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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1905
Page
14
The Washington Post lists subscription options including daily and Sunday editions with annual and monthly rates. It notes delivery in Washington and Alexandria, details multiple regional offices in New York and Chicago, and provides payment methods and postal information.
Washington readers were urged to subscribe so The Post could follow them nationwide. The piece lampoons Senator Henry Cabot Lodge as party leader in Massachusetts, notes a lively Democratic revival, and cites Tremont Temple rallies. It discusses reciprocity with Canada, Col Bryan, and President Roosevelt with satirical, period tone.
The New York Evening Post says Roosevelt will avoid pressing tariff revision this session and push an amended Esch Townsend railway bill instead. The Washington Post supports tariff revision but agrees Congress won’t be overridden by the President, predicting steady Senate action and no rapid result.
A critical look at state death penalty practices highlights that a paying convict could delay execution by securing an appeal for cash. The piece cites Hoch as a case where a $500 fee bought delay and questions whether such legal monetary leverage is possible across states, condemning the system as abhorrent and a satire on equal justice under law.
A Denver Republican piece profiles James J. Hill urging Northwest farmers to seek broader Orient markets. It highlights flour trade to China, Pacific communication importance, and a firm policy toward Japan and China to boost U S exports, especially west of the Mississippi.
A column chronicles hoaxes involving severed ears used for ransom, recounts Lord Granville and other alleged mutilations, and links haunted estates like Dalham Hall and New Battle Abbey to long held superstitions. It notes Saxony court ruling on ex crown princess photographs and observes hospital work in Florence.
Sioux City Journal notes Congressman Tawney suggests requiring all clerks to work an extra hour daily instead of expanding staff. The idea, while seen as possibly sensible, is dismissed to the humorous column by Washington reporting.
Secretary Taft argues no foreign power could easily attack seaboard cities, praising forts with strong guns and ammunition behind capable crews. The piece notes fort defenses can stop battleships, while an army can overwhelm forts by land, citing Port Arthur and Port Rico engagements. a coastal defense system plus transport and a modest navy is urged as near-impregnable. The Detroit and St Louis Post Dispatch items contrast defense with a booming early 20th century economy, highlighting rail, pig iron, hides, wool, footwear, and foreign commerce records in 1905.
De Witt Hyde of Bowdoin, in a Minneapolis Journal address to students, denounces hazing as the act of cowards and brutes. He condemns hazers as lacking fair play and urges Bowdoin undergraduates to uphold themselves as gentlemen and keep the college clean.
From Providence Journal and Pittsburg Dispatch. notes on Emperor Francis Joseph’s death impact, sun cooling for 24 million years, college costs for girls, a Missouri factory exchange about a stationary engine, and wry urban humor on flirting, love, and family feelings in a Brooklyn/New York press cluster.
In the New Willard lobby, Senator A. J. Hopkins predicted Illinois Senator Cultom will win re election with no opposition. Other senators projected a busy Congress with tariff views and railway rate regulation while Alaska mining and Ireland’s development drew comment from visitors in the lobby. Kentucky’s Dr Frank Beard favored Senator Blackburn, noting Heckham supporters back Paynter, yet Blackburn remains a strong force.
A humorous snippet recalls a night with a sick friend and a cat as the punchline. A Skyedye apartments manager lauds a janitor candidate who has been a coalman and a policeman, noting his independent character. The Rochester Post-Express hints officials fear rebating in beef pricing may be illegal. The Detroit Free Press notes Rockefeller sharing advice after much guidance.
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