Washington frost subscription rates and notices 1916
An old Washington Post subscription notice lists delivery areas in Washington and Alexandria and details daily Sunday delivery options. Rates show daily and Sunday combinations, weekly and monthly plans, and advance payment requirements with remittance methods. The notice is dated Saturday January 8 1916 and lists advertising representatives in major cities.
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Washington
Alexandria
Washington Post Coq
Washington, D. C
Washington, DC
Pall Block
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mallers Building
Chicago
Devonshire Street
Boston
Kresge
Detroit
Dardanelles Report Blasts British Failings and Heroism
Gen Ian Hamilton denounces the Dardanelles fiasco as a flawed effort born of unpreparedness and poor joint leadership. He preserves the brave troops as a noble example while faulting naval army friction and systemic miscoordination.
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Ian Hamilton
Dardanelles
Hamilton
England
Balaklava
Transvaal
British Empire
United States Army
United States Navy
United States
Army
Navy
Britain
Gallipoli
Lesson to prevent future repeats of national tragedy
A call to learn from past failures and ensure the appalling experience is not repeated. It urges Congress and executive departments to act now to avert sorrow and humiliation Britain faced from unpreparedness and to safeguard the country’s future.
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Congress
Executive Departments
Great Britain
Our Country Must Benefit From U S Cash and Credit
The piece argues that American financial power should favor domestic interests over foreign credits. It warns against overexpansion of foreign lending, especially while war risks persist, and urges bankers to back U S manufacturers merchants railways and utilities first. It notes weak foreign financial conditions and calls for strengthening local business with cash and credit.
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United States
Federal Reserve
Feed the Birds in Hard Winter Times
A seasonal plea argues for feeding wild birds during the first major snowstorm. It links birds to crops, notes scientific interest in their stomach contents, and praises compassionate people who aid the timid creature. The piece evokes Bruce and a humane resolve to help distressed animals.
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Ruth
Europe
Robert Bruce
Lesson of Compassion For Birds and Men
The passage argues that even temporary privations reveal birds’ appeal to all people and criticizes those who extend sympathy to humans while withholding aid from birds. It echoes the idea that true mercy spans all creatures and recalls the proverb about acting with kindness to both bird and beast and man.
Prosperity and wage gains spread through steel work force
An article argues prosperity largely benefits workers as wage hikes spread nationwide. It notes United States Steel plans about a 10 percent rise for 150,000 day laborers, affecting roughly 240,000 employees overall. The piece cites Churchill on cooperation, praising voluntary gains without strikes.
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United States
United States Steel Corporation
Winston Churchill
America
Distributing the Burden and Public Bonds Debate
A council of opinion argues for federal bond issues to finance permanent improvements and national projects like the Panama Canal, noting cities and corporations fund large endeavors through bonds while criticizing direct taxes. The column contrasts public funding with current revenue limits and calls for a progressive approach benefiting present and future generations.
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Census Bureau
United States
Panama Canal
New York
Earl of Roden in France Civilian to Frontline Irish Horse Captain
The Earl of Roden, an Irish peer and captain of the Irish Horse, serves in France with a family history rich in title and estate. Once known as Lord Newport, he faced parliamentary voting questions and legal limbo over Irish and UK peer rights while his lineage traces back to Jocelyn ancestors and Down and Louth estates.
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Roden
New Ear
Bta
France
Lord Jocelyn
United States
Lord Newport
Newport
R. J
Tipperary
Ireland
Atlantia
Jocelyn
Countess of
Rodén
Ade Jocelyn
Jocelyns
Esnex
John
Henry
Thomas Jocelyn
Edward VE
Joselyn
Robert Jocelyn
Haron Newport
Viscount Jocelyn
George II
Bis Son
George VT
Jocelyna
Lord Roden
Tullymore Park
County Down
Dundalk House
County Louth
Emerald Isle
House of Lords
Westminster
House of Commons
England
Chouse of Commons
United Kingdom
Morsover
Eighth Infantry
New Zealand
Hope for Lusitania victims exhumation denied by Queenstown council
An Irish Queenstown urban district council refuses to allow exhumation of Lusitania victims buried near Queenstown. UK and Ireland law state remains belong to the state from burial, requiring the Home Secretary's permission for any removal. US consul Wesley Frost may have misread authority, but consequences depend on official action and bereaved relatives remain hopeful.
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United States
Lusitania
Queenstown
America
Wesley Frost
United Kingdom
Ireland
Home Department
Marquise DE Fontanoy
Brentwood Company
Arrives Recognized Weds In Unseen Match
Miss Anna Fraepkiin, 30, living in St Louis, married Frank Fort, a Grand Rapids area farmer, without ever meeting before. The wedding followed an arranged meeting prompted by Misa Franklin’s ad seeking a husband. The bride wore white and the groom a small white star on his coat.
