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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1916
Page
11
The fragment lists daily Sunday and weekly rates for a Washington edition near Fourteenth Street with month and week figures for different publishing options. It reads as a price schedule and is limited in readable details, mentioning a Penneylvania Avenue area and assorted subscription terms.
The Washington Post urges readers in and beyond the capital to keep fully informed by mailing changes of address so the paper arrives promptly. Bend orders to POST Phone Main 420. Provide old and new addresses and how long to mail. Subscriptions paid in advance to the Post Company.
The article urges passage of an amended Sherman law to permit cooperation among American manufacturers in the export trade. It notes recommendations by the Federal Trade Commission and Foreign Trade Council, and argues for precise wording to exclude domestic restraint and allow partnerships and small entities to form for export efforts. It calls for a bold, clear bill to close loopholes and pass this session.
National issue for next sessions is universal military training distinct from compulsory service. Plattsburg camps show many ready to commit time to training. Chamber of Commerce backs defense bills and urges focus on universal training as the next major national problem for citizens and lawmakers.
The article argues for free discussion of universal training as a republican ideal. It asserts compulsory military service in peace is unacceptable, while universal training could raise youth physical and mental standards, instill discipline, and benefit education, even if final decision remains pending public debate.
The speech by Mr Hughes accepting the Republican nomination is analyzed as a fundamental statement of the party’s claim and a strong arraignment of the Democratic administration. It centers on Mexico and neutral rights, criticizes foreign policy, and argues for tariff protection and defense preparedness amid a debate over future prosperity.
On Sunday evening a brilliant Washington sunset divided two groups. One enjoyed it in personal ways from exquisite to quiet appreciation, while the other questioned and debated its meaning. The scene echoed Miss Rosa Dartle’s curiosity from Dickens as a witty bridge to Missouri curiosity.
Fragmented essay voice notes ridicule of nebular hypothesis and Sunset theorists. It mocks Twain style explanations for the milky way and lightening bugs petrified in transit. It reflects on energy conservation, public feuds over scientific theories, and a college chorus shrug of meaning.
Secretary McAdoo told the National Education Association that U S schools neglect teaching Latin American history and geography. He warned ignorance weakens US public opinion and relations with South and Central America and urged broader American history including Latin America for future trade and diplomacy benefits.
Lord Castletown heads a five member royal Irish commission serving Dublin as the viceroyalty remains vacant. The group includes Sir Edward Harrel and Lord Chiet Justice Cherry, with Judges O Wilie and Pim. Castletown, famed for sport and forestry, holds 30 000 acres, Irish University chancellor, and a Patrick knighthood.
New York Herald notes a shift from Teddy bears to toy motor car monkeys as summer fashion on Atlantic City Boardwalk. Monkeys accompany the season’s bathing attire in afternoon parades, delighting the female crowd and appearing in cabarets.
National Geographic describes rural Peruvian Indians who still perform Incas pay, with burnt drug offerings and aromatic plants, burying small images in fields to safeguard crops and herds. Stone carvings called mulio or piedrag de Charasan stay sold in La Paz markets.
Senator Walsh urged a constitutional amendment barring federal judges from elective office and attacked former Justice Hughes. Townsend defended Hughes nomination amid a national emergency claim. Julia Mary Croas of Douglas Wyoming nominated receiver of public moneys. Vocational education bill passed. Naval committee heard officers on amendments to naval bill. House military committees reported a $500000 relief resolution for Southern flood victims.
Hugh M Smith portrays whaling as a fading cornerstone of American fisheries from the revolutionary era through 75 years after. He notes hundreds of vessels, peak profits in 1837 and 1846, then a long decline as sperm and other whales grew scarce. The article warns the whale fishery has declined to under 2 percent of total American fisheries and faces commercial and biological extinction.
The Obin State Journal comments on improper elision of do not in singular subjects. It laments readers and even actors saying she dont love me and argues the correct forms are does not or doesnt, stressing proper grammar and the ease of correctness.
The speaker recalls bacon for breakfast in a forest camp near Chesanneakesturing, dreaming of open air life with shirt-sleeve men. He longs for a tent, pine needle bedding, trout, and pine forests away from city life, celebrating the free camp existence along Calvert cliffs and Chesapeake breeze.
From the Rt Louis Globe Democrat a discussion notes that abroad girls are chaperoned and rarely marry, with Harrison Flaher remarking on old maid sayings to a seaside girl and a joking exchange about engagements and propriety between Nelle and others.
A discussion of the phrase attributed to Napoleon and echoed by others, tracing its origins through Walter Scott, Bernard Barere, and references in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations. It notes claims of a Philadelphia speech by Samuel Adams and clarifies the stamped origins as possibly spurious.
Richard Wasbhuen Child recalls a train journey to the front near Petrograd, meeting a young married couple and a sympathetic artillery officer. A soldier’s farewell to a beloved partner is described in a reflective, wartime vignette about love, duty, and the bonds of the “better half” of Russia.
Dr Berle, a national educator in Cambridge, Mississippi, uses Betts Schafer and Jane Fanpbell to demonstrate Latin teaching. After seven days, both girls translate a nine word Latin phrase with no vocabulary errors, illustrating fast learning by linking English derivatives to Latin roots.
In a Youngstown Telegram child Laura peers into an opened can, pondering with a pudgy finger how the middle sardine might struggle to turn over, a whimsical moment told in a gentle family vignette.
A fragmentary note expresses a married man’s coldly gleeful account after his wife leaves. He claims freedom from chores, firing servants, and eating wherever, while the house lies in disarray and he hints at returning once he pleases.
A Washington interview with Judge Henry D. Clayton discusses Panama Canal Zone wonders and local industry. He highlights cocoa nut yields in Panama and the Taboga island's pineapples, papayas, and pepsin-like medicinal fruit, noting climate heat and ties to U S and Ohio figures.
A humorous excerpt from a Cleveland Plain Dealer column portrays a husband trying to conceal a bad mood while his wife playfully critiques his walk. She jokes that perhaps it was rye, prompting a lighthearted exchange about the sharpness of wit and mood.
The Detroit Free Press notes that Aguesa Perkina embodies the ordinary wife, sharing common troubles with all partners. The piece reflects on domestic strains and social expectations of wives during the period.
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