Washington Post Subscription Notice 1917
Remittance methods include drafts and registered letters payable to The Washington Post Co. Address changes should be sent with both old and new details and subscription type. Subscriptions must be prepaid with expiration dates on the address label, dated Wednesday July 18 1917.
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Washington Post CO
Washington
D. C
Edward B Md.eam
Washington, D. C
Paul Block
Fifth Avenue
New York
Chicago
Devonshire Street
Boston
Kresge
Detroit
Washington Post Company
Aviation Bill Drives War Effort Ahead of Food Plan
The House passed a 640 million aviation bill in record time and urges the Senate to act with similar speed to avoid delaying war progress. Germany shifts to aircraft production, underscoring the urgency as timing could decide the outcome. German Zeppelin work ends at Friedrichshafen as focus turns to planes. The author calls for immediate start of the American aviation program.
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House
Senate
Germany
Friedrichshafen
Exemption Regulations for Military Service
The rules divide exemptions between local and superior boards. Local boards decide physical fitness and dependence. Superior boards handle exemptions for vital industries to avoid delays and duplication. The process aims to prevent injustice and ensure only eligible men are drafted.
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Malitary Service
Superior Board
Sto Ap Ray
Goethals Denman clash blocks ship building in war effort
The piece urges Gen Goethals and Chairman Denman to unite under President Wilson to speed ship production. It argues their quarrel hinders wartime goals, stresses the President's leadership, and calls for cooperation to protect industry and support the American war effort. It also touches on broader home front issues and wartime anxieties.
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Gen. Goethals
Denman
Shipping Board
United States
Chairman Denman
President Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Messrs. Denman and
Goethals
America
Germany
Messrs. Goethals
Threats Against Romanoff Demand Public Trial
A Petrograd dispatch says a public trial for Nicholas Romanoff is demanded not for vengeance but to protest before the world. He is called the greatest Russian criminal and a mockery would follow if judged before hearing the case. The piece argues against execution and urges immuring him instead to avoid bloodshed in the name of liberty.
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Petrograd
Wr. Bernstein
Nicholas Romanoff
Ezar
Romanoff
Russia
Romanof
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Napoleon
State Guards and the Question of Local Militias
The Hast St Louis uprising shows national guard limits as IWW activity grows. Post draft, states move to create new militias or constabularies to quell riots without federal callups. The guard’s dual civic military role hindered rapid local response. a mounted constabulary could restore order more efficiently.
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Hast St Louis
Til
National Guard
IWW
Miliia
East St Louis
Guard
Taming Rubber from the Cleveland Leader
Ten years of rubber growth shift from wild forests to plantations in Malay Peninsula and nearby islands. Brazil supplied 85 000 tons last year while other regions yielded 13 000 tons. Tame rubber totaled about 160 000 tons, up 45 000 tons from the prior year, fueling automobile industry growth worldwide.
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Rom
Cleveland
Amazon Valley
Tropics
Brazil
Equatorial Africa
Malay Peninsula
East Indies
United States
Keeping the Warrior Cheerful
The Seattle Post Intelligencer notes a Washington suggestion to keep troops in a cheerful mood by planning uplifting sports and cheerful songs for the men. No mournful music will be used as it may dampen spirits, with lively tunes to lift soldiers away from grim duties.
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
Washington
Australia
H W Stephens
Melbourne
Ftaleigh
England
Lord Polwarth Named Captain of Royal Archer Bodyguard
Lord Polwarth, newly promoted by King George, becomes the silver stick for Scotland and head of Harden line’s Scott clan. Though octogenarian, he weds Catherine Baillie and tracks lineage to Uchtred Fitz Scott. The King’s Archer Bodyguard for Scotland recruits from gentle birth and guards the sovereign when in Edinburgh, with headquarters at Archer's Hall.
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Lord Polwarth
George
Royal Archer Bodyguard
Scotland
Earl of Elgin
Kincardine
Scott
Sir Walter Scott
Catherine Baillie
John Baillie
York Minster
Hepburn Scott
France
Lothian Regiment
America
Potwarth
Scotch Prison Commission
Lord Pelwarth
Selkirkshire
Harden
Scotts
Pelwarth
Diana Campbell
Early
Marchmont
Polwarth
Maleasue
Diana
Hugh Scott of
Uchtred Fitz Scott
David I
Holyrood
Selkirk
Buccleuch
Queensberry
Clan of
Scotts of
Gideon Murray
Elbank
Murray
Meg
King
Sotland
Lord Aberdeen
Lord Balfour
Roxburghe
Richmond
Abercorn
Breadalbane
Lord Rosebery
James V
England
Battle of Floddenfield
James IV
Edinburgh
Royal Guard
Lord Rosbery
King George
Missouri Can Show You Tornado Tales in Mercer County
A Princeton Missouri Post writer describes a storm scene after last Tuesday's tornado in Mercer County. He claims to have witnessed extreme damage and offers to prove the devastation, recounting trees twisted from trunks, buildings burned away, and animals harmed to illustrate the power of nature.
