Washington Post Subscription Rates and Notices
The Washington Post lists carrier and mail subscription options with daily and Sunday editions, including various terms and pricing. It notes advance payment, lists remittance methods, and names Edward B. McLean as president, with foreign advertising reps in New York Chicago Boston and Detroit, dated Wednesday, January 3, 1917.
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Washington Post
Washington
Alexandria
Washington Post CO
Washington, D. C
Edward B. McLean
Postofice
Paul Block
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mallera
Chicago
Devonshire Street
Boston
Fath Kresge
Tdetralt
The True League of Peace and Monroe Doctrine Stance
In Senate debate on a world peace league the United States faces a choice between joining to enforce peace and risking Monroe doctrine grounds. The piece argues the US should guard democracy in the hemisphere, avoid entangling treaties, and strengthen ties with sister republics while preserving the Monroe doctrine as the cornerstone of freedom in the Americas.
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United States
Senate
Europe
Tan
America
New World
Ant
Canada
Cape Trorn
Public Lands and Home Steading Prospects in the West
The Interior Department foresees near term limits on public land for homesteaders. Secretary Lane notes 254 million acres remain unentered, mainly arid, with 20 million acres taken up last year. Irrigation and underground water prospects could unlock more farmland, while Alaska still holds ample land.
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Lane
Interior Department
United States
Alaska
Uan
Public lands offer vast farming future for diligent settlers
The piece argues that many abandoned farms exist and that any diligent, intelligent person can secure a good livelihood by saving, studying government agriculture literature, and farming without expecting luxury. It notes hardships, warns against “gentlemen farmers,” and says public lands could be occupied in ten years but will remain undeveloped for centuries due to the nation's vastness.
The Allies Will Not Compromise Until Victory Is Won
The article argues that Allied powers will force a complete victory over Germany and Austria, noting Britain France Russia and Italy must stay united. It claims Germans cannot win and will have to surrender, while stressing allied strength, manpower, and resources and predicting neutral nations may join.
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Europe
Germany
Austria
The
Marne
France
Verdun
Russia
Marshal von Hindenburg
Belgium
Serbia
Roumania
Great Britain
Italy
Teutona
Dyestuff Census Debate and German Imports
The opposition by German dyestuff importers blocked public release of Dr. Thomas H. Norton’s dyestuff census for the American government. American manufacturers seek full information on imports, arguing trade secrets should not bar access. The U S government cannot obtain German trade secrets, only general data to aid U S industry, warning that postwar supply and price effects loom if preparation is delayed.
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Thomas H. Norton
Norton
Germany
United States
Reichstag
Textile imports threaten national commercial independence
The text argues that textile manufacturers will buy foreign dye and, seeking economy, will overlook the need for national commercial independence, risking dependence on foreign supplies and undermining domestic industry.
Working One's Way Through Hard Times
The piece argues that opportunity depends on personal initiative, citing Lincoln and railroad presidents who advanced by choosing challenging paths. It highlights university data showing 718 students earned 155000 dollars last year to fund tuition, aided by a long-running student employment program totaling 1,514,000 dollars since 1898. The author contends many successful leaders rose from poverty and that opportunity remains ample for determined individuals.
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Lincoln
All Round Conservation and the Wartime Audience
A public essay argues that specialized conservation efforts in war time risk fragmented approaches. It muses on willow tree and white pine blister experts, copper pan salvage, and guncotton use, then questions universal military training and pacifist roles, ending with a humorous note on the audience’s appetite for sensationalism.
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National Conservation Association
Great Britain
Succession to Joffre Spotted in England Links to Deal Roots
A public interest burst surrounds Gen Nivelle succeeding Joffre in France. His English mother hailed from Deal Kent, with extended Tie to Sparrow family. The feature traces English lineage, wartime peerages, and historic Wortley Montagu lineage from Norman roots to Wharncliffe and Wortley Hall in Yorkshire.
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Nivelle
Joffre
France
Miss Sparrow
Deal
Kent
Paris
John James Septimus Sparrow
Pennington
London
St. Clement Danes
Strand
Sparrow
St. George's
Shark steals fish from hook in tuna fight
James Leavy of Salt Lake City battled a 136 pound bluefin tuna for over an hour when a torpedo shark struck the struggling fish. The tuna towed the launch three miles before being mutilated by the shark, 50 pounds torn away, and Tuna Club officials disqualified the catch, citing the shark as the killer.
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Avalon
Cal
Chicago
James Leavy
Salt Lake City
Leavy
Tuna Club
Congress Proceedings Report Mixed Action and Nominations
Senate discussions touch Wilson peace note and Owen bill as labor leaders oppose strike prevention. Proposals include pension age cuts, postmaster nominations, rule changes, and commissions for West Point cadets. Chairman Lawson named in stock leak dispute. many bills on taxation, building funds, time zones, and military pensions advance or await action. Manuel Quezon resignation noted. adjourned at 6:03 p.m.
