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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1905
Page
9
Publication office on Pennsylvania Avenue near Fourteenth Street lists subscription terms for The Daily and Sunday editions. Home delivery to Washington Alexandria areas costs 5 cents weekly or 50 cents monthly, while mail prepaid options are 20 cents weekly or 70 cents monthly.
Notice urging readers to keep The Post informed of address changes to receive updates on capital affairs. Readers may send orders or notify the carrier to ensure prompt delivery anywhere nationwide.
The Swartzell case centers the heat in Capitol Hall as the Board of Education and Eastern High principal Dr Swartzell engage in a three month mastiff fight. Diplomacy fails and public opinion splits as hearings secrecy and reversals mark the dispute. Washington awaits a peacemaker president to end the stalemate.
The piece examines the evolving Chinese boycott against American goods, noting reports from Shangai that 169000 bales are salved at 23 million gold and that Chinese buyers refuse American merchandise. It questions motives, touches on a possible treaty modification, and hints at Japan’s suspected influence and a potential reorganization of forces in China.
The Des Moines Register notes a rising anti pass movement with Indiana Kansas and Wisconsin enacting or interpreting laws restricting rides on passes. Georgia Indiana and Kansas legislatures face resistance as officials resist relinquishing free transportation while critics push for stronger anti pass reforms nationwide.
An extended essay argues divorce is justified by biology and modern ethics, challenging church and law restrictions. It contends monogamy is superior for the race, urges endowment of motherhood, and notes most divorces reflect valid biological concerns while urging stricter future marriage limits to protect society.
A string of political jabs and opinions covers figures like Franklin G and Mayor Weaver, critiques Yale leadership, Rockefeller rhetoric, Gen Wood's Moros, James J Hill, and Bryan. It touches on Nicaragua power plays, life insurance syndicates, Delaware politics, and tariff battles with Germany, reflecting sharp, era-specific commentary.
Aged Grand Duke Michael Nicolaivitch, granduncle of the czar, challenged aristocratic privileges while urging reforms. He denounced noble neglect of peasants, opposed noble monopolies in offices, and influenced imperial policy shaping the new constitution amid Russia’s unrest.
A Philadelphia Press piece recalls a bookstore scene where a weary clerk responds to a customer about chafing dishes. A Boston Globe note adds a significant fact about Alfred Nobel’s prize money, linked to dynamite manufacturing profits.
The Interstate Commerce Commission is set to regulate rates, likely forcing railroads to provide refrigerator cars for fruit and freight. Private line monopolies face extinction as railroads withdraw support and prepare to take over refrigeration duties, signaling a long, bitter national fight.
A patchwork of short items from many small papers: Miss Katherine Brewer slips on Main Street breaking her ankle after her bread slips, Frank Boling helps, then she walks home. Carrie Lackner visits Milton Junction, while John Lackner and Will Westrick tour Milton. Weather and local curiosities mix with oddities like a ram charging a coop, berries picked in Marquart’s woods, and a sherbet of small-town bustle.
Savannah business figure J P Williams of the Georgia Florida and Alabama Railroad and major naval stores firm leaders urges a South Georgia governor may emerge from the heated gubernatorial contest. He praises Brantley and Smith as top contenders and warns demagogic attacks harm southern growth. He notes prosperity since Oglethorpe and cites railroads and capital investment as vital to development.
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