Washington Post subscription terms and offices in 1908
The notice outlines subscription options for daily and Sunday delivery from The Washington Post Co with prices and payment methods. It lists office locations including New York and Chicago and names Paul Block as manager.
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Washington Post Co
Aewdngton
B.C
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fourteenth Street
New York
Offes
Flatiron Buttarog
Paul Block
Chicago
Unity Buttétey
Let The Post Follow You
Washingtonians leaving the city are urged to keep informed by The Post as it follows them to any part of the country. Address changes may be supplied. the paper will be delivered promptly. Notify the carrier or send the order directly to The Post. Telephone Main 4205.
Biggest Business in the World and Canada’s Monroe Doctrine Debate
The United States stands as the globe’s busiest economy with booming railroads farms and industry, while mentions of Great Lakes shipping expansion and wheat and cotton yields reflect rapid growth. In a separate note Canadian writer Adam Shortt argues Canada must take a role in shaping the Monroe doctrine with accredited Washington representation amid evolving self government.
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United States
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Steel Companion
Great Lakes
Canada
Westminster Magazine
Adam Shortt
America
England
American
Washington
Bezontan
Presi- i
Dent Monroe
Spain
Russia
Great Britain
Shortt
Monroe Doctrine and Hearn in a 1900s debate
Commentary discusses the Monroe doctrine as an American invention and the British and Russian influence on North American policy, then shifts to Lafcadio Hearn’s life in Congo, New Orleans, West Indies, and Japan. It critiques The Times-Democrat and The Sun, notes Hearn’s wanderer nature, and contrasts Republican and Democratic positions on taxation and politics.
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Lafcadio Hearn
Times-Democrat
New York
Gseuseng
Crescent City
Hearn
Cincinnati
New Orleans
West Indies
Japan
Rulers to Meet May Part Friends
A lengthy analysis discusses the upcoming meeting between Kaiser Wilhelm and King Edward at Friedrichshof. It argues personal rivalries have driven English German tensions, hopes the encounter will ease Franco-British strains and restore amicable ties for Europe’s peace. It notes Werner’s Anglophile stance, past courtesies, and suggests a reunion could improve state relations between Germany and Great Britain.
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Edward
England
Queston
United Kingdom
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Hong Kong
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South Africa
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Hurops
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Odde
King Howard
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Potsdam
Windsor
London
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Presa
Europe
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Marienbad
Francis
Joseph
Ische
Frankfort
William
Hamburg
Great Britain
Friedrichghof
Frederick
Kalger
Slater
St. James
Margaret
Frederick ‘Charley
Hesse
Thlere
Hot Weather and Its Joys in Brooklyn Citizen
W G Howe in Brooklyn Citizen notes heat sparks grousing yet offers cheerful remedies. Folk adopt cool clothing and mental pictures of frost to endure heat. A Wisconsin postmaster displays a large sign affirming hot days while Narragansett Pier visitors await a serpentine sight. Vacation days lure people to woods, streams, and lakes with bird calls, insects, and cool waters to counter discomforts of summer heat.
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Brooklyn
Wttle
Arctic
Ralyse
Narragansett Pier
Aea
Adventurous Holidays and Quirky Observations
A composite humorous review notes dangerous coast adventures and spirited quotes from readers. It references Randcliffe on Sea adventures with leaky boats and storms, a letter recounting a wood day with injuries, charms and talismans, and light comic exchanges about language and smoking myths, all from a late 19th to early 20th era humor column.
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Stephen Phillips
Lave District
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Hailed a Drug Store from the Kansas Way Sew
A Kansas item recalls New York congressman "Big Tim" Sullivan and a consti tuent nicknamed "Skinny" who joined the navy. His service is brief, limited to casual trips to Coney Island. While on watch, lights flashed and an officer asked what they saw. The reply: "I think it's in drug store."
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Supreme Court
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Mercer
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Slaher
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von Moltke
Blueber
Monmouth
Orange
Charles Edward
Kansas
Big Tim" Sullivan
Skinny
Navy
Coney Island
Ness
Dilemma Over Presidential Race and Trusts Traced
Read excerpts from various papers mock political stances and business power. The pieces lampoon Roosevelt Bryan and Socialist sympathy while noting trust busting as central to the debate. Humor targets inventors, education, and public discourse with satirical quips about identity and honesty.
Public Perception and Tricks in a Regional Gazette
A compilation of brief, fragmented notices hints at public skepticism toward prestidigitation. Karl Kansse City Peat report mentions estate values while scattered lines reference late Russell Sage, mattress inspection, and a Rochester Post-Express remark about Maxim Gorky speaking with a portable vodka, all in a period voice with unclear connections.
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Althar
Latin Saves Lives In Prescriptions Defends Medical Language
The Literary Digest article argues against abandoning Latin in prescriptions, noting it prevents vast misidentification of drugs. It cautions that English equivalents like redshanks correspond to multiple plants, risking dangerous errors for caretakers and patients.
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Chemical Gazette
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Big Ben Loses A Minute Over Heating Lamps
From the London Daily Chronicle a fault in Big Ben was caused not by weather but by lamp changes in the clock tower. Dent's workers found the mechanism correct after interference, and by 2 pm the clock ran properly again. Big Ben’s huge clock, pendulum and weights are described, with windings reportedly taking five hours by two men.
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London Delly Chronicle
Dent
Greenwich Observatory
Gaudy Clothes Poles and Color Meanings Revealed
In a reflective back yard scene the clothes poles lean toward a common center, painted in red blue white and yellow. The owner explains colors symbolize fed unity sacred ground friendship and magic through the pips of universal peace and Great Spirit.
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New York Press
Amity
Tip
Street Begging Advice From Séalle s Weety
There is no real charity in giving alms to street beggars. Former mayor Laws warns against it, aligning with New York philanthropy schools. Deserving poor are rare. many beggars are professionals seeking daily gain from public credulity. In New York City, refer beggars to police or charity organizations for proper relief.
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Eax
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Charity Organization Society
Seattle Exposition Talk Highlights Pacific Northwest Beauty
W M Rice of Seattle extolled the region from his Riggs Hotel address, praising Seattle’s climate and growth, the Olympia foothills, and the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition plans. George Bowsky of Brookhaven praised Mississippi crops and wages, endorsing Williams for Senate over Money’s seat in the primaries.
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The Tesserarian Art and Quirky Dialogues Across Papers
A collection of humorous clippings shows The Tesserarian Art on a New York rail journey with a Yale Harvard exchange. Chicago and Chicago Tribune items include a ribbon price quip and a puzzled reaction to a prizefighter left hook, reflecting playful language and social scenes.
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Hea
Garatoga
Tanfield
Yale
M.A. Dick
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M. A
No Dullness Here In Philadelphia Whimsy
From the Philadelphia press a vignette shows Willie asking what a coma state is and his father explaining there is none at present, noting a hunting and prosperous Union. The dialogue captures humor and rural speech in a playful exchange.
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Wille
Willie
Mental Trouble From Detroit Press Fragments
A collage of quips from various papers jokes about Billy Bronn in hospital, Streetcaritis sparked by franchise math, and dismissive notes on Russia sympathy. Includes satirical lines about actresses, the Thaw case, and an old fashioned hair cutting woman, reflecting early 20th century newspaper flavor.
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Billy Bronn
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