Washington Post 1908 subscription notice page
Public notices detail subscription options for daily and Sunday delivery by carrier or mail, including rates for city and out-of-town, and payment methods. The item lists offices in New York and Chicago, and identifies Paul Block as manager, with the issue date January 15, 1908.
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Washington, D. C
New York
Omce
Flatiron
Paul Block
Chiago
Hartford
Pau Block
German Socialists show strength in Berlin march
A lengthy Paris style column describes a Sunday demonstration by German Socialists marching through Berlin with the crowd singing La Marseillaise leading to a fervent display of patriotism. The piece argues socialism spurred by victory in prussian politics signals broad demand for reform and national progress across Europe.
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Tao Atrong
Legetiaristh
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Ptysas
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Nathan
Largest lawyers fees noted in early 20th century
Connecticut paid Samuel Fessenden about 160000 for prosecuting a state claim against the United States. Cromwell’s Panama Canal service fetched nearly 80000, later reduced. Guthrie rumored to receive over 100000 for Plant will case. Cromwell earned 250000 for broker firm liquidation. fees attributed to business associations as much as professional labor.
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Philadelphia Pres
Connecticut
Samuel Fessenden
United States
Buen
Fessenden
Belogg
Ib le
Jam Dill
Andrew Carnegis
Henry C. Frick
Hirger
Business Association
New York City
William D. Guthrie
New York
Plant
Guthrie
Paris
William Nelson Cromwell
Panama Canal
Cromwell
The Lay of a Pessimist and Other Clippings
A potpourri of quotation filled items from Chicago and Philadelphia papers. It blends a satirical verse on civic greed from the Chicago Record-Herald with notes on Vatican lighting, rare oysters in Virginia, a fatal accident in Britten township, trade gains, and a sidebar on Judge Parker and the 1904 election. The pieces reference public figures and places such as Chicago, Brooklyn Eagle, Vatican, Chesapeake Bay, Britten township, and Pittsburg.
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News Gossip and Law Notes
Fragmented miseriaw musings on cresting demands for clearing-house checks and argues about how to get along with those in power. The piece touches on legal schemes, relationships with influential figures, and cites Carrie Nation and references to brewers and marriage with a satiric, lampooning tone.
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Gaynor
Schraitz
Carrie Nation
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Marriag
Brancepeth Castle and the Boyne Lineage Unfolds in Ireland
Brancepeth Castle in County Durham is traced to King John and the Russell-Hamilton lineage. Gustavus Hamilton Russell, now Lord Boyne, holds estates in Ireland and England, with eleven siblings on liberal allowances. The piece also notes Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria's marriage to Princess Eleanor of Reuss, influenced by the Grand Duchess Vladimir, and outlines dynastic ties and historical military service linked to the Boyne title.
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Brancepeth
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Panic history and 1940s Democratic hopes in Minnesota
The piece argues that panics have punished the ruling party in elections, cites past cycles from Van Buren to McKinley, and notes the Republican claim of prosperity politics. It analyzes Democrats’ weakness, Bryan’s drag on campaigns, and highlights Gov. Johnson of Minnesota as a potential revived candidacy with a strong 1940 gubernatorial plurality and cross-party appeal.
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Collier's Weekly
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Parker
Gov. Johnson
Minnesota
Johnson
People
Winter and war creep through a disjointed quatrain
A garbled collage recalls a cheerless season and a Harlem man’s controversial will. It blends a New York Times snippet about a utilitarian bone button idea with a romanticized World War I account of Princess Eleanor tending the wounded aboard a train. The fragmentary text mingles yesteryear imagery with unsettling notions of preserved body parts.
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New York Times
Harlem
Death of Bryan's Double and royal gossip in Philadelphia
Prince Charlotte of Saxe Meiningen met Harden the Zukunft editor briefly in a doctor waiting room. The incident clarifies false rumors that Charlotte insured Harden’s writings. Elks convention visitor Charles K. Wolf from Dallas, famed for resembling William Jennings Bryan, died suddenly at home after greeting crowds in Philadelphia.
