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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1904
Page
13
A former mayor recalls how a prominent businessman pressured him to tolerate disorderly establishments in a bid to keep retail trade lively. He details a confrontational exchange over tightening saloons and the unintended link between campaign contributions, reform talk, and perceived economic harm.
A former mayor recalls how property owners backed saloons and vice to protect rents from disorderly houses. Health inspections flagged dilapidated, unsafe buildings in a transition zone as profit over morals, with rents as high as 75 dollars weekly for overcrowded rooms. Agents threatened to pull properties if rents weren't paid.
Special correspondence describes St Bartholomew's cloister near Smithfield, London, once a vast medieval monastery founded by Rahere in 1123 and now a partial ruin used as a stable. The piece contrasts past piety with present market bustle and recalls historic figures tied to the area. A crude note at end advertises Dr King s New Discovery for consumption.
A former city mayor recounts clashes with property owners who funded his campaign and opposed his push to condemn rundown buildings. He details legal pressures, police reports, and the influence of base uses on rents, noting a broader pattern of reform efforts being undermined by powerful interests. He reflects on reforms in major cities and historical clashes over moral and urban change.
London reports a Somerset village rite in 1490 where Yeathere endowed a lease auctioned every 21 years during a candle burn. The last bidder before the candle expires wins the sale, proceeds aid Chedzoy Church repairs. Historic site ties include Fairfax at Bridgewater and Sedgemoor relics.
Special correspondence from Berlin outlines King Peter of Servia seeking funds to buy a diamond crown and cover coronation costs. Financiers refuse credit. ambassadors rebuff. Russia Germany Austria decline. He guards himself with Swiss guards, fears assassination, and is haunted by ghosts of Alexander and Draga as demolition of the Konak proceeds.
The Servian coronation faces delays and financial strain as King Peter battles a divided government, assassins in his circle, and hesitation from European monarchs. A ring of iron will symbolize the rite due to lack of funds for a golden crown, while seeking foreign recognition and a royal presence from Europe.
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