Che Misspeen Post Subscription Rates and Addresses
Terms of subscription for the Washington Post include carrier delivery in Washington and Alexandria with Sunday issues. Rates for Sunday and weekend options, by mail prepaid, are listed, with advance payment and various remittance methods. Foreign advertising contact details and postal classifications are noted. item dated Monday, April 19, 1915.
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Washington
Alexandria
Washington Post CO
Washington, D. C
Paul Block
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mallers Building
Garcage
OI Davreet
Boston
Kresge
Railways brace for record business as orders surge
The Pennsylvania Railroad seeks equipment worth 20 000 000 as it plans 144 new locomotives 146 steel passenger coaches and 10 000 freight cars. Western Union reports a 700 000 rise in gross and 600 000 in net revenue in Q1 1915, signaling broad upturn amid wartime demand for metals and naval shipbuilding.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
United States
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanias
Western Union Telegraph Company
Post Office Department
Laziness and Health in Youth Sparks Medical Opinion
The Chicago doctor Lindsay Wynecoop claims that signs of hoghnormitis and sleepiness in children indicate good health. He urges visible reminders in plain type and even suggests cotton mills and schools as displays. The piece argues early morning growth should be allowed, noting disregard hinders maturation.
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Emerson
Chicago
Lindsay Wynecoop
Dad
Teacher
The British Censorship Criticized by English Voices
Prominent Englishmen condemn government censorship of front operations. They argue for full information, fault British reporting for misrepresenting engagements, and note discrepancies between French Belgian and British troop figures. Censorship, they say, harms both England and the United States by exaggerating British roles and obscuring truth.
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England
London
France
Belgium
Neuve Chapelle
Great Britain
Egypt
Turkey
Constantinople
United States
Campaign Charges in Roosevelts Libel Suit Drama
In a heated New York gubernatorial clash Col Roosevelt labeled William Barnes Jr a political boss, linking two allied machines. Barnes sues for 50000 dollars for libel, challenging the era of verbal excess in campaigns. The outcome may curb hasty accusations and reshape campaign rhetoric.
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New York
Col. Roosevelt
William Barnes, Jr
Barnes
Poindexter Returns to Republican Party After Progressive Era
Senator Poindexter of Washington explains his decision to seek reelection as a Republican. He notes the disappearance of the Progressive party and that voters who backed the bull moose in 1912 have returned to the GOP, signaling a unified opposition landscape in 1916.
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Senator Poindexter
Washington
Poindexter
Senate
Progressive Party
Senator Poindexter Chooses Side in 1918 Contest
The piece notes a shift back toward Republicans as Southern representation in the Republican convention is settled and party lines crystallize. It claims Democrats faced criticism for winning power amid Republican splits and suggests Poindexter faced a choice between Democrat and Republican, which he has made.
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Poindexter
Gladstone Home Sold to Rev Stephen Gladstone
The Hawarden estate Hawarden Castle and its Gladstone lineage pass to the Rev Stephen Gladstone, once rector of Hawarden, as heir to the late William Glynne Charles Gladstone. The history details the entailed succession, debts, and family tensions surrounding the transfer and the Gladstone fortune tied to the estate.
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Hawarden
William
Gladstone
France
William Glynne
Charles Gladstone
Stephen Gladstone
William Henry Gladstone
Stephen
Stephen Glynne
William Henry Gladatone
Offcer
Sir Stephen Glynne
Wiliam Henry Gladstone
Lord Lyttelton
Hawarden Castle
Albert
Charles
Wiliam
Henry Neville Gladatons
Ogilvy, Gillanders &, Co
London
Liverpool
Gillanders, Arbuthnot & Co
Calcutta
Rangoon
Henry
Herbert
Viscount Gladstone
Home Department
South Africa
Washington
Lord Bryce
Kilmarnock
Flintshire
King of Horrors Rescued After Yacht Boating Incident
Jeff Davis known as the King of the Hoboes fell from a rowboat near the Columbia Yacht Club off 86th Street while visiting George Carter Jr aboard the Marguerite. L. J. La Blanc towed Davis 1000 feet to shore after the boat capsized. La Blanc, shaken, described life saving at sea as not in order and said Davis appeared unhurt while he suffered through the ordeal.
