A MAN FROM THE WEST
Payment and subscription details listed for The Washington Post Company offerings. Includes rates for daily Sunday and various bundled periods with reminders to remit by drafts or post office orders. Mentions Washington D C mailing and office addresses in New York Chicago and Hartford.
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A Suggestion to Democrats in the 1908 Race
A Saturday 1908 piece argues Democrats must unite to beat Republicans in November. It proposes nominating Bryan for president or vice president with Harmon as a balanced ticket, urging cross‑wing consolidation and loyalty to secure broad support while avoiding intra party quarrels.
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Democratic Party
Republican Party
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Texan
Sone Goon
Grover Judson Harmon
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Keith Angtiee Press
Judson Harmon a Real Democrat Who Believes in Democratic Principles
From the New York World. Assessing Harmon’s record, the piece highlights his role in enforcing the Sherman Act against railroads and trusts, his work on anti rebate cases, and his influence on Roosevelt’s trustbusting policy, arguing his adherence to Democratic principles and suitability for leadership.
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Supreme Court
Addyston
William H. Taft
Bryan
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Theodore Roosevelt
The Pluggers Advice On Winning By Steady Work
A Nashville American edition piece urges steady labor over flashy schemes. It compares building a wood pile to consistent eight hour effort, noting success comes from daily, disciplined use of the saw rather than shifting plans or waiting for luck. It mocks those chasing new schemes and reliance on inheritance, urging practical, persistent effort.
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Joseph Brooks
Arlington
New York
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Health Record of an Alaska District
Health record notes Alaska district Fairbanks showing a death rate of 25 per thousand with thirty deaths in the year. Population about 12,000. five deaths from personal crisis, one from freezing, two from excessive drinking. Births total forty four with nineteen girls and twenty five boys. high birth rate given small married population. Marriages widely recorded by clergy and officials in vigorous activity, despite lack of formal records.
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Philadelphia Press
Stalians
Afrbanke
Heatha Yost
Ministers of the Gospel
Justices of the Peace
United States
Dan Cupid
Bath Reveals Hex Riches: New York World Item
Annie Martin, an aged woman, admitted to Newark city almshouse with destitution certs. During bathing, money leaked from her clothing. Disrobe and search found 1100 dollars. She faces a weekly $2.50 board charge and limits on spending from her cash.
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New York
Annie Martin
Newark
Jury Awards 35000 in Skull Injury Case
Robert H. Lanyon received 35000 damages after a 600 pound beam fell from an eighth floor construction at the Commercial National Bank building site on Adama street, September 10, 1906. He sued Languin & igley Co and James H. Stevens. verdict in Judge McEwen's court marks one of Cook County's largest personal injury awards.
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Chicago
Herard Herard
Robert H. Lanyon
McEwen
Lanyon
Adama Street
Commercial National Bank
Languin & ¥Igley Company
James H. Stevens
Cook County
Pointed Paragraphs From The Chicago News
A collection of terse, ironic maxims on advice, appearance, intelligence, and behavior. The quirky lines mock social pretenses and human vanity with wry humor and cautionary tone.
De Charette Alliance: Royal Blood and a Parisian Match
The De Charrettes of royal lineage pursue a European alliance via Gladys Deacon and Antoine de Charette. The article traces Bourbon lineage from Duc de Berry through the Bourbon restoration, detailing royal marriages and titles, leading to Antoine’s engagement to Miss Gladys Deacon and the family connections to Baron de Charette.
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Europe
Misa Gladys Deacon
Antoine de Charetts
Baron de Charette
Duc de Berry
Charles X of
France
Paris
London
Amy Brown
Church of England
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Caroline of
Naples
Henry V
Bordeaux
Comte de Chambord
Louial XVII
Charles X
Yesoudun
Countess Dé Vierzon
Char Yotte
Yasoudun
Portugal and the Bourbon Charette Legacy Across Nations
A broad, period-tinged sketch ties Portugal’s troubled past and its 1640 break from Spain to Napoleon’s continental push and Brazil’s royal exodus, then shifts to Gen. de Charette, his lineage, and his Zouave career in Rome and Italy. The piece includes a curious digression on a pine log relic linked to Gladys Deacon and European aristocracy.
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Prince Louis of Orleans
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Comte d'Eu
Aldo
Mise Gladys Deacon
Antoine de Charette
New York
Maine
Why Some Plants Moved In in Missouri Fields
The chinch bug spurred Missouri farmers to relocate crops as a pest response. Flax resisted the bug, so flax fields spread in Southwest Missouri while castor beans bloomed where grasshoppers failed to feed. Japanese clover and alfalfa also spread as study-driven introductions under guidance from state agriculture secretary George B. Ellis.
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Missouri
George B. Ellis
State Board of Agricultuure
Ozarks
The Old Stove
The speaker laments replacing the parlor stove with a furnace. The old stove provided a place to rest, store matches and cigar stumps, and even swing from the top. Father misses its convenience and chastises the lack of a place to throw ash and raps his pipe.
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Detroit
Father
Mansion and park change hands in Dorsetshire sale
J Bruce Ismay buys the Iwerne Minster estate near Cranborne Chase from Lord Wolverton. The modern country house sits amid a deer rich landscape with a large park, woodlands, and a famed former Gladstone library collection. A flagged Virgil copy shows W E Gladstone at Eton 1821 along with annotated political volumes.
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New York
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Shaftesbury
Blackmoor
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Kwerna Minster
Gladstone
W. E. Gladstone
Eton College
Bucks
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Marquise de Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
Damrosch Orchestra Missed Train After Sandwich Lunch
Ten members of Walter Damrosch s New York Symphony Orchestra stopped for sandwiches at a local restaurant, paying 25 each for ten meals. The group, including Lillian Nordica, hurried to Montreal for concerts but the train departed early, leaving them behind. Damrosch ordered a second special train for remaining members and paid 20 for the reroute.
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Saratoga
New York Times
Walter Damrosch
New York Symphony Orchestra
Damrosch
Lillian Nordica
Binghamton
Montreal
Reflections of a Bachelor in the New York Press
A compact humorous piece contrasts a bachelor’s view of romance with female prerogatives. It notes a woman rarely loves a man unless it’s reasonable while a man claims usefulness of genius, money, and preparing baby’s food, revealing social pivots and gendered expectations.
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New York Press
Army officers urge pay raise to bolster future defense
Washington dispatch from the Chicago Poet reports Army officers view Congress failure to grant soldier pay increases as a threat to national defense. At Fort Myer only 125 men of 250 needed are present. encampments with National Guards could boost enlistment if pay matched duties. Gen. Carter’s article in North American Review argues diplomacy fails and emphasizes strengthening the force.
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Uncle Joe's Psalm of Life in the Chicago Record-Herald
The piece mocks idle talk and public criticism, urging members to act rather than dream, while joking about Uncle Joe quelling rebels. It blends light satire with social commentary on public behavior and personal ambition.
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Caicago Record-Herald
Views of Visitors in Washington at Arlington Dinner
Former Secretary of the Treasury Se se M Shaw visits Arlington to attend a dinner hosted by Representative Frank C Lowden. Shaw, now a private citizen, says he will support the Republican nominee and believes the GOP will win nationwide. The piece captures other comments on politics, racing, and theater attendance, with quotes from lawyers, playwrights, and officials.
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Washington Post
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Chicago
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Taft
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