Subscription terms of the Washington Post in 1911
The notice outlines subscription rates and payment methods for the Washington Post. Includes carrier and mail options, rates for daily Sunday and weekly copies, advance payment requirements, and acceptable payment forms such as drafts, money orders, and registered letters. Also provides postal details and advertising representative addresses.
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The Wool Bill Veto And Taft’s Tariff Battle
A reader summary of editorials on the wool bill and tariff policy highlights Taft’s veto stance and the politics of protection versus revenue. It discusses the tariff board’s role and Perkins-Littleton proposals, plus senate splits and the push for a constructive business policy to align investors, producers, workers, and carriers.
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McTaft
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Iif
Tariff Board
Meanwile
Magredi
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Dember
Tabi
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W Perkins
Littleton
Perkins
Litteton
Congress of Laws
Deer kill rattlesnakes in Pennsylvanian hemlock belt reported
A New York Sun account recounts Orange County memories of deer hunting rattlesnakes in the hemlock belt. The deer, it says, stalk and strike with forehoof felled snakes, then dismember the carcasses, keeping snake numbers down when deer are plentiful.
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New York Sun
Orange County
al Blacksnake
Hemlock Belt
141-Pound Hand Caught Catfish Stuns Kansans
Grant Constable of Yonkers after a Kansas vacation claims he caught a 141 pound catfish by hand in the Solomon River at Bennington during a drought. He presented a notary public affidavit detailing the solo capture on July 31, describing the fish as it purred when touched and dragged from the pool to shore.
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Grant Constable
Yonkers
Bennington
Solomon River
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Solomon
Solomon Valey
Westchester
Men Who Would Be Kings in New Zealand Times
William Webster an American heir claimant to a kingly title in New Zealand. He seized Maori land around modern Auckland and named himself King of Waiouui before British annexation. After dethronement he sought £500,000 compensation revived recently. Earlier French adventurer De Thierry tried to crown himself King of New Zealand leading 100 followers from Sydney, but lack of funds doomed the scheme.
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Pacific Northwest
Canada
United States
Winnipeg
London Chrono
William Webster
New Zealand
Auckland
Waioui
Webster
de Thierry
Sydney
Heir To Peerage Becomes Editor In Society Journalism
Charles Bateman Hanbury, next heir to the Bateman peerage, begins in society journalism by buying Madame, the London weekly. He already controls the Throne and owns Breceley Hall, Eye Castle, and a museum, with family ties dating to medieval Hanburys. The piece reviews Bateman lineage, historic holdings, and notes others who tried similar society ventures and their mixed success.
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Charles Bateman Hanbury
Lord Bateman
Bateman
Henry Cabot Knapp
New York
James Jeffrey Graham
Madame
Tyre
United Kingdom
Breceley Hall
Attleborough
Norfolkshire
Queen Mary
Queen Alexandra
Eye
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Hye
Hanburys
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Victoria
Batemans
James Bateman
London
South Sea Company
Charles Hanbury Bateman
Earl Desart
King Edward
Vanity Fair
Modern Pharmacy From Life
A college president tells a father about the school's fine pharmacy course. The father says his son aims to become a druggist. The college notes include lectures on soap stamps cigars perfumery soda water candy city directories telephone books and stationery.
Monkey in His Bed at Waldorf Astoria Causes Stir
A white faced monkey named Dinghi, brought to the Waldorf Astoria by two women, caused chaos after it escaped its tether. The animal wandered the basement, then entered guest D. L. Guthrie of Cleveland’s ninth floor room, stealing and wriggling his pajamas before retreating to a closet.
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H L. Stewart
D. L. Guthrie
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Viscount Northland Reports Bolivia Mining Progress
Viscount Northland, heir to the Earl of Ranfurly, arrived aboard the Trent after eight months of gold dredging on Bolivia’s Bani River. He described slow Bolivian progress, subsistence poverty, and harsh travel. He noted Peru’s revolutionary mood and said Bolivian details came from Callao.
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New York Times
Thomas Achter Caulfield Knox
Earl of Ranfurly
Royal Mail
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Panama
England
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Peru
Callao
Coldstream Guarda
Weddings Approved and Wedding Horses On Parade
An old fashioned man seeks wedding horses but is refused as they are reserved for a wedding procession tonight. Lively horses that tolerate rice and shoes are the preferred kind. Also notes Lightning damages Prof Doty’s house in Vineland causing minor loss with quick rescue by a bucket brigade. A Chicago News item jokes about paying cash for a farm and mortgaging the balance.
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Prof. Doty
Rattling near Bald Ho ends in gun and knife struggle
A Marin County man A L Marshall strapped with a deer on his back wrestled a giant rattlesnake near Bald Ho. The 16 rattled snake struck the gun barrel and finally fell to the knife as Marshall fought to free himself and his weapon. Nearby a New York Tribune monkey Brian Boru entertained visitors by chewing tobacco and a spate of zoo antics followed. White Salmon youths flee cattle in a lake incident where a Seattle man loses clothing but pockets stay intact.
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Ross Dispatch
San Francisco Examiner
A. L. Marshall
Marin County
Marshall
Marshal
New York Tribune
Brian Boru
Central Park
Patrick Keenan
Brian
Dispatch
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Wyers Pasture
Columbia
A. H. Johnson
Seattle
Mr. Johnson
Portland
The Belles and the Summer Man
A fragmentary montage from Catholic Standard and Times and other papers appraises the belles in satirical verse and observed scenes. It juxtaposes flirtatious giddiness, social gambits, and moneyed vanity with seaside nights and wedding bells, plus a brief note on Lynn police with wooden clubs and assorted quips from New York press.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Growth and character of Los Angeles city life featured in hotel talks
At the Hotel Raleigh in New York a speaker, William Boone of Los Angeles, extols the city as a garden spot with a thriving, payful culture, bustling business, strong fruit shipping, and a debate on air ownership. He contrasts this with Baltimore baseball prospects and manufacturing emphasis.
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Los Angeles
William Boone
Raleigh
New York City
California
Prosperity in Alaska Conserving Lands Not Worth It
Raymond Gibbs of Beattle Washington critiques Alaskan coal land conservation saying thick veins and high acre prices deter buyers. He notes coast climate, fishing and canneries, diverse population including Russians, Italians, Japanese, and few women in interior regions, with male to female ratios varying greatly.
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Raymond Gibbs
Beatytle, Wash
Ebbitt
West Virginia
United States
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Juneau
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South America
Siberia
Matrimonial Repartee in a Popular Magazine
A young couple argue amid the elevated train noise. She questions why extra money given to wives is called pin money. He replies that the term sticks the husbands, in a sharp exchange that captures domestic humor.
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