Washington Post Subscription Rates 1909
The notice lists delivery by carrier in Washington and Alexandria with varying terms, including daily Sunday and weekly options. It names The Washington Post Co. and office addresses, urges remittance by drafts checks money orders or registered letters, and shows dated Thursday January 28 1909 with manager names Paul Block.
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Alexandria
Daily
Unity
Washington Post CO
Washington, DC
Wallington
New York
Paul Block
Naager Seago Ui
Nartford
Waagar
Cuba Faces Second Trial in Self Government Effort
The article outlines Cuba's push for self government amid factions and foreign influence. It notes a newly elected president and Congress, potential tax reforms, and the challenge of unifying the island while maintaining independence and stability.
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Gemeaz
Noob Musuli
Jesus
Cutesie
Catan
Dallot
Rob Corie
Vitistin
Prague
Econom
Eta
Upink
Pak
Implove
Bipartisan Deposit Insurance Debate Echoes in Vague Essay
The piece discusses Republican and Democrat positions on bank deposits and government protection. It frames the argument as a clash over who bears responsibility for safeguarding citizens' funds, contrasting private collateral with public guarantees and citing J Pierpont Morgan as a referenced figure.
Debates on Tariffs and Public Wealth Clash in Congress
The piece critiques Andrew Carnegie and other witnesses before the Ways and Means Committee, attacking claims of disinterested testimony on tariff policy. It argues protection benefits workers and industry, citing Judge Gary and other leaders while warning against paternalist plans like postal banks.
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Andrew Carnegie
Ways and Megaw
Carnegie
Slabo
Ways and Means Committee
Wars and Means
Carneme
Gary
Steel Trust
North Carolina cow and labor talk spark odd mix of satire
A satirical piece blends a tale of a transformed North Carolina cow with bold claims about labor capital harmony. It contrasts rustic past to modern industrial trust ownership, notes profit sharing in steel, and lampoons political and social headlines.
Tariff Change Seen Delaying Recovery in United States Trade
The quarterly figures of the steel trust indicate hesitancy across industries as tariff revision looms. Confidence rises slowly after last year’s depression while merchants slow purchases, banks offer liquidity, and buyers operate hand to mouth. A progressive nation awaits profitable price levels before expanding activity.
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United States
Steel Trust
Rich Men Fight Graft In New York City Finance Probe
Prominent figures including John D Rockefeller Andrew Carnegie Felix Warburg Jacob H Bebimt and others back the bureau of municipal research in its scrutiny of city finances and graft. The new payroll accounting system has caused widespread disruption with delayed pay across departments notably street cleaning park and police. department heads protest to Mayor McClellan who reportedly opposes the bureau. The system aimed to assign payroll errors to responsible officials.
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New York Times
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
Felix Warburg
Jacob H. Bebimt
Bureau of Municipal Research
Police
McClellan
White Indians Of Orinoco Expedition Heads South
Dr Hamilton Rice, famed explorer, arrives in New York after a year seeking the Cano Grande and the white Indians in the Orinoco basin. He plans a solo return expedition from Bogota to map tributaries and seek a rumored great lake, with publication underway and Royal Geographical Society involvement.
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South America
New York Herald
Hamilton Rice
Orinoco River
Brazil
Herald
London
Royal Geographical Society of London
Rice
Orinoco
Bogota
Nagging Charge in Divorce Suit
Worcester dispatch reports Judge Pierce in New York chambers hearing Channing Smith of Leicester sue for divorce from Nellie A. Montgomery of Philadelphia. Smith accuses continual nagging and emotional cruelty. no physical violence alleged. Smith’s health allegedly worsened, with Albert E. Smith and a physician stating he risked a nervous breakdown.
