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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1904
Page
6
The Daily and Sunday editions offer various delivery options in Washington and Alexandria. Rates include weekly, monthly, and yearly plans with telegraphic payments accepted and remittance by drafts, checks, or mail orders payable to the Washington Post Co.
A 1904 item discusses Philippine affairs, praising American benevolence while noting Filipino desire for independence. It contrasts enlightened elites with mass sentiment, and cites a Manila banquet reflecting divergence from U S authority amid calls for liberty. It also covers Chicago political chatter on McKinley and Bryan amid a Democratic reckoning.
Consul General Skinner’s Abyssinia report is dismissed as hype. The article argues American firms cannot profit from Abyssinia due to its pastoral economy, king-controlled trade, limited exports, and only modest railroad access. It criticizes optimistic trade expansion via the Red Sea route as illusory.
Providence Journal criticizes the American Bar Association for suggesting United States intervention in the Russo Japanese war. The piece argues such imperial overreach shows poor judgment and mocks lawyers for backroom campaigns and impeachment themes. It questions when the legal profession will fulfill its duties.
Three major campaigns unfold in the United States Canada and Newfoundland with strong stakes for parties. Newfoundland votes Monday October 31 while Canada holds its election on Thursday November 2. Liberal leader Sir Wilfrid Laurier faces a Conservative challenge from T F Goodridge and a Liberal split faction led by Sir William Whiteway amid a larger debate over confederation.
A bundle of editorials and items lampoon politics and race, noting Tom Watson's presidential bid and T Thomas Fortune in New York. It lampoons Fortune as a metropolitan gentleman while condemning a New Jersey deathly safety-device scandal and mocks various campaign antics across states.
A Georgia paper quotes a remark about cotton pickers rising across the South. The Detroit Journal and other papers offer satirical quips on law, science, and social norms. The text includes misreadings and jests on dating, ambition, and everyday speech reflecting a lively press miscellany.
From the Buffalo Express Senator Peffer returns to the Republican fold and will stump for Roosevelt proving the Ns fever wanes. Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a joking handle cap shaving contest and a quip about being shaved by a scratch man as light local color.
A condensed critique of invention fear and public skepticism from the Minneapolis Journal. Andrew Carnegie recounts Watt and the steam engine as transformative, contrasting historic scientific doubt with Hoffman's modern claims of a rotary steam engine. The piece laments public cynicism toward new tech, citing Howe and the sewing machine as an example, urging patience and effort over derision.
A Morganga reformatory official near Pittsburg says a large majority of its resident children have step-parents and attributes the figures to step-parents trying to discard them The piece laments children whose parents divorce easily and warns that the child bears a daily reminder of a past marriage and uncertain parental status Advocates of easy divorce are criticized for neglecting the child’s welfare
A historical critique notes lynching prevalence across Georgia and the South, asserting impunity for racial violence and urging accountability beyond regional comparisons. It contrasts national discourse with local barbarity and calls for stronger punishment of racial mob violence.
A Cleveland dealer's payroll prompts manager to ask for fewer workers. A grave digger quips You might give up the ghost causing the manager to fear the remark and discharge the humorless worker on the spot.
The College of Heralds finds only 177 American families worthy of court presentation. With more than that number already presented, further efforts to secure the distinction appear futile.
Jokes compare Mamie’s change from timid to entering the parlor with presence of a man, while a Groundless Claim praises a singer. A Detroit Free Press item notes a printing student answering a space question about a lower cage box. Puneh notes Hell Caine’s Prodigal Son play diverges from the Bible parable as an improvement.
Government moves to ship 10,000 rations to Copper Center for Copper River Indians over six months. Fort Listum to supply transport and an officer will oversee free aid, with costs charged to beneficiaries at 33 percent markup. Missionary Clav enger consulted. detailed records of condition and needs to be reported.
The War Department reversed its plan to contract the making of soldiers trousers at Schuylkill Arsenal Philadelphia. President directed work remain with women, as before, after hearing from a Philadelphia committee including Grand Army of the Republic members. Meade Post presented a GAR badge to the President during the ceremony.
Former Argentine president Pellegrini met President Roosevelt at the White House via diplomat Zavala. Pellegrini praised U S and Argentina progress in railroads agriculture and stock raising and noted reduced immigration from Europe balanced by U S growth. He recalled twenty years in the United States and foresaw continued development.
The fourth class postmasters appointed yesterday include Ron Jersey-Fanwood Astry P. Robinson New York Dunraven Jona B Knckerbocker Jewettville Howard J Derby Kitehanan Peter Critchley Welcome William J Ottaway 1 Pennsylvania Crown Soeeph Shillinger Virginie Bailey Tobias A Helzer Craigs Creek Misa Marie Reynolds Eliendale Thomas O Sandera Treasury receipts and expenditures report 1918 national bank note redemptions internal revenue 968684 customs 865498 miscellaneous 69594 expenditures 6200000
Mr J P Lindsay of the Santa Fe Railroad, in Washington from Chicago on Post Office Department business, cites heavy southwest rainfall disrupting mail routes. He details redirection of western mails via Fort Worth and El Paso. Other guests include F L Gilbert Christy from London and lawyer Smoot of Little Rock.
A dialogue fragment ends with Votee calling Jane to come down while a man, seeking a married woman once known in the neighborhood, describes her as strikingly beautiful with pink and white complexion and seashell ears, awaiting a response.
Dr. Sligheem, a renowned surgeon, laments that too much prosperity leads to more appendicitis cases. He notes that many can afford treatment and his best patients now see it as common, causing reluctance to operate. The exchange underscores how economic ease affects medical decisions.
A Utee Prees note says many titled Europeans visited this country under aliases for marriage schemes. Innocent victims fear exposure while impostors seek wealthy heiresses. a joke about noise and health follows. In Detroit Frashes a comic exchange pivots on wedding proposals with gendered humor.
In a Chicago Tribune report the verdict turned on expert medical testimony with the plaintiff detailing margins of victory. The attorney said the win hinged on the number of experts presented, suggesting a key evidentiary edge in the case.
A fragmented passage on social mores notes bachelors quitting chores like mowing lawns, women with dimples, widows remarriage, and the quirks of inheritance and rent. It sketches dating follies and peculiar assumptions about romance and finances through a humorous lens.
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