Washington Post Subscription Rates and Address Details
The notice lists subscription options for The Washington Post with prices for daily and Sunday editions by mail, prepaid, including yearly and monthly terms. It notes payment methods and advance remittance requirements, plus the foreign advertising representative contacts in New York and Chicago.
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Washington Post GO
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Postoffice
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Fifth Avenue
New York
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Chicago
Closing Our Ports to Monopoly in Foreign Steamship Trade
A 1911 editorial questions whether the Sherman antitrust law can curb a foreign steamship combine’s restraint on foreign and American lines. It notes government moves from interstate to foreign commerce action, referencing passenger rates, port controls, and a push to apply U S law to foreign contracts. The piece ponders if British laws could impose harsher conditions than those Americans resisted in 1776.
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New York
Atlantic
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America
Political and road policy echoes from the era of Tilden
The piece recalls Gov Dix as a reformer like Tilden amid New York deficit worries, notes shifts in state leadership and road improvement, and argues that good roads unite civilization. It then discusses anti alien sentiment in London, anarchists, and the call for international policing to curb terror threats with Britain blamed for asylum to terrorists.
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New York
Garnel J Tilden
Empire State
Mi Tilden
Positon
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Gay Filden
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Tilden
William Allen
Ohio
New Jersey
Judson Harmon
Woodrow Wilson
Marshall
Indiana
Hendricks
Foss
Massachusetts
Maine
Connecticut
Champ Clark
Dix
Longworth tariff bill aims for shared data with Congress and President
The Longworth tariff commission bill introduces a board of five for six years to study tariffs and report to both Congress and the President. It allows confidential statements to gather industry data, with publication safeguards, and as an experimental start, carries President Taft's approval.
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Tariff Board
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Desirable Carpetbaggers From Illinois Buy Alabama Lands
An Illinois group purchases a 40 square mile tract in Alabama to settle 320 families, converting cotton land for grain crops amid a shifting labor pattern as African Americans move to towns, Italian workers rise in some areas, and southern land values are projected to rise with broader Gulf State development and railroad advertising.
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Plea Against Mount Vernon Convict Camp Sparks Outrage
The Richmond Times-Dispatch denounces a DC plan to create a reformitory for convicts on Mount Vernon land near Washington. It urges Congress to block funding and remove commissioners, noting Mount Vernon’s sacred status and its historic guardians, the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, who fear the proposed proximity to the tomb of Washington and his wife. The piece calls for a national crusade against the plan.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
District of Columbia
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Mount Vernon
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Washington
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Jerusalem
Battle of Delicacies in Pan ama ex position sparring
The New York Sun notes a clash of regional claims over Pan ama exposition fare with San Francisco and New Orleans spotlighting cocktails, wines, pralines, oysters, shrimps and other delicacies. It questions who profits as political talk turns to whitewash and a Congressional Record advert for redemption. A Boston Advertiser note then imagines a larger House with offices for every member, despite many having multiple rooms in the new building.
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No Rival Against Taft Emerges in Washington Rumors
Ernest G Walker in the Boston Herald reports that Washington discussions strengthen the view Taft will be renominated with no rival booms emerging. Cummins' prospects fade as insurgent support shifts. some indorsement of Taft is possible for harmony. Washington politics focus on legislation as the nomination becomes the apparent outcome.
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Taft
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Potomac
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Republican National Committee
BRITAIN'S ENVOY AT COPENHAGEN
Sir William Conyngham Greene appointed minister plenipotentiary to Copenhagen replaces Sir Alan Johnstone. Noted for serving at Pretoria at outbreak of the Boer War and for Dutch language skill earning favor with Kruger. Also linked to a sensational episode in Berne and future promotions see Bucharest. Lady Lily Greene and Kinship ties expand the diplomatic web.
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Buenos Aires
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Washington
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George
Derek Keppel
Count Cassini
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White House Social Authority Restored in Taft Era Opinion
The New York Evening Poet laments past White House social misrule and praises Taft for reestablishing the White House as society arbiter. It traces Washington society cliques, a reform club, and a gradual shift toward unified social leadership, noting Roosevelt’s partial failures and lingering elite boycotts.
Convicts at Auburn Prison Stage Holiday Vaudeville Show
A Christmas vaudeville by Auburn Prison inmates draws praise from convicts and officials alike. The writeup from Convict 31,147 in Sing Sing’s Star of Hope describes a lawn party style production with a full orchestra, two quartets, jester acts, and notable vocal numbers. The piece highlights praised performances and the overall success of the entertainment.
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The Triumph in Academy: Anger Fear and Love
The speaker reflects on three forces anger fear and love that shaped a life and the desire to master them quietly before a final night near, as each man confronts what the gods insist he must learn. The poem contemplates fate memory and the cost of human experience.
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The Empty Flask and a Sad Blow
A reflective piece contrasts personal loss with public duty as a glass drains wine to symbolize an internal ache tied to a political era. It ponders the social impact of leadership at the White House and ends with a humorous Miss offering an opera bag for a chafing dish, illustrating contrasting tones.
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Pointed Paragraphs from the Chicago News
An excerpt notes that money woes fuel alcohol prohibition arguments, and family opinion colors matches. It mentions wedding guest lists revealing who skips, hints at flattery swaying a girl's view, and jokes that bachelors fearing marriage should retreat to a cave.
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
Relatives are worse than done because it is harder to get rid of them. A child who likes to kiss old people becomes a gent who values sincerity. Gray hair brings a belief of distinction. A widow’s lessons from one marriage are reused in another without disclosure. A wife cannot grasp why her husband hides old love letters in a safe.
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Brentwood Company
New York Press
Watterson Sails for Europe Delivers Dem Critics
Maree Henry comments on Democratic disarray as Col Henry Watterson departs to Europe for months. She critiques Congress committees and party coherence while noting Roosevelt’s quiet stance amid political upheaval and her view that the colonel acts without advice.
Visitors talk of Honduran revolution and Taft
An interview page records views from visitors on Honduras showing Bonilla likely to become president with American ally Lee Christmas guiding the revolt. Other remarks cover Milwaukee mayor Emil Seidel, La Follette’s standing, Taft’s rising popularity in New York and Pennsylvania, and a humorous anecdote about Lafe Pence meeting Bourke Cochran in Congress.
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Weight Loss Diet in Yorks Workhouse Ends Long Confines
Two very heavy men in Keighley workhouse were placed on a strict diet arranged by the medical officer. Breakfasts included porridge and skim milk, dinners lean meat or fish, vegetables, and watercress, with similar light suppers. Weekday solid food limit and Sunday restriction reduced intake. From May to Christmas 1909 their weights dropped from 258 and 248 pounds to 182 and 188 pounds, greatly improving health and mobility after years confined to chairs.
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