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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1905
Page
38
The Washington Post publication offices on Pennsylvania Avenue list delivery terms for The Daily and Sunday editions. Subscriptions to Washington and Alexandria deliver by carriers at 7s 6d per week or 30 cents per month with the Daily including Sunday at 8.0 cents per week or 70 cents per month.
Remittance instructions specify drafts checks post office orders and registered letters payable to Washington New York 211 Vanderbilt Building Paul Block Manager. Chicago Unity Building Paul Block Manager. Publication date October 3 1905 appears on page.
The Post offers to continue delivery for readers who move from Washington to any location. Notify a carrier or send the order directly to The Post, with telephone Main 4205 for service.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat faces criticism for labeling Republican leaders as free traders amid tariff revision disputes. The piece questions whether GOP figures from Iowa Wisconsin Massachusetts and Illinois are intelligent dupes or free traders and notes Senate hopefuls like Senator Cullom shaping the party’s fate in the tariff controversy.
The piece notes Washington residents with German birth or ancestry marked German Day, tracing roots to Franz Daniel Pastorius and the Germantown settlement of 1681. It highlights German contributions as pioneers in American westward expansion, while praising thrift, industry, lawfulness, piety, and devotion to civil and religious liberty.
The piece discusses a strong German influence in the United States, noting large German blood in the population, especially in Washington DC, and praising German-descended citizens. It contrasts views on rail rate policy, government ownership, and protectionism, with opinions from Olney, Roosevelt, and Bryan. It also touches on price mysteries, meat and livestock commerce, and international affairs, blending commentary on economics, immigration, and politics of the era.
Walter Vaughan Morgan as London’s new lord mayor is profiled amid details of the Common Hall election process. Debates touch on guilds, livery, and the lord mayor’s vast ceremonial prerogatives, salary, and residence at Mansion House, with comparisons to continental awe.
Senator Lodge's address favoring ship subsidies before the Essex Club in Peabody Massachusetts is cited as an instance of politicians talking down to a supposedly ignorant American public.
The Universal Peace Congress at Lake Lucerne is critiqued for flippant tone and a Chinaman representative. The piece argues true peace requires strength and manliness, opposing Mohonk and Lucerne ideals, praising Swiss militia readiness and patriotism as models for defense and national respect.
From the New York Tribune, Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama is praised as a fighter who opposed the Panama route to the end but ultimately yields to a canal at Panama rather than stop the project. He supports the government’s aim, applauds opposing motives, and urges cooperation to advance the canal task. His conduct is described as manly and statesmanlike.
A collage of light quips and jokes from various papers. Fragments touch on manners attire talk of professors a senator and a playwright. The humor contrasts appearances and character with playful lines and cartoonish one liners.
The Chicago Chronicle discusses Census Bureau findings that immigration might dampen native birth rates. It cites Iowa Minnesota and Massachusetts trends, noting population growth lag amid high immigration and presenting cautious views from scholars like Walker Hunter and Commons. The piece weighs whether immigration influences national growth and the future American standard of living.
A Pittsburg Gazette piece argues Mormonism threatens American institutions with polygamy and church authority overruling law, citing Senator Cullom and Senator Kearns. It compares past Kansas City Star warnings on dual telephones to present two systems creating expense and confusion, and closes with a Columbus Dispatch quip about a comic actor feared by townspeople.
A Cleveland Plain Center report notes a Worcester preacher spending much of his spare time at revolver practice, prompting a remark about staying in church until sermons end. The item reflects a quirky, unnamed anecdote about local clergy and unusual hobbies.
A collection of aphoristic lines on gender roles money fate and social behavior. It touches on female desirability and loyalty and male habits boasting finances and proposal expectations. The tone mirrors early 20th century humor and social commentary from Chicago newspapers.
In the Shoreham lobby Vienna attorney Herman Jack critiques Hungary's secession as harmful to Austria, while Judge Hubbell praises Los Angeles rapid growth and rail progress. Col R M Johnston recalls a Texas court case with a playful jurist, and Judge Taylor and Sam Piles are highlighted for political careers and legal prowess.
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