
A. H. Watkins
EB. M Nevels
President Schurman Calls Moral Awakening Under Way
Ithaca N Y June 2 Cornell University President Macob Gould Schurman warned that greed and graft threaten the nation saying wealth should be earned through honest tolls and that a moral awakening is beginning as 600 diplomas were awarded at commencement and the nation’s character remains sound despite material prosperity
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Ithaca
N.Y
Macob Gould Schurman
Cornell University
Ohioicvs Industrial Record shows Ohio manufacturing rise
Census Bulletin reports calendar year 1904 gains across most sectors in Ohio. Despite a 0.6 percent drop in establishments from 1900, total capital invested rose about 50 percent to 858.98 million, with salaries up 42 percent and average wage earners up 18 percent. Total product value reached 950.81 million, up 28 percent, driven by boots and shoes, flour and grist mill, foundry and machine shop products, iron and steel, malt liquors, printing and publishing, and meat packing.
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Ohio
Census Bureau
Copyright revision discussion continues through summer
Tobraman Putnam released a statement noting ongoing correspondence with the Library of Congress copyright division to document the draft revisions for joint Senate and House Patent Committees. He says hearings may occur during recess but none are expected before the next session starts, and a Senate resolution directs recording of discussions and reception of amendments for committee consideration.
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Library of Congress
Senate
House Committees On
Tobraman Putnam
Copyright Office
Oklahoma's Wealth and Rise to Statehood Dreams
The article extols Oklahoma territory with large farm and industrial potential. It cites vast land area, farm numbers and values, manufacturing output, and massive bank capital. It highlights rapid bank deposits growth in 1904-05 and a future state university network. It also notes the phrase Beautiful Land and cotton riches as key impressions before shifting to Fort Benjamin Harrison naming near Indianapolis by Secretary Taft.
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New York
Sia
Oklahoma
OSD
Saamufactures
National Bank
Surat
Territory
Indian Territory
Oklahoma State
Norman
Agricultural and
Stillwater
Edmond
Alva
Langstone University
Chilocco School
Union
Harrison
Indianapolis
Ind
Benjamin Harrison
The
United States
Taft
Reynolds to Aid Parsons in Washington Pool Campaign
James B. Reynolds, who investigated Chicago slaughterhouses for President Roosevelt, will assist Herbert Parsons, Republican county chairman, this fall. He will focus on the lower East Side and is regarded as a valuable ally due to his municipal politics experience. Reynolds stayed at the Republican Club and said he is not Roosevelt’s representative in the local fight.
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Hughes Renominated for Congress in West Virginia
Republican delegates in Huntington nominate James A Hughes for a fourth term in the Fifth Congressional district in a 29 minute convention marked by harmony and undercurrents of dissatisfaction from Elkins allied factions. Senator Matheney’s speech praised Hughes while likening the Republican party to an institution second in merit to the church of Jenya Christ. The Fifth senatorial district then nominated J D Porter of Lincoln and endorsed Senator Elkins for re election.
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GAIN FOR GOV CUMMINS IN AUDUBON COUNTY CAUCUSES
A corrected tally of bailors at Audubon County caucuses shows Gov Cummins with a small majority for renomination. Perkins managers concede Cummins leads, noting Audubon county opposed Cummins five years ago and was counted by the stand-out faction.
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Ferris Declines Second Run for Governor by Democrats
Wooderidge N. Ferris of Big Rapids declines the Democratic nomination for governor after last week’s primary. Ferris says months of observation show insufficient public enthusiasm for a second bid, prompting him to bow out.
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Mien
John T. Winship
Democratic State Central Committee
Wooderidge N. Ferris
Big Rapids
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Spalding Will Contest Delegates From Primary Returns
Fargo North Dakota June 21 Republicans report 334 regular delegates and 113 insurgent delegates from Tuesday primaries with potential totals near 340 due to county split delegations. Spelding alleges fraud in Cass County and plans to contest. An invitation to President Roosevelt was extended for the Chicago convention in 1968. the date remains undetermined.
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Tom Taggart
Fargo
N. Dak
Cass County
Roosevelt
Clarence F. Buck
Tinois Teagna
League of Republican Clubs
Complete Consular Reform Report Sealed by Congress Law
The ouaraynamea oy secretary poor to report on consular reform per the new Congress law. The board tackled inspector tasks creating five inspectorships and outlined regulations inspired by Secretary Root. It covers examinations, promotions, appointments and strict measures, with recommendations. Acquires Land at Jamestown for monument commemoration after Taft talks with landowners.
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Congress
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Jamestown
Taft
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United States
Reflections of a Bachelor in the New York Press
An odd column riffing on bachelor life and social vanity with quips about paying for pleasures and fashion. The piece pokes at idle male pride, hats, wigs, and the comedy of clashing aims in a dim room. The tone resembles a society sketch, lampooning pretensions and personal style.
New Willard Hosts Rail Road Vision Talk in DC
John A. Eaton of Kansas City outlines the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Rail road from Missouri to Topolobampo, Mexico, with bends through Oklahoma and Texas and ties to Hamburg-American lines. He cites three year completion and exploration of Sierra Madre resources.
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Mi6
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad
Msssouri Metropolis
Mexican
Topolobampa
Mexico
E. E. Stallwell
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Orient
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Texas
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Hongkong
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