Washington Post Subscription Rates 1912
The Washington Post offers daily and Sunday delivery by carrier in Washington and Alexandria with various weekly and yearly terms. Mail subscriptions, prepaid postage, drafts or checks payable to The Washington Post Co. are accepted. The notice explains mailing addresses and early 20th century subscription handling.
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Carrier
Washington
Alexandria
Davy
Gunde
Muni
Pastor Fiie
Washington Post CO
Washington, D. C
Chaguatoffics
Washington, DC
Peae Alence Foreleo
Paul Block
Fifth Avenue
New York
Steger Bullarog
Tremont Building
Boston
Dew Addman
Wasiligton Post Oman
Senate Battle over Battleship Policy and Powder Purchase
The Senate opposes the Hones policy pushing two battleships and lifts powder limits for rural use, while the House fights to maintain its budgetary stance. Both chambers show divided support, but public sentiment favors broader national defense expansion, though not to the fullest extent.
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Senate
Congressional
House
Critics Question Department Figures On Food Prices
A reader scoffs at Department of Commerce and Labor figures claiming rising costs in recent years. The critique cites selective years 1896-97 and 1911, accuses the analysis of skewed data, and disputes claims exonerating corporations in food price increases.
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Colt
International congress to focus on infantile paralysis
The fifteenth international congress on hygiene and demography meets in this city in September and will devote substantial attention to infantile paralysis. The disease has spread terror in the United States and Europe, and little is known beyond its cause by an organism too small to be detected. despite efforts, physicians and health officers have been powerless to prevent its spread. Half a score of the most eminent researchers are cited in the report.
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United States
Europe
Panama Canal
House Committee
Col. Goethals
Congress
House
Senate
Physicians and Panama Canal debate and fire loss study
Physicians discuss exhaustive disease analysis at a world conference and call for full support of Col Goethals and Panama Canal completion against economizing House measures. A fire insurance anomalies report questions motorized apparatus effectiveness, compares per capita losses across major cities, and notes 1911 profits declines for U S insurers.
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National Board of Fire Underwriters
United States
England
Italy
Germany
Austria
New York
Chicago
Boston
Denver
San Francisco
Intercity Gastronomy and the Airship Feast Idea
A bygone fad of dine‑alongs splits meals across travel. The airship idea envisions guests moving between courses from New Orleans cocktails to Havana cigars, with gulf oysters at Mobile and terrapin at Baltimore, then on to Philadelphia and beyond, staged as a spectacular culinary journey.
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New Orleans
Havana
Key West
Lucullus
Mobile
Jacksonville
Baltimore
Washington
Louisville
Richmond
Philadelphia
Broadway Lobsters and Airships Stir Philly Crowd
The fragment talks about Deover in Philadelphia with lobster imagery on Broadway and a vision of airships. It hints at myths being watered down, a bold claim about aviation spreading quickly, and a future where intercity dining becomes accessible. It suggests champagne bottles tossed by "gas tro nomic joy riders" as a chaotic spectacle.
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Dla
Recall in Turkish Navy Sparks Mutiny Over Attack Demand
A Turkish torpedo boat crew mutinies in the Dardanelles demanding an attack on the Italian fleet, threatening to destroy their ships if orders aren’t given. The split in Ottoman ships mirrors debates about recalls and civilian versus military judgment, likening naval authority to judicial impartiality and the danger of voter control over critical decisions.
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Dardanelles
Italy
Tariff committee unmasking and political jabs
The piece mocks tariff politics as the Senate blocks tariff bills while low-tariff factions on the House Ways and Means push the cotton schedule aside. It notes sectional tensions, sugar exception motives, and a cascade of pointed quips about Mann, Champ Clark, Meantime news from New York, Chicago, and Albany, with critiques of reformers and pundits.
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Senate
Ways and Means
House
Potomac
Dutch Queen Keeps French Chaplain at Court
Queen Wilhelmina preserves the French court chaplain system by appointing Rev. M. E. Lacheret as chaplain to the Dutch court, retaining his Paris home while serving periodically. The move reflects the House of Orange’s history and Walloon ties, pleasing The Hague. Also recounted is Abdul Hamid’s fattening decline under strict surveillance in Saloniki, and Sir Bryan Leighton’s varied imperial career and invention prospects.