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Hitchcock
Wilson
Stone
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Owen
Newlands Joint Committee
Kenyon
Ashbrook
Winthrop M. Daniels
Interstate Commerce Commission
Danielz
Overman
West Point
Sutherland
Washington
Townsend
Cummins
Senate
Senator Cummins
North Carolina
Cuba
Supreme Court
Shafroth
Federal Farm Loan Board
Colorado
Thomas
Judiciary Committee
American Bar Association
Bar Associations
Henry
Rule A Committee
Lawson
Emerson
Ohio
House
Representative McKellar
Tennessee
Moon
Postofice Committee
Post Office
Gen. Crozier
Ordnance
Military Affairs Committee
Representative Borland
Missouri
United States
Representative Kahn
California
Attorney General
Secretaries of War and Treasury
Mexico
Randall
Pomona
Cal
Baker
Auburn
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Park
Georgia
Manuel Quezon
Philippines
Hughes Vocational and Educational Bil
Daniels
Merchant Marine Committee
When a Girl Is 12
In the Fort Worth Star Telegram a 12 year old heroine learns from a friend that a 15 year old boy has called her pretty and she resolves to stop wearing her hair down her back.
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Claude Callan
Forth Worth Star Telegram
Lucretia Mott Antislavery and Women's Rights Leader
Lucretia Coffin Mott a key antislavery advocate and early feminist born on Nantucket in 1733. She married James Mott in 1818 and became a Quaker minister and reformer. Her work spanned emancipation women’s rights temperance and peace, dying in Philadelphia on November 11 1886.
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Lucretia Coffin Mott
Nantucket Island
Masa
Friends School
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
James Mott
Society of Friends
Virginia
London
Mra. Mott
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Seneca Falla
Bride Goes After Big Game
Mrs George Sewall wife of an African big game hunter accompanied her husband on expeditions in the heart of Africa. They hunted from a Nairobi lodge in British East Africa joining further expeditions where she hunted a lion six elephants four giraffes two hippopotami and twenty water buffalo. The couple returned to Nairobi as World War I began and Sewall offered his services to the Royal Mounted corps.
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The
New York Tribune
George Sewall
Diana
Adriatic
Sewall
Angelo d’Aconta
Boston
Africa
Nairobi
Royal Mounted Corps
Silence and Speech in an Ancient Tale by Turner
In Century Magazine Nancy Byrd Turner explores the paradox of silence and loud speech. The poem fragment contrasts hushed rooms with prophetic clamor across seas deserts and battles, depicting fervent voices and unseen sentinels guiding silent souls toward a goal.
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Nancy Byrd Turner
Century Magazine
Apeech
Gyroscope Aids Ships Planes and Submarines, Sperry Says
Detroit News reports Elmer A Sperry’s gyroscope inventions extend stabilizing tech from ships to airships and submarines. He notes gyros keep vessels steady, improve gun mounts, and provide reliable north orientation where magnetic compasses falter.
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Detroit News
Elmer A. Sperry
Mr. Sperry
Detroit
Gyroscope
Reward Young Girl for Bravery at Nottingham
Fillah Butler, 15, a Baden Powell girl guide, was publicly presented at Nottingham with a yellow certificate from the Royal Humans Society for bravery after diving into the Trent to rescue five year old George Wharton. She had previously earned the chief scout silver medal.
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London Times
Fillah Butler
Baden Powell
Nottingham
Royal Humans Society
Trent
George Wharton
Views on current events from capital visitors at Willard
Col J A Grady voices New York Governor Whitman backed plan to pay New York National Guard members $2,000,000 for border service, arguing state pay bridges a 50 cent daily federal rate. Arizona race and capital punishment spark debate as Col Day notes Alaska dry vote by men, not women, then Alaska rail and California GOP missteps analyzed by H A Walker and others.
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Gov. Whitman
New York National Guard
Texas
New York
Congress
Col. J. A. Grady
Willard
Whitman
United States
Arizona
Guy
Hunt
Seth Holden
Chicago
Arizona Territory
Raleigh
Oscar Wilde
Bunyan
Alaska
Col. J. A. Day
California
H. A. Walker
San Francisco
Shoreham
Pinchot
Hughes
Forester
Hiram Johnson
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Charles Stuart Wortley
Earl of Wharncliffe
Ralph Stuart Wortley
Balliol
Thomas Adolphus Trollope
Sir John Millais
John Ruskin
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Wortley
Yorkshire
Lord Sandwich
Sydney Montagu
Francis Wortley
Charles II
Edward Wortley Montagu
Sublime Porte
Mary Wortley-Montagu
Duke of Kingston
Mary
Edward Montagu
Edward
Bute
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Lord Wharnecliffe
Lord Crewe
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Wortley Hall
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Don
Sir Walter Scott
Marquish DE Fontenoy
Shark
Mankiller
Dog Moines Register
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East
Birmingham Age Herald
Shakespeare
Mr. Duthwaite
Col. Day
Great North
Alek
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