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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1906
Page
6
The piece questions who truly represents Cuba the people cited by politicians and editors. It contrasts touring observers who meet many honest citizens with a few powerful elites who shape policy while excluding producers and taxpayers from influence. It asks which interests the occupying power should heed.
A Chicago pulpit controversy centers on Reverend John Bascom Shaw who denounces American character. The piece defends President Roosevelt and urges reform, noting exposure of campaign finance problems in 1940s politics and future Senate actions to curb corporate contributions.
The piece blends anecdotes on Shakespearean actors and the stage with reflections on Adelaide Ristori, Her origins in Civita di Fragn, Rome performances from 1840s through 1880s, her U S tours including New York and Chicago, her English Medea in 1882, and her final retirement after a brilliant career celebrated by applause and charity.
An article fragment discusses moonshining in New York with remarks by an internal revenue agent, noting widespread illicit stills in the East and West. It also surveys historical prison experiences of several European and Balkan statesmen, citing Napoleon, Clemenceau, and others, and touches on property lore around Temple Newsam in Yorkshire and related genealogies.
A bank safe vanished during a major fire and left no trace, baffling owners and bystanders. An FBI-like hoax letter from Chicago led Mr. Maben to pay $1,040 to a Milwaukee contact, who, after following “dead square” instructions, revealed the hoax while the safe remained intact in its original place.
In Baltimore, William Lecompte of Preatman Street was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for stealing a horse valued at 700 from Dr Henry F Hall. He claimed his actions were influenced by attending a performance of Gentleman Jim Corbett and his show The Burglar and the Lady, saying the show inspired the crime after seeing theft dramatized on stage.
The late Senator Hoar offered caustic reflections on the Senate and its members. He praised alertness to public interest yet warned that typical senators resemble average citizens in strength and intellect. He recalled riding with a friend to Boston and observing a station throng as a mirror of American life.
Boson dispatches report that Mrs Reggie Vanderbilt arrived late to the Colonial Theater in New York for a performance of Ate Modiste and balked at removing her hat in the box, despite ushers urging compliance with the house rule. Mrs Hollis Hunnewell complied, but Vanderbilt argued it obstructed others’ view.
A poem laments a departed woman and urges sealing a cottage, while London Dispatch notes Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset being offered for sale to the United States. The abbey, tied to Joseph of Arimathea legend and the Glastonbury thorn, once covered sixty acres with remaining church ruins and abbot's kitchen.
A long, fragmentary column presents reader letters and remarks on President Roosevelt, party loyalty, and sectional reconciliation. It features views from Texas Congressman William M Smith on irrigation near El Paso, Minnesota Senator Carter on western Republican strength, financier O H Simonds, and Chicago post official Col James B Stuart.
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