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New York
George ©. Carter, Jr
Marguerite
Columbia Yacht Club
Wighty-sixth Street
Jeff Davis
Davis
Mr. Crater
Crater
Hotel de Gink Lodgers Aetignal
L. J. la Blanc
Mr. la Blanc
Davie
Davin
la Blanc
Manhattan Avenue
Thia Gepson
Jef
Hung Daughter By Thumbs Torture Case In Barton
Barton Pa Dispatch reports Jeane Cortright and spouse from Martins Creek were fined 500 dollars each, jailed six months, after a jury found them guilty of treating Elisabeth eight and Russell five with inhumane cruelty. Neighbors feared for the children as they were emaciated and taken in by relatives. the mother allegedly hung the girl by her thumbs and others were forced to swing her as she cried out in pain.
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Sir Edward Grey
London
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Austria
Edward Grey
Italy
Germany
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Russia
Hungary
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Budapest
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Belgium
Adriatic
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Philed
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Martins Creek
Costa
Elisabeth
Russell
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Belvidere
N. J
Hidden Gold Legend Emerges Near Lapel Indiana
A petrified corked bottle found in a rock ledge near Lapel yields a yellowed paper dated July 5, 1814 promising a pot of gold one mile south. Locals recall a hunter named Snare near Lane more than 70 years ago and investigators probe the surrounding ground back from the gravel pit.
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Anderson Ind
Indianapolis Star
Lapel
George Shore
Noblesville
Ind
Snare
Lane
Family of 24 at revival prize for largest household
At a Cheater tabernacle revival Rev. William Nicholson praised cooperative families aiding penitents. He announced a prize for the family with the largest membership. The Reed family of Caleb H Reed, numbering 24, stood to claim the honor amid applause, surpassing Shampkin’s seventeen.
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Prise
Philadelphi American
Cheater Tabernacle
William Nicholson
Trutlh
Nicholson
Joe
Tabernacle
Shampkins
Caleb H. Reed
Reeda
Boy Tries to Wreck Train in Atlantic City Case
Charles Foreman, a boy of years, attempted to imitate train wrecks from films by piling scrap iron on Seashore Railroad tracks near Thoroughfare bridge Meadow side. A dispatcher spotted him, detectives pursued, and he was captured after a chase a mile across Meadow. The 11 o'clock Camden train, due at 12:40, was prevented from disaster.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Dispatch
New York Times
Charles Foreman
Camden
Meadowa
Cleopatra the baby camel dies at Central Park Zoo
Cleopatra, the infant camel born March 12 to Helen and Tom Camel, was named by Dorothy Ransom and found dead smothered under her mother in the Central Park menagerie. The loss elicits regret from keepers, as Cleopatra was a favorite and the second camel born in the menagerie.
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New York Times
Cleopatra
Camel
Helen
Tom Camel
Central Park
Dorothy Ransom
William L. Ransom
A Mixed Blessing from Panch Socks and a Bold Benediction
A WWI tale describes a Tommy gifted socks from England. He endures a brutal march and, after a day of agony, finds inside the sock a soggy scrap of paper bearing a bold feminine blessing: God bless the wearer of this pair of socks.
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Panch
Tommy
England
140 Years Ago Today War of Revolution Began at Concord
Northbound anniversary recalls the April 19 1775 clashes at Lexington and Concord. Paul Revere warned of Gen Gage’s plan to attack Concord to destroy stores and seize Hancock and Adams. British casualties 273 vs American 18. dawn skirmish at Lexington ignited the revolutionary war.
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Concord
Lexington
Amercans
Gage
John Hancock
Samuel Adams
Paul Revere
Charleston
Col. Smith
John Parker
Pitcairn
Wisconsin Exposition Promises Lip Screen Demonstration
Madison dispatch reports the University of Wisconsin will showcase screens to demonstrate how bacteria transfer from lips in kissing. Attendees will witness the health risks of lip-to-lip transmission, presented with a medical emphasis amid mixed cultural commentary.
