Washington Post subscription page and 1910 opinion piece
The Washington Post issue lists subscription options and pricing, then features a lengthy 1910 opinion piece reflecting on political party evolution in America. It discusses Jeffersonian roots, the rise of Democrats, Whigs, Republicans, and the perennial clash between progressives and conservatives, ending with a prompt about a new political alignment.
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Savannah
Fremont
Abraham Lincoln
Mississippi River
Lincoln
Chase
Free Representative
England
America
Let the Post Follow You and The Gettysburg Poisoning
A lengthy Washington Post notice condemns misuse of condensed powder and poisoned hay amid Fort Monroe and Gettysburg wartime errors. It calls for a rigid inquiry into the Fort Monroe disaster, accountability for the commandant, and steps to curb condemned supplies. It critics militia failures at Boston and urges safeguards to prevent similar risks to soldiers.
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Washington
Fort Monroe
Boston
Smitty
Bart Monroe
Con Armarhe
Sat
Board of Mauiry
Gettysburg
Fort Monroa
Notable Tercentenary and Birth of Great English Bible
The article outlines England’s tercentenary celebrations for the Authorized Version completed in 1611 after the Hampton Court conference. It notes the translation effort by six companies across Westminster Oxford and Cambridge and praises the Bible as a monument of scholarship language and style. It also compares Dickens and Thackeray amid 1811 and 1812 centennial reflections and notes enduring criticism and admiration for both authors.
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England
James I
Reynolds
Gilead
Mary
Adam
Eve
Tyndale
Matthew
Coverdale
Whitchurch
James
Hampton Court
Westminster
Oxford
Cambridge
Israel
Egypt
Assyria
Babylonia
Persia
Erasmus
France
Thackeray
Dickens
Dumas
Balzace
Two Cities
Boxing Reminiscences Stir in English Journals
Reno boxing match sparks memory of early greats Tom Cribb Tom Molineaux Gentleman Jackson and others are recalled as writers hail the manly art linking modern sport to literary images. References span Dickens Conan Doyle Rodney Stone and classical Milo with echoes of imperial chivalry and dramatic knockouts.
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Reno
Nev
P. R
Tom Cribb
Tom Molineaux
Jackson
Benicia Boy
Tom Shelton
Dickens
Nobby Shropshire
Toots
Conan Doyle
Rodney Stone
Crab Wilson
Gloucester
Ben-Hur
Tiberius
Rome
George Meredith
Lord Fleetwood
Carinthia
Milo
Anecdotes of Bendigo and pugilist tales in verse
A fragmentary reminiscence threads together classical and modern anecdotes about boxing and society. It references Dares Entellus and Dryden while noting Bendigo’s unusual rise from fighter to missionary and the clash between atheists and militant Christianity, ending with a quip on holding a coat.
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Virgil
Dares
Entellus
John“ Dryden
Tnes
Bendigo
Running & Saloon
Anglice
Wat
The Yeas and Nays and the House Roll Calls
A dispatch critiques House voting practices in the Sixty-first Congress noting 118 roll calls across two sessions, long days from noon, with many votes by call or tell. It warns constitutional limits on recording yeas and nays and contrasts today’s reporting with historic face to face accountability.
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Capitol
Congress
House
Artiele J
Tom Reed
State General Assembly
Washington
Clay
Calvin
Webster
The Homewife's Bill and Cost of Living Trends
A Massachusetts commission report shows rising house building costs driven by lumber hardware and labor, with higher rents by over 12 percent in the past decade. It notes groceries clothing and essential services growing pricier while wages lag. The piece argues for thrift and economy as a personal remedy and comments on broader political notes.
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Bille
Massachusetts
Snake venom saves life and cures tuberculosis
Henry Hoefen of Rochester, near death from tuberculosis, treated himself with rattlesnake venom after reading about Dr. Mays. Starting Christmas 1909, he took small doses and after 100 doses his cough ceased, lungs healed, and weight returned to normal. Doctors now call his recovery exceptional and suggest venom may help others. Citizens in Rochester and the Adirondacks are also trying the venom with positive results.
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New York World
Henry Hosten
Rochester
N. Y
Hoefen
Thomas J. Mays
Philadelphia
Milton Chapman
Adirondacks
Love Letters and the Mood of Genius in Opera
The piece compares gendered styles of letter writing, praising women’s restraint and calling men’s sentiments overly sentimental. It cites Verdi’s grief in Milan, where he improvised the Miserere for the dying friend, illustrating how genius channels sorrow into art.
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Boston Globe
Poe
Verdi
Carla Cecarell
Manrico
Milan
Trovatore
Grotesque cost view of babies' lives in New York
The Outlook cites the health department and New York milk committee to claim that preventing infant deaths costs about $3 per baby, while funerals tally about $50 each and total around 7.425 million yearly. The piece questions the ethics of pricing babies' lives and deaths to fit economic figures.
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Department of Health
New York Milk Committee
New York
Mulberry Street
Can't Come Backs Franklin P. Adams In the New York Mall
An apartment house landlord lamented a tenant who owed three months rent and fled with all furniture, leaving no trace of the tenant's whereabouts. In a dry riff on manners, the landlord dismissed any hope of the tenant's return.
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Franklin P. Adamts
New York
Post Philosophy Reflections on Kindness and Money
A fragmented meditation on social conduct and motive. It questions when acts of kindness are wanted, warns against opportunistic gains, and notes how wealth and jewelry spark mystery. The piece offers ironical thoughts on demagogues, truth, and the pen versus crime.
