Washington Best Subscription Terms and Prices
The Washington Best subscription notice outlines carrier delivery in Washington and Alexandria with Sunday issues. Rates include monthly and yearly options, postage prepaid, payment by drafts or checks, and address details for WA Port Co at Pall Block near 207 Market Street. The notice is dated December 24, 1808.
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Alexandria
Daly
Washington Port CO
Washngton
Wawolagion
Labor leaders face contempt ruling in court case
The court finds Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison guilty of willful disobedience in ignoring injunctions. It states the actions violate law while defending free speech. The case raises the issue of whether labor leaders can challenge courts without restraint. An appeal to the Court of Appeals is granted for a decisive ruling.
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Gohnpers
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Wright
Gompers
de Courta
Messrs Gomyers Mitchell and
Morrison
Reine
Acme
Justca
Gompers Mitchell and
Mack
Pittene
Court of Appeals
Last Reese
Wild mixture of empire, industry, and theater fire notes
A sweeping survey piece describes northern expansion and Siberian prospects, new fuels from sulphite pitch, and a dramatic New York theater fire. It highlights immigration, rail growth, and a future in which vast lands become productive, alongside stormy commentary on politics, commerce, and transportation.
Poor Cooking Is No Excuse From the Ex Stork War
Bayonne New Jersey Tuesday Recorder Lazarus ruled in the case of Andrew Selby arraigned on complaint of wife abandonment. Selby complained his wife set steak on the fire from 2 PM to 8 PM, forcing him to endure four hours of cooking mishaps. The recorder advised patience and learning to cook, urging the husband to stand by his wife while she learns the craft.
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Recorder Lazarua
Bayonne
T. Belleecourt
Andrew Selby
Andrew
Selby Jou
Andres
Jimy
Mya Selby
Dred to Escape Kept from Marriage in Barn Fire
David Stevenson reportedly burned to death in a double barn fire after refusing a wedding to Mrs Schultz who allegedly sought his money. A charred body was found among the ruins, with suspicions he set the fires in vengeance before dying. Family ties link Mrs Schultz to William Gramm and Henry Pelclen teen, adding context to the tragedy.
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Mushegon
Wich
New York
David Stevenson
William Gramm
Henry Pelclenteen
Stevensen
Schultz
Feidenteen
Stevenson
Official Recipe for Boston Beans and Brown Bread
A long letter outlines an official Boston city receipt for genuine Boston baked beans and brown bread. Thornton D Rappollonio of the Boston school committee sends the recipe to Bullvin N school authorities by order of Mayor George A Hibbard. A week earlier Mayor Hibbard received a request from Mrs George J Austin seeking the genuine recipe.
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Bullvin
Thornton D Rappollonio
Hoston
George A Hibbard
Hibbird
George J Austin
Batman
1800000 Nickels in a Day Highlight NYC Transit Rise
New York World reports the Interborough Rapid Transit Company carried 180000 people on the shortest day of the year, generating 1.8 million nickels or $9000 in receipts. General Manager Frank Hedley testified before the public service commission urging more elevated-line stations, noting Christmas shoppers boosted the figures.
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New York World
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Frank Hedley
Public Service Commission
Ryans Company
Austria to Establish Military Chancellery Under Archduke Ferdinand
Emperor Francis Joseph transfers army control to Archduke Franz Ferdinand by creating a military chancellery. The move concentrates appointments and promotions at the imperial level, reducing ministerial influence, following advice linked to Emperor William. The heir’s close ties with Francis Ferdinand and court life are highlighted, along with a personal Jubilee entertainment at Schoenbrunn and recent noble alliance news.
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Archduke Francia
Ferdinand
William
Bertin
Lerie
Vienna
Ikind
Austria
Francis Ferdinand
I Danube
Francis Joseph
Schoenbrunn
Francis Ferdinands Moarganaire
Thos
Archdukertend
Hohenberg
Mnk
Elle
Crown of Thorns
$500,000,000 On View At National City Bank
A New York Amelican account describes the unveiling of half a billion dollars in greenbacks gold and government securities inside the National City Bank vault during a bank building opening. Clerks and guests viewed the immense wealth from the mezzanine as the vault doors gleamed revealing 60 million in cash and 30 million in top grade bonds among other securities.
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New York
National City Bank
Standard of Institution
Rockefeller Bank
Frank A Vanderlip
Standard Oil
Rome
Martin
United States
Willam A Simonson
Treasury
Pilgrim Mothers speech sparks debate on gender roles
Carrie Chapman Catt at a Pilgrim Mothers luncheon in New York denounces the belief that women are merely domestic. She argues the modern intelligent woman of leisure remains crucial to advancing the race while men are tied to business, enabling women to achieve significant feats.
