Washington Post Subscription Rates and Offices 1904
Publication details list delivery options for Washington and Alexandria with weekly and monthly rates for Daily and Sunday editions. It notes mail prepaid, accepted payment methods, and remittance instructions. Regional offices in New York and Chicago are listed with manager names. Date: Friday, August 12, 1904.
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Vanderbult
Paul
FLOCK
Chicago Omics
Unity
Paul Block
Let The Post Follow You For Summer Readers
Washington readers away for the summer are urged to have The Post follow by mail. This ensures news from home and world coverage. Change of address should include both old and new locations and can be made as often as desired.
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Washington Post Co
Washington, DD. c
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Esopus
Morton
Oklahoma
Society For the Prevention of Children
Shaw
Abdul Namid
New York
Potter
Sultan
A Coming Party Sees Radical Coalition Threatening Major Parties
Judge Parker’s acceptance speech warns a new large radical party may form from minor parties and extremists of both major parties. The article traces the Whig demise and notes growing radical vote inside and outside the two main parties, predicting a future conservative coalition to resist radicalism.
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Judge Parker
Hayes
Nid
Whig Party
South
Hfe
Judge Key
Tennessee
Webster
Clay
Franklin Pierce
Scott
The Post's Position on Disfranchisement Debated
A reader questions The Post about Southern disfranchisement and its impact on fourteenth and fifteenth amendments. The reply argues public opinion shapes enforcement, cites Massachusetts voting limits, and notes Mississippi's adaptation upheld by the Supreme Court.
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Post
New England
Congress
The
Massachusetts
Mississippi
South Carolina
Bay State
United States Supreme Court
Ihnistrates
Congressional Directory
John Sharp Willams
Court of Last Resort
Why the Lincoln idea on voting limits divides the nation
The article argues over election fairness and representation, challenging the claim that restricting votes harms or helps the nation. It questions past leaders McKinley and Roosevelt on keeping issues quiet, and notes The Post did not endorse Parker or Roosevelt but highlighted a strategic stir among Republicans about voting and party rebuke.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Judge Parker
Senate
the Post
Roosevelt
Post
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Keeping the Pot Boiling in Mrs Craigie's Busy Year
The article notes Mrs Craigie pen name John Oliver Hobbes is very busy and writing three novels at once with all three due in 1905. It compares her method with Dumas's staff system and laments today’s fiction overproduction and loss of heartfelt storytelling. It argues readers should avoid books until at least two years old and critiques modern literature's focus on style over substance.
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Alexander Dumas Pere
Carlyle
Charles Dickens
Tickens
Parker and the party organs in uproar over second term
The article reviews Republican press framing around Judge Parker and his supposed motives for a possible reelection. It mocks speculation on Parker not wanting a second term while predicting secret ambitions. It notes broad, sensational campaign chatter and broader political theater.
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Judge Parker
Parker
A Recruit for Mr Roosevelt Adaptation of The Sun’s Change
The New York Sun, after years of ridicule, now backs Roosevelt and Fairbanks. The piece notes the Sun’s shift from denouncing Roosevelt to endorsing his candidacy, urging voters to support the conservative ticket over Parker and Davis. It stresses the Sun’s paradoxical reversal and questions whether Roosevelt will welcome the Sun’s new stance.
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Sun
Grant
Cleveland
Henry Ward Geecher
John A. Logan
Party of Conservatism
Hun
St. Louis
Esopus
Fairbanks
Parker
Davis
Old world ties and titles weave through Coote and Sandys plans
The article traces Irish and English aristocracy linking Lieut Bernard Coote and Eugenia Hutchinson through marriage, notes on Sir Charles Coote as New York governor, the Bellamont baronetcy, and the Coote lineage. It details Sir Algernon Coote, his offices, and family titles, plus the Sandys earldom, Lord Sandys’ stock exchange ties, and royal funds from the Duchy of Lancaster and Cornwall.
