Washington Post subscription terms and rates 1914
The notice lists subscription options and rates for The Washington Post in 1914, including daily and Sunday editions by carrier and mail, with addresses for remittance and foreign representatives. It urges readers to have the paper follow them when they move and provides mailing instructions and payment terms.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
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Washington Post Company
The Monroe Doctrine in a Nation's Dictum and Duty
A general officer’s public remark calling the Monroe doctrine a Pandora’s box prompts reflection on its role. The doctrine anchors U.S. self preservation, limits European meddling, and remains an adaptable, enduring American policy integral to national security and discipline.
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Latin America
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Remembering Joseph Chamberlain and Salem’s Witch Fires
A reflective column notes Joseph Chamberlain’s death in London and his complex legacy as a British statesman advocating imperial protection with local self-government. It also rebuts Salem witch burnings myths, warns against dwelling on past wrongs, and cites human nature’s bias toward remembering the worst over time.
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Joseph Chamberlain
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Germany
Dictagraph Musing on Privacy and Eavesdropping
The excerpt argues that dictagraphs for overhearing private conversations threaten the home as a sanctuary. It notes houses are castles and walls have ears, yet warns against escalating surveillance that could cause public embarrassment or social disruption when people reveal themselves unintentionally.
Lost 23 Million in Tariff Revenues and Its Burden
The article argues that tariff protection failed to lower living costs and questions where the missing 23 million in revenue went. It discusses foreign competition, middlemen profits, and how Americans bear the burden while foreigners gain. It also touches on political remarks and surveillance tech debates in a broader fiscal, policy, and public affairs context.
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Vault Beneath Artstetten Castle Linked to Habsburgs
The article discusses the Artstetten castle crypt built within solid rock to house the remains of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his family, contrasting its quiet with Vienna’s Capuchin crypts. It notes Ferdinand’s desire to rest beside his wife and children, and mentions King Peter of Serbia’s possible knowledge of the assassination plot and his inability to punish conspirators.
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Plucking Board and Navy Career Paths
The piece argues the Navy Department elimination process risks favoritism and jealousy, urging a new system to ensure fair advancement. It notes top-level vacancies outpace opportunities, risking stagnation and dulling initiative, and calls for a scientific method to refresh leadership and maintain naval vigor.
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Senate investigates Nicaragua treaty negotiations and stationery misuse
The foreign relations committee is authorized to investigate all transactions tied to the proposed Nicaragua treaty. Adjournment to Monday. President seeks 203000 for Salem fire relief. Conference report on Indian Appropriation bill filed with amendments. Contested-seat representatives Lott Morgen and McGuire deemed legally seated. Levy's plan to end session by July 15 triggers Monday noon adjournment.
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Highwayman Gives Nickels After Corn Pain Encounter
In Pasadena an attempted mugging on Aliso street ends with the assailant offering a nickel to a man tormented by a corn. The tale notes the victim Kirkham surrendered 45 cents, while the robber sympathizes over a painful corn and limps home, leaving Kirkham relieved yet puzzled by his own sore toe.
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Radium Search Sparks Passaic Mystery at Kingsland Site
Passaic is abuzz over two weeks of drilling on a fenced plot at Kingsland and Bloomfield where a guard watches the grounds. Workers say the National American Exploration Company, funded largely by German capital, is drilling to locate radium with German scientists involved. Maj. Edward T Moore, a former Passaic assemblyman, heads company efforts and hints at a forthcoming announcement.
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Wife Refuses Barber Duty. Husband Charged With Cruelty
Cold Spring dispatch reports Mrs. Joseph Shombon of Dutchess Junction accuses her husband Komison of cruelty after he made her shave him with a razor and threatened her with an ax. He was jailed and later fined ten dollars or ten days in the workhouse in Po-Mei court.
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Boy in Farm Crisis Ends Life With Dynamite
A 13 year old boy from Asylum township killed himself this afternoon by lighting a dynamite fuse and lying on it after learning his father planned to sell the farm. He left a note to his mother explaining his wish to die. His parents were away at a neighbor’s birthday party when the tragedy occurred. The body was found about an hour later. The note remains with the coroner and has not been released.
