Washington Post subscription rates and offices 1908
The Washington Post lists subscription terms for carrier and mail delivery in Washington and Alexandria with yearly, monthly, and weekly options. It notes postage prepaid and payment by drafts checks or money orders payable to The Washington Post Co. Positions in New York Chicago and Hartford offices are listed with managers.
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District Commissioners estimate land values on Third to Fifteenth streets
The District Commissioners report to the Senate the land and improvements value for the triangle on Cal Avenue between Third and Fifteenth streets. Estimated land value is $11,922.9 and improvements $45,000 with goodwill and salvage items bringing total around $19.3 million. The figures, while boosting Washington’s charm, raise concerns about cost, planning, and orderly beautification rather than radical changes.
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Indiana platform urges early tariff revision in 1908 bid
The Indiana Republican platform written by Vice President Fairbanks calls for immediate tariff revision and an extra session in November 1908. It advocates protective rates, expert data, and quick action to shield exports from foreign discrimination, praising Fairbanks and Indiana Republicans for candor.
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Bridge Whist a Social Evil in the Newspapers
A Washington Post reader claims his wife spends nightly hours at bridge parties, leaving him to rock the baby while she spends family money. He laments the reversal of domestic roles as the spread of bridge among fashionables grows.
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Stamps Cast Up by the Sea in Newfoundland Shipment
Stamps valued at over 100000 dollars from a New York to Newfoundland consignment washed ashore on Cuttyhunk after the wreck of the Sylvia. The box was abandoned by wreckers and seized by women, many sheets reportedly shared or sold. Denominations include 2 and 50 cent stamps. one woman alleged to hold all 50 cent stamps worth about 80000 dollars.
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Women Telepathy at Chicago Polls Draws Attention
The Providence Journal reports a Chicago trial of mental telepathy by women as a political experiment during spring elections. About 500000 Illinois women may channel thoughts to influence male voters, with women in white forming lines near booths to project forceful ideas and disrupt opposing speakers. The account notes earlier incidents where vocal opponents were silenced by concentrated thought, leaving a clergyman speechless and defeated.
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Why Hughes Will Win in Early Convention Talks
A reader’s view argues Hughes will secure the Republican nomination at Chicago on the fourth ballot, with Taft favored to lead initially. The piece cites states and figures, notes New York’s pivotal role, and explains why Hughes gains traction as ballots unfold. It references names like Taft, Hughes, and New York politics shaping the outcome.
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Remarkable Drug Victim from Los Angeles Exhibit
A man detained in a receiving hospital on insanity charges admits a habit of daily use of morphine cocaine and chloral. Surgeons note extensive needle marks and warn that relapse could drive him insane or prove fatal. Police surgeons administered morphine to ease withdrawal.
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Spanish Money Not Legal Tender in 1906 Case
Philadelphia court rules old Spanish milled dollars are not lawful tender for ground rent in Cook vs Lovett. Deed dated March 20, 18127, payment of ninety silver dollars, each 17 pennyweights 6 grains, made in two equal installments of 845, last paid December 16. Court orders defendant to satisfy claims with less money.
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Attempt to revive Canadian nobility sparks dispute over titles
A letter warns that Viscount de Fronsac seeks a Western Hemisphere aristocracy led by the Nova Scotia baronetcy and orders from a non official Canadian College of Arms. Government authorities dismiss the venture as private and without royal sanction, noting historic Canadian titles largely extinct except the Barony de Longueil revived in 1990.
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How Dr Johnson Avoided the Penalty for Publishing Debates
Boston Globe notes how Dr Johnson rewriter tactics allowed reporting debates without naming bodies or members. He fabricated an imaginary Senate of Lilliput to mask sources and avoid penalties while shaping a famed journal's controversial coverage.
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Recreation in Honolulu From the Brooklyn Eagle
Honolulu correspondent describes the city as a haven for varied recreation. He highlights volcanoes, snow atop Mauna Kea, surfing, polo at Moanalua, canoeing, crabbing at Pearl Harbor, Molokini crater fishing, deer hunting on Molokai, wild cattle on Mauna Toa, and pineapple picking at Wahiawa, all within reach of an inviting local hospitality and colorful urban life.
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Noble Frenchman Helie de Sagan and a comic New Yorker note
A Louisville Courier Journal excerpt mocks Nobility in France with Helie de Sagan’s pretensions. The piece cites Jay Gould, then shifts to a New York Globe item about typographic errors and a street-side horse and thief in a humorous cross-street vignette.
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One Family in School in Lane County Oregon
Correspondence from Portland reports a rural district in Lane County with five children all from one family. The father chairs the school board and the mother is clerk and teacher. She just completed a four month term with perfect attendance and conduct. The pupils boarded with her, and a parent visited daily.
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Peculiar English Wills and the Law of Bequests
A Pearson's Weekly excerpt traces the history of wills in England from oral bequests in front of witnesses to modern written documents. It notes the evolution of required signatures and witnessing, special rules for military personnel, and past practices about revocation on marriage or birth of a child, with references to Henry VII times and the rights of widows and children.
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Lament of the old timer and the dry era humor
A mixed satire from Baltimore Amrican and Detroit Dee Press laments Prohibition era changes. It riffs on drinking laws stage nudges and social shifts with snippets about New York betting Wall Street and discipline, amid a collage of odd anecdotes and humorous vignettes.
Reflections of a Bachelor From the New York Pres
Reflections on gender views titled Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press discuss why a girl dislikes a kiss and how men's and women's minds differ. The piece muses on expectations, weather analogies, and a grandmother’s motto guiding a woman's view of her children.
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Roosevelt Backers Eye Chicago Nomination
A. M. Stevenson of Colorado urges Roosevelt renomination seeing a large GOP delegate majority for it. He argues Democrats would back Roosevelt, predicts strong New York and Western support, and notes Kentucky and New York figures shaping the convention.
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