Washington Post Offers Various Subscription Plans 1910
The Washington Post announces subscription options by carrier and mail with daily and Sunday editions, weekly rates, and advance payment terms. It lists delivery locations in Washington and Alexandria and notes foreign advertising representation and post office entry details.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
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Washington
Alexandria
Daly
Pady
Pally
Wabghington Port CO
Washington, D. C
Paul Block
Fifth Avenue
New York
Steger Building
Chicago
Law and Liberty At Summer Railroad Lawyers Meet
A summer gathering of Amalgamated Association of Railroad Attorneys discussed enforcing law rather than aiding evasion. The piece ties liberty to law, cites crime costs, and notes progress as lawyers set an example. Washington’s summer appeal and pleasant climate draw Esperantists and visitors alike.
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New England
Aorth
England
Germany
Spain
Italy
Chicago
Paria
London
The Management of Women and The Dickens Testimonial
A Chicago group refuses a women auxiliary charter, arguing women cannot be managed. The piece argues the opposite, citing ancient and literary authorities and asserting women should be loved not governed. It discusses Dickens centennial plans, a penny stamp, and pensions for Dickens descendants amid ongoing popularity of his works.
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England
Charles Dickens
Chapman & Hall
Frederick Macmillan
Macmillan & Co
Companions Amid Doubts on Women's Auxiliary in Chicago
A fragment notes that despite generous support, fierce doubt remains about establishing a women's auxiliary after the Chicago decision. It questions whether a sufficient majority will back the measure and hints at ongoing contention within the movement.
Excluding the Hindus Influx Faces Stricter Immigrant Rules
About 500 Hindus head to San Francisco seeking police positions but face harsher U S immigration limits. Officials warn Congress must pass tighter laws to curb what they call a burden of immigrants. Hindus struggle with assimilation, diet, and housing, often becoming public charges after short stays. Canada’s policy requiring 500 dollars per immigrant is cited as a model.
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San Francisco
United States
Congress
Canada
Keir Hardis
Quitters Who Can't Come Back
A New York life insurer reports about 12 500 suicides in the country last year, down slightly from 1908. The piece argues many chose poison or asphyxiation, avoiding violence, and concludes most are morally cowards who seek the easiest exit.
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Life Insurance
New York
Insurance Journal
Dickens and His Posthumous Testimonial in a Global View
The passage notes Dickens’s wide popularity beyond Britain, with readers in France Germany and Russia. It cites Tolstoy on Christmas Carol found among serfs and multiple translations of Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby. It laments inadequate American royalties and calls Dickens a major creator whose legacy warrants generous posthumous recognition.
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Germany
Russia
Tolster
Cebina
Oliver Twiet
Nicholas Nickleby
United States
R. W. Gilder
Charles Dickens
England
Thomas Hardy
George Meredith
Sam Weller
Mr. Pickwick
Micawber
Paul Dombey
Smike
Little Nell
Pay, Pay, Pay A Pounding Call For Market Reform
A Washington writer laments rising living costs while last spring hogs and bacon sold at higher prices in Kansas City and Washington. He argues price increases defy supply demand due to combinations in restraint of trade, with cold storage and storage hoarding blamed for suppressing supply and inflating prices. He urges acknowledgment of greed and calls for action to curb the practice.
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Washington
Denmark
Pan American Railway Gains Renewed Support at Congress
The Pan American railway route from Mexico City to Buenos Aires gains renewed approval at the Pan American congress in Buenos Aires. Many linking segments totaling over 3000 miles remain to be built, with Andes challenges seen as the main engineering hurdle. Potential lines include Guatemala City, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama to David, and the Guayaquil Quito linkage, connecting to Lima and Valparaiso for a transcontinental path to Buenos Aires.
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United States
Canada
Pan-American Congress
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Chile
Mexico
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Salvador
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Nica- Tagua
Corinto
Granada
Panama
David
Guayaquil
Quito
Ecuador
Lima
Valparaso
Union Station
Rockefeller seeks traffic diversion from Bedford road to Webber avenue
Sleepless nights for John D Rockefeller and family at Pocantico Hills drive his appeal to the Tarrytown village board to reroute Bedford road traffic onto Webber avenue. He hints at a private driveway plan while villagers protest loss of a main north through road and merchants fear delivery disruption.