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Harden
Charlotte
Saxe- Meiningen
The
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Schweninger
Charlotta
Frederick
Sahe
Irelaning House
Prussia
Prinress
Iea
Clase
Germany
Brentwood Co
Philadelphia
Charles K. Wolf
Dallas
Tex
Wolf
William Jennings Bryan
Eis
Horse Forty Years Old at Home of Rest for Horses
From the New York Huan, B Sutherland Stafford reports a London refuge housing seventy three equines. A forty year old gamecock is owned by Gen. Murray Miller, another famed charger named Miss Bylvester belongs to Col. Findyer. New Year’s Day features a special horse meal, and an annual donkey pilgrim visits since a tumor operation a decade ago.
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New York
Reflections of a Bachelor from the New York Press
A fragmentary humorous column offers quips on male wisdom and courtship. The piece riffs on understanding women, pride, money, and social dress, hinting at etiquette and missteps in relationships.
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New York Press
Some Freak Wills Feature Bodies Made Into Odd Items
A New York World excerpt surveys strange testamentary directions turning corpses into practical items or art. It cites Henry E B Sullivan and Morgan v Boys, notes bits about drumheads from skin, buttons, fiddle strings, violet lamps, and even composting for a tree, with Bentham and others donating bodies for dissection or study.
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Henry EB. Sullivan
Johann Zisks
Huasites
Sanborn
Harvard University
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Louis Agassiz
Warren Simpson
Arummer
Chapel
Bunker Hill
Pope
Jeremy Bentham
Southwood Smith
Bentham
Smith
University College
Schoolboy Sharpshooter Praised by President
The President lauds sharp shooting skills as a vital virtue for schoolboys while a separate feature highlights Kathleen Pope, a ten year old girl skater, who mystifies experts by duplicating pro tricks from a distance and without watching the skates. She recalls hard falls in her early days yet credits fearless practice and balance for her success at St Nicholas Rink.
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New York World
Kathleen Pope
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St Nicholas Rink
Tom
Deaths of Mrs Rosa A Bender in Baltimore
Mrs Rosa A Bender wife of Mr George Bender died Saturday evening at her home from a rare disease. Known to medical literature as haemoglobinuria the illness dissolves red blood cells and passes them into the kidneys. It resembles blackwater fever common in West Africa. Causes include malaria, scarlet fever typhoid or cold exposure during wet weather. Dr David Streett attended her case and suspected cold exposure as the trigger. The disease is not always fatal.
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Wood Pulp in Norway Puts Spotlight on Industry
Consul Felle Johnson of Bergen describes Norway pulp production and exports. In 19% Norway shipped 97,413 tons of paper and products valued at 16,953,200 crowns, plus 505,627 tons of wood pulp worth 31,883,400 crowns. The United States took 19,277 tons. Britain 282,371. France Belgium 45,699. others to Holland Denmark Germany Spain and more. Forests cover about 20 percent. since 1901, 30 million trees planted by the Norwegian Forest Society and 1.5 million annually by the government. Mexico City dispatch: three Americans sentenced for murder of two others in life insurance case had their sentences commuted to twenty years and are moved to Vera Cruz fortress. strict six-year silence rule applies and solitary confinement.
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Ialy
Mexico
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India
China
Japan
Australia
Norwegian Forest Society
Mexico City
New York
William Mitchell
Charles S. Harte
Leslie B. Hurlbert
Chihuama
Vera Crus
San Juan de ‘Loa
Chats of Visitors to the Capital in Raleigh Notes
West Virginia governor nomination fight may favor Judge Joseph M. Sanders a southern dark horse. Col J D Walker Cornelius Dalzell push for veterans bill. Pennsylvanians discuss Knox Penrose and Roosevelt dynamics. Maj James H Spercar recalls Civil War exploits and Timothy Dugan bravery. Wentworth lauds American patent vigor. Florida winter plan quoted.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Daily Telegraph
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Taft
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Washington
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Dalzell
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Committee On Pensions
Col Walker
Finn 1
Boles Penrose
Penrose
Oilver Wendell Holmes
James H. Spercar
Lobbitt House
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Crook
Sitting Bull
Ancoin
Concord
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Old Hom
Maj. Spencer
Boston
Timothy Dugan
Battle of
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Dugan
Spotsylvania
Herbert Rothwell Spencer
United States Revenue Service
Philippines
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