Washington Post subscription rates and address notice
The Washington Post announces subscription options including daily and Sunday plans with delivery by carrier in Washington and Alexandria. It lists mail and annual rates, payment methods, and office addresses, dated Monday December 27 1015.
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Washington
Alexandria
Washington Post CO
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Washington, DC
Paul Block
Fifth Avenue
New York
Maners
Chicago
Devonshire Street
Boston
Kresge
Detroit
Customs Duties for Revenue in Democratic Doctrine
The 1912 Baltimore platform pledges a tariff for revenue limited to government needs. The Post urges honoring that pledge, arguing revenue must come from revised tariff laws, not direct taxation. Democrats, Progressives, and Republicans broadly accept tariff changes to raise needed funds while opposing direct taxes. The administration’s sugar duties debate highlights past errors and the need for revenue through duty adjustments.
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Baltimore
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Post
Progressive Party
Republican Party
The Pan American Congress and a World in Contrast
A speech contrasts conditions in Europe and the Americas during the pan American scientific congress in Washington. Europe is depicted as war torn and violent while American republics unite in liberty and peace, with open doors and mutual goodwill. The piece delves into fate, humanity, and reflections on 1916 life and Shakespearean echoes.
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Latin America
Washington
Europe
Alilea
America
Hemisphere
Edison urged funding for navy research and national invention drive
Miller Hutchinson cites naval testing at Washington as proof of experimental value and urges Congress to fund a national scientific research laboratory and experiment station. Edison chairs the naval consulting board and supports Ware's bill. The piece backs renewed American invention, preparedness, and government housing of ideas.
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Miller Hutchinson
Thomas A. Edison
Washington
Congress
Naval Consulting Board
Edison
Representative Ware
Pennsylvania
Navy Department
United States
Lane
Interior Department
Freak Gleanings Preview for 1915 Year-End Wonders
The piece teases a forthcoming compilation of strange and curious happenings of 1915. It notes no special citations will be given now, promising an annual aggregation after publication and a festive finish as Old Father Time ushers in the new year.
Impending Strife Over Eight Hour Day Spurs Railroad Vote
A vote by about 400,000 railroad workers on an eight hour day could trigger a strike and major schedule readjustments. The plan aims to shift work within an eight hour window, potentially boosting payroll by up to 88 percent due to overtime. Public costs, wage readjustment debates, and government railroad regulation are highlighted as key factors shaping outcomes. The piece critiques wage versus hour tradeoffs, notes political commentary, and touches on contemporary social issues and satire.
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Wilson
Bavarian Duchess Acts as Peace Emissary for Kaiser
Duchess Charles Theodore of Bavaria, widow of a famed cataract surgeon, shifts from charity to politics. She travels to Luxemburg to mediate with Emperor William and explore a Bavarian royal marriage, aiming to swing Luxemburg toward the Teuton sphere and possibly influence Belgium’s fate through royal alliance. She may attempt to reach Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, though access is doubtful amid wartime lines and royal estrangements.
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Portugal
Anita Stewart
New York
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William
Grand Duchy
Teuton
Europe
Elizabeth
Belgium
Great Britain
France
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Queen Elizabeth
Maerquisd DE Fontenoy
Wright
Brentwood Company
Longest Fayette county resident Andrew Massey dies at 107
Andrew Massey, born April 1808 in Hverton Fayette county, died at his Grange home aged 107. A farmer who enjoyed outdoor work and a small garden, he fought in the Mexican and Civil wars. His age was supported by birth records and testimony, though some doubts linger.
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Inaumnapolis Star
Fayette County
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Not Angry From The Siren After Kiss Incident
A report describes an incident where Fastbucy kissed Marguerite when she wasn’t looking. Marguerite did not become angry and refused to look at Fastbucy for the remainder of the night.
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Eco Marguerite
Alink
Dressed Cows and Hemp Blankets Boost Milk Yield
San Francisco Chronicle reports Francis Webster of Glasgow keeps cows in Texas dairy herds in hemp wool clothing. Cows wear quick winter suits, simple one piece blankets, two outfits weekly, to guard against cold and disease. He claims about seven percent higher milk yield in cold months, with thousands of cows and 2000 hemp blankets in use weekly.
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Derry
St. Francis
Francis Webster
Glasgow
Texas
Sir Francis
Magerie
Boy Attacked by Eagle in Barnyard Near Terreyville
Terreyville dispatch reports 10 year old Emmett Shortal son of Harry Shortal farmer attacked by an eagle while playing in a barnyard. Neighbor Frederick Landon beat away the bird with a fence rail as it scratched the boy's head and face. The eagle later carried off a pig weighing over 50 pounds from the yard.
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Terreyville
Chicago Herald
Emmett Shortal
Harry Shortal
Here
Frederick Landon
Landon
Bshortal
Log Rolling Marks Golden Wedding in Evansville
Benjamin Hebert aged 70 on Stringtown road opened an old fashioned log rolling contest by rolling the largest log into place. Hebert celebrated his golden wedding with his wife four children and twelve grandchildren. His sons built a smoke house in three hours after the first log was set.
