Subscription rates and offices for The Washington Post 1908
The notice lists subscription terms for The Washington Post dated Monday August 17, 1908. It details daily and Sunday delivery options, year and month rates, prepaid postage, and payment methods. It also provides several city office addresses in New York Chicago Philadelphia and Hartford with managers listed.
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Washington
Alexandria
Sendas
Arts
Post-Ofice
Washington Post CO
Washington, D
Washington, DC
New York
Flatiron
PAUY
Phicago
Hartford
FALLS
Let The Post Follow You Washingtonians Move And Follow
A public notice urges Washington residents and others leaving the city to have The Post continue delivery to any location. Readers may update addresses as needed and the paper will arrive promptly. Orders may be sent directly by telephone to Main 4205.
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Macon
Washington Post
Washington
Potomac
American Indian art critique and legal reflections mix in the press
A fragmented column laments American art tastes, praising New York over Washington and urging original Dutch American style while critiquing Greece and Rome. It also presents a long legal meditation arguing that circumstantial evidence can mislead but eyewitness testimony is not infallible, noting courts, judges, and ancient statutes.
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Suk Valle
Testivovs
Gog
Maerog
Unwritten Law Case Shocks New York Court Believers
Commentary on evidence reliability and perjury while detailing the Hains brothers Bayide Yacht Club murder plot. It notes courtroom limits, the need to uphold law, and urges punishment for deliberate lawbreaking by two men including a military officer. The piece condemns the act as a stark attack on social order.
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William E.rennis
Peter C Hains
USA
Thornton Hains
Capt Hains
Annis
Thire
Anis
Bayide Yacht Club
Thornton
New York
Invasion fears and race sentiment in wartime era debates
A sweeping collage discusses German invasion fears, royal visits, race tensions, and political bluster. It notes King Edward's visit, warns of Teuton peril, critiques mob violence in Springfield, and cites public debates on education, law enforcement, and campaigns with a mix of opinions and sensational anecdotes.
Pellagra Discovery Linked to Southern Corn Habits
South Carolina alienist Dr Babcock, touring with Senator Timan and staying at the Hotel Albany, asserts pellagra origin in diseased or fermented corn. He cites Italy and Lombardy observations and links late civil war cotton demand to corn imports, urging rigorous corn inspection or a regional barrier while advocating renewed corn cultivation in the South.
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South Carolia
Paris
Cable
New York World
United States
Timan
Albany
Dr Babcock
South Carolina Insane Asylum
Babcock
Georgia
Carolinas
Texas
America
Nellagra
Italy
Pavone
Italian Board of Public Health
Talfay
Lombardy
Babcocks
Thiman
South
Trade Boom Returns to Saint Louis Markets
A rapid recovery in Saint Louis trade is noted with wholesale houses busy and orders rising. Railroads reopen, employments in mechanical and operating departments step up, and agricultural traffic forecasts point to a strong fall season.
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Atx
Shpedt Hardware &c
Man Kept Lodging Room to Die in Philadelphia Tale
In a Baltimore American report Mr T W Jones recalls a single man with a good income who never used his lodging room for years. He kept the apartment to die in a respectable setting, visiting a hotel nightly for wine and delirium tremens until a last attack moved him to a seldom used chamber to breathe his last.
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Baltimore
T W Jones
Philadelphia
Ambulance Driver’s Odd Rescue Of Man Believing Awake
Kirlin of the Good Will Fire Company rushed to aid Isaac Bauerman who could barely walk after flood poisoning fears. The patient sighted the ambulance and instantly recovered enough to reach his door, joking he had mistaken the vehicle for an undertaker wagon and did not want to be buried until dead.
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Chicago
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Kirlin
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Sccarcely
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Blackmall
England
American Bar Association
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Siervier
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Alverstone
Steiner
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Atlantic
Manquise DE Fontenot
Brentwood Company
Cincinnati
Shoreham Midfelds
A Little Case of Telepathy
A telepathy anecdote from the New York Press describes a woman recounting how, during her sister's operation, she waited in the anteroom and, while worrying, suddenly slept in a large arm chair. She asserts her mind shared rest with her sister as the procedure concluded.
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New York
Is This Why Europe Warmer? Astronomer Says Temperature Falls
From recent readings M Ca mille Wiammarion, the French astronomer, reports Europe’s temperatures have cooled. Paris shows 1 degree below normal, with spring showing the largest drop. similar declines observed in England Belgium Spain Italy Austria and Germany.
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Europe
M Camille Wiammarion
France
Paris
England
Belgium
Spain
Italy
Austria
Germany
Foreign Money Aids Pretender and Moorish Crisis
An article discusses alleged Anglo American financing aiding Muley Hafid the Moorish pretender, detailing European competition, potential gains from mines and oil, and Hafid’s growing control of Morocco. It notes Ashmead Bartlett connections, and broader geopolitical shifts affecting recognition as de facto sultan.
