Washington Post Subscriptions in 1905 Pricing Note
The Washington Post published rates for Daily and Sunday delivery via carriers in Washington and Alexandria, with weekly and monthly prices, prepaid options, and remittance methods. Dated Tuesday September 5 1905, it lists office addresses in Washington New York and Chicago.
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Washington, D. C
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
New York
Vanderbilt
Chicago
Unity Building
Let The Post Follow You Washingtonians Moving Notice
Washington readers planning to leave the city are urged to keep The Post with them. Informs readers that the paper can follow to any location, with addresses changeable as needed and prompt delivery across the country. Notify the carrier or send order directly to The Post. Telephone Main 4205.
Revolution in Santo Domingo threatens Morales as U.S. holds power
San Juan dispatch reports Dominican generals in exile preparing a revolt to pressure Congress against American intervention. Morales and ally Gen Estrada are supported by U.S. armed forces, while Dominicans fear foreign rule. Officials warn natives may burn coast towns and flee to the woods if intervention continues.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Morales
United States
Jimenez
Ponce
Panchito Detchen
Demetrio Rodriguez
Monte Cristi
Cespedes
Republic
Congress
Santo Domtingo
Motalea
Chicago Journal Urges Justice for Chauffeur Fatalities
The Chicago Journal argues for a different justice for automobile drivers, countering the belief that cars are deadly. It cites 147 Chicagoans killed in August by various causes, noting 50 by railroads and 18 by horse drawn vehicles, with many deaths from preventable railroad mishaps. It laments diffused responsibility and calls for accountability.
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Chicago
Chicago Journal
U 10
Hia
Illinois
Chautauqua Trust Mirrored in Sermon Sparks Presidential Hope
A long sermon by Rev R MacArthur links chautauqua gatherings to a new religious political trust aiming to shape the White House. He cites figures like La Follette Folk Bryan and Roosevelt and suggests assemblies forge unity of religion and politics to influence the next election, downplaying Congress while courting voters.
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Great Chautauqua Trust
R . MacArthur
New York
Gov Cummins
la Follette
William T Jerome
Folk
William J Bryan
Chautauqua
White House
MacArthur
Congress
Gov la Follette
John , D Rockefeller
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United Religion
Bryan
Srd
Calvary Baptist Charch
Calvary Baptist
Eloquence and graft in Kansas printing debate
The Kansas City Journal mocks Henry Allen for eloquence while noting a $2000 state printing graft claim. The piece questions political manipulation in state printing, cites Homeric allusions, and contrasts past eloquence with modern practice in Kansas and broader regions.
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Commonwealths
Kansas City Journal
Henry Alen
Cy Leland
Post
Henry Aliens
Rome
Nebraska
Prosperits
Kansas City
Henry Allen
Greece
Temperament and restraint in political rhetoric in Karas
The passage argues that aggressive language and insults provoke danger, noting many have paid with their lives for calling someone a Har. It urges Henry to avoid inciting Cy with persuasive eloquence and suggests peaceful alternatives to provoke no further bloodshed in Karas.
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Karas
Henry
Guest of Kings Presidents Visit Eclipse in Grand Rapids
The piece celebrates congressional leaders William Alden Smith and others touring Europe and meeting royalty. It highlights receptions with German Emperor William II, private audiences, public cheers, and planned celebrations across Michigan towns. It predicts a grand Grand Rapids Opera House address and a wave of civic pride.
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Senator Lodge
McCleary
Italy
Willam Alden Smith
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Herald
People's Savings Bank
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Chicago and West Michigan Railroad
Ionia
Kent
Ottawa
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Final Undoing of Addicks and Other Political Sparks
A critical column attacks Edward Addicks as a symbol of political corruption in early U S Senate elections. It recalls Frank Allee, the 1903 Washington visit, and broader fears about seat buying, cradle to grave party loyalty, and the failed self rule under the old constitutional selection. It notes Cortelyou, Roosevelt diplomacy, and economic tidbits about Havana cigars, eggs, and diamonds while mixing in satire on political prophets and newspaper chatter.