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Worcester
Mass
New York Times
Pierce
Chambers
Channing Smith
Leicester
Republican State Committee
Nellie A. Montgomery
Philadelphia
Flattering Scales at Gray Gables Over Baby Weight Tale
Grover Cleveland’s son Richard drew a visit from friend Joseph Jeffer son at Gray Gables. The notable actor asked the weight question, the attending physician claimed nine pounds, Cleveland insisted the child weighs fifteen. He joked about weighing him with fishing gear.
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Grover Cleveland
Richard
Joseph Jefferson
Gray Gables
Cleveland
Joe
Dry Wave Spreads From Chicago Peat Across Meadows
A curious report notes the term Southern hospitality fading as the mint withers in meadowlands and corkscrew gatherings wane, signaling shifting social phrases and regional language use amid unsettled times.
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Chicago
Mr Bok's Despair in Ladies' Home Journal Inquirer
Fragmentary claim discusses a 17 year old girl and a claimed lack of beneficial exercise for her legs. the text is incomplete and lacks clear context or attribution, making it difficult to identify the source article's full point or outcome.
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Jounal Inquirer
American Gifts Anger Europe and Paris Champs Elysees
A discussion notes how American philanthropy toward European cities is often met with criticism or indifference. It highlights Carnegie Morgan Gould gifts abroad, a proposed Paris concert hall atop the Champs Elysees facing opposition, plus remarks on boxing, royal entertainments, and the Paris avenue’s historic pageants and arches.
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J. F. Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
British Museum
St. Paul's Cathedral
Anna Gould
Princess de Sagan
Paris
Ameriang
Champs Elysees
Champs Elyseen
Marie de Medicis
France
Place de la Concorde
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Napoleon I
Place de l’Etaile
St Helena
Arc de Triomphe
Champs Elysee
Government study claims steam prevents mine explosions
The United States Geological Survey testing lab reports steam injected into dust laden air within a miniature mine stops explosions. Cold dry air triggers an instant explosion, while exhaust steam in pilot tests proved consistently suppressive. Advocated two years ago by H A Kuhn of the Pittsburg and Westmoreland Coal Co, the method has halted explosions in the tested mines.
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Pittubarg
New Yok Times
United States Geological Survey
H. A. Kuhn
Pittsburg and Westmoreland Coal Company
Atlantic City to Replace Black Waiters at Chalfonte Hotel
The Hotel Chalfonte in Atlantic City hired 260 replacement waitresses from Boston trained for their duties, causing alarm among African American workers and the Waiters Protective League which fears mass job loss within a year. Hotels along the beach may follow, altering the city’s labor balance and politics as Republicans react to potential shifts in power.
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Atlantic City
Chalfonte
Negro Waiters’ Association
Waiters’ Protective League
Boston
Nedal
Gield
Third Ward
Useful Vermin as Allies in Field Mights of Nevada Crops
A field mouse is a frail animal yet its enemies can be beneficial. Nevada fields saw three fourths of 20 000 acres of alfalf destroyed by mice last year. The Department of Agriculture protected birds and beasts that prey on mice, deploying hawks owls falcons ravens and others. On 2000 acres the predatory vermin reduced mice by tens of thousands daily and, with poisons, contained the outbreak. Nationwide common noxious animals may be enormously beneficial with proper knowledge.
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Burny
Nevada
Department of Agriculture
Reminded Him of the Blizzard Satirical Exchange
A satirical dialogue unfolds between a young man and a fair young woman. The man muses on beauty and self-perception, while the woman responds with a cold yet pointed retort about male self-importance. The scene ends with their observer noting a moment yesterday.
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Chicago
Eggs Boiled to Music From a Philadelphia Inquirer
A famous evangelist recounts visiting a Southern town where a soprano kitchen hymn wakes him at dawn. After breakfast he remarks on the servant’s piety and is met with a humble reply about the hymn. The tale ends with a quirky note on boiling eggs by verses.
