Washington Post Subscription Rates and Forest Fire Crisis
An early 1910 notice outlines daily and Sunday newspaper subscription rates by mail, with payment in advance and various term options. The same issue reports urgent calls to the War Department for troops to fight spreading forest fires across Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, noting drought, reinforced rangers, and extensive losses of national reserves while life and property face increasing danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington ‘Post CO
Washington, D
Postoffice
Paul Block
Fifth Avenas
New York
Bleger
Chicago
War Department
Northwest
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Experiment in Art at Columbia Draws Royal College Students
A Columbia summer course hosts an exhibit from Arthur Dow featuring Royal College of Art works. The show highlights a twofold value, showing foreign student achievement and a tradition of beauty, while stressing technical accuracy and open air painting risks. Dow warns against abandoning sketchbooks for painting kits, urging balance between imagination and craft.
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Columbia University
Arthur Dow
London
Royal College of Art
South Kensington
Dow
Milk Prices and Purity Spark Public Demand for Proof
The piece notes that Boston and Philadelphia residents protested high milk prices, with consumer boycotts and dealer concessions. It warns that health officials report strict sanitary enforcement could condemn much milk for human consumption, urging an impartial investigation into contamination risks from farm to consumer.
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Boston
Philadelphia
Neff
Rifk
Bureau of Municipal Research
Rail rate hearings loom large amid railroads shipper clash
The freight rate case tests government restraint as the Interstate Commerce Commission weighs higher rail charges. Railroads claim up to 290 million dollars annually while costs have surged, with labor up and earnings up, and shippers opposing a fair increase amid public interest and political factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Heathens at Home Plea by Rev A B Simpson
The New York pastor appealed to a Ula Orchard ME congregation for funds and volunteers for foreign missions. He warned that ten years ago US Christians were more numerous while 200 million more heathens exist now, suggesting many believers have left the country to distant lands. He urged stopping heathenism at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Simpson
New York
Ula Orchard
Wort
United States
Ching
Fiji Islands
Stage Jew caricature faces protest as limits of reform debated
A St Louis rabbi condemns continued stage Jew caricatures and argues reform is impractical as audiences cling to established stage traditions. He notes Jewish writers and managers shape many productions yet warns the mirror of stage exaggeration remains a magnifying glass.
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St Louis
Venice
Belasco
Zanswill
Gyroscope at Sea Influences Maritime Use and Literature
The article traces the gyroscope from a toy to a practical maritime aid, noting demonstrations for monorail cars and ships. It references Prof. Plaga Smyth’s 1866 telescope stand, cites Captain Marryat and Clark Russell, and comments on how gyro concepts intersect sea romance and poetry.
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Marine Journal
Herbert
Capt. Marryat
Clark Russell
Still Singing at Seventy
Robert Hilton the London Evening Standard bass singer and vicar choral of Westminster Abbey is 70. He has served four decades at the abbey, taking part in historic ceremonies and singing at the graveside of every eminent figure buried there since Sir John Herschel's funeral in 1871.
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London Evening Standard
Robert Hilton
Westminster Abbey
Preston
Salisbury Cathedral
Westminster
Wiliam Machin
Abbey
Hilton
John Herschel
United States to Launch Global Industrial Drive
The United States government plans a sweeping world market campaign led by Secretary of State Knox and a joint State Department and Commerce and Labor effort. A six-member corps of commercial experts will gather data to boost American trade, with projected five year gains toward 1.75 billion dollars and substantial export growth aided by Panama Canal completion and broader foreign demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World
United States
State Department
Department of Commerce and Labor
Europe
State Knox
Taft
Department of State
Drcay
International Commerce
Commerce and Labor Departments
Washington
International Bureau of American Republica
Panama Canal
Thig
Rockefeller Rejects Airships Prefers Earth and Automobile
In Euclid Avenue Baptist Church John D Rockefeller stated he has no plans to invest in airships, liking the earth and his automobile best. He noted aviation is interesting yet too dangerous, and declined a Forest Hill landing station idea after a brief discussion with aviator Frank Goodale.
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New York Tribune
John D. Rockefeller
Euclid Avenue Baptist Church
Frank Goodale
Rockefeller
Forest Hill
Earldom Passes To A Policeman In Complex Succession
Lord Egmont becomes ninth earl after a brother’s death while a former Durban policeman with no children now holds the title. The line of succession traces through octogenarian Spencer Perceval and a rumored Henry Godfrey Perceval, with potential further claims and a history of estate alienation. The piece also notes Cowdray Park’s sale to Bir Weeton Pearson and a curious Borough English tenure law. Additional items cover the Johannisberg vineyards disease and Perceval ancestors’ prominence.