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Europe
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Standard On Company
London
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Advicga
A‘shméad-Bartlett
Igie Sig Ellis Ashméad- Bartlett
M Bartlett
Coutta
Morocco
Jangier
Young
Ashmead Bartlett
Brooklyn
Amenca
United States
Tale of Ghosts and Gold near Tomstown
Report recalls a legend of Hoke burying 8200 of 9000 dollars at Good's mill near Midvale and 300 near Tomstown. Waynesboro men searched Tomstown garden for five hours, fled after hearing phantom noises. an elderly resident near Monts store claims a ghost haunts her garden seeking buried treasure. The tale links the specter to Hoke's hidden gold and the Midvale site.
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Hoke
Good's Mill
Midvate
Edgemont
Tomstown
Midvale
Monts Store
SOME HISTORIC GIANTS OG GOG AND MAGOG IN LEGENDS
A compact survey traces giants in myth and history from Og king of Bashan and his cubit bedstead to Gog and Magog in the Bible and Koran. It notes wooden figures at London Guildhall, Caxton’s tale, and Brute bringing giants to Britain. It lists tall individuals and tallest races, including Topinard, Winkelmaier, Charles Byrne, and Scots of Galloway, with heights from around seven to eight feet.
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Harpers Weekly
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Asa
London
Tinlander
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Charles ;Byrne
Galloway
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Waist Line as Barometer of Public Welfare
A Boston clothier producing 740000 cheap suits yearly notes a shift in waist size demand from 33 to 35 38 inches over ten years, reflecting improved living standards in the West and South and signaling broader economic progress.
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Providence
Boston
Fat in Hospital Plaster Casts Surprising Growth Pattern
Report notes some patients gain significant weight and tissue growth while confined in plaster casts during hospital treatment. Doctors caution the phenomenon is not universal but observed in various cases, with pressure and swelling sometimes causing renewed casting or adjustments for comfort.
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New York
Des Moines Pioneer Uncle Joe Reynolds Dies Poor Yet Generous
Joseph Reynolds known as Uncle Joe, longtime Des Moines charitable figure, died at his Indianola road home. He fed hundreds, ran a small East Walnut Street restaurant with strict religious rules, and funded free Christmas dinners for the poor. Once a race track cagey bettor, his conversion to Christianity redirected earnings to charitable works, ending in years of poverty despite widespread aid.
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Des Moines Register
Joseph Reynolds
Des Moines
Indianola Road
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Joe’ Reynolds
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Cnele
The Cowboy's Lament From Levis Post Dispatch
A rustic Texas roundup tale contrasts the old cow pony with machines. It recalls the stubborn pony that carried dust and fatigue, while modern engines soar in ambition and fame, yet risk wreck and peril as a rising era of quick methods unfolds.
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Levis Post Dispatch
Texas
Chiggers Found on a Fly in Oakland Street Scene
Oakland businessman L Lamb displayed a fly with four live chiggers feeding on its body. One chigger attempted to bury itself in a glass as he examined the creature under magnification, revealing surprising feeding activity.
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Evans
Lamb
Reflections of a Bachelor from Chicago News
A series of pointed paragraphs satirically railing at flirtations and social gambits. It mocks pretentious lovers and confidence schemes, noting sharp witticisms about honesty, charm, and ambition in flirting, money, and gender expectations.
Marvelous Marshfield Discovery Delights Millington Farmer
Charles Codding reports a cow at Millington that produced a rare milk and strawberry flavored cream after a day of grazing. The farmer, upset at first by the cow’s daring feast, warms to the joke as the dairy yields a novel taste noticed by neighbors and visitors.
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Charles Codding
Millington
New York
Tor
Visions of Ohio election clash between Harris and Taft
In Ohio the 1908 race splits insiders over liquor politics and party loyalties. Edward Wust believes Taft wins the state, Harris has strength among temperance voters, and rural areas may decide. Wust notes Taft’s broad popularity and predicts Harris’ defeat while endorsing the Republican slate. The piece also covers support for pure food laws and a proposed uniform state law to curb adulterated foods, with leaders from New York Pennsylvania Kentucky Michigan and Washington planning a draft bill and statewide campaigns.
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Buckeye
Edward Wust
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Taft
Wust
Willard
Gov Harms
Wuer
Harria
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Judes Harmon
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Wale
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Doraker
Mackinac Island
R W Allen
Association of Kantucky
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Oat
Lew Willard
Roosevelt
Tus
Buttle Wackinacon
Fort
Congress
Pearson
New York
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Pennsylvania
E F Ladd
Kentucky
M A Scovell
A . Bhrd
Michigan
W D Bigelow
Washington
Town Where Nobody Dies Carver Rising Town Tale
Dispatch from Philadelphia Record notes Carver Massachusetts earned a grim nickname as an undertakers’ town due to an extraordinary health streak with no deaths in the last six months. The piece contrasts a once normal death rate with a vanished roster of local undertakers and physicians, now replaced by farming in town.
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Undertakers
Massachusetts
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