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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1905
Page
12
Publication offices in Washington near Fourteenth Street list subscription terms for The Daily and Sunday editions. Rates are seven and a half cents per week in Washington and Alexandria, with monthly charges of 50 and 70 cents respectively.
Remittance guidance for subscriptions in multiple plans illustrates rates for daily editions with Sunday options, monthly and yearly terms, and special handling for Sunday inclusions. Office addresses in Washington New York and Chicago are listed with manager Paul Block. The date shown is Tuesday October 3, 1905.
Washingtonians planning moves can keep informed on Capital affairs as The Post follows them. Change of address can be made anytime and the paper will be delivered promptly nationwide. Notify carrier or send order to The Post. Telephone Main 4205.
A Republican quarrel over tariff revision is scrutinized as a Democratic free-trade stratagem. The St Louis Globe-Democrat politics clash targets leaders like McKinley and Cullom, labeling revisionists as either dupes or traitors while defenders warn of misread party loyalty and rising stakes in Iowa Wisconsin Massachusetts and Illinois.
The article recalls German Day honoring origins of German settlement in America. It cites Franz Daniel Pastorius founding Germantown in 1684, noting westward migration, and praises Germans for thrift industriousness lawfulness and faith, while defending civil and religious liberty. It emphasizes long historical significance of German contributions to early American communities.
The article argues German influence is vast in the United States with about 10 million people of German blood, noting professionals in DC and praising German heritage. It discusses leadership figures like Richard Olney, debates rail rate policy, and surveys price issues, trade, and protectionism, blending cultural pride with political analysis.
Walter Vaughan Morgan, Britain's lord mayor, stands as a venerable bachelor educated at Christ's Hospital. The piece details the lord mayor’s election by Common Hall, the history of guilds and livery, and the prestige and ceremonial powers attached to the office, including salary, residence, and ceremonial prerogatives across city and empire.
Senator Lodge’s recent remarks in favor of ship subsidies before the Essex Club at Peabody Massachusetts are denounced as viewing the American people as fools. The Portland Oregonian notes the speech as an example of politicians underestimating voter intelligence.
In Lake Lucerne debates at the Universal Peace Congress mockingly feature a Chinaman as a peace symbol. The piece argues true peace rests on strength and manhood, preferring a Bismarckian militarism over Mohonk or Lucerne quiescence. It contrasts Chinese contempt for miltant justice with Swiss militia readiness, praising Swiss readiness and lack of swagger.
From the New York Tribune the Alabama Senator John T. Morgan is praised as a fighter against the Panama Canal plan yet shows breadth of statesmanship. He opposed the Colon Panama route, favored Lake Nicaragua, and now endorses government efforts while supporting those who differ. He urges constructive support for a canal plan he did not lay out himself, highlighting his willingness to abandon personal stance for a national enterprise.
A collage of quips from papers like the Philadelphia Press and New York Press humorously contrasts manners money and looks. Jokes about shabby clothes pregnancy figures and biting witticisms appear alongside a child mispronouncing numbers and a boy with a facial injury.
The Chicago Chronicle discusses Census Bureau findings on immigration and native birth rates. It notes that high immigration coincides with slower native population growth, with examples from Iowa Minnesota and Massachusetts and mentions experts such as Gen Francis Walker Robert Hunter and John R Commons. The piece cautions the conclusion is hypothetical and argues immigration may influence native birth trends.
The Pittsburg Gazette notes growing concern over Mormon influence citing polygamy and church hierarchy as threats to U S law while the Kansas City Star recalls a 1898 bid for a dual telephones system deemed wasteful as two networks endure. A Columbus Dispatch gag exchange contrasts a comedian’s nerves with a troupe’s fear of thrown eggs or flatirons.
A Cleveland Plain Center item notes a Worcester preacher dedicating much of his spare time to revolver practice. The report implies locals would rather stay in church than miss the sermon.
A collection of moralistic quips on gender roles, money, boasting and romance. The piece mocks expectations of women and men, commenting on wit, poverty, generosity, and marriage with sharp humor and dated social judgment.
In the Shoreham Hotel lobby, Herman Jack cites Hungary's bid to secede as risky, doubting its success and noting Austria-Hungary's strength. Judge Hubbell praises Los Angeles growth, recalling property gains from $30 to $11,000 near Hedonlo. Col R M Johnston recounts a Texas case with a witty defendant. The group also discusses Ohio politics, the Taylor candidacy, and future young lawmakers, with anecdotes about Sam Piles from Washington and his early legal bravery.
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