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United States
Ireland
Bernard'Coote
R. N
Algernon Coote
Eugenia Hutchinson
F. Z. Hutchinson
Boston
Mass
New York
Sir Charles Coote
Earl of
the Coote
Labourchere
St Charles
Sir Charles
Bellamont
Coote
Ballyfin
Algernon
James
O'Neile
Earl of Tyrone
Mountrath
Castle Coote
Oxford University
Treeland
Ballytin Mountrath
Queens County
Atlantic
Lord Sandys
Edmund Sandys
Sandys
England
Jermyn Street
St. James
London
Channel Islands
London Stock Exchange
Algy Bourke
Lord Mayo
Harry Milner
Duchess of Montrose
Countess of
Durham
Lady Gerard
West Tna
Boudairs
Temple Bar
Mike Sandys
Stock Exchange
The
Lord Hardwicke
India
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Marienbad
Duke of Lancaster
Duchy of
Jancaster
County of Lancaster
Duchy of Lancaster
House of Lancaster
Richard II
Henry IV
Henry VI
Edward II
T Lancaster
Duchy of Cornwall
Prince of Wales
Arthur
Duke of
Women and Hats Look Beneath Fashion Trends
A Hartford era column muses on hatless fashion and millinery, arguing modern women push for simpler head dressing while fashion critics overemphasize trends. The piece, attributed to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, satirically contrasts hat culture with enduring beauty and hints at social expectations.
Keep Your Head Dont Drown
A Chicago Journal piece argues that floating with legs kicking and arms submerged can prevent drowning during long immersions, while panicked thrashing leads to fatalities. It notes rescuers and fatigue influence outcomes, emphasizing calm self-possession over action.
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The
Chicago Journal
Modern Ways and Misprints Across City Papers
A collage of brief comic exchanges from Chicago and Detroit papers includes a clerk negotiating extra vacation time, a patient pleading insomnia, and a Toledo notice about Korea’s modernization. A fatal incident is noted as a native is killed by an American trolley car, reflecting urban hazards and news tone.
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Toledo Blade
Korea
Odd Aphorisms on Life and Work in Philadelphia
A jumble of satirical musings on money crime music ethics and social mores. Quips touch on wages debt crime aging parents and professional vanity with a playful if curious cadence. The piece riffs on everyday vices and virtues through humorous aphorisms and wordplay.
Trusts Eating Each Other
Detroit Tribune editorial warns that feuding industrial barons threaten the public as railroads clash with steel and sugar trusts. It argues monopolies crush producers through rebates, notes Standard Oil influence, and predicts trust wars could push power toward state centralization.
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Detroit Tribune
Russia
Germany
Sugar Trust
Judge Parker Acceptance Draws Mixed Early Reactions
Commentary from major papers on Judge Parker's acceptance speech highlights praise for honesty and constitutional aims while noting critics' concerns over policy emphasis and potential shifts from Rooseveltian imperatives. Newspapers debate Parker's stance on conservatism versus radicalism and his rejection of a second term.
Americans Meet In Hotels Amid War Era Reflections
In Raleigh hotel lobbies travelers from San Francisco to Texas share views on the Russian war, Japan’s early successes, and travel tales. McAlpine recalls passport hassles near Russia. Smith praises Mexico’s hospitality and flowers. Major Wyse critiques Bermuda climate. Hoyt outlines a Knight Templars encampment route. Ontario commissioners tour U.S. rail taxation systems concluding with the Interstate Commerce Commission meeting.
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Enire
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Excellent Advices Mot to From the Clevelain Leaser Says
The Boston Globe quotes a thought on a young husband praising his wife’s first cake. It argues the husband should try to eat it unless his health is delicate. It notes eating the first cake may prevent him from enjoying a second, urging cautious, reflective marriage advice.
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Globe
Irreconcilable in Detroit Preerrers dialogue scene
Molly questions George's arrogance when they meet and urges reconciliation. Polly cannot recall what offense she holds, insisting she would need an explanation to justify any grievance.
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Molly
George
Polly
Pointed Paragraphs from the Chicago News
A snippet of satire and opinions on social behavior and gender roles. The piece satirically notes a short man’s dignity, a quarrel settled without interference, and remarks on wealth, marriage, looks, and self-promotion. It critiques political fence-sitting and the need to discuss oneself when others seek their own topics.
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