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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1905
Page
13
A recent editorial urges renewed national interest in the capital, emphasizing Washington’s destiny as the naval capital and center of science and culture. It defends the choice of The Treaty of Washington as a model, praising President and officials for guiding the capital toward a brilliant future.
James Algustus Beuthune asks the board of education to review the Swartzell case at the upcoming meeting. He cites reports from the Business Men’s Association and East Washington Citizens Association and urges full investigation before any final action to remove the principal.
In a Utica Daily Press article from August, a writer labeled Queer Belief of Ne s 8 condemns mixed race prejudice and hoodoo superstition, while another note praises President Roosevelt and questions American women removing hats. The page echoes racial tension, social critique, and public sentiment on fashion and leadership.
Joseph A Fisher defends the presence of escorts for working women near Market Space and Seventh Street. He mocks writer James W Head for calling the scene revolting and nauseating and suggests Head channel his literary effort elsewhere.
The author challenges a New York writer who mocked hot bread in the South. He argues hot bread is common in the North and South, calls into question claims about French and German bread, and asserts corn bread should be served hot. W LEE WHITH M D, a long-time observer, shares his views on bread and health.
The article lauds President Roosevelt for helping secure a peaceful settlement between Russia and Japan and maintaining moral standards. It cautions political allies against excessive praise and notes the global relief at the easing of a brutal war. It mentions doctors and tonic ads interwoven with the opinion.
OHN SAMPSON argues Roosevelt acted under pressure to intervene and host envoys from both sides, presenting the United States as the peace-loving power capable of ending the conflict. The piece frames the intervention as a duty accepted by fate, praising restraint and the honor of peace over warlike instincts.
Reader letter from Enright Gane in New York August 20 urges newspapers to condemn tipping as graft and urges campaign to curb the practice. He argues tips corrupt employers and compares waiters to corrupt politicians, noting Washington as a vivid example. He calls on action by employers to end the practice.
In a letter from T. B. Childs the writer cautions readers that Muskoka Lakes cannot guarantee relief from hay fever. He notes experiences from Canada and the U S show varying results, with no location proven completely free. The ocean and other regions also fail to offer universal relief amid Muskoka’s appeal.
A reprinted editorial explores gender bias in adultery, citing Boswell and Johnson on why infidelity by a wife is treated harsher than a husband’s. It discusses moral standards, female virtue, and the idea that chastity defines female honor, with references to classical and biblical examples.
A fragmented excerpt discusses differing guilt levels between men and women and claims a societal consensus in favor of restraint. It notes one author Hawthorne’s dramatic critique of men in the Scarlet Letter and reflects on the impossibility of abstract reasoning altering conclusions about behavior. GEO CHENNING
Special to The Washington Post Captain Wade Bell of the steam barge Taylor fell overboard in Hoopers Straits at night. He swam about two miles to shore, guided by Deals Island lighthouse, enduring high seas and exhaustion until washing up near Deals Island alive but scarcely.
In San Antonio friends suggest Prof John H. Baldwin may have killed himself during a Greenville Ohio balloon ascent. His brother Clarence Ivy was found dead in poverty in a hut days earlier. Ivy had left San Antonio in 1884 to work for the Baldwin Brothers paleography makers.
Fletcher Maplesa and Bud Akridge brothers-in-law shot one another near Pelham Georgia last night. Akridge died instantly and Maplesa died at daylight. The revolver duel occurred about six miles from Pelham.
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