The Washington Post Publication Terms and Office Names
Publication details list varying daily and Sunday rates for year and month subscriptions. Remittance methods include drafts checks money orders and registered letters. Addresses include The Washington Post Co Mashington B C Penssin Avenue near Fourteenth Street and New York Office Flatiron Building. Paul Block is named as manager with Unity Bullying noted in error.
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Friday January 11 1907 item brief
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Three railroad plans debated in response to rate bill
The article contrasts Roosevelt Bryan and Harriman plans for regulating or controlling railroads. It notes Roosevelt’s inter state regulation, Bryan’s government ownership, and Harriman’s single managed system, arguing against excess consolidation and stressing human fallibility in governance. It then shifts to praise of the Carnegie guinea pig heredity study, condemning opposition and predicting broader human insights from animal research.
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Safeguarding railroads and state sovereignty debate
The coroner's Terra Cotta wreck verdict informs Congress on railroad safety measures. It highlights block signals, overtime, and dispatch practices affecting crew performance and urges prompt, enforceable legislation. South Carolina remarks on presidential policy fuel sovereignty discussions in Congress and states’ rights.
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Beginning of a Great Revolution in Christian Nations
The piece argues that Christian nations stand at the cusp of a new era and a coming revolution. It cites the Russo Japanese War, rising class struggle, and a shift away from national Christian dominance toward real equality and freedom. It critiques armaments, urban excess, and environmental degradation as signs of societal madness.
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Our Language Rotten Tongue Test Poem
A playful verse from the Boston Transcript mocks language quirks. It cites twisted lines about swimming grooming and spinning tops to argue language is rotten when words and actions diverge, ending with a cheeky refrain on pronunciation and meaning.
Shattered Brain Patient Undergoes Rare Brain Operation
In Lakeside Hospital Cleveland a delicate surgery is planned with Dr Henry S Upson as operating surgeon and W R A Wortman the patient. The procedure aims to readjust brain cells displaced by a skull pressure from a lightning stroke in Stark County. The case draws wide medical interest for unknown effects of electricity on the brain.
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Dakotaana Immensity and Dakotan Farms in Sat Evening Post
A Providence Journal column humorously contrasts Dakotas with Illinois Chicago scene, featuring a Tall tale of large Dakota farms and a man who furrows a spring field then harvests back. It includes jokes about farming life and wealth, plus a brief note on graveyard versus flower garden from Henry Couden.
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Russia’s Civilizing Impact in Central Asia Explored
The piece lauds Russia’s Central Asia reforms in Bokhara, noting abolition of slavery, end of torture, limited capital punishment, opium ban, and economic development. It highlights Bokhara’s peace for foreigners, improved cotton and silk industries, and cites British envoys’ fate and Joseph Wolf’s accounts. It also touches on European aristocracy, Rothschilds, Lord North, and linked historical anecdotes, ending with a mention of MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
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Hard Work at That: Man Defies Railroad in Old Case
In Cleveland area notes an old clash with a railroad where a man prevailed after years. The tale recalls a simple strategy used at a standhouse and highlights persistence overcoming the corporate opposition.
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Oldest City in the World lecture by Dr Banks in Baltimore
Dr Edgar J Banks a Turkish language professor from the University of Chicago arrived in Baltimore as guest of the Woman's College to deliver two lectures on the oldest city in the world identified as Bismya. He described excavations in Babylonia and Egypt and noted a David statue now in the Turkish Museum in Constantinople.
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Stanford White Jury List Highlight in New York Sun
Deputy Clerk Van Hagen opened the January term in the United States Circuit Court and drew Stanford White first from the jury wheel as Harry Thaw faces trial this month. White’s East Twenty first Street home is listed along with three business addresses at Fifth Avenue Broadway and Madison Avenue, the latter housing Madison Square Garden. White also maintained a studio. Corsets Cause Divorce in Watertown New York. Edith McMillan Harbottle, longtime private stenographer to John Byron Taylor, is freed from her husband by a South Dakota court seeking permission to remarry and retain her maiden name after her spouse failed to pay for corsets purchased by the plaintiff.
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Teeth in Wrong Place and Odd News From Indiana
James Knorr, a Pulaski County farmer, coughed up his new false teeth after a November attack and suspected swallowing them. On his Minnesota farm a young heifer died from starvation, and a Cleveland Plain Dealer item hints at Mount Ararat ascent by James Bryce, with Noah meriner mentioned as an early user of the port of entry years ago.
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Miss McCormick Wins Roosevelt Pardon for Crahan
Miss Sarah McCormick, a schoolteacher in Providence, won presidential intervention from Theodore Roosevelt to reduce Marcus Crahan’s federal sentence from fifteen years to six. Crahan, a counterfeiter who issued fake two dollar bills at race tracks, will be released in two years and return to Providence. The teacher later revealed she is Crahan’s fiancée and had turned over 34,000 to him during his legal troubles.
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Zigzag Voyage and a Brighter Future for a Dutchess Girl
A New York American excerpt covers Capt. Fitzgerald's misadventures aboard the Conductor bound for Nova Scotia with a crew of fifteen, including his daughter Geraldine. After days of gales and detours, the ship limps toward Barbados for jury rig repairs as the captain jokes about misery and a sister ship. Also noted: Margeret Foerderer, at age twenty-two, becomes Philadelphia’s reform mayor’s private secretary, the first woman in such a post, praised for tact and acumen while remaining less than a suffragist.
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Napoleons Mustache Color Debated by Paris Press
Paris newspapers clash over Napoleon IIs mustache color with authorities split. Emile Olivier, deemed knowledgeable, concludes the Emperor wore a yellow mustache. The aging writer notes heavy workload and four volumes remaining for publication.
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Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
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Americans in Washington hear German diplomat discuss US life
In the Arlington hotel last night Alfred C. Johnson, German born vice consul, praised American opportunities and streetcar efficiency while criticizing German education and character building. He noted lower fares on German trams, cheaper annual passes, and hints of class contrasts in Berlin. A. Nadeau, Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition head, arrived in Washington with plans for Seattle Pacific coast showcase.
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