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New York American
Carrie Coupman Catt
New England
Stockings Ten Feet Long On Queensboro Bridge Christmas Display
The New York Prom and Queensboro Bridge committee plan a Christmas morning spectacle over the Blackwell's Island span. Canvas stockings ten feet long will hang high for river men to snag with poles. Some will contain useful gifts, others stones or coal, and some photos of willing brides, sparking potential domestic drama.
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New York
Santa Claus
Queensboro Bridge
Blackwell's Island Bridge
Owl Attack Beats It Off With Nightstick In Montclair Fight
Porolman Henry Martin of Montclair New Jersey fought off a large arctic owl on Llewellyn road near Eagle Rock Tuesday night. The bird attacked his face with wing and beak while he used his nightstick to defend himself. The owl retreated after Martin struck its neck, leaving him shaken but unharmed.
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Preas
Porolman Henry Martin
Montclair NJ
Llewellyn Road
Eagle Rock
Martin
Beatty
Polletinen
Woman workers receive flats in Hampstead Garden suburb
In London the Improved Industrial Dwellings Company Limited plans a block of 48 flats for women earning independent living. The quadrangle design includes a dining hall, meals served, tennis and croquet lawns, cloisters around the interior, and covered walkways linking flats to communal services at moderate charges.
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London
Solutin
Improved Industrial Dwellings Company Limited
Golders Grein
Hampstead
Champion Eel Skinner Quits from the New York Sterald
Isaac Lockwood of Stratford Connecticut, famed eel skinner, retires after a half century in business. He claims to have skinned and sold over 5000 eels, averages about 9 cents a pound, and could cure head or rheumatic pains with eel skin applications. He began at 16 and skipped no days, setting pots and lines for fifty years.
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New York
Isaac Lockwood
Stratford Conn
Capt Lockwood
Jerome on the Water Wagon Embraces Teetotal Life
The New York District Attorney Jerome quits cigarettes and whiskey and vows a life on the water wagon. He plans to abstain during his term after Taft announced he would drink nothing while in office. Emperor William soon after also declares sobriety. Jerome has limited smoking to an occasional pipe and avoids Scotch, losing weight as his clothes need adjustment.
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Ince
Taft
Atice
Emperor William
Reichstag
Shorers Not a Menace to Sleep in Myrtle Ave Court
Myrtle Avenue Police Court in Kings Monday afternoon heard a dispute over an “ant i snoring machine” claimed to end nocturnal snoring. Barber Philip Ferdekamp invested $500 in inventor David Date and the inventor refused to reveal the device, saying it was a secret. The court allowed Date time to make good on the agreement with a pending March deadline.
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Kign
Philip Ferdekamp
Jay Street
David B Date
Fort Greene Place
Date
Ferdexamp
Ferdekamp
Beck
Naimer
Ballade of Compensation in a Crumbling Town
A fragmented ballad-sounding piece describes looming doom and social rot. It references a grinding loop, a troubling demon, and the crowd that rakes muck while public trust dissolves. The speaker hints at escaping and hiding as storms pass, revealing a bleak portrait of shame and retreat.
Woman of Charity Remembered Across the Land
A devoted helper for seven years, she aided the poor and sick, earning love for kindness. Despite busy days, whispers and gossip rose as she turned to life’s end, becoming a name known across the land.
Arsenal of a Czar Tremendous Threat in Europe
The article describes Czar Ferdinand of 13 gana as the best armed monarch in Europe with a heavy arsenal including guns revolvers daggers and dusters. It notes security precautions and a recurring fear of assassination after a palace shooting ten weeks earlier attributed to a prince of neriousnras, though the true shooter remains uncertain.
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Eyupe
Ferdinand
Gana
Colleeton
Soha
Billycocks hats and the Willday name in English headwear
A note on the origin of Billycocks from the London Evening Sansard Co A Philps. The Atherstone hatters founded two centuries ago at Atherstone passed to the Willday family who expanded the soft felt round hats. The style spread to Britain and America, with hats supplied to armies at America and Waterloo, and the name Billycock arising from Willday cocks.
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Lord Walsingham
Swytherme Williams
Behedere
Isle of Wight
Lord
John de Grey
London
Suffolk
Leiston Abbey
Lady Walsingham
Galliant
Locke
Lord Lytton
Ernest Maltravers
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Waterloo
Reflections of a bachelor in hotel lobbies stir Taft North Carolina swing
In Raleigh and other Southern hubs, Republican national committeeman E C Duncan predicts Taft would win North Carolina with a substantial majority, citing railroad policy as a pivotal issue. He cites shifts among Southern voters, the Panama elections, and remarks on Democratic resistance to railroads as signs of changing political tides.
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Taft
North Carolina
North Carolina Society
E C. Duncan
Republican National
Colum
Glenn
Ta Ohess
Hoke Smith
George
Larass
Mike Jinunumert
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