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Princeton
Mercer County
An Eye to Business From London Opinion
Two young Irishmen in a Canadian regiment enter the trenches for the first time with their captain promising shillings per German killed. Pat lies down, Mick wakes him with alarm, shouting that fifty thousand Germans are coming, prompting Pat to leap up ready for battle.
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London
Pat
Mick
Begorra
Hia
Godfrey de Bouillon Died After Jerusalem Crusade Legend
The obituary notes Godfrey de Bouillon died in Jerusalem on July 18 1100, as the first Latin ruler of the Holy City after leading the first Crusade. It recounts his lineage from Charles the Great, his role in Rome and the Crusaders vow, election as defender of the Holy Sepulchre, and his brief reign before dying a year later.
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Jerusalem
Godfrey de Bouillon
Holy City
Charles the Great
Lohengrin
Godfrey
Rome
Holy Sepulchre
T Keightley
Holy
Palestine
Christendom
Egypt
Ascalon
Syria
Tancred
Baldwin
Edesa
Army Orders: officers assigned to new duties and regions
Col John W Heard moved from Eighth cavalry to Fifth cavalry while Capt John A Paegelow of Philippine scouts retires with pay. Many officers ordered to report for duty at Fort Omaha Plattsburg Charleston Chicago and other depots with militia, training camps or medical corps posts.
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John W Heard
Cavalry
Eighth Cavalry
Fifth Cavalry
John A Paegelow
Philippine Scouts
Fort Omaha
Nebi
Sehool
Herbert J Lawes
Fifty-ninth Infantry
Plattsburg
Citizens’ Training Camp
James BH Erwin
Seventh Cavalry
Eastern Department
John PF Finnley
Infantry
Alden M Graham
Quartermaster Corps
Charleston
Southeastern Department
Herbert O Williams
Chicago
Central Department
Chalmera G Hall
UGSA
Fort McDowell
Cal
Parker C Kuallock
Plattsburg NY
James W Peyton
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Edward G Huber
Medical Corps
Frederick S Wright
Fort Adams
Provisional Brigade Coast Artillery
Adlaid Guilkeson
Princeton University
Princeton
Blind Soldiers See Play With Bare Stage In London
A London performance used no costumes or scenery, only a teacup and a telephone bell. Sightless soldiers in the audience followed the drama well, reacting to lines and actions. The scene with a teacup breaking and a telephone bell ringing proved they could engage without visual aids. The initials I W W likely mean I Want Wilhelm.
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Popular Mechanics
London
Congress and committees in brief adjournment report
Proceedings note a 5:65 pm adjournment until 1 am, aided by a brief aviation bill debate. Reports favored on the aviation bill, while conscription and food bill amendments prompt discussion. Nominees for federal posts named. House not in session, to reconvene at noon.
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House
la Follatte
Gronna
Lesberg
Senate
Board of Food Administration
Conference of Leaders
Gore
Myers
Herbert Hoover
Kenyon
Council of National Defense
Committee On Mines
Chamberlain
United States
McCumber
James F . Griges
Appalachicola
Fla
District No 18
Tampa
Francis M. Wilson
Kansas City
Western District of
Missouri
Robert P Stewart
Deadwood
District of South Dakota
Edward G Worth
Oregon
Francia Delgado
Santa Fe
N Mex
A Dog's Obituary by Dr Parsons
A reflective verse on the death of a dog named Francesca, mourning a beloved companion. The speaker contrasts human grief with canine devotion, noting a dog's simple world, the lack of sin or heaven awareness, and the enduring sorrow of losing a faithful creature. The poem closes with a tender plea to kiss the departed Smilers.
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Thomas William Parsons
Francesca
Smilers
Korea Sends Sons to America From the World Outlook
A historical note traces Korea’s shift from suppressing ideas to embracing American education. It recalls Cyan, once jailed for forming a literary society in Seoul, who later studied in the United States and became principal of his old school. He spoke notably in a general conference showcasing his English and ideas.
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Methodist Episcopal School For Boys
Seoul
Korea
Cyan
America
Not a Full Suit From the Rubber Scrap
Jim Perkins bought a horse that proved afflicted with heaves. He advertised the horse as unusually fine in every respect. A buyer asked about the horse and made a joking remark, noting the animal’s pants did not meet expectations.
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Jim Perkins
World Travelers Meet in Capital Hotel Lobbies
In a Willard Hotel gathering, Salt Lake City lawyer J F Kellar asserts Utah ended IWW agitation without ads by Parley White, the police chief. The piece notes White’s bold action driving IWW agitators from Utah, with 635 marchers escorted to the state line.
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Utah
J F Kellar
Salt Lake City
Willard
Arizona
New Mexico
J Parley White
Salt Lake
Parley White
White
Ogden
Salt Lakes
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