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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1905
Page
6
The Daily Sunday excepted will be delivered in Washington and Alexandria at 1s cents per week or 50 cents per month. The Daily including Sunday at so cents per year or cents per month. Prepaid options listed for various combinations. Remittances payable to The Washington Post Co. Offices listed in Washington New York and Chicago with managers named.
The article argues for retrenchment of work hours in government departments this winter, noting past failures and the burden on public service. It discusses wage costs, scheduling, and the impact on citizens, urging moderation to avoid harming public needs while seeking efficiency. It also touches tariff debates on fine arts and the protection of domestic art markets amid foreign imports.
A long passage recounts Franklin, Wedderburn, and a local reformer Dave Martin. It portrays Martin as a former reformer who once helped Tammany Hall in New York, funded by a $400,000 campaign chest, and later returned to Philadelphia as a reform figure. The column humorously questions whether further pursuit of reform is needed, noting the city’s political history and Martin’s shifting role.
A long critique uses John L Sullivan to lampoon railway regulation support and tariff reform, rail against the octopus of monopolies, praise government ownership, and rail Massachusetts tariff demands amid national debates. It also notes Tutuila Samoa policy, Puerto Rico and the Philippines, and various political vectors shaping policy discussions.
The Boeton Glob reports the Shah of Persia detests lobsters and will not dine where they are served. The note likens his view to the oyster courage joke and explains the lobster’s danger before proper piercing, then praises the edible crustacean after preparation, contrasting the Shah with most eaters.
A fragmented verse depicts November outdoors with autumn imagery. It mentions bittersweet hens, burning sutanes, hunter signals, baying hounds, blackbirds, frosted corn, ripe nuts, scarlet leaves, and a nameless pathos that creeps through the heart.
Makinbrakes, a strolling showman, taunts a bearded gentleman in a faded black suit at the dime museum platform. The man, weary of spectators, asks if smoking is allowed and declines a Havana offered by the showman, who pretends to concede as a prank.
A jumble of notes from the Philadelphia Record covers global potash ideas from potash extraction in Nigeria, Germany’s role in imports, and by product streams from sugar beets. It notes Norway elections, a Panama monument idea, and a Riley farm quip about rye net per acre. Major figures include Murphy, M. Bunán-Varrilla, and Andy Hamilton.
A compilation notes varied opinions on two career paths for youth and comments on national prospects. It cites Louisville and Cleveland periodicals discussing work readiness and ongoing economic expansion, with brief remarks on opportunities in intelligence offices and correspondence schools amid growing commerce.
In a rough dialogue from Hollmon rors a man returns home at night and asserts a right to recover his money at a gambling table under Ohio law. The local tone questions why saloons close and what men should do to make recovery.
The opened Coutts package reportedly proves King George IV married Mrs Fitzherbert, with a certificate and witness testimony. Details trace the marriage in Mrs Fitzherbert’s drawing room on December 4, a Protestant clergyman presiding, and notes the lack of issue. The article discusses legal consequences, a proposed line of succession, and the Fitzherbert family history, plus related claims to a fortune tied to Gen Robert Dudley Blake and Mrs Blake.
A survey of New York politics discusses Jerome's looming prosecutions, including Hummel, tied to the Morse divorce case and alleged misdeeds in insurance management. The piece notes tense intra-Tammany tensions, Judge Parker's stance on McClellan and Hearst, and speculation about potential trials and political maneuvering ahead of impeachment-like scrutiny.
The Bevan era article notes Russia may switch from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. It explains Julius Caesar's 45 BC system, Gregorian corrections by Pope Gregory XIII, and Russia's lag as the Greek Church retained the Julian calendar, causing the nation to fall about two days behind.
A lyric fragment laments separation and longing with the refrain Absence makes the heart grow fonder. It questions fidelity and begs reassurance of love while contrasting distant seas and renewed union. A second fragment discusses Mexican investments and British and French capital alongside mining company registrations in London.
A string of vignettes from hotel lobbies recounts political salons and opinions. Charles Stephens condemns machine rule in Cincinnati while New York figures Burton Harrison and McClellan draw Democratic interest. Other chats cover John L. Sullivan’s views, American ownership of railroads, and European affairs.
A fragmented excerpt shows a speaker lamenting the difficulty of securing reliable servants and housekeepers. The text contrasts modern expectations with traditional practices, noting constant reminders and respectful requests as a means to manage help.
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