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Senator Henry Cabot Lodge learns his world has shrunk to a single room after illness. In Scribner's account, the former active man awakens to a rebirth like forgetting, finding peace in a quiet, narrow life with only a view of the grassy slope, cliffs, ocean, and horizon.
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Makes a Crab in Laboratory by Charles W Littlefield
Dr Charles W Littlefield told the New Thought convention he had produced crabs and fish from minerals and claimed organic ice could be created from chemicals He showed a tiny crab as proof and said matter and energy operate by their nature while asserting God creates all.
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Builders and the unseen builders of a winning team
The piece recalls historic builders from the Tower of Babel to Thebes and pyramids, praising skill and vision. It contrasts ancient masters with modern athletic organizers, noting how their work ends up in a different arena, shaping a big team through unseen effort and craft.
Bullfighting ban sparks moving picture backlash in Vera Cruz
Gringoes cheer as Gen Funston bars bullfighting in Vera Cruz. A theater shows a moving picture of famed matadors in Madrid, depicting exhausted bulls. Americans react with disgust at staged deaths while soldiers cheer the bull, then silence erupts during a clash over the display.
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Electrifies Flies FiremanInvents Electric Trap
Trenton New Jersey fireman John Gallagher grew weary of swatting flies and invented an electric trap. The wire cone device, charged with electricity, kills flies as they land. The report, reprinted from the Philadelphia Public Ledger, also notes a schoolroom quip about Webster.
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Weather and tide table and scattered forecast notes
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports July 2 to 8 pm noting high pressure over the Atlanta states and Ohio valley with showers in the South Atlantic Gulf and Southern Rockies regions. Temperatures mainly above average in the Northwest, below or near elsewhere. Near-term outlook shows general travel week ahead with rising temps in the north Atlantic states and little change elsewhere. Local readings include humidity around 63 to 68 percent, rainfall figures, and sunshine hours. Included are weather tidbits from Baltimore American and Galveston News about heat and weather effects.
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Treed by a Bull and Lost in the Pocono Forest
George Yong, a Lehigh Valley Railroad signal supervisor, was chased by two bulls while traveling in the Pocono Mountains. He scrambled up a chestnut tree, descended after the bulls calmed, and then walked 37 miles to Stauffer's with a dog tent and fishing gear.
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Man Found Semiconscious in Tree With Throat Wound
A. Bowman Weaver, a 72-year-old retired lumberman from Bryn Mawr, was found in a cherry tree after his family reported him missing. He had a deep throat wound severing the windpipe but spared major vessels, and was lowered to the ground with aid from neighbors and brought to Bryn Mawr Hospital.
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Batiles horse for hat in street bite incident
Frederick Koch, 19, of 1531 West Butler street, was struck by a horse that snatched two new hats from his head at Eleventh street and Girard avenue. Koch whacked the horse with a cane, the animal bit his chest, and Joseph Sims of Orthodox street stopped the fight and took Koch to the Children’s Homeopathic Hospital for stitches. Sims blamed hunger as the horse had not been fed since early in the day.
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Hoboken Man Given One Year In Prison For Family Neglect
Leo Schaeffer formerly of Hoboken to begin 366 days in Hudson county penitentiary for contributing only nine dollars toward his wife Catharine and five children over two years. The family had been married fifteen years. He cited ill fortune and illness, while having evaded a warrant for months. Recorder McGovern thought a rest behind bars would help.
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Visitors to the Capits and Prominent Talks at the Willard
A Willard salon features Porto Rico booster John I. Gay extolling the West Indies as grain and fruit suppliers for the United States, noting Puerto Rico’s growth, lack of hotels, and transport limits. Other talks include Morris Connolly on the man who knows everybody, and Col. Holmes correcting Virginians on Cumberland Island legends and the tie between Light Horse Harry and Gen. Lee.
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Why He Signaled From the Houston Court
A brief excerpt from a Houston port report shows a question about a man signaling to exit his office after noon. The man asks why a signal was given and whether the wife who inquired knew she was his spouse. The dialogue suggests domestic context and a prompt reply.
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