Washington Post postal and remittance notices from 1807
Notices from The Washington Post Co. dated Thursday August 1, 1807, detail mailing instructions, subscription terms, and payment methods. Remittances are to be made by drafts checks money orders or express orders payable to The Washington Post Co Washington DC. Foreign mailing and office addresses listed, including New York and Hartford offices.
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Weilveren
Wasshington
Davy
Meyer
Washington Post Co
Let The Post Follow You Washingtonians News Ad
The Post offers continued coverage for readers leaving the city with Who Pom updates about affairs at the Capital. The paper can be delivered promptly to any part of the country and subscriptions can be arranged by contacting The Post at Main 4205.
Philippines election sparks debate on independence in assembly
Early returns show a division with pro independence leaders claiming mandate while reformists face defeat. The assembly appears splintered with accusations of treachery, corruption, and shifting loyalties as American governance looms uncertainly over the islands.
Faction in Chin and Ohio steer 1900 Republican fight
A mosaic of political squabbles and revisionist talk dominates the Republican nomination scene. Ohio figures like Foraker and Taft loom as power brokers with battles over tariff policy and delegates shaping the contest. Editorials weigh the fate of the party’s platform and the influence of rival factions in convention strategy.
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Chin
Salmon P Chass
Ker Lim
Fatie
Siroesiye
Zon Buerman
Deleymvtew
Ohio
Fatsn
Memmey
Hanna
Mrula
Deta Keaton
New York
Otto
van Sinia
Arthur
Hemn
Foraker
Taft Hall
Repubiican
Asi
Masenohusotin
Atlantis
Republican Party
Sanater Pornker
Taft
Platform talk and the party drift in a historic frame
The piece argues platforms matter little beside a candidate's personality and leadership. It compares Roosevelt and Bryan as faces shaping party coalitions, noting platforms are often ignored after elections. It contends Democratic platform makers should focus on a strong nominee rather than verbose platform promises.
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Bryan
Beveridge
Orbi
Jeckson
Clay
Grant
Bianie
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Crumvacker
Kelter
Curbelty
Ryan
Bryan’y Apeeches
Eryan
Bla
Mende
New Light Aids Ocultists Mary Cable to the New York Tines
A new contrivance, likely to be of great service, reports from the Academy of Science. Dr Fartin Kaedle describes using a mercury vapor lamp and blue filters to project a magnified retinal image through a screen. The technique reveals capillary veins two thousandths of a millimeter wide pulsating with each heartbeat and may allow counting blood globules.
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Mary Cable
New York
Academy of Science
Fartin Kaedle
To Tombstone Prize Draw At Schon Mell’s Hotel
A Bronx event offers a free engraved tombstone to the winner of a drawing at Schon Mell’s Hotel. Names, birth and death dates would be inscribed, with most tickets already sold though superstition favors the winner being first to need the stone. Drawing set for Saturday night.
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Teddy” Schoeppler
Bronx
Lettuce Grows Fast for Dinner Table Demonstration
A narrator describes growing lettuce in minutes from soaking leaves in alcohol to planting in loam and water. Within twenty minutes shoots emerge and grow to half a dozen inches in an hour, then can be picked for a fresh fairy salad. An evening party centerpiece shows lettuce blooming at the table as guests prepare the salad course.
Taft as Judge: Courage, Apology, and Integrity in Ohio
A fragmentary reminiscence portrays Judge Taft in Ohio as fearless and fair, correcting errors after reconsideration and even apologizing to a mayor. It recounts Hartwell disputes with a railroad, Taft’s make‑good stance in pension fraud, and his disdain for meddling and improper influence in court.
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Joe
Als
Tad
Fearlees
Ohio
Hartwell
Ismilton County
Tate
Mfiyor
Taft
Hoe
Was Ramesses I a Fraud and the Myth of Greatness
An excerpt questions Ramesses I’s legacy, arguing temples and monuments predated him by about a millennium. It contends the king sought immortality through widespread inscriptions, inflating his stature, while explorers now deem him overrated and vain despite a sixty-year reign.
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Rameses 1
New York
Rameses
Hstozens
Navilly
Egypt
Sy ‘Phs Mora Wa
New Imperial Union Railroad Station Feature for President
Weiser's Week reports a planned Washington Union Railroad Station entrance and reception suite for the President of the United States. A marble archway marks the approach to a vestibule of noble proportions and a private President's Room richly furnished with oriental rug, gold ceilings, blue silk walls, and mahogany furniture. All luxury will be paid by the railroad companies, not the President.
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Weiser
Union Railroad
Washington
Kaiser Rights on Corfu Villa Achilles in Debate
A long note discusses Imperial extraterritorial rights at the Villa Achilleion on Corfu. It asserts the Kaiser’s sovereignty over the estate and residents, explains diplomatic immunity, and rebuts claims of any loan or transfer of authority. It also covers royal household roles like grooms in waiting and historical anecdotes about Archibald Edmonstone and related nobility.