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Paria
Dispatch Bt
Louis
Glote
Anna Fraepkiin
Ives
St. Louis
Frank Fort
Grand Rapids
Mich
Port
Misa Franklin
Haven
Port Snowla
Congress Condensed Bill Proposals and Committee Deliberations
Senator Overman introduced a bill to curb disclosures of national defense secrets. Reastor Hitchcock urged action on interference with American officers. Foreign relations committees met with no action on Henry P. Fletcher’s ambassador nomination to Mexico. Regulations by Senator Broussera provide free sugar tariff relief after May 1. Debate cited Japan’s openness to an international neutrality pact for the Philippines post US self-rule. Kenyon pushed a bill to bar racing information transmissions by telephone and telegraph. Rear Admiral Stanford testified before naval affairs. Niagara Falls regulation legislation moves to next Friday. Gardner of Massachusetts opposed embargo on arms. Kent of California proposed a national park service under Interior. McAdoo sought 411,050 emergency funds, including 315,000 for income tax collection. Rural credits bill to be reviewed next Wednesday. hearings unclear. Congress adjourned at 4 53 and 5 07 p m to noon today.
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Overman
Reastor Hitchcock
Taok
Henry P. Fletcher
Mexico
Broussera
Ghefroth
Japan
Philippines
United States
Kenyon
Stanford
Naval Affairs Committee
Foreign Affairs Committee
Niagara Falls
Gardner
Mansschunetts
Apoka
Kent
California
Interior Department
McAdoo
Internal Revenue Bureau
Glass
Banking and Currency
Flood
Secretary of the Treasury
International High Commission
Perfume Lures Auto Then Smashes Broadways Window
Mrs. Harry E. Klein driving the new $5,000 Christmas gift car swerved to avoid a collision and rammed into Pater Ferrere’s perfumery window on Broadway near Forty-seventh Street. The vehicle shattered glass, releasing perfumes priced at $9 an ounce as Mrs. Klein escaped unhurt, while onlookers fled. An actor nearby shouted and ran.
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Broadway
New York Exchange
Harry E. Klein
Charles B Dillingham
Longacre Square
Forty-seventh Street
The Week After Christmas in Town Stores and Waste
The week after Christmas finds the town crowded with shoppers returning gifts. Fireful stores brim with exchange activity as boxes, crates, and stray toys pile up, while homes show steam warmed litter from days of holiday cheer.
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New York
Woman decorates onions on flags to spark riot scare
Harrisburg Dispatch reports Mrs. Harry Staub hung four American flags from windows along Delaware and Moltke streets adorned with onions and a Bible. Police Patrolman Fetrow arrived to a stirred neighborhood as an explanation followed. Staub claimed she meant to celebrate a neighbor’s departure, saying onions were the strangest thing she could think of.
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Harrisburg Dispatch
Phila North American
Harry Staub
Delaware
Moltke
Fetrow
Four Legged Chicken Exhibit At Delta Poultry Show
A Delta poultry show displays a remarkable four legged chicken from Mich. reported by the St. Louis Globe Democrat. The bird, though unusual, appears perfectly proportioned and active, suggesting equal strength and usability of all four limbs.
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Dixwatch
St. Louie
Edward Kent Maine Whig Governor and Campaign Song
Edward Kent, born January 3 1802 in Concord New Hampshire, served as Maine’s Whig governor after a Bangor mayoralty. His 1840 campaign benefited from a popular campaign song praising Tippecanoe and Tyler too, aiding Kent's statewide win and helping the Whig slate.
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Edward Kent
Maine
Massachusetts
Concord
Nhs
Bangor
Kent
Harvard College
Govent
John Fairfield
Gov
Harrison
Tyler
Martin van Buren
Tippecanoe
Little van
Van
Gov Kent
Fairfield
Gov. Kent
Senate
Democratic Party
Film Fire Becomes Real in Tacony Munitions Factory Scene
In Tacony Philadelphia a supposed film shoot at an abandoned Mee Gee street plant escalated to a real fire. Fire crews fought flames as cameras captured melodramatic rescues and staged thrills, with the mill famed for William Penn statue casting before it fell idle.
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Philadelphia
Tacony
Muing Picture Company
Mee
Flm
William Penn
City Hall Tower
Too Big To Be Soldier In University Cadets Tale
A New York World dispatch from San Francisco reports Mrs W Ward of Oroville did not raise her son to be a soldier. Harta Ward a private in University of California Cadets weighs 860 pounds and faults appear during drill as Capt Philippa’s orders misalign the rear rank. The Philadelphia Telegraph adds a street corner exchange about a man who misreads a silver service as plated ware after a burglar alarmed him.
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San Francisco Dispatch
New York World
W Ward
Orovilis
University of California Cadets
Phillipa
Company P
Farle Warle
Philadelphia Telegraph
Comment on Passing Events Heard in Washington Hotels
In the New Willard, John Y. Buchanan, a retired London and Glasgow merchant, praises Kaiser Wilhelm as a man of remarkable parts and diplomacy while noting his traits, career decisions, and the historical title he uses for his grandfather. The discussion moves to Bismarck’s influence, Europe’s condition, and the UK war effort.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
John Y. Buchanan
London
Glasgow
New Willard
Heig
Wilhelm der Grosee
Frederick
William
William the Great
Germany
Wiliam
the Great
Wilhelm der Grosse
Emperor Designa
Bismarck
Europe
Everslina
Buchanan
Great Britain
Britain
Friday the Thirteenth in 1916 Noted in New Calendar
A fragment notes that 1916 has only one Friday the thirteenth, Friday October 13, among its 366 days. A brief anecdote from a religious school scene recalls Willie answering his father on what he learned at school, including phrases like yes sir and no sir.
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St Paut
Wester Christian Advocate
Willie
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