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Evansville
Ind
Indianapolis Star
Benjamin Hebert
Stringtown Road
Deckert
Wife petitions divorce after alleged abuse by patrolman
Mrs. Eather Paulson of St. Paul testifies her husband Patrolman Peter Paulson tried to force her to sleep with a bulldog and abused her, including burning her hand, beating her, and throwing their daughter, Agnes, into the rain. The judge grants a divorce.
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Minneapolis Tribune
Eather Paulson
Farquter Street
Peter Paulson
St. Paul
Paulson
Agnes
Mia
Frank Preining
The Dark Lady of the Sonnets Revealed in Verse
A fragment from Blanch Kelly in New York Evening Sun retells the dark lady of Shakespeare's sonnets. It questions historic names and legends, tracing the mysterious figure through Verona Mensina and London while noting fame and restraint.
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New York
San
Verona
Mensina
Leonato
Debonair
London
U S Treasury as Santa
Five year old Hazel Long saved nickels to buy a dollar bill for a Christmas gift. Her grandmother burned the bill while lighting a stove with papers. A government official sent a new bill from Washington with a Christmas ruling so Hazel could have her gift.
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Hazel Long
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Rowland K. Goddard
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Belgium Decree Creates Equal Stand for Dogs on Trains
A Belgium regulation equates dogs with adults for rail travel, granting a full seat with a ticket, while children under 13 receive only half a fare. In a ten-seat compartment, eight adults and two dogs fill the car, blocking space for additional passengers.
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Belgium
Menia
Darwin and the Beagle Voyage That Shaped Darwin
Darwin joined HMS Beagle as a naturalist on a five year voyage begun 84 years ago today. The data gathered in South American waters inspired his theory of natural selection and the later works Origin of Species and Descent of Man, reshaping science, religion and ethics worldwide.
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Cambridge
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Circus marooned eight days on Mississippi sandbar
Rice and Dove water circus ran aground on a sandbar in the Mississippi River. Starved for food for seven days, the crew and water nymphs floated in hopes of relief as forest margins hid their craft. Bank members built a raft and reached Port Louisa for provisions before the voyage continued downstream.
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Des Moines Register
Rice & Dove Water Circus
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Port Louisa
Remarkable 84-Year-Old Federal Judge Visit
Federal Judge Simson Woodrow King of Chicago, visiting relatives in Cheater, Pa., is described as remarkable. In his eighty fourth year and never sick, he was appointed to the U S court for the Northern district of Illinois by Lincoln at age 21. He says he kept his pledge to Lincoln to never smoke tobacco chew tobacco drink liquor or lie.
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Cheater
Philadelphia
Simson Woodrow King
Chicago
United States Court
Tilmois
Abraham Lincoln
Boy 11 Inflates After Accident In Wagon Rim Incident
The 11 year old Fred Lawson from Rock Island was crushed and inflated when a wagon wheel rim punctured his neck. Air escaped through the wound and forced swelling under the skin. Doctors promptly punctured the neck and relieved the air. the boy is expected to recover.
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Rock Island
Lawson
Liberty Bells of Coal Replicas Move from Summit Hill
Senator C A Snyder has head replicas of the Liberty Bell carved from anthracite. James Cunningham of Summit Hill made solid coal bells with initials on top in sulphur glaze. Sent to friends as souvenirs of the bell’s San Francisco trip, with a faithful replica of the famous crack.
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Pottsville
Philadelphia
C. A. Snyder
San Francisco
James Cunningham
Summit Hill
Pennsylvania farmer trains heifers to hunt rabbits
In Pa Pennsylvanias Burneytown farmer develops a novel rabbit hunting method. He trains heifers to scent and chase rabbits with success rivaling dogs, potentially changing conventional hunting practices.
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Pennsylvania
Peonsborg
Philadelphia Inquirer
Burneytown
Shaepar
Views of capital visitors on interesting current topics
A group of capital visitors discuss Western farming and future prosperity. H. Chadwick Hunter praises Colorado and the plains, noting crop swings and wealth potential through advanced education, while Col. O C Hulsey urges unity and defense. Senator Joseph E Randell advocates bonds for permanent improvements like the Ohio River project and the Erie Canal to fund posterity’s needs.
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Louisiana
Willard
Ohio River
Ohio
Panama Canal
Erie Canal
DeWitt Clinton
New York State
Train Traps Seven Deer on Croton Lake Bridge
An Exchange brief reports five of seven deer leaped to land from the Croton Lake bridge as a New York Central train rushed by. Two plunged 106 feet, one died instantly and the other broke a leg and was shot. Another deer was killed by a train near Cheppequa on the Harlem division. Game Warden Sutton holds the three carcasses for charitable distribution.
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Croton Lake Bridge
Cheppequa
Harlem
Sutton
Railroad crew warned over flirting with wives in city runs
Notice from Supt Baill of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad posted in Russell offices warns train crews to cease flirting with wives of residents in Ashland, Ashland and Huntington. Husbands have filed complaints with the main office and threaten legal action for damages.
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Russell
Escae
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