Washington Post Subscription Rates From 1908 Advertised
In a 1908 Washington Post page a long ad lists subscription terms including daily and Sunday options, with prices per month and per year. It explains payment by drafts, money orders, or registered mail to THE WASHINGTON POST CO. It notes mailing details and publication context for readers in Washington, DC.
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Cartier
Washington
Alexandrix
Daly
Washington Post CO
Washington, DC
Dhe Post Afflon
Weabington
PATIL
Feth Avenue
New York
Martoré
Deaths by Drowning Warn Children to Learn Swimming
Article from the New York World discusses rising drowning deaths across the United States, noting 21 in May and 117 in June with July expected higher. It blames faulty supervision, urges universal swimming education in schools, and highlights risks for sailors, cadets, and non-swimmers while praising skilled swimmers and cautious water practices.
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New York World
United States
Menere
Amy
Navy
Tau
Giria
Woodland Lake
Sea Gate
Not What He Expected from The Bite
A Yorkshire village doctor abandons his house and is replaced by a veterinary surgeon. At dawn a farmer summons the vet to a distant farm on a bleak morning. The farmer says the patient is old and hardly hopeful, and the vet discovers the misunderstanding about a prior tenant who is sought.
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Yorkshire
Work Day on a Mississippi Plantation in the Memphis Commercial
A memoirish slice shows life on a Mississippi plantation with plantation routine at dawn and meals. Mammy oversees coffee and kitchen tasks while field hands begin work before dawn. A bustling day includes visits from town guests, house entertaining, hog killings, and holiday dinners amid Southern fare.
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Commercias
Amy
Mammy
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Crevie
Felds
Gill Lesa
Taxation Debate States Whisky Spending Versus Education
Wathan Shaeffer, Pennsylvania state superintendent, argues in a National Education Association discussion that no community in the United States spends more on whisky than on education. He cites the 1907 US Commissioner of Education report noting there are only about twice as many teachers as bartenders nationwide.
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United States
Rays Wathan Shaeffer
Fennsylvania
National Educational Association
United States Commissioner of Education
Albert C Neuman
Riggs House
Treasury
Washi
Ayers
Hara Earned From Yonkers Bateman Reminiscence
A fragmentary reminiscence notes an exchange about the first dollar earned. The lines reference Yonkers and Bateman with unsure dialogue about earnings and memory. The text is incomplete but evokes a bygone workplace or mentorship moment.
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Yonkers Bateman
Sam
Tariff Debate Abroad and Home Boosts U S Trade Policy
English view of Tarife notes mixed reactions to President Taft influence on party leaders and tariff measures. Editors debate effects on British, French, and German industry, with praise for stabilizing schedules and anticipation of revived American prosperity through collaborative leadership and conciliatory policy.
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New York
Heopomist
Mmost Complatent Free Trade Journal
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Senate
England
Taft
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Heir to a throne loses his rights in grand duchy
Prince Hermann of Saxe Weimar has been disinherited as heir presumptive. His younger brother Prince Albert is a captain in the Kaiser's Second Cuirassiers and may become head of the house. The grand duke reportedly plans to exclude Hermann from succession in favor of Albert, with Hermann reduced to ordinary noble status as Count Osthelm.
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Austria Hungary
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New York
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Ozcar
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Railroad War in West Seethes Over Big Pacific Roads
Spokane dispatch reports a heated railroading contest among Northern Pacific Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound Harriman system and North Coast in Washington Idaho Oregon Montana and North Dakota. Contracts nearing 45 million with more than 50 million expected. lines into Central Oregon northern Idaho and eastern Washington spark key battles. Spokane water terminal plans and 2 million already spent fuel the dispute as North Coast seeks Spokane terminal access.
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Tork Wort Railrogg
Northern Pacific
Chicago
Miwapkee
Puget Sound
Harriman System
Snd
North Coast Company
Robert B. Strahorn
Spokans
Washington
Idaho
Gregon
Montana
North Dakota
Harriman
Milwaukee
North Coast
Yakima
Walla Walla
Wash
Pittsburg
Gilmour Valley
Milwaukee Road
Oregon
Kiaho
Harriman Terrtory
Spokane
Langs Hunt for Okapi in Congo Free State
New York Times reports Merbert Lang of the Museum of Natural History, with James Chapin, arrives in the Congo Free State to seek rare fauna. Lang notes scarcity of birds and mammals near Boma and Matadi, with only occasional chimpanzees and gorillas in the Mayombe and French Congo zones.
