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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1915
Page
9
The Washington Post announces subscription terms for carrier and mail delivery in Washington and Alexandria with options for daily Sunday included and weekly plans. It notes forwarding and address changes, requests old and new addresses, and states mall subscriptions are payable in advance to the Washington Post Company.
Monday July 5, 1915 tribute lauds Porfirio Diaz as a foremost administrator who modernized Mexico. It compares Diaz with Benito Juarez, praising his 30 years of education, prosperity, and law and order, and contrasts his rule with later upheavals led by Madero Carranza and others. The piece appeals for renewed stability under a leader to restore Diaz-era prosperity.
A call for a Mexican leader who embodies courage, resolve, and steadfastness in serving the nation, likening the ideal to the renowned Porfirio Diaz and his firm work for Mexico. The text emphasizes strength and determination as essential qualities for national leadership.
A critical column argues that Frank Holt may have acted alone in a Capitol explosion and attacks on J P Morgan, urging thorough investigation of any accomplices. It refutes claims that U S munitions sales drive European wars, notes France has not bought American shells, and cites total ammunition exports as minor. The piece defends farmers and exporters amid embargo debates and urges measured U S policy toward Europe, urging calm Uncle Sam resolve the issue without harming civilians.
At FTC hearings John D. Ryan of the Foreign Trade Council argued that the United States has squandered its vast resources by competing with itself in a global market. He noted copper producers ship most of their output abroad and foreigners reexport copper to the U.S. in manufactured form, keeping American consumers paying for labor and freight while profits go to Europe. He described how foreign laws enable market manipulation and how buyers in Europe or Germany can pressure American sellers with false price quotes, harming U.S. manufacturers and producers.
The text argues that current law prevents pooling agreements among Americans in foreign trade, causing the United States to underbid itself and lose initiative, energy, and resources. It calls for changing the law to unite the nation in its foreign trade dealings.
The piece estimates war’s price in lives and property, noting Great Britain spends about 5 billion dollars annually while ships and tonnage fall. It records 511 vessels destroyed in ten months and global tonnage losses around 915,457 tons, detailing England and Germany tonnages and Britain's historic wartime losses. It laments unquantifiable cultural and human costs beyond figures.
A writer argues that separate vacations may ease marital strain, but notes geographic distance rarely solves deeper issues. The piece suggests neutral retreats can help, while criticizing grand schemes and wartime chatter, with scattered observations on war, trade, and rail links worldwide.
A long, satirical survey traces the Nugents of Norfolkshire from Ireland to England and America. It recounts Brig. Gen George Colborne Nugent of the Irish Guards killed in France, notes two Nugent sons at the front, and cites George Nugent’s New York marriage to Maria Skinner. It covers bankrupt Sir Charles Nugent, Townshend heirs, and Count Cahen d Anvers, with portraits of wealth, titles, and eccentric suitors.
A fragment depicts a hotel waiter asking a gentleman if he has been ringing constantly. A farmer searches the wall with a knife for a lost collar stud as a tin piece is retrieved. A cameo line follows about squeezing into a crowded car and waiting until home.
Thirteen year old Ida Safler slept in a third floor Brooklyn flat when a strange man in a brown suit woke her and asked for her mother. He returned later to her seven year old brother Jos and cut Ida’s hair, taking a strand of thick braided black hair as evidence before escaping.
Clifford Lester Cleveland Porter, a 19 year old from New York, wrote motion picture play ideas never accepted. He killed himself in his second-floor apartment at 588 Riverside Drive after attempting four methods. He drank extract of gelaimum and aconite then shot himself twice, first in the left temple and then in the heart. Neighbors heard cries, and Harry Parrish, the superintendent, found him dead in the bedroom after entering the door with a master key.
A poem praising Reverend Dominic Robin, Apostle to me and to all, for delivering the golden gospel of beauty and clean living. It depicts a humble preacher from the bushes who lifts troubles with cheerful words, embodying faith, trust, and forgiveness.
The poem recalls trying a fall serum for hay fever from the Houston Post. A man who tried it found no relief, and with ointments failed, hay fever remains triumphant as autumn and ragweed bring endless sneezing.
From the New York Sun: a premature explosion in Brooklyn injures May Kearney and burns others during a scene from Hudson Maxim's Defenseless America. A dummy bomb exploded when a hostile machine wire shorted on iron wagon tires, injuring Kearney who was taken to Coney Island Hospital. The fragment mentions Puck and Billy Sunday era church humor as unrelated insertions.
The dialogue centers on a student’s vacation with a tutor to improve English and base running. A professor notes the student’s deficiency while the sophomore downplays the tutor’s role. The exchange features a brief mention of a squeeze play and an accordion motif in a playful classroom vignette.
A long summary of the July 5 to 6 1809 or 1808 Wagram campaign details the large French force of about 159000 against Austria close to 160000, major actions near Aspern and Lobau, river crossing overnight, heavy losses totaling about 25009, decisive French victory, and subsequent territorial concessions to Bavaria Austria and Russia including Galicia Istria and Dalmatia with the marriage alliance to Napoleon.
Duncan, a farmer near Clementan and Blackwood, shot his wife Patience after reading a letter to farmhand James Pollock and then killed himself. Pollock later shot Duncan, dying on the front porch with a note seeking forgiveness and saying he could not live without his true love.
Two stray cows wandered from the Paoli freight station cattle pens to their calves, which had died when a herd shipment arrived. Cattle dealer F H Bernheisel of Rewtown Square verified the calves’ death, and the cows returned to their farm after the incident.
A composite summary cites Senator Root's name not being used for the Republican nomination and discussion of potential U S candidates like James W. Wadsworth. It references La Follette act impacts, American merchant marine fears, and Germany’s munitions trade, plus Tennessee crop optimism from Porter Dunlop.
A recent afternoon story spurred gold seekers to dig beneath big poplar and oak trees on Goal Vine Hill, miles west of the etts, hoping to find a pot of five thousand dollars in gold coins. About 25 trees aged 190 years have been turned over. no treasure recovered.
After Mr Golden opened a new office, money vanished from the cash drawer. He confronts a new boy in private, noting ten dollars missing and says only they two had access. The boy suggests they each pay five dollars and drop the matter.
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