Washington Post seeks readers to keep The Post by mail
The text details subscription options for The Washington Post delivered by carrier or by mail in advance, with rates for daily and Sunday editions, and notes on address changes. It comments on Washington diplomacy and media silence affecting coverage of Mexico City envoys and China six power group withdrawal.
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Tillman’s Remedy: Fried Chicken Behind Washington Turmoil
The article praises Senator Ben Tillman for a pithy explanation of Washington feuds. It argues all rancor stems from a shortage of fried chicken and suggests sharing a plate to calm politics. The piece stresses Tillman’s line on fried chicken as a simple remedy.
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Tillman
South Carolina
Cardinal Gibbons Portrait Reflects 79 Years Of Service
An interview with James Cardinal Gibbons archbishop of Baltimore discusses his life nineteen eighty years and his forthcoming seventy ninth birthday. The piece praises his leadership tolerance and loyalty to the faith while noting his role in shaping the church in America and its peaceful growth to about 15 million adherents.
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Cardinal Gibbons
America
United States
Tariff Debate Centers On Farmer Interests In Senate Position
Araway of voices from Senator Simmons and Senator Cummins framed the tariff dispute around farmers as producers and consumers. Simmons argued the bill opens doors to imports but promises overall prosperity. Cummins warned of tariff repeal harming farmers and labor. The piece notes wage effects, Canadian surpluses, and the balance of gains under free trade.
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The Cubanizing Latin America debate and Nicaragua policy
The piece questions a shift toward protectorates in Central America, arguing the Platt amendment fails to ensure Cuban or regional supremacy. It criticizes dollar diplomacy, notes past Latin America policy parity, and asks if Nicaragua resentment signals broader aims toward Mexico and Cuba. It cites debt guarantees, canal strategy, and Lodge and Colombian responses.
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San Juan River
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Colombia
Japan and United States in China drama unsettles diplomacy
Debates over a deadlock in talks with the United States leave Japan wary of reprisals yet eyeing cooperation in southern China. Reports claim Sun Yat Sen joins rebels as four provinces secede amid British, German, and French backing of Pe king efforts.
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State Department
Tokyo
China
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Japan
Great Britain
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France
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Peking
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Shanghai
George Washington an Austrian baron and kin of York and Northampton
Baron George Washington of the Austrian cavalry lineage, widow Gisela von Welsersheimb, dies near Graz, tracing the Washington family from John and Henry to Bavarian and Austrian branches. The piece links American President George Washington to continental European gentry and notes the baron’s Bavarian origins and allegiance shifts.
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Bill's suit against firm over iron mishap
In Everybody's Magazine Soulless Corporation section the character Bill plans to sue the company for damages after an incident where a heavy iron was dropped on foot when the quittin whistle blew. The scene suggests a workplace accident and ensuing legal action.
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Russians Tour Washington See Ethnic Life During Stay
Russian visitors after three days in the capital left for Pittsburgh last night. They toured the Library of Congress, praised Washington’s beauty and lack of skyscrapers, and noted American emotionalism. They visited Indians and Negroes, showing keen interest while remarking Indians wore civilized clothes. After Pittsburgh they will go to Chicago and Detroit, returning to New York and thence to a Baltic port on August 10.
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Ancient Babylonian laws found on tablets at University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia July 20 ancient bankrupcy law is announced from the University of Pennsylvania museum. A shattered tablet from Susa bears deciphered Hammurabi laws on financial dealings including interest rates and bankruptcy rules. Babylonian scholars interpret the text as ancient guidance on debt, interest, and temple oaths with economic reflections.
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Food intake by age seven in expansive totals
A foreign exchange piece imagines a child aged seven consuming enormous food quantities. It cites 54 tons of solid food and 53 tons of liquids, plus vast counts of bread, eggs, cheese, fish, vegetables, sugar, tobacco, and cigarettes, illustrated by large-scale equivalents and lengths.
