Washington Post Subscription Terms 1915
Washington Post subscription terms listed with carrier delivery in Washington and Alexandria. Rates for daily Sunday editions, mail options, and advance payment instructions are given. Notices include remittance methods and representative addresses in New York Boston and Detroit for subscription services.
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Alexandria
Washington Post
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Paul Bliwsn
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mallett Pulling
Devonshire Street
Boston
Kresge
Detroit
Government ships would be dangerous in war and costly in peace
The minority report on the government ship purchase bill warns that government owned vessels would be risky in wartime and expensive in peacetime. It argues neutrals and international law complicate transfers of German ships and that U S ownership would provoke British objections and undermine American competitiveness.
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Britain
United States
Great Uritain
Germany
Great Britain
Congress
Slbec
Births and population thoughts in a crowded city heat
The piece muses on pregnancy and large families amid city crowds and playful chaos. It contrasts a humorous domestic moment with broader concerns about immigration, birth rates, and national population debates, referencing police, schools, and urban life in a sweeping, era tone.
Hvanaton Flats Respond to World Expectations
The Hvanaton flats weigh their patriotic and business principles against a new announcement. The tone suggests an anxious and expectant world awaiting the refreshingly positive message from the developers.
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Hvanaton
France Our Old Ally and Friend in the Independence War
The piece recalls French support for America during the Revolution and urges continued sympathy and prudent commerce with France. It notes the 1773 Paris treaty, its aims to defend U S liberty, and argues Americans owe gratitude while avoiding actions that burden France or provoke conflict. It states Americans may sell goods to France except armed vessels, and that France can safely receive such deliveries.
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France
Horace White
United States
Paris
Janece
Bond Issue Proposed to Cover Treasury Deficit
The treasury faces a large deficit this year and last, with $64,451,957 short and $50,623,985 in customs receipts missing over six months. A national bond issue is proposed to restore circulation, fund improvements, and spur prosperity, arguing the canal debt is already paid and the public would buy bonds.
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Treasury Department
Treasury
Panama Canal
United States
National defense conference aims for coordinated policy
The piece argues that conferences between the War and Navy secretaries and appropriations chairmen may help only if they lead to a liberal, constructive defense policy. It praises Secretary Garrison for backing preparedness and urges immediate fix of defects, noting the House naval committee’s move to create a naval reserve aiming for 25,000 former sailors as a step forward.
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War
Navy
Garrison
House Naval Committee
Roosevelts lecture tour sparks debate on unemployment remedy
The piece argues protection is needed and free trade with belligerents should be restricted to aid the unemployed. It criticizes Roosevelt's plan to lecture at a New York lodging house and donate proceeds, saying it would provoke agitation and fail to solve the deeper, national prosperity problem.
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United States
Col. Roosevelt
New York
Industrial Commssion
Department of Labor
Industrial Commission
Roosevelt
Plan to Modernize National Defense and Recruit Full Strength
The text urges a constructive plan to modernize national defense, calling for recruiting the standing army to full strength, addressing deficits in coast defenses, battleship fleet, military aeronautics, and ammunition supply. It argues for immediate remedies, legislative action, and Congress to act, with conferences shaping a general plan and a definite military policy.
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Congress
Civilian Peer Receives Order of the Garter Distinction
A Victorian era piece discusses Lord Chesterfield being awarded the Order of the Garter. It contrasts him with Earl Wichener, detailing Chesterfield’s dubious reputation, lineage from American blood, and the tragic death of his wife Lady Elizabeth Butler. It notes long-standing rumors of foul play and references the Chesterfield family history and titles.
Attacks Tramp’s Peg Leg Until Capture in Pittsburgh
A tramp entered Mrs. I. L. Bechtel’s North Side home to drink coffee but was swiftly repelled by a large English setter that bit and tore the thief’s wooden leg from its stump. The intruder fled but was captured by police.
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Pittsburgh
Ty Phildelphia Rerord
Congress Condensed News Briefs from the Senate
Senator Lodge proposed an amendment to the ship purchase bill to exclude ships of belligerent nations. Public health was discussed by Senator Work. Philippine committee hearings on independence continued. Lodge to speak on administration of Mexico. Federal Reserve Act amendment favors discounting imports or exports with three months or less. DC appropriation report totals 22,341,624. Indian appropriation considered. Foreign affairs hearings on war munitions export ban resumed. Panama Canal fortifications explained to the appropriations committee by Governor Goethals. Seaman's bill conferees appointed. Adjourned periods to noon today.
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Jealous Trout Victor in Twisted Love of Watermated Murder
A gossiping New York paper reports a tale from Highland Lake where a tame 15 inch trout named Pete, driven by jealousy, savagely pursued and consumed a smaller male trout from a spring used as his home. After the crime the survivor vanished, but Pete returned content with a single mate.
