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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1905
Page
20
The Daily and Sunday delivery options are outlined for Washington and Alexandria readers. Rates shown include 70 cents per week or 6 cents per month for the Daily excluding Sunday and 70 cents per month for the Daily including Sunday.
A vivid editorial collage surveys Southern Republican drift and Northern party tensions, citing Secretary Shaw’s Virginia tour, Unionist memory, and Irish and Polish loyalties. It rebukes hyphenated identities, condemns race-based politics, and praises humane treatment of animals amid a broader plea for sane civic discourse.
A brief service notice urging readers leaving the city to have The Post follow them so they stay informed about fairs and affairs at the Capital. Addresses may be changed as often as desired and the paper will be delivered promptly to any part of the country. Notify the carrier or send an order directly to The Post. Telephone Main 4205.
The article fuels a public dispute over campaign financing and influences in Massachusetts politics, highlighting Senator Lodge and Governor Hall allies. It recalls past presidential campaigns influenced by money, notes calls for reform, and reports on charges that delegates were offered money to sway credentials with the convention looming.
A long column reflects on baseball's staying power, contrasting it with horse racing and other sports, praising baseball as honest and widely beloved. It traces the game's 60-year American birth, changes in rules, and its strong cultural pull, while noting political insertions and broader society's mood.
Lady Eleanor Magniac the Duke of Grafton’s daughter marries Walter Harbord after a scandalous first marriage. Harbord abuses her amid social ostracism, they split, and she later marries May Herbert Magniac. The piece also discusses the Glamis mystery and rumors of secret chambers at Glamis Castle and Strathmore, with historical examples of noble concealment.
In Detroit Maj Jefferson R. Kean wins Ses man prize for a study on preventing disease in the Army and argues for restoring the canteen at army posts. He cites rises in disease after its abolition and warns that post groggeries and dissipation impair discipline and soldier welfare, urging action by President and Congress.
Secretary Taft’s San Francisco arrival underscores his unchanged Philippine policy of governance for the Filipinos and pushing for native officials wherever possible. The visit helps clarify tariff debates and shifts in opinion among Republican leaders, with broader gains in insular administration and local issues resolved.
A compilation noting President Roosevelt drafting his Message and the public’s interest in domestic and foreign policy, with quips about Russia’s wartime losses and Congress debating campaign finance disclosure. It mentions Roosevelt Avenue's renaming and a reflection on bachelorhood with social observations.
A Providence Journal reprint argues for broad Civil War veteran pensions, led by Corporal James Tanner now Grand Army commander. It questions Roosevelt’s stance on $12 monthly pensions for all survivors, weighing constitutional limits, justice for taxpayers, and the nation’s gratitude.
A Canadian outlook urges Open immigration from the United States. Sir Wilfrid Laurier welcomes Americans, noting a shift in tides as Canadians seek labor, land, and capital from the south. Western Canada offers cheaper land but greater hardship, while government encouragement is praised for potential mutual benefit.
Four Birmingham leaders and neighbors meet in hotel lobbies in Washington to press President Roosevelt for a longer stop on his southern trip. They praise Birmingham as a rising industrial center and urge more time to showcase the city’s progress to the president.
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