Color Photographs and the Gelatin Paper Invented in Paris
The article explains a new three-color photographic process using gelatin paper and three colored positives blue red and yellow. It describes taking three negatives through violet green and orange screens then making three colored prints and combining them to produce a total color image.
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Sea Gulls Predict Storm Weather Folklore
Coastal residents heed bird signs for rain as gulls circle and scream in wind. Frogs change color from yellow to brown foretelling bad weather while a two frog, water bowl barometer warns of approaching storms. Owls, peacocks, and snails are cited as related predictors for upcoming conditions.
Poison Tasted Bad In A Weehawken Drug Store
A Chicago youth, Louis Miller, 21, asked for carbolic acid at Bischoff's drug store in Park Avenue and Liberty Terrace Weehawken. Clerk Henry Deisa prepared a bitter harmless dose after Miller said he wanted to die. Miller swallowed it at the reservoir, was thwarted by Patrolman Timoney, and taken to the police station, jailed.
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N. J
Timoney
Louis Miller
Chicago
Jersey
Secrets and divorces linked to knowing too much
A Buffalo Express excerpt features Mrs. Charlotte Smith of the National Homestead Association asserting that many divorces stem from couples sharing too many secrets. She advises wives to tell husbands only enough to keep them happy, while cautioning that silence protects independence and avoids heartache. A rural warning about a fierce pasture animal follows.
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Charlotte Smith
National Homestead Association
Vandalism at Tokyo Embassy Painted Threats
In Tokyo an unknown party sprayed the American embassy with English sectarian threats, declaring citizens enemies to liberty and humanity. The graffiti stretched about three feet high, aided by black paint on the ceiling area. Police and embassy officials, including Balir Blanchard, moved to erase the writing, deeming it a fanatic act and not to be given further attention. The foreign office later phoned the embassy with regrets.
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Navy to Cut Officers On Duty at Navy Department
Secretary Daniels plans radical reductions in the number of officers on duty in the Navy Department bureaus upon his return to Washington. Rear Admiral Victor Blue surveys length of service and current duties as Daniels aims to quell House naval committee concerns. He also considers limiting total tours in Washington and preventing repeated tours to ensure fair, merit based assignments.
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Loan on Corsets Rescues Woman Stranded in Burlington
A Burlington bank clerk lent 1.77 to a well dressed young woman stranded with two pairs of corsets valued at 6.50 each. She left the corsets as collateral, caught her train, and the box with pink and lavender corsets was found at the station. The clerk reported the affair to his wife, who was understanding. The woman is expected to call for her package tomorrow.
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Weather Conditions Report from the Weather Bureau July 20
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Haiti Plans Gold Basis Money System Says Haitian Minister
Haiti seeks to shift from a flat currency to a gold standard, with money rising to $1 on gold deals. President Oreste praised as honest and popular. Santo Domingo ties resolved, trade with the United States encouraged. Queensland OK suburbs? Not relevant. Oklahoma City compared London stats. real estate boom era recalled and later decline. many city lots turned to potato patches as asphalt streets expand.
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Norfolk as Naval Base Proposal by William Anderson
William T. Anderson, secretary of Norfolk's Board of Trade and Business Men's Association, urged making Norfolk the United States' greatest naval base. He argued Norfolk should host a full Atlantic fleet yard with multiple dry docks, shipbuilding and repair capacity, leveraging its strategic Atlantic position.
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United States
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Pensacola
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Low Price for Fine Coal in West Virginia
West Virginia’s high quality coal is sold at low prices while coke byproducts are underutilized. Parkersburg analyst Henry North cites government coal expert findings showing $7,000,000 yearly could be added to coke profits with modern ovens. Home markets and efficient methods could ease wage disputes and reduce calls for martial law.
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United States
Henry North
Parkersburg
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Shoreham
Geological Survey
Collie Return Details From Pocantico Hills To Massachusetts
A collie owned by Irving L. Bryant formerly of Pocantico Hills, once missing from his Braintree home in Lee Massachusetts, has returned to the old residence. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
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