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Congo River
New York Times
Merbert Lang
Museum of Natural History
Africa
Congo Free Stars
Boma
Matadi
Messrs Lang Ang Chapin
Finds From Ancient Egypt At King’s College Exhibit
Exhibition displays a 7900 year old bowl showing four hippos around the rim, beads, gold and amber pieces, and a carved game board with eighteen squares and twelve pieces. Predynastic grave goods include stone implements, a copper harpoon, and a hunter’s grave with a horse jaw showing wear. A blond-haired skull suggests hair remains.
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Longon Chronicle
Deypt Exploration Fund
King's College
Strand
Rbydos
Ayrton
Ang L
Draugais
Balance of Trade Puzzle Roots and Foresight
From the New York Evening Feet the piece notes a collapse in the merchandise trade balance. Exports fell while imports hit record highs, mainly due to grain shortages and tariff expectations. It considers potential effects on foreign credit, euro capital, and the risk of a sudden shift in foreign exchange if the balance weakens further.
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New York
Senate
Siies
Europe
The Song of the Shave Deluded Barber Scene
A lurid verse depicts a barber attacking a customer with a deadly razor as the struggle grows brutal. The graphic poem blends theatrical rhyme with vivid, unsettling imagery of pain, fear, and suffering, illustrating a macabre confrontation set in a chaotic urban frame.
New Compass for Warships From the London Stage
A German government adoption introduces a new ship compass instrument using a telecine driven gyrosome wheel spinning 100 revolutions per minute. The device aligns with the mathematical meridian, remains unaffected by iron, steel, or ship motion, and signals behavior via a camp des quard indicator.
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London
Anschetz
Helder
Omaniams
Aged 102 man seeks fifteenth wife in New York rumor
A 102 year old man named James Nicholas Van a Mount Hone figure in the neighborhood appeared in the street Saturday wearing a white weaver hat and winter duck clothes. He claims to have had fourteen wives all white women who have died. He says he is seeking a fifteenth wife and remains active.
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Ty 4
Dispatch
New York
Jamey
Nicholas
Mount Hone
Tan
Reflections of a Bachelor in The New Yaris Press
Fragmented OCR notes discuss alliances among women and men, trust, heartache, prudence, and money. It comments on popularity, loyalty, and the difficulty of keeping wealth after earning it, noting a woman can endure loss if neighbors lack similar goods.
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Yaris
Chicago
Age of 45-Year-Old Horse at Apollo Farm Chronicle
An extraordinary horse owned by Col Heath at Colonel 5 Farm Apollo Victoria has died. Heath claims the diary confirms the animal’s age, noting 45 years and several months. The horse served as a charger, ridden by the colonel in the South and twice carried him 160 miles from Melbourne to Shepparton in two days. Sired by King Alfred, its dam was an Australian Amib-bred mare.
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United States
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Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Gladstone
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Corigie
Arthur
Tennyson
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Lockuley Hall
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Trinity Colles Cambridge
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Cambridge
Big Brother
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Sales
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Quarterly Review
England
America
Thi Elde
Atlantic
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Wordsworth
Tenpyaon
Milly Sellwood
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Isle of Wisht
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Becket
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Victoria
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Kng Alfred Stamother
Has Little Joke from Chicago Daily News cartoon caption
A humorous exchange from the Chicago Daily News features Perey and Algernon debating who won a playful contest. Perey cites a draw, while the other jokes about not seeing the match clearly, ending in a light, joking tie.
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Chicago Daily News
Perey
Algernon
Dean Boy
Prohibition Push Dominates Alabama Legislature Push
In hotel talks Alabama lawmakers press to curb liquor. A proposed constitutional amendment would ban manufacturing or selling any alcohol. Debate cites temperance groups, liquor interests blame politics. Mentions heat wave and city name spelling dispute in Pittsburgh.
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