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Wiliam
Gresca
Acailieton
Corfu
Austria
Wile
Empreen
Ehest
Archduchess
Gisela
Athens
Cretandera
Achillelon
Archibald Edmonstone
Om Ara
Ehmtoheriasn
Wajting
Walting
Archibald
Aodfrey Clerk
Lord Warwick
Sidney Greville
Alexander Condi Stephen
Minster
Henry Stoner
Alexander Yorke
Loam Fuberton
Croome
Uebers
Edward IV
Cardinal Wolsey
Henry
Protate'x
Lord Wolsey
Walsh
Northumberlang
Archbald Edmonstone
Scotland
Venna
Willam Edmonstone
Matilda
Robert Hi
Sir Willan
Flodden
Duntreath Castle
Stirling
Tweed
Demb
Puma
Glamis
Clarale Castle
Btrathmore
Edmond
Gir James
Wig
Wau Hing
Deva
Buchanan
Auchitard
Zamonsteng
Ida
Forbes
Mme
de Falbe
Alexandre
Harberal Neaacna
Newport
New York
Jo Si
Eloctet
George
Keppel
George Kap-per
Thomas Epopgel
Archinald
Effect of Whistle on Rattleangkea Rattlesnake
John T. Snelton of Petersburg Tennessee recounts that whistling at a rattlesnake calms it and removes its fighting instinct. He claims the reptile becomes helpless, will not strike, and that the whistle saved his life on a past occasion.
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John T. Snelton
Petersburg
Reflections of a Bachelor in a Haunting Tale
A fragmented reflection on romantic regret and gender dynamics. The speaker recalls a tense exchange that hurt a partner and questions how to express remorse without worsening the hurt. The awkward conversation hints at miscommunication and fragile emotions.
Sumner Wins Alaska Name Choice The Great Land Approved
The article recalls debates over Alaska naming with various proposed labels such as Welrusss Amer Gera Inland and Polario but Sumner’s stance carried the Pan-Insular designation. Capt. Cook’s translation of Al-ay-es-ha as The Great Land is cited as the fitting origin for the vast territory famed for gold and timber.
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Alaska
York
Welrusss
Jean
Gera
Polario
Sumner
Capt
Cook
Great Land
Fragmented Phrases Hint at Confusing Local Scene
The readable text contains garbled phrases about racing, a man’s acquaintorom, and references to water and voters. It seems to describe a chaotic or unclear local event with mentions of Baym, drinks, and bones, but lacks coherent facts or names to confirm a specific story.
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New Jersey
Nine in Language Folklore and Myth Across Ages
A compact survey traces the number nine through myth, medicine, nursery rhymes, and speech. It notes nine rivers of the underworld, nine eyes of the Lambton worm, and phrases like nine lives and nine points of the law, with examples from literature and folk customs.
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Atd
Perth
Elisabeth Ie
Mercutio
Tybalt
Inter
Heywood
Wwe
Shila
The Classical Quartet Performance Report
A Chicago Events Post notes a musical scene where vocalists loudly repeat "O be ye still" in a dramatic classically tinged excerpt. The piece features alto soprano and tenor voices rising in heightened expression amid a crowded piano, culminating in a rousing chorus.
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Chicago
The Human Body Temperature and Evaporation Principles
An article discusses how evaporation cooling governs body temperature, noting perspiration loss affects heat balance, air humidity and wind influence evaporation rates, and dry air increases heat loss. It cites experiments by Henry J Barnes and describes comfort ranges with varying humidity, then mentions a sale of marks in a poet Cutter collection.
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Bowie
Cramer
Red Sea
India
Henry J Barnes
Haston
Bygone Heroes and a Hazy Roman Tale
A fragmentary voice recalls bygone heroes and the founding of Rome with speed and flair. It hints at other names and eras, then shifts to a personal note about a hat being pinned straight on a husband, leaving the scene as a rapid blur of memory.
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Rome
Italy
Teano
Atyles
Tasillon
Atreight
Animals of the Scriptures cited by Bolton in Chicago News Gambier Bolton
Bolton argues in the Chicago News Gambier text that biblical beasts map to real animals: the unicorn to the European wisent and Behemoth to the hippopotamus. The griffin vulture replaces the eagle, the monitor lizard as the chameleon, bonnet monkeys as apes, and the deadly cobra as the death adder.
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Prom
Chicago News
Gambier Bolton
Lisari
Bolton Mainteina
Solo
Ophir
Bolton
Referred to Oyster Bay Letter on Prize for Six Sons
A letter from Rev Yor Son W A Kgppermann of Fillmore asks if a man with six straight sons is entitled to a prize of 1300 a menday. Auditor WA Andrews forwards to Rob ject 8. Potsot, Treasury Interior, who notes Congress did not appropriate such a prize. Secretary Loeb may explain to South Dakota authorities.
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Oyster Bay
W. A. Kgppermann
Fillmore
The
Treasury
WA. Andrews
Potsot
Interior Department
South Dakota
Berson
Loeb
Congress
Polish author Benn Wattman Sees American Society Up Close
Biron Wattman eighty two year old Polish author visits Raleigh hotel and discusses his impressions of the United States. He notes Americans work long hours to build wealth, criticizes overproduction risk, and foresees future trends while planning to report insights to his emperor.
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Japan
Russia
Europe
Peter the Great
Charles XV
Russo
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Vindivostok
Catherine the Great
England
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Port Arthur
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Poland
Honeluntso
New York
Queen Anne
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Pittsburg
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Alberiay
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Hha Ureds
Milltong
Ohio Valley
American Republic
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Far East
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Rusela
Alre
Basland
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Raleigh
Heron
Americn Tor
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Orient
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Chicago
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Warrington
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