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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1906
Page
17
A partisan op ed rails at Secretary Wilson praising a hypothetical corn-based fuel and praising alcohol extraction from stalks. It mocks the cost claims and envisions wide use, from picnics to harvest celebrations, while noting objections about the corn’s past uses and practicalities.
In urging repeal of the anti canteen law, Gen Corbin argues Congress aided moral and physical welfare of troops by backing canteens. He says reform is needed to halt demoralization and crime, and calls for replacing pro canteen critics with capable lawmakers. The piece laments past missteps and warns of continued degradation without action.
The piece questions William Jennings Bryan on Democratic platform choices in 1908, debating government ownership of roads, who would run railroads under public control, and whether gold standard and Manifest Destiny would appear in the platform. It cites James J Hill and asks Bryan to explain his positions to voters. The text also quotes Theodore Roosevelt era views on Cuba and imperial reach, contrasting public ownership with corporate operation.
The Post outlines a debate on Roosevelt’s health and duty to accept or refuse a third-term nomination. It discusses moral right versus party mandate, noting Roosevelt’s 1907 pledge and the broader question of presidential term limits and electability amid looming conventions.
The column blends political glimpses with weather talk and social musings. It discusses public duty over personal inclination, a Roosevelt nomination, and a Neanderthal weather sermon, then wanders through droughts forests and rainfall theories, ending with a Spainian shrug at rain. The piece leans into old newspaper voice and speculative reasoning, with numerous tangential remarks and feeble humor.
A critical skim notes cant in a Republican text about free trade, education, and social progress, contrasting it with Democratic views. It mocks arguments by Banks and Blaine, touches on Debs and labor, and jibes at politics and corruption with satirical overtones.
A broad, fragmentary column reviews 1900 era politics citing Senator Long and La Follette, sparring over Bryan and Sullivan, Cuban insurrection, naval actions, and domestic annoyances. It references Portland sailors, Hearst candidacy chatter, Taft, and Panama, with satirical asides on bankers, winters, and a Sleepy Song poem.
Hidden in a Northern Italian chateau coach-house, documents reveal the Pallaviccinis claim a multi million dollar loan backed by King Charles Albert and other rulers to support the Duchess of Berry in her bid to restore the French throne. The recovered papers also show Metternich, Emperor Nicholas II, and the King of Prussia participating financially, with Victor Emmanuel to settle a long standing debt once proof of the pledge is verified. The Pallaviccinis assert their right to repayment from the House of Savoy, invoking historic obligations dating back to 996 and stressing the pedigree of their noble line and the noted Pallaviccinini palace in Rome.
A fragmentary notice from The Usual Variety hints at a quirky flying machine and a claim by a nurse about an airborne arrival. The garbled text preserves a sense of whimsy and intruige from a past page segment.
A rambling fragment from a Washington column recounts a streetcar fare ruse by a boy who, short on change, pleads a two hour duty delay and a nickel to ride home. The piece shifts to a tree trunk hiding a six inch aperture with grass, a mix of local anecdotes, a tale of a Washington Heights matron, a charity clerk’s plea for small loans, and several humorous vignettes including Uncle Hiram’s book purchase and a cave discovery near Bartholbun.
REAL COL. SELLERS in the opening chapter of his Auto biography printed in the first fort nightly number of the North American Review Mark Twein tells the truth about Col. Sellers and John T Raymond. He recalls the extravagant stage feats as faithful to real life, and praises Raymond’s humor while declaring Sellers a near god to friends and family. He notes only Frank Mayo could have played the whole role and recounts scenes from Lampstone to a bowl of raw turnips.
A garbled London Telegraph passage describes a street fakir near a courthouse table offering a free cement prize for breaking a contrived setup. A Japanese dentist pulls a peg from a cement block for a dollar, then boasts as he walks away. The tale leads into a New York World note about William Norman and a broader mural of antebellum furniture auctions shaping American taste and interior decor trends.
A representative group from fourteen states reports Sea Girt's annual militia meet was highly successful despite missing military academies. Cavalry showed strongest results, skirmish practice suggested for future emphasis, and participants note benefits to state forces when returning home. Local political chatter also signals upcoming district nominations and possible shifts in leadership. The article mentions various figures such as Col Peter Bomus and Gen Kelter among others, with reactions to plans for posts and reports to the War Department.
Strangers following a mountain trail are invited to view a “graveyard” built from seventy two empty bottles wired along a cabin end and roof. Two men on the trail, drawn to the spectacle, examine the odd sight amid the bracing mountain air and the porch’s two “sextons.”
In Chicago�s edition, a tale emerges of Rounder�s addictions to poker and cocktails before marriage. She urged, “never too late to mend,” and he claimed reform. The exchange turns tense as accusations fly about persistent habits and long nights, signaling strain in the union.
A compilation of clipped dialogues and sketches from the Philadelphia Ledger. The text weaves quirky exchanges about art training and plainness with brief notes on a cook and a frame, plus mentions of political figures and a Goshen uncle. The tone is fragmentary, varied, and exploratory.
The readable text shows garbled reminiscences about relationships anddivorce, with stray lines about men and women, dinner routines, and a vague marital context. Names and clear events are missing, leaving a fragmentary portrait of domestic tension and imperfect social commentary.
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