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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1916
Page
7
The notice lists terms for daily and Sunday home delivery in Washington and Alexandria. It specifies subscription options by carrier or by mail with prepaid postage, including monthly, weekly, and yearly plans.
A damaged OCR item describes delivery rules for Washington Post subscribers. It mentions forwarding to new addresses, prompt service, and general contact guidance for countrywide distribution, with unclear timing and wording.
Reported unrest in northern Mexico threatens Carranza's authority as Villistas rally under Pancho Villa and other leaders. Governors and military commanders show growing disobedience, undermining centralized control. US policy debates focus on keeping Gen Pershing in place and strengthening border defenses.
The article portrays David Lloyd George as a steadfast, complex wartime leader who aligned with social reform, pensions, and land equality before World War I. It credits him with pushing military readiness, opposing heavy taxation for military debt unless funded by social programs, and organizing departmental munitions amid Britain’s early war weaknesses.
The readable portion hints at a wartime appointment and recognition related to sideed Kitchener and a v2 war context. Mentions enthusiasm, government actions, and a focus on copper or tuning aspects, with references to ports and a year or era, but lacks clear details or conclusive facts.
Democrats push to complete appropriation, shipping, and revenue bills before adjournment. They demand equal taxation for defense funding and warn the public will judge this plan at the polls. Republicans are urged to vote on all listed measures by August 19, with 27 working days and 27 nights plus four Sundays before adjournment.
The entente nations Britain France Russia Italy Japan Belgium and Servia pledge to unify market policies and protect neutral trade after the war. They aim to shield industry, regulate patents and copyrights, and bar central powers from key sectors to gain commercial advantage in global markets. The alliance anticipates a reciprocal response from Germany Austria Bulgaria and Turkey, threatening U.S. markets and urging Washington to prepare economic defenses.
Fragmented remarks speculate on possible Central American and Latin American alliances with the United States. The text hints at European alliance dynamics and potential shifts in geopolitical alignment, though details are unclear.
The Newlands resolution sets a joint Senate House committee to investigate interstate railroad regulation and ownership, with a broad mandate to assess regulation, federal incorporation, changes to the Interstate Commerce Commission, and government ownership of utilities. The piece urges timely action, noting the complexity and need for constitutional framing, and warns against delaying honest pursuit of a solution.
Finger print deposits describe a shift by banks to use biometric identification for customers. The system allows illiterate or non signers to open savings accounts by recording hand prints on inked plates and filing impressions. It is touted as more reliable than signatures and permanent across a person’s life.
The article surveys the dispersed Von Blucher family in America, tracing Count Conrad Blucher of Harpers Ferry West Virginia, Count Gebhardt Blucher and his daughters in New York, and the Braiding line including Count Ferdinand Blucher, with details of military service, emigration, marriages, destitution, and care by patrons. It notes deaths and institutional care, highlighting the legacy of the Napoleonic era figures in a 1914 context.
Henry Sheahan describes the Verdun bombardment from a hill near Verdun. Violet white fire streaks across the moorlands as mortars flare, shells crash, and the city along the Meuse burns and collapses into the flooded river amid wounded marching figures.
National Geographic notes Peruvian rural Indians honor Inca observances to protect crops and herds. They offer drugs and aromatic plants and bury small images in fields. Stone carvings called mullo stones are sold in La Paz Bolivia’s native market.
A business man LT questions the applicant about figures while a wardrobe mistress from a burlesque troupe recalls past work, highlighting scrutiny of competence and stage experience. The exchange illustrates hiring pressures and perceptions of accuracy in calculations and performance skills.
An enterprising local fur farm markets rabbit pelts as competitor to Siberian and Alaskan furs. Manager R S N Burdick cites 25 years of selective breeding yielding five rabbit varieties with long hair and solid pelts, claiming improved quality and that cold climate is not essential for good fur.
George Harding notes world powers seek coaling sites for fleets. British control dominates 32 of 47 major steamship lines while American bases guard routes to the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific approaches. Key stations include Port Arthur, Weihaiwei, Kiaochau, Guantanamo, and Honolulu.
Elias Lieberman proclaims identity and heritage in a poem from Everybody Magazine. It traces ancestral ties to Revolutionary figures and warns that future generations must live for and defend the Stars and Stripes. The speaker affirms patriotism, transformation from oppression to freedom, and pride in a new land.
A brief note presents a tender hypothetical question and answer about choosing marriage again. The exchange centers on a couple affirming their commitment and preferring to marry each other if given another chance. The tone is intimate and reflective, framed as a personal sentiment.
A playful scene features a self proclaimed official representative of a Woman Household Kitchen Culinary Cuisine League who jokes about tallying a voyage to test the favorite recipe of the era's leading lady. The skit mixes social satire with theatrical tone.
Albany native Col Peter Gansevoort who defended Fort Stanwix against St Leger’s relief expedition in 1777, earning Congress thanks. Born July 17 1749 died July 2 1829. He later served as brigadier general in the Continental Army and in the U S Army, and held Indian affairs posts.
A discussion notes the long tenures of Supreme Court justices, cites past presidents appointing majorities, and lists recent and upcoming nominations by Taft Wilson and others. It also reports the court disposed of 547 cases in the latest term, with 522 still on the docket.
A London Chronicle note questions Cervantes fought at Lepanto and lost an arm, arguing surviving evidence and his own prologue in the Exemplary Novels show the tale is forged. The piece traces his 1547 birth, years of wandering, four years in infantry doubt, Barbary captivity, and later poverty despite Don Quixote’s 1605 fame.
A Willard Hotel discussion centers on immediate steps to implement the army bill allowing land grant college students to extend military training to completion of their degree. Dr W T Thompson, president of Ohio State University, meets War Secretary to discuss creating 6900 officers annually from training corps and reserves.
The French government has opened a radio station on Tahiti in the Society Islands linking the distant outpost to the world. Messages to the United States will travel via Samoa and New Zealand to San Francisco, costing about one dollar per word, with plans to cut rates by using all wireless routes later.
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