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J Edward Addicks
Frank Allee
Mr Allee
Washington
Caesar Rodney
John M Clayton
The
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Saulsburys
George Gray
Ailee
Mr Addicks
Nes
Trelawney
Corniah
Cornwall
American Congress
Craven
Clay
Webster
Calhoun
Senate
Edward Andicks
Delaware
Detroit
Untitled Foreign and Domestic Politics Lite Column
The wide ranging column surveys diplomats and politicians in a satirical, period voice. It references Captain Taggart, Uncle Joe Cannon, Choate, Quay, Cummins, and other public figures while lampooning tariff disputes and policy debates. It notes Venezuela buying guns, Russia’s loans, and land allotments in Utah, plus anecdotes on social figures and a flood of humorous quips.
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Manila
Joe Cannon
Choate
Ufe
New York
Imperial Prince as Scientist in Japan Mount Tsukuba Station
A Japanese imperial prince, Eikumaro Yamashina, at 33 in line to the Mikado, pursues science over army or navy. He established a premier meteorological station atop Mount Tsukuba near Tokyo, fully equipped with the latest instruments to record weather and seismic activity, reflecting Japan's earthquake heritage and rising eastern coast.
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Japan
Austria
Russia
Bavaria
Constantine
Imperial Academy of Sdiences
St. Petersburg
Bouis Salvator
Charles Theodore
Eikumaro Yamashina
Mikado
House of the Land of the Rising Sun
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Pacific Ocean
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Izanagi
Idea Originated in Sarcastic Fable About Servant Girls
A quirky note from Kannan City Journal suggests the shortage of servant girls results from all becoming novelists. The theory mocks the link between scarce labor and the quality of currant fiction, attributing the idea to someone explaining literary quality.
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Kannan
A Decade of Wars and What They Cost and Gained
From the New York Mail a Portsmouth treaty ends a ten year era of nearly continual war. It catalogs major conflicts among China Great Britain Japan Russia Turkey Spain and the United States detailing troops deployed casualties indemnities and war costs while noting geopolitical aftershocks and the era's rare peace among civilized nations.
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Turkey
Kingdom of Spain
American Republic
Shitaenoveld
Greece
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Santiago
Porto Rico
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South Africa
Balkan
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Prussia
Austria
Pushing the Old Folks Aside From the Den
The article describes a “den” created by daughters and mothers to push the elderly father from the home. Mothers hide in corners or leave, while fathers keep a couch, pipes, tobacco, and borrowed books in a private space. The piece warns that the den is a fashionable device to sideline an aging man in a household.
Her Miserable Luck
A humorous two person exchange recalls a near drowning rescue during a bath as good luck, but the rescuer is later revealed to be married, souring the tale with a twist. The dialogue showcases social banter over misfortune and marriage norms of the era.
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Chicago News
The Mean Thing. A Play Fragment From Baltimore American
A quirky dialogue about fear of the dark contrasts with social pretensions as Miss Speitz and Miss Passty joke about becoming light and dark. The snippet hints at royal expectations and marriage politics surrounding a monarch.
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Miss Speitz
Miss Passty
Fragmentary dialogue and glimpsed news notes
A scrambled clipping mentions a lunch moment with Miss Bentle and Mr Sophtly referencing a bill of fare peaches and cream. The piece cites the New Haven Register noting Russia’s limited gains at a conference and Japan’s enduring popular appeal.
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Philadelphia
Sophtly
New Haven
Russia
Japan
Pointed Paragraphs From a Teasing Prose Note
A fragmentary excerpt dwells on love, temper, weddings, and social wit. It riffs on misfortune and advice with dozens of cryptic, clumsy phrases about storks, wives, banking, and imagination, hinting at satirical, old newspaper humor. The piece reads as a collage of aphorisms and misused proverbs.
Daughters of the Republic honor Alamo guardianship
A Austin woman cites the Daughters of the Republic as a patriotic Texas group, eager to protect and place the Alamo in their custody. Guests describe German cities, American progress, and a young Indiana girl performing farm work amid community pride and international tidbits from Shoreham notes.
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Mexico
Daughters of the Republic
Bowie, Crockett Travis
Washington
C Sbrinkerman
Chicago
Shoreham
United States
Sumner
German Empire
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Only Opportunity in Heaven Marriage Debate
The bachelor muses that in heaven there is neither marriage nor giving in marriage. The anxious spinster counters that the same holds in the afterlife, so the duties of marriage must be managed here on earth.
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Chicago News
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