Danish Cabinet Upset Shapes Court Titles Debate
The outmoded Danish cabinet pledges not to accept or bestow noble titles while clashing with royal ceremony. Ex premier Christensen, acquitted in the Albert fraud case, may regain premiership, as he defends land defenses and opposes costly fortifications. King George names Marquis of Northampton as special ambassador, a wealthy peer with deep London ties and Compton Wynyates as a northern seat.
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Krabbe
Zahie
Denmark
M. Claus Bernsten
Liberal Party
Christensen
Albert I
Alberti
Hoe
Jutland
Prussia
Austria
Northampton
George
Marquis of Northampton
French Republic
Munich
Stuttgart
Athens
Quirinal
Clerkenwell
Islington
London
Lord Northampton
Albert of Compton
Henry I
Turchil of Arden
Harold
Wiliam the Conqueror
Hastings
Marquis of
Compton Wynyates
Compton
Henry VIII
Willam Compton
Charles V
Ireland
England
Castle Ashby
Northamptonshire
Friedlander
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
Bride Wants Her Groom For Wedding Present From Mayor
Mrs Lifian Leh of 37 South Western avenue asked Mayor Busse to return her husband as a wedding present after a theater streetcar dispute following their July 13 ceremony. Leh claims the groom and best man were jailed after a conductor and motorman intervened. She asks the mayor to pardon him if he is fined and sent to the bridewell.
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Chicago Record Herald
Lifian Leh
South Western Avenue
Busse
Leh
Bronx Pastoral and The Goat Thief in Unionport
A New York Sun reprint presents a pastoral whim about Benjamin Finkel and his Angora goat stolen from Unionport by Martin Daner and Joseph Kelley. The tale blends classical allusion with a Bronx court outcome, noting the defendants were found guilty of stealing Finkel's goat and potential galleys. It closes with a轻 note on a traveling man in a small Western town and a letter to his wife.
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Syracuse
New York Sun
Asphodel
Theocritus
Bion
Bronx
Caprel
Deponent
Martin Daner
Third Avenue
Joseph Kelley
East Ninety-second Street
Deponent'a
Seventh Avenue
Avenue A
Unionport
Westchester
Tremont
Westchester Avenues
Cramp
Daner
Olmsted
Kelley
Popular Jokes Cited From Westminster Gazette Almanac
A Westminster Gazette excerpt lauds jokes claimed as the most popular in world history. It notes lines from the Punch Almanac of 145 and references witty exchanges about marriage and love, including a child and parent dialogue on mind and matter.
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Westminster Gazette
Punch Almanac
M. i. Ieee
Bread Upon the Waters In a Loulerike dispatch a Georgia motorman inherits 500000
A Macon Georgia dispatch tells of a windfall legacy of 500000 to a city motorman from a Klondyke miner he aided decades ago. A second tale from McDonald Pennsylvania parallels the act of kindness which returns in fortune for the benefactor and ends with a reminder that charity is its own reward.
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Loulerike Quarter-Journal
Macon
Atlanta
McDonald
Texas
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Georgia
Pennsylvania
MIDSUMMER in Columbian Magazine
Walter Doty depicts a lazy midsummer meadow scene with clover and daisies dotting slopes to a brook under willows. Bobolinks sing as cattle graze and sheep rest, while maples sway and a carefree mood reigns in nature’s fullness.
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Walter @ Doty
The
Columbian Magazine
The Ancient Gothamite on the Great White Way
A verse portrait of the ancient Gothamite wandering New York City at night in search of food and drink. He laments vanished seafood and failing revelry on the Great White Way as the neon glow yields to darkness and thirst.
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Richard Linthicum
New York World
P N Hackley
Denver
the Riggs
Europe
Great Britain
London
Paris
New York
Sam
Quebec
United States
Roosevelt Children Nearly Arrested at White House
After a first inauguration, two Roosevelt children approached the President with cameras inside White House grounds. Guards moved to restrain them, but Roosevelt stopped the arrest, revealing the children Ethel and Archie. He laughed and noted they were his own.
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Roosevelt
White House
Ethel
Archie Roosevelt
Reflections of a Bachelor From the New York Press
A column offering male advice humorously contrasts men and women. It asserts some men are naturally nice to women, questions why men discuss weather over funerals, and notes a bald man can still seem confident. It also argues paying bills leads men to feel they make the family decisions.
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New York World
Mable
Stamford
Bruphilde
Geliebter
Siegfried
Whistler
New York Press
Pointed Paragraphs From a Chicago News
Humorous, satirical lines critique men and women in social roles. The verses mock male vanity and laziness while noting women’s sense of humor and marriage expectations. The piece surveys attitudes toward appearance, money, and relationships in a sharp, editorial tone.
Interviews With Capitals Visitors and Quarantine Views
Letters from WoW Rose of Philadelphia J. M. Mitten of Boston and P N Hackley of Denver share reflections on Fort Monroe disaster quarantine procedures and cross border tricks. Lucien Boyle Chicago notes Europe leads in auto mobility and a 1 year international pass eases cross border driving.
Insuring His Honesty From The Green Bag
An elderly Vermont farmer visits a lawyer to discuss a possible lawsuit. The lawyer says the case is strong and quotes a thirty dollar fee, but the farmer lays out sixty dollars and asks for an honest assessment of his chances to win.
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Vermont
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