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Philadelphia
Belgian Postal Service Sees Large Letter Totals in 97
The London Globe reports that through the Belgian post office in 97, ordinary letters reached 118,193,748 with a 3.33 percent rise from the prior year. Including foreign mail the total letters moved were 146,656,578. Per inhabitant averages stood at 19.66. In 1906, 305,23 Belgian letters were returned via the post, but 108,20 reached their destination after being opened or vetted.
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London Globe
Bryan's Art of Self-Denial in Milwaukee Sentinel
The Milwaukee Sentinel reports on William Jennings Bryan's stance as he disapproves of the proposed increase in presidential power and advocates a self-denial approach to public office and policy. The piece frames Bryan's position within a broader critique of expansion and ambition in government.
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Bryan
The
Milwaukee Sentinel
With & Eurloud
Rogues Gallery of Frienzied Chauffeurs in Chicago
Chicago detectives announce a rogues gallery to identify reckless chauffeurs. Photographs target drivers convicted or fined in courts to aid injured workers and employers in screening hires and aid courts in punishment. Today Harry Stokes is held for murder in Emma Winkelman’s death. two women were run down yesterday.
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Rogues
Chicago
Dispatch
New York World
Clef P. D. O'Brien
Harry Stokes
Emma Winkelman
The Weary Shopper's Ride in the Subway
A New York Times verse parodies a shopper struggling in a crowded subway car. The weary commuter clings to a strap as crowds press around her, while eerie verses hint at danger and doom aboard the late ride.
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New York Times
New York cooking near the gate dream satire
A lyrical satirical piece imagines Taft visiting New York and sampling a parade of diverse dishes from Chinatown to Little Italy. The speaker, confident in delightful foreign fare, envisions the president dining on chop suey, bird’s nest soup, spaghetti, goulash, chill beans and meat, and more.
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New York
Taft
Chinatown
Italy
Sphagetti
Deming Perkins Jr Leg Amputation Report
Deming Perkins Jr a Yale graduate and noted society figure from the East, had his leg amputated in Denver due to a peculiar disease after weeks of bone decay in the foot and leg. Doctors are uncertain if the surgery will halt the illness as Perkins planned to study law at Denver University. his father is described as a wealthy Connecticut merchant.
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Alexander I
Russia
Frederick William II
Prussia
England
Lord Lowther
Jackson
Alexander
Coombe Warren
London
George IV
Prince of Wales
Brighton
Alexander Ht
Alexander TI
Shah of Persia
Buckingham Palace
Persia
Marquisé de Fontsnor
Congright
Brentwood Company
Denver
Deming Perkins Jr
Yale
East
Perkins
Ame
Colorado
Connecticut
Denver University
Never Can Tell About Ohio From the Detroit Free Press
A quirky note recalls Ohio politics with a two minute penitentiary chaplain prayer, the chaplain’s hat stolen during the session, and a claim that the majority used a steam roller but spiked it to hinder the minority.
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Detmoit
House of Representatives
Lords
Starr
Penitentiary
Ohio
First Aid for Heroes Amid Womanly Help At Sea
An uncertain account describes Jack Bions receiving public First Aid from women after a maritime peril. A wireless operator stayed calm as crowds surged toward him and the scene escalated with a sea of admirers shouting for help.
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Memibery
Arival
Jack Bions
Firsi
Not What It Used to Be Grocery Politics in Ohio Town
A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes changes in local politics. An Ohio town is reported without a postmaster and with no volunteers for the job, reflecting civic apathy. The piece blends unrelated quips from various sources, suggesting a humorous or editorial collage.
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Cleveland Plain
Ohio
Views of Visitors in Washington on Hopkins and Beauchamp
Visitors in Washington weigh Illinois senatorial hopes and London protests as Judge Slueser backs Hopkins while Beauchamp notes Anglo American views. Capt Hall downplays war talk and praises U S Japan cordiality amid inaugural preparations. Rudolph Aronson commends Washington chorus quality as centerpiece of ceremonies.
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William Hall
New Alaska
Hall
Hull
Amercan
Anc Cineset
Dorsi Ey
Mirado
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