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Lord Egmont
Durban
South Africa
Natal
Port Shepstone
Spencer Arthur Perceval
Arthur
Henry Godfrey Perceval
Ornslia
George C. Tanner
Nepreska
Carda
Egmont
New Zealand
Cowdray Park
Bir Weetman Pearson
Lord Cowdray
England
Louisa King
Sussex
Alfred Brisco
Sir Musgrave Brisco
Earldom of
Lilian King
Hylton Brisco
Sir Musg
Netherlands
Lord Burleigh
Richard Perceval
Perceval
Philip Perceval
James 1
Ireland
John Perceval
Charles II
George IV
Queer Victoria
Earldom of Egmont
Spencer Perceval
Premer
Home in an Ozark Cave with Piano and Library
From the St Louis Post Dispatch, Elder H. Mobley and family live three years in a cliff dwelling south of Prairie Grove Arkansas. A dry, insect free chamber carved from sandstone serves as home with stove piano and books. Storms and pests are absent and light comes through white walls and front windows.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Prairie Grove
Ark
America
Hera Wider
H. Mobley
Boys’ Corn Club
Arkampas
Paris debate on divorce and trial marriage spreads
A New York report contrasts Bourget and Briand on marriage law. Divorces by mutual consent rise in France, especially among workers, while U.S. scholars see divorce as a symptom of marital strain rather than a moral failing. Churches disagree on remedies, but few endorse trial marriages.
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New York
Paul Bourget
Paris
M. Aristide Briand
Bourget
Minister of Justice
France
Mariand
Uait
The Effects of Tobacco in Medical Journal View
The Medical and Surgical Journal finds no definite nose throat or ear lesions from tobacco use. It notes possible indirect nerve effects but lacks solid lab or clinical proof. It warns tobacco smoke can cause gastric and systemic nervous disturbances and than nicotine and carbon monoxide contribute harm.
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Medical and Surgical Journal
Baden-Powell
Said & E Rover
Toronto
General Movement
Boy Scouts
England
Baden- Powell
Parrot with a Missionary Minded Auction Gaffe
In a Punch parody, a pious lady buys a parrot from a bird fancier. The bird’s boastful buyer claims it talks like a missionary, and the vendor sells it for thirty five shillings with the promise of a bargain. The mock tale centers on a parrot’s alleged "You’ll soon know" reply and a humorous miscue about its past.
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Marm
Isself
Odd debut of ducklings by Little Nescopeck Creek
A Jersey City camping group along Little Nescopeck Creek near Centerville, New Jersey, found eleven ducklings swimming in a pond formed by a stream turn. Marion Youngscourt, former commissary of the colony, had placed a dozen eggs in a basket by the stream before leaving for Jersey City. The nearby Centerville Power Company plant released hot water into the stream, warming the current and causing the eggs to hatch. A final check revealed twelve empty shells and a drowned chick. the twelfth egg belonged to a hen.
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New York Press
Eurska Camping Club
Jersey City
Nescopeck Creek
Centerville
N. J
Marion Youngscourt
Youngscourt
Fragmented Ode and Comic Snippet From The Times
A jumble of religious verse on the unknown God and vast cosmic wonders is followed by comic quips about a new machine, an auto car, and a light hearted note about Miss Mary Roberts, ending with a dangerous viper found under a bed and killed by a neighbor.
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Somerset Times
Mary Roberts
Whitewashers and chicken houses in life reflections
From a periodical humor piece a recurring joke about a new resident asking a black carpenter to whitewash a chicken house shows cultural contrast. The excerpt also includes satirical quips from Reflections of a Bachelor about self control and relationships, highlighting prewar humor and social norms.
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Jacob
Alexel
Pointed Paragraphs From Chicago News
A string of terse opinions touches women money and secrecy in a Chicago column. The piece notes harnessmakers and farmers facing pressure, with weather and opportunity shaping behavior. A spinster is cast as refusing chances, reflecting social constraints of the era.
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Chicago News
Dimcult
Visitors at the New Willard discuss Barbara Fritchie tale
Frederick Maryland editor Henry R Evans discusses new light on Barbara Fritchie legend with a Baltimore contact. He cites Confederate testimony about a Union flag waving woman and no shot fired, while other anecdotes recount a different version. The exchange touches on Whittier poetry, Baden-Powell and early monorail claims.
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Henry R Evans
Frederick
Baltimore
New Willard
Barbara Fritchie
Mr Evans
Whittier
Barbas Fritchie
Stonewall Jackson
Thebes
Stonewall Jackson 5
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