Let The Post Follow You War Time Motto and Subscriptions
A 1914 Washington Post page fragment discusses subscription terms and delivery notes. It mentions advancing payments, domestic and foreign advertising, and address details for subscription processing. It references the Avenue of the Presidents and war era sentiment with a mix of historical and printing guidance.
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The Expanding Auto Vehicle Industry Across Nations
A sweeping piece argues that the United States leads in auto vehicle manufacture from motorcycles to trucks, projecting strong foreign demand and import earnings. It links industry growth to prosperity in manufacturing districts and mass employment, while touching on a French political courtroom drama amid broader global implications.
James D Richardson remembered by Washington in death
The passing of James D Richardson is announced with sorrow by Washingtonians. A former U S representative from Tennessee and later a leader in the Scottish Rite, he earned universal respect for his character and service. He led his party in Congress and later devoted life to Masonry, where he rose to the highest rank. his memory is honored as a builder of a grand temple on Sixteenth Street.
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Carranza vows harsh rule and awaits reckoning for foreign murders
The document notes Carranza and his generals promise no mercy for those implicated in the murder of Francisco Madero and Pino Suárez, vowing an eye for an eye while warning rebels against wholesale slaughter. It questions Carranza’s willingness to punish those who killed foreigners and references British insistence on reparation, plus unrelated global political musings.
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That Fervent France on Trial for Murder of Editor
A critic from Norway speculates that Hogland could vanish and a Dickens based view of French people would imply collective cerebral disorder. The same reviewer might react to real events as France sees the wife of a former premier on trial for murdering two noted editors.
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France
Ex dictators rich kings retire poor in exile and debt
A sweeping, critical tour of former rulers and presidents from Central and South America to Europe, detailing how ex leaders and royals fall into poverty after losing power. The piece compares opulence in life with destitution in exile, noting pawns, loans, and forced sales of jewels and estates to survive. It names Castro Guzman Blanco Francia and Milan of Serbia among others, and recounts petitions and peerage battles over titles.
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Increased Foreign Demand Boosts U S Agricultural Prospects
The crop outlook shows Europe needing more breadfruit grains while U S farmers expect record cotton cash. With Asia undernourished and Panama Canal openings expanding cotton use, U S agriculture faces high demand, stronger prices, and widespread prosperity across manufacturers, merchants, and labor sectors.
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Avenue of the Presidents to Sixteenth Street Descent in Names
The essay laments the renaming of Avenue of the Presidents to Sixteenth Street, arguing that sentiment and historic memory fade as modern efficiency replaces tradition. It cites Thackeray and Roullaboise as examples of revered old names and contemplates a future wiser, less self conscious about euphony.
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PETS CAT DODGES BULLET IN Lewistown SHOOTING
Mrs. J E Van Natta of Lewistown attributes her narrow survival to her fondness for animals. She stood in her bathroom when her cat startled and approached, a revolver fired from outside shattered a window and the bullet lodged in the wall above her head. No report was heard and it is believed the pistol was fired from a distance.
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New York
Bandit Spare Victim After Heartfelt Plea in Pennsylvan ia
In Phillipstown Pennsylvania a highwayman robbed Samuel Durocher near Brewster, taking his watch and necklace. The gunman, moved by Durocher’s crippled state and three months of unemployment, returned the watch and two dollars but kept the villain’s kept vin and ten dollars.
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New York World
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Lads Wrestle With Fish in Minocqua Lake Tale
A dubious Minocqua fish tale reports two small boys wrestling a four percent pound muskellunge that leapt from the lake and landed at their feet. Eyewitnesses promise the monstrous catch as one of the finest from the waterway, though heavy rains and high water are blamed for the incident.
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Bull Treed by Orchard Bull Runs Women From Cherries
A bull chased two women into trees in an orchard owned by Postmaster William Moore. Mrs Edward Hollenboush and Mrs M Darrow clung to separate limbs for about two hours until men rescued them. One woman fled to a distant tree after her parasol was wrecked while the other stayed in her tree. Authorities calmed the animal and freed the women.
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Playing Indian Scene Ends With Boy Bound to Tree
A crowd of boys in a mountain town group tied 10 year old Harry Smith to a tree during a rough play. The child was exhausted and light exhausted after the incident. A search party found him late in the evening in a weak condition. Arrests are likely.
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Peiadelphia Bulletin
Harry Smith
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Divorce Not Granted After Beverages and Beliefs Clash
A New Jersey court dismissed a divorce action amid a dispute involving forced feeding and conflicting beliefs. The wife alleged her husband, a pencil manufacturer, demanded beer and that she adopted Christian Science and suffrage practices. The case centered on a controversial “mince pie” feeding incident described in court as a nocturne dorcle.
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Christian Science Sincepe
Wffrage
Philip Welnsentorn
Welngenborn
New Jersey
Boy killed by dough mixer in bakery accident
A 11 year old boy from Coatsville visiting relatives died after his arm was caught in a dough mixer at Augustus Bentell Udy’s bakery. He was drawn headfirst into the machine while trying to clean it. The head was crushed and he died about 49 minutes later after being removed from the device.
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Coatsville
Augustus Bentell
Feather in Babe's Neck Is a Feather Why It Was in Baby
The New York World reports a baby boy born to Mr and Mrs John Hamilton of Nervlen refused to eat and showed strange behavior. Doctors could not find a cause until the father noticed a feather lodged in the baby's neck. A physician lanced and removed the feather, which had apparently been swallowed and worked its way out via the throat.