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Jabuews
Madison
Wis
Dispatch
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Ring Swallowed or Flung Diamond Ring in Court Case
Jacques Lazarus a 16 year old messenger for a jewelry firm at 87 John street faced a Tombs court arraignment on charges of stealing a diamond ring valued at 150 dollars from Adolph Henteche at 47 Nassau street. Detectives say Lazarus confessed though the ring was not found. He claimed he swallowed it but later said he threw it into a sewer at 220th street and Lenox avenue. Magistrate Krotel ordered a 1000 dollar bond and warned investigation would continue by morning.
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New York
Jacques Lazarus
John Street
Krotel
Tombs Court
Adolph Henteche
Nassau Street
Mayer and
Brown
Lazarus
220Th Street
Lenox Avenue
Poliemen Film Show At Prospect Park Parade Grounds
Three hundred fifty mounted policemen and four battalions of foot patrolmen performed drills and dramatic scenes for moving pictures at the Prospect park parade grounds in Brooklyn. The footage will be shown at the Panama Pacific Exposition as part of New York City's display. Officers dressed as women and burglars, and police dogs from Parkville, staged rescues and pursued rioters in realistic scenes. Police Commissioner Woods Deputy Commissioner Lord and Chief Inspector Max Schmittberger reviewed the film and rode in a final parade.
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New York American
Prospect Park Parade Grounds
Brooklyn
New York City
Parkville Station
Calla
Woods
Lord
Max Schmittberger
New York Boys Try For Egg Prize In Caterpillar War
Ulster county schoolboys compete for a $5 prize from the county farm bureau by collecting caterpillar eggs. Thirty bushels of twigs, each covered with eggs, total an estimated 324000000 eggs. The bureau notes eyes of the tent caterpillar are targeted as most destructive to fruit and shade trees.
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New York State
Kingston
N. Y
New York World
Ulster County
County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Needle in Baby's Side Sparks Medical Mystery
Frederick MD dispatch reports a nine month old boy, Robert Surguy, transformed after a needle was found in his side during a bath. The mother, Mrs Henry Burkay, recalled a needle left on the crib months earlier when the child vanished for a time and tormenting crankiness puzzled doctors for months.
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Frederick
Philadelphia
Robert Surguy
Henry Bur- Kay
Mia
Surguy
Underwear Box Leads Scranton Bride to Groom
A note signed by Miss Gertrude Goodline found in a box of underwear shipped from a Scranton factory led to Miss Goodline’s marriage to Anthony Wolfe of Chicago. Wolfe, an assistant paymaster for the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, learned of the note from a friend in a department store and replied, triggering their engagement.
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Scranton
Philadelphia
Gertrude Goodline
Weather and tide table for Washington area and forecast
Sunday April 18 reported sun and tide data with high and low tides and notes from the U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau Washington. Forecast for DC Maryland and Virginia through Monday and Tuesday calls for mild temperatures and moderate westerly winds with generally fair conditions expected nationwide. Local temperatures ranged from 45 to 67 degrees with 18.49 hours of sunshine and humidity readings noted.
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U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Washington
Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
Ghia
Georgie
Rocky Mountain
San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Keletir
Kamidi
Travelers Hear Optimistic Views From Raleigh Hotel Guests
In Raleigh hotel lobbies travelers from Colombia and Britain discuss prospects for their nations. H. V. Clausen praises Colombia’s harmony and growth in mining, timber, tobacco, and export industries, while W. McLaughlin of Boston explains cloth-top shoes rise due to leather scarcity and tariff changes. Ben J. Levis touts dog breeding prosperity and a Washington dog show, and William Gaston notes sparse backyards in American cities versus English garden culture.
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Wes
Colombia
H. V. Clausen
Buceragi Manga
Rafael Uribe Y Uribe
Repubblic
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