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John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Oil King
Village Board of
Tarrytown
Bedford Road
Webber Avenue
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Mr. Rockefeller
Broadway
Porantico Hills
Hast View
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Uses for the sunflower oil from seeds and stalks
The Sunflower yields oil comparable to olive oil for table use and fuels stalks as strong fuel. Russians consume seeds raw or roasted while oils and fabrics from stalks have extensive uses. With one acre producing many cords of fuel and fifty bushels to gallon, profits are high.
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Chicago Tribune
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America
Empire
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A Certainty From the Chicago Record-Herald
A bent old man with white hair declares his great work learning a universal lie free language and the world owes him. He claims invention of a universal tongue that makes lying impossible. The passage shifts to quips on time, truth, humor, and money with a collage of wry maxims and observations.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Pope Abdication Denial Sparks Historic Nobility Notes
Denials dismiss a circulating report that Pope Pius X planned to abdicate amid papal strains with France Spain Portugal and Germany. The piece traces abdication cases from 1046 to 1449 and shifts to English peerage focusing on the Amherst family lineage and manorial privileges including heriot rights. It also discusses Roslin Chapel burial customs of the St Clair family and Saint Clair lineage legends.
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Rosin Chanel
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Walter Scott
Roslin
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Dryden
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Monarchs and Money: Public Outcry Over Royal Civil List
The Labor Party critiques the royal civil list, arguing £470,000 yearly salaries plus lavish allowances burden the state. It condemns costly ceremonies, funerals, and decorative officials while urging cuts and a more restrained monarchy. The piece decries extravagant displays and calls for parliamentary scrutiny of royal expenditures.
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Grogan
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Harrington
N. J
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Balfour
Mary
Prince of Wales
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Cruel Cat Amusement Discontinued After Birds Drive Cats Mad
Dr Campbell recounts a failed summer scheme to amuse cats by releasing wild birds in an inclined apple tree. Birds fluttered and drew cats into a high-net runway for a week, but the cats refused sleep while chasing the moving prey. The plan proved cruel and had to end.
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Harrington
Pajamas and a Political Snippet from Conshohocken
National Magazine recounts Col. A K McClure tale of Conshohocken ladies sewing pajamas for Spanish American War soldiers. A telegram asks if he received the garments, prompting McClure to deny the sensational story as likely enemy fabrication and to defend his record.
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Col
A. K. McClure
Conshohocken
Fought with John Brown at Osawatomie to be honored at state park
Paola resident Capt. Robert E. Shearer, survivor of the 1860 Osawatomie battle, will attend the battlefield dedication as a Kansas state park on August 31. He recalls John Brown, Gen. Reid, and the clash with 400 Missourians, noting several Free State casualties and the fate of wounded and prisoners.
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Kansas City Star
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Robert E. Shearer
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Miami County
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Alina
John 5
Edie
Levo
Henry Kilbourne
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Fred Brown
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Frees State
Considerable Fishing From Ideas Wharry Shares Plan
Wharry describes a proposed fishing trip to friends. He inquires if trout abound and bite easily. He claims the fish are vicious, noting a man must hide behind a tree to bait a hook.
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Refusing to Take Chances for Lasting Fame
From the Chicago News a paragraph reflects on risk taking and ambition. It contrasts those who seize chances with those who avoid risk and notes the nature of lasting fame. It also mentions glass eyes and the difficulty wearers have in seeing through deception.
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Chicago News
Reflections of a Bachelor Oddities in a New York Scene
A fragmented, era-tinged reflection on engagements and social pretensions. References to a finansier husband misreading bank statements and a male figure with a bowing acquaintance. Vague remarks on performance and literature surface in a tongue in cheek, clipped style.
Washington Trip Inspires Tales Of Nerves And Dinosaurs
In a Washington cafe, J F Applegate from St Louis recalls a hectic city visit marked by wild sightseeing and a papier mache ichthyosaurus bound for the Smithsonian. T Ward of Los Angeles notes local currency substitutes used in Honduras. Other guests discuss cross ocean calls, aviation thrills, and ancient Romans in American dare.
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Speedway
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Post Office Department
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
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Virginia
T. Ward
Los Angeles
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