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Potato Found Hidden Under Hearthstone After War Year
An ancient potato, allegedly 40 years old and perfectly preserved, was found embedded in plaster under the hearthstone of Brazilles' former mayor. The village recalls a battle from the Franco Prussian era and notes the house was rebuilt after being burned by Russian troops. The discovery occurred during repair work following a village revival.
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Sleeping Boy Fights Wire in Night Assault
Eight year old Howard Elliott of Middletown was found in bandages after a barbed wire encounter. He woke during the struggle, suffered facial wounds near the jugular, and fled inside for help. Doctors were summoned as investigators said he could not recall the events. To prevent wandering, the boy will be kept outside his bedroom door from now on.
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New York World
Howard Ellett
Eliott
Avery
Paris Opera Star Takes Taxi Habit With Dog
Paris correspondent Kathleen Howard of the Century Opera Company arrived in Paris to visit her brother Cecil, an American sculptor. After a season in America, she plans strict economy for costumes but sees taxi fares rise as her dog immediately jumps into cabs on walks with Cecil, prompting amused scenes.
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The Other Sidey and Urban Life Echoed in Verse
A fragmented poem and column fragment contrast rural idylls with bustling city life. It ponders the heat of struggle, growth through burden, and the worth of urban amusements in a world of calm and dream. The piece blends reflections from a Tribune correspondent on urban vitality and daily city spectacles.
Kittens Scare Off Robbers In Irvington Wardrobe
Two kittens at play in an empty ward robe in the home of M H Youngs on Euclid avenue Irvington frightened off robbers who ransacked the house on Wednesday night leaving silverware valued at several hundred dollars behind. A family member investigating heard noises in the wardrobe and for a time thought a thief was hidden, but the kittens jumped out when the door was opened.
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Bear Killed After Large Smash in Klickitat County Pigsty
Farmer Mager Hendryx of western Klickitat County heard a commotion in his pigsty and found two giant bears attempting to steal pork. He killed one bear, about 6 feet 8 inches long and weighing over a specified weight, believed the largest bear ever killed in Siekitat County.
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Dusky Ghosts Scheme at Atlantic Avenue Office
Alberta Simpson caused panic by acting as a ghost in an Atlantic Avenue office building’s retiring rooms. She bound several stenographers with groans, demanded purses and vanity boxes, and was captured after medical care was needed. She received 90 days in the county jail.
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The Futtsburgh Follow-Up Method Dialogue
A fragment from a Futtsburgh page questions why women are offered jobs first through a school of stenography. It features a skeptical head describing a dire fate where the pretty girl marries her employer and a permanent job only for one of the younger women.
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Chicago Men Bring Elephants to New York Hotel
A Chicago man and hotel guests witnessed a lively menagerie in an uptown New York room. Elephants wearing rubber boots caused a doctor and two nurses to intervene as a hydra headed trio of ostriches was also reported at the same hotel. The manager notes no relation to prohibition and questions why Chicagoans find such jungle residents in New York.
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New York
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Denver Boy I8 Prodigy Delights Scientists With Memory
Cleon Smith, a Denver boy, astonishes scientists with perfect recall of figures. The Denver New Psythology Society subjected him to three hours of rapid-fire questions, and he answered all correctly. He named populations of all world cities over 90000, river lengths, mountain heights, railroad totals, farm counts, and state populations plus U.S. city populations over 3000.
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False eye that moves in surgery by Philadelphia physician
Philadelphia physician Dr R C Heed achieved a historic operation substituting an artificial eye with a gold sphere to move in sync with the patient’s good eye. The insertion aims to render the artificial eye nearly indistinguishable from the natural eye, improving appearance and function.
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Athlete rescues man from steamboat maniac crisis
George Montee of Glens Falls teetered toward drowning after jumping from the Horleon steamer’s upper deck in Baldwinsville. Willam L Cote of New York, an all round athlete and Union University graduate, dived in as the paddle wheel spun. Cote seized Montee just as he sank for the third time. both were pulled aboard after a desperate struggle and rescue.
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Henry Irving Startled by Stage Band in Early Role
In early days Henry Irving played a part with a dark stage. He fought an old earl and fell, crying to himself What have I done. A stagehand in a small English town impressed by the realism. At the climax Irving toppled the old earl and whispered Strike a match and we’ll have a look.
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Big rattler in girls room killed by mother
Mrs John L Gastager of Hillside woke to her two daughters alarmed by a large rattlesnake crawling toward the bed in their room. After a struggle she killed the reptile, which measured about 2 feet long, near their home adjoining a large forest.
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Women Toss Skirts at Miners in Cananea Strike
Fragmentary dispatch reports Mexican women throwing their skirts at miners who refused to join the constitutionalist army. Forty women arrested as tensions rose at Cananea copper works. Other stray fragments touch on domestic life and a drowning rescue.
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Costa Rica envoy opposes Central American federation plans
Costa Rica's new Minister Roberta Brenes Meses and First Secretary Madero Martinez arrived in Washington to discuss national policies and the treaty with the United States. Brenes Meses rejects a Central American federation citing unequal finances and distance while opposing the pending Caribbean pact. He notes Costa Rica seeks prosperity through American ties and foreign investment.
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Licked by Fire Curtis Bay Man Drifts After Rescue
Curtis Bay man Joseph Hurlship, asleep in his burning home, was dragged from smoky flames by Fred Moore. He remained only half awake, suffering neck injuries as fire entered his bedroom. Dr T BR Horton treated his injuries.
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