Washington Post subscription rates and offices in 1904
The Washington Post lists subscription terms for daily and Sunday editions with weekly and monthly prices, plus prepaid mail options. It notes delivery in Washington and Alexandria and provides postal-box office details for The Washington Post Co, PAUL BLOCK as manager and addresses in Chicago and Washington.
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Paul Block
Alanager
Chicago
Unity
Paul Bloch
Follow The Post by Mail For Summer Absentees
The Post invites Waahisgtontane and others away during the summer to keep informed by mail. Address changes can be made anytime, with both old and new addresses used for forwarding.
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Afalra
T. B. Gregory
Gregory
B J. Kibblewhite
London
Prof. Kibblewhite
Intervala
Ponce de Leon
Brown-Sequard
Bryan or Watson Lead Radical Party Prospects in 1908
The piece discusses William J. Bryan of Nebraska and Thomas E. Watson of Georgia as leading candidates for a new radical party forming from discontent across parties. It notes Roosevelt or Parker as main presidential choices, cites campaign trials in Deposit, NY and Brooklyn, and predicts a united radical movement before 1908. It also examines temperance discourse and a shift in beer production rankings, with U.S. breweries surpassing Germany.
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Roosevelt
Judge Parker
David Bennett HU
Deposit
Joseph W. Bailey
Texas
Brooklyn
United States
Bryan
Watson
Germany
Frank Mason
Berlin
Treasury
Mason
Philippines
Massachusetts
Faneuil Haul
Boutwell
Parker
Taft
Luke E. Wright
The temperance debate and naval demonstration debate
A column discusses temperance zeal versus American beer consumption and critiques Southern responses to the Smyrna naval show. It questions the claimed protections for American missionaries in Turkey, notes the three R's in education, and comments on U S Philippines policy debates. It finishes with social and political gossip and lighter notes.
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Charlotte Chronicle
United States
Smyrna
Turkey
America
Myrna
Asia Minor
New England
George B. Wiliams
Empire
Constantinople
Leishman
Late Gossip of Foreign Capitals Recounts Wellington Links
The piece surveys aristocratic ties and diplomatic moves across Europe and America, noting the Duchess of Wellington’s death and the Duke’s titles in Britain the Netherlands Spain and Portugal. It covers royal courtiers diplomats and a London tourist cruise affair linked to Lord Tankerville and Dr Lunn & Co.
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Douro
Waterloo
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Pasha
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Fred Wellesley
Lord Cowley
Windsor
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Marianne
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Philadelphia
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Baltimore
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Westphalia
Lord Muskerry
London
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Mediterranean
Canada
Rules for living a century reveal flaws in fixed codes
An English physician Sir James Sawyer proposes a nineteen rule code for lasting to one hundred, but the piece argues rigid life plans ignore individual differences. It notes that sleep needs, vacations, baths, diet, and habits vary, and strict rules may cause premature worry rather than longevity.
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James Sawyer
Napoleon
Russell Sage
Quy
Terrible Election Bet Reflects St. Louis Man Pates Threat
The Chicago Record-Herald reports Amelie Bates of St. Louis pledged to die by jumping from Hads Bridge if Roosevelt loses. He offered to pay 35 to a friend who saves him, a curious and novel electoral wager that draws questions about motive and honesty.
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St. Louis
Hads Bridge
Roosevelt
Pates
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White House
Chinatown
San Francisco
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California
Cuming
Chicago News
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Honest Corporations Not Fearful Prom the Boston Transcript
A Boston Transcript excerpt argues that major corporations learned Roosevelt era limits, fearing no interference with lawful business while the public and president share confidence in his policies. Also Nebraska State Journal notes English rural adoption of automobiles outpacing trolleys, with 25 mph buses expanding access where rails fail.
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Bostom Transcript
Roosevelt
Two Kinds of Rays In Boston Herald
The piece contrasts dim religious rays seen through stained glass with the bold religious raise of 45 214 dollars secured by Rev Dr Simpson missionary alliance leader from New York. He raised funds by denouncing selfishness at Old Orchard campground last Sunday.
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Dr. Simpson
Christian Missionary Alliance
New York
Old Orchard Camp Ground
Ladder joke and parent child shoe gag from papers
A humor snippet contrasts a jokey remark about Prince Higashifushimi and Port Arthur with a light two line kid and mother exchange about shoes. The brief item captures a wartime era pun and domestic pun phrases.
Pasi Josophy and Philadelphan Scorn Flows
In a satirical prose note the piece mocks flattery, theft, and meddling, urging patience and self restraint. It parodies common maxims and suggests that lofty ideals rarely guide conduct, while critiquing boastful borrowing and temper control. The moonlight figure is used to soften the critique.
Coal Given For Water In Colorado Ditch Strain
In Larimer County Colorado farmers face a water shortage with 250 million cubic feet stored in six reservoirs but unusable as all lie below the ditch. The Water Supply and Storage Company shifts water above Bellevue for irrigation and pays coal to run B F Hottel’s mill, a new exchange that costs about eight dollars daily, highlighting water’s value amid drought.
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Something Doing in the Country and Local Notables
Iowa items report a Greene Embroidery Club entertainment with Phillis Hat invitations and village social details from Monticello and nearby towns. Other brief notes record residents, exchanges of potatoes, weather, a ballroom etiquette push in Huntington, auto sparking issues, and a gory neck incident in Liberty Kentucky.
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Waterloo
Fortunes Lost and Found in a Louisiana Card Session
A veteran New Orleans gambler recalls a peak and collapse after a high stake sewer-up game at the St Charles Hotel. He wins 2000 dollars, declares a vow to quit cards, moves West to mining in Colorado, and wonders what fate would have been if he had lost.
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What He Put Into It Spinster Reflections
A Cleveland Plain Dealer snippet imagines a man asking what a person puts into a car to make it go while a Baltimore American column notes a girl with humor savoring a man's opinion of himself. The piece hints at vanity and social wit in old newspaper blurbs.
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Chicago
Riggs House
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