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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1905
Page
1
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A Hartford Courant quotation argues that a world federation and Parliament of Mer will not arrive soon. It questions premature efforts to hasten peace, warns war may endure for centuries, and suggests peace would require massive shifts in global priorities away from military spending toward the arts of peace.
The piece argues for direct popular elections of U S Senators, citing Virginia and Southern states where primaries have become common. It notes Mar tins victory after facing voters, praises direct voting, and suggests a constitutional amendment may eventually end indirect selection. It highlights Nebraska Ohio and South Carolina as examples and considers nationwide momentum toward direct elections.
A historical note explains how several states sent formal resolutions to Congress urging an amendment to elect U S Senators by the people rather than legislatures. The framers feared too much direct power in the hands of the people and designed checks, yet the public found a path around those safeguards.
Bugville notes praise for the U S Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology and its new pamphlet on pest control. It highlights odd studies from bedbugs to the kissing bug and cone nosed beetles, with playful anecdotes on methods and public education. The piece riffs on science excitement, plumbers bitten by scavenging beetles, and a squeaking ephinx caterpillar found in Port Gibson Mississippi. Where possible, it preserves era tone and names, presenting a curious window into early agricultural science outreach.
The Gazette outlines a web of boycotts and foreign influence in China, noting Japanese involvement and urging Allison to watch developments. It profiles Iowa figures Secretary Shaw, Gov. Cummins, and Senators Hepburn and Dolliver, portraying a volatile political climate with standpat vs revisionist tensions and a looming pot of conflict in the state.
A 1905 Toronto Mail and Empire report notes Alberta and Saskatchewan joining the Canadian Confederation. It critiques Liberal leadership while praising growth in Canada and predicts friction with US interests, highlighting Japan China trade and American politics, with varied editorials on city governance and tourism.
A collage of nations and local notes touches on population estimates for Detroit, panama trade, and a parade of figures from Paris to Moscow. The item mentions promissory plans, arbitration ideas, and political figures while weaving in jokes about beverages, cabbage juice cures, and carriage of steam.
From the New Orleans Item Mississippi and Alabama governors are blasted as figures in a civic fiasco. The Mississippi chief executive is accused of nerves and grandstanding while the Alabama leader is denounced for actions that shame Southern chivalry. The op ed blames both for harming the region and stoking a lasting fear among citizens.
The Baltimore American argues that Russia’s peace terms pale beside Japan’s victory, noting Japan’s sacrifices and moral standing. Russia appears defeated, forced to accept terms while Japan gains prestige and stature among nations.
Sir Rudolph Slatin Pasha quotes an Arab sheik complaining that desert conflicts have fallen apart into vulgar street fighting. Once the fashionable rebellion, it’s now seen as dangerous and criminal, with social pursuits like ping pong and bicycling replacing revolutionary zeal.
In a Chicago News excerpt Tron Nerve portrays a boy rushing in to tell his mother that Mrs Prune next door seeks to borrow flatirons to throw at a cat. The mother reacts with disbelief and laments the nerve of the request while noting the plan targets their own cat.
A collection of brittle aphorisms and editorials on human nature. Wry observations critique vanity, prudence, and social advice with humorous twists. The piece blends caricature of a preacher, a bargain hunter, and a poetical yet flawed view of marriage and success.
Lord Minto known as Rolly is named viceroy of India succeeding Lord Curzon. A soldier by trade he fought in Egypt and the Riots, served in Canada and the Turkish war, and is allied with Lord Kitchener. His appointment may puzzle the Prince and Princess of Wales and follows political realignments in Britain. The piece also cites press censorship in Constantinople and varied aristocratic marriages and intrigues across Europe.
Roosevelt’s peace effort ends major war between Russia and Japan but risks failing open door in China. The article argues lasting peace requires joint US leadership and clear, open understandings with Russia, Japan, Germany, France, and Britain to protect China’s territorial integrity and ensure fair commercial access in Manchuria and beyond.
A Philadelphia Press item features a dialogic exchange about honesty and self deception. A moralizer and demoralizer spar as a clerk and boss remark on lateness and painting with water colors, reflecting humorous office banter and social witticisms of the era.
From the New York Sun a humorous vignette shows Euclid troubled by a servant problem. He leaves quietly for the intelligence office after Mrs E. questions geometry usefulness.
Colon Warder, Kansas City, proposed that the sun is a living world and the universe a self-sustaining electric organism. His ideas, once scoffed, gained some scientific traction and eclipse observations were touted as potential vindication. Researchers seek to define the corona and atmospheric gases to test his claim that solar electricity warms Earth.
A Chicago Tribune summary notes a Philadelphia woman Miss Marion Happ who married several men in three years, showing female bigamy can occur as a counterpart to the New York cases. The piece argues both sexes alike can exploit romance, warning readers to beware sudden love and hasty marriage while highlighting the dangers of deceit.
In conversations at the Shoreham and Plewitt House, travelers discuss fearless colonial fighters in Africa and the savage clashes with Zulu warriors. Other guests blame rag weed for hay fever, while a Yokohama observer ponders Japan’s stance with Russia. A New Orleans poker anecdote recalls a no lending rule among friends.
A Harper’s Weesly excerpt notes a contemporary breathing system promoted as a systematic method for phy scal development. An inquirer spoke to a professor about a pamphlet outlining rules, including a rule to take a deep breath after the morning bath and to retain it as long as possible before slowly exhaling, which the observer chose not to try.
The Hartford Times notes that after twenty months of conflict the Russians achieved their first victory, defined as avoiding further military defeat. The mention suggests strategic relief rather than a decisive setback for opposing forces.
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