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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1905
Page
12
A Washington Post page features a surreal political fantasy about the President seeking peace and solitude in Texas. The prose wanders through wild Texan imagery, critiquing rate legislation and diplomacy with fantastical wildlife and allegorical danger.
The piece argues for an April inauguration and spring congressional start to allow testing a standard custom. It contends a March to May session would avoid winter delays, enable early policy work, and give the public a chance to judge the climate for a new presidency without prolonged posturing or unnecessary ceremonial disruption.
The piece recalls the 1908 electoral stakes as mileage misuse debates continue in Congress. It cites editorials from The Providence Journal and The Philadelphia Press, notes Rhode Island and Pennsylvania reform struggles, and warns of a looming winter and summer politics affecting incumbents and parties.
A lengthy editorial survey discusses parcels post opposition in New York wholesale districts, the threat to small rural stores, and the urge to keep competition with express companies. It also covers Gov. Douglas of Massachusetts, tariff reform debates, and the 1908 Republican presidential landscape with notable contenders and strategies.
Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich, president of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, helped authoritatively secure Gorki’s release from the fortress during the post insurrection crises. The duke’s protection and influence with Emperor Nicholas I aided Gorki’s freedom and escape from punishment amid political tension.
Health officials report a surge in insanity among London women linked to flat dwelling monotony. Physicians contrast farmer wives duty and social contact with city flats where limited interaction and lack of routine heighten loneliness. Some women seek escape through books art clubs church work and business to counter isolation.
Kansas lawmakers urge President to use Garfield report to expose beef trust profits and force action. The piece contrasts beef prices, packer profits, and farm decline with Garfield’s findings, arguing for decisive government steps to curb the trusts. It also includes brief syndicated jokes and observations from other papers.
The Macon Telegraph reports on Congress spending rising by 31 million since 55nd and a looming Treasury deficit. It notes Roosevelt’s quip about needing two more battleships and Hobson’s call for 2 billion in naval funding linked to cotton exports to China. It argues for funding without new taxes, mocks opium politics, and questions warship ventures.
The City of Mexico has been in business for about 389 years and, despite centuries of wars, revolutions, and changing rulers, has maintained a spotless financial reputation. No capital has faced more upheaval yet preserved its financial integrity, never repudiating a debt in its long history.
In a Louisville Courier Journal item a street scene shows con men asking for a collection to buy “powers” for Timmins after hearing a relative has died. The odd exchange centers on a great uncle’s death and the prankish request.
A humorous comparison imagines President Roosevelt hosting sixty cowboys in the White House, placing it on a scale of human fancy by contrasting it with Benjamin Harrison. The quip highlights presidential entertainments as an emblem of public imagination.
A collage of brief quotes and captions from various papers lampoons the idea of raising the president’s salary from 3000 to 100000. Included are comments from the Indianapolis Star Detroit Tribune Denver Post Chicago Record-Herald Chicago News and Chicago Sun. The items mix satire on trusts taxes and social mores with pointed parables on riches etiquette and courtship.
Hon Durbin of Indiana, former governor, praises Indiana's finances and industry before remarks at the New Wizard. West Virginia's Jake Fisher criticizes Dawson reform tax plans, arguing burdens on farmers rise while big corporations dodge taxes. R F Bremer notes Spain-origin immigrants bolster Cuba's labor needs. Judge Lambert discusses Martinique disaster and Mount Vernon era rules irritations. John D Waite of Montana and ex-Congressman Campbell of Montana also noted about duties and Exposition roles.
In a playful exchange a daughter asks her father how he would respond if Mr Feathertop proposed. The father jokes about rehearsing remarks and tells her to cover her ears as he contemplates the prospect.
A young man asks if there is honor among thieves. The Sageville sage replies that thieves are as bad as others. The snippet cites quotes from the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Philadelphia Public Ledger, and references Bryn Mawr College and Vascar colors in a social context.
From the Chicago record and Cleveland Posin Dealer, a note discusses why writers lean on French phrases and jokes about meals. It questions language choices for clarity and cites a humor piece about breakfast versus misery while asleep.
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