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New York Herald
Wintergreen Estate
Highland ‘Lake
Walla
Pate
Pete
Cow cough case nets verdict in municipal court
Harman Larson sued George Alo for twenty dollars claiming it was due on a cow. Alo said he paid twenty and the cow died from pneumonia after a bad cold. Two lawyers argued the matter before Judge Edward Mailan. the jury awarded Larson zero dollars.
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Edward Mailan
Harman Larson
George Alo
Larson
Aho
Prisoner Escapes Lockup Then Reenters
Harrison Veeter a Drigoner exploited a unlocked outside door at the lockup corridor stove coal ran low. He fetched coal from a nearby shed with a bucket but the door slammed shut by a spring lock. He sought the chief of police who allowed his return to the cell.
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Harrison Veeter
Veeter
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Live Snake Found in Woman's Stomach at Madison Hospital
In Dane county a woman from Waukakee underwent X ray examination revealing a live grass snake inches long in her stomach. She felt no pain before the discovery but was distressed by the news. The snake was removed without surgery and was nearly pure white.
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Waukakee
Dane County
Five Donts for Dancers From New York Times Censors
Public Dance Hall Inspectors Dodge and Schmitt summarize five prohibitions for dancers including no hopping no dipping no breathing in the lady’s face no holding the partner too close and no waving arms. They deem dipping and shoulder rolling vulgar and prohibit all such moves.
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N. J
New York Times
Dodge
Schmitt
Laundered Steak at South Chicago Station
A light tale from the South Chicago precinct reports Patrolmen Timothy Sullivan George Misa and John Smith serving a steak cooked by Officer Leslie Fisher using soap as grease. The improvised kitchen was in the station basement where night-crew grub is prepared. The stunt ended with a soap-splattered exit and quips about the unusual meal.
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Chicago Tribune
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Jonn Smith
George Misa
Chicago
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George
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Death by Own Action Shocks Asbestos Chemist
Charles Mayo an aged chemist at Central Asbestos and Magnesia Company located at 25 27 West Kinzie Street died by his own hand. Fellow workers found him in his second floor room with a tin horn strapped to his chest and a compact revolver concealed in the horn. A cord connected to the trigger was held in Mayo's right hand as police describe the method of death.
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Chicago Tribune
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Extermination of Ground Squirrels in California
Since July 1914, 20,150,000 ground squirrels have been killed in California and 3,100,000 acres surveyed, to curb plague spread. Public Health Service and California Board of Health note historic link to human cases and report progress: 9 percent of squirrels destroyed on 3.1 million acres since 1913, infection on 21 of 238 ranches declining to 0.3 percent in 1914.
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California
United States Public Health Service
Board of Health
San Francisco
Public Health Service
California State Board of Health
Pathways to Parnassus and Tales of Youth
Mixed extracts recount a Springfeld Republican feature on Pathways to Parnassus with lines of verse about pilgrimage to the Hill of Song. Intertwined are satirical sketches from the London Strand showing a Stalwart Youth dodging recruiting zeal and a Louisville Courier-Journal quip on gender roles and technology.
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Muserats Triumph as New Laws Shift New Jersey Legislature
Salem dispatch reports that new game laws helped elect Collins HB Allen over Democrat Isaac Smick, flipping the balance in the forthcoming legislature to Republicans 1 and Democrats 1. Muakrat trapping dominates Salem county industry as trappers resent last year’s law revisions.
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Nightie thief chase ends with capture in snow
Keosac City Odo reports a brakeman J E Wilson overslept in a rooming house on Me iee street. He woke to a thief taking his watch and trousers. Wilson pursued the thief barefoot through snow, tackling him at Fifteenth street. Policemen Albert Keys and John Wood detained the suspect at Walnut street station. Wilson recovered his clothing and rode home in a police car.
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Horse Evicts Stranger From Burning Stable
An Indianapolis Star note recalls a dramatic scene at the Ingalls fivery barn fire where an old family horse named Old Joe, kept by Mike Wallner, marched through the flames to his old stall. He confronted a strange horse, then resumed feeding as workers watched.
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Weather and tide table for the day with storm outlook
The notice provides a sun and tide table with temperatures, winds, and atmospheric pressure, plus forecasts for unsettled to rainy weather across regions including the Pacific coast, northern lakes, the Mississippi and Ohio valleys, and the Gulf States. It notes warmer trends in parts of the northeast and middle Atlantic, with cooler conditions in the lake region and western areas.
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Minnesota Republicans Eye Kellogg in Senate Race
In Washington Kellogg of St Paul may join former Rep James Tawney in a Minnesota Senate contest as 1917 Clapp seat looms. Kellogg cites 1916 election results and GOP strength, while Hammond’s governorship and literacy test proposals spark debate on immigration policy and party prospects.
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