The Washington Post subscription rates and postal offices
The Washington Post lists subscription terms for The Daily and Sunday editions with weekly and monthly rates, plus post office options and remittance methods. It notes New York and Chicago offices under managers Paul Block and Paul Bloch, with a 1905 context and reflections on democracy and President Cleveland and Bryan era debates.
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Vanderbilt Building
Paul Block
Chicago
Unity
Paul Bloch
Election Reform and Fraud Safeguards in New York
The piece argues against federal election control and urges stronger state safeguards. It notes New York’s pending Albany bills, highlighted by the New York World, focus on campaign finance publicity, defining legitimate expenditures, and imposing penalties including office forfeiture for corrupt conduct. It contrasts state-led voter protection with national doubt, citing Pennsylvania’s slower progress.
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Albany
New York
Commonwealth
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New York World
The First Requisite in a Strike
A historical argument on labor strikes stressing public sympathy and fidelity to contracts. It cites Samuel Gompers praising honoring agreements, notes a failed New York Route strike, and warns that sympathy without trust in contracts leads to failure.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Baltimore
Government ownership seeks Panama Railroad policy shift
Government ownership debate centers on the Panama Railroad and Pacific Mail Steamship Company contracts. A July 12 termination would make the railroad a through carrier New York to San Francisco. Recommendations call for government controlled Pacific line and competitive bidding for canal-supply transport to Panama, with possible government operation of canal service to prevent monopolies.
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Pacific Mall Steamship Company
New York
San Francisco
Pacific Mall
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United States
Panama Canal
New York-Colon
Jamestown Exposition rhetoric on naval display and Santo Domingo treaty
The article discusses funding for the Jamestown Exposition naval display and the benefits to Norfolk Newport News and Portsmouth, arguing the maritime show will showcase American power and boost commerce. It also questions Republican senators over the Santo Domingo treaty, urging investigation of debts and transparency before ratification, and warning against party political manipulation of foreign policy.
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Roosevelt
Spain's diplomat minister and royal intrigues abroad
Spain's new Foreign Minister Signor Villaurrutie, a diplomatist by training, previously served in Washington and as ambassador in Constantinople and Vienna. He helped negotiate the Paris peace treaty and recently met King Alfonso who denied marriage rumors. The piece also covers British divorce cases, Austro-Hungarian court politics, and a rousing tale of Gen Sir James Browne known as Buster Brown.
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Mecca
Afghanistan
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Ismail Ali
Mullah
Central Asia
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Lord Roberts
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Divorce Doctrine From Columbia Professor Alarms Chicago Chronicle
The Chicago Chronicle reports Prof. F. S. Giddings of Columbia University argues that modern marriage is nominal monogamy and clandestine polygamy. The piece condemns divorce as weakening family welfare and society, urging restraint and consideration of children’s rights over individual ease or pride.
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Unmasking of Boston Declares Opera Debt to Conned Met
New York Globe reports Heinrich Conried dismisses Boston as musical culture, saying it failed to patronize the Metropolitan Opera Company at compensating prices. He asserts Boston’s decline in opera tours, ranking below Philadelphia Chicago and others, as Boston’s cultural pretensions are exposed and excommunicated. The Back Bay reacts with shock and anger.
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Heinrich Conried
Metropolitan Opera Company
Boston Public
Conried
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
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Back Bay
Listening to Music and Moral Reflections Across Periodical Snippets
A collage of notes on music’s effects and civic politics. Quaker City desperation prompts calls for public ballots as a tool for reform. Harsh opinions attack Oslerism and political figures while linking commerce to justice, with satirical remarks on Joseph Crum and attitudes in New York and Boston.
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Philadelphia
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A satirical column noting a woman loves to dish information and women focus on children while men focus on themselves. It mocks unnecessary worry and the idea that reforming people is foolish. The piece wryly observes a man benefits more from being worse off than he is and dismisses faith in widespread reform.
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Mrs Gould Seizes Suspenders As New Fashion Fad
In a New York scene after a New Amsterdam Theater show, women swarm to glimpse Mrs George Gould leaving the venue and focus on her suspenders. The piece mocks women’s adoption of wealth symbols and notes how women increasingly mimic or seize male attire and roles, including his clothes and status.
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The Great Money Getter Rockefeller Power and Wealth
A Kansas City Journal piece portrays John D Rockefeller and the Standard Oil empire as a vast, multi-industry behemoth. It claims dividends from oil, banking, railroads, copper, coal, iron, utilities, and transportation, suggesting near-omnipotent control and remorseless pursuit of wealth under one man.
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American Capital Saved England in London Graphic
The article ponders if without US capital English society could endure, noting billions brought in by American heiresses and land, art, and jewel sales. It cites about £100,000,000 entering London's West End via English titled intermediaries and asks if bankruptcy would have followed.
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London Graphic
United States
West End
Wedding Presents and Burlesque Banter in Modern Society
A collage of witty exchanges from Modern Society and Chicago papers recalls a wedding gift scene with silver items and a bottle of acid. Burlesque chatter, a tired testimonial joke, and a grim lawyer gag mix in a streetwise, urban cameo with no clear resolution.
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Whales, Cables, and Political Gab in a Washington Stroll
Capt A H Laffin led Burnside during repairs to the Sitka Valdez cable as a whale collision tore the line. Sitka residents learned news of Roosevelt’s victory late, while discussions in Washington touched on Lodge, Douglas, and Grant era annexation ideas. A London observer comments on Russia Japan hostilities and a Kansas oil refinery debate frames state action as self preservation. A visitor party from Paducah toured the capital, staying at the New Willard before heading to Atlanta and Birmingham.
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Feminine View and Miss Uppsen Neck Comment
A humorous dialogue fragment from the Detro sssaue showcases a man remarking on Miss Uppsen's tall neck while a woman laments the attention she draws. The exchange highlights social snobbery and empathy in a brief, witty exchange.
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The Latest Irish Grievance From the London Grope
The piece argues for large scale tree planting in Ireland. A North Dublin Union official notes some areas are so bare there is no chance of shooting a landlord at all.
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