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Wihelmina
M. E. Lacheret
Netherlands
William VI
Srance
Switzerland
William [II
Emme
Wilhelmina
House of Orange
Paris
The
Hague
Lacheret
Wal- Joon
America
Sir Bryan Leighton
Utie
Spain
Imperial Light Horne
Chisholme
Mexico
Shropshire
Loton Park
William OL
Edward Leighton
William of Orange
England
Sir Bryan
France
Anthony Pollock
Bourgogne
Sabletelana
Bryan Leighton
Artist May Lose Arm After Fall Injuries
Harold L. MacDonald, artist, badly hurt in a fall two weeks ago, may have to have his left arm amputated. Doctors at Emergency Hospital expressed this possibility last night after diagnosing a severe fracture at the shoulder and partial loss of blood supply to the forearm.
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Harold L. MacDonald
Railroad Conservation Plants Millions of Trees Along Lines
The Pennsylvania Railroad reports it has planted over 4.5 million trees in ten years to conserve natural resources along its routes. In 1911, 493,148 forest trees and 46,653 ornamental plants were shipped or used. nursery stock stands at 2,206,833. Logging expands to about 1500 acres with 7,000 feet of timber to be cut.
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Pennsylvania Company
New York Herald
Pennsylvania Railroad
Morrinville
Orng
Fire Sweeps Stamboul Mohar Medan District in Constantinople
A major blaze in Stamboul Mohamdan area of Constantinople on June 3 destroyed about two thousand houses and several mosques. The fire jumped toward Marmors shore and Greek Tatavia, threatening wealthier districts until halted near Hipodrome and Sultan Ahmed Mosque. Many poverty struck families suffered as they watched their homes burn.
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Constantinople
Stamboul
Freeaay Atr
Walla
Seragio Palace
Congress Condensed Senate and House Actions Briefed
Senate actions include a pension for the widow of Admiral Schley, a national arts suggestions, a two-battle ship program, and ocean traffic protection. Leasing Alaska coal lands and a 500000 dollar Capitol grounds appropriation are noted. House actions cover registration, anti foreign shipping trusts, an investigation request, sundry civil appropriations, and the money trust inquiry setup. Adjournment times are listed for both chambers.
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Senate
Comsidarien
Legiietive
Umod
House
Akin
New York
Post Office Department
Appropriations Committee
Tariff Board
Taft
United States
Wise
Judiciary Committee
Archbald Cape
Secretary of the Interior
Fisher
Capitol Grounds
Pujo
Banking and Currency Committee
King’s Royal Entertainments Hire Outsized Waiter Network
A London journalist highlights freelance waiters who service royal and elite events at Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace. Workers polish 6000 pieces of gold plate, wash thousands of glasses, and operate in vast sculleries under royal supervision. They attend large country-house balls, travel by special train, and face detective oversight, earning modest tips but potential rises to £300-£400 yearly as managers.
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London
Windsor Castle
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Carlton House Terrace
Walter
Crown Prince Frederick William Becomes Author
Berlin dispatch reports Crown Prince Frederick William has penned a hunting diary titled From My Hunting Diary. The book describes his experiences in Germany and abroad and will include numerous photographs, some by the Crown Princess.
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Kaiser
Berlin
Crown Prince
Frederick William
Germany
Army Orders Shows Leaves and Transfers for Many Officers
Army orders list multiple officers with leaves of absence ranging from one to three months, including Col Charles H. Clark and Maj George C. Bafparrans. It details reassignment to Governors Island for duty, retirements, and detailed postings to Fort Riley, Fort Sheridan, and the San Antonio arsenal, with several captains and lieutenants reported for duty in July.
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Charles H. Clark
Ordnance Department
George C. Bafparrans
Seventeenth Infantry
Albert A. Faulkner
Field Artillery
William BT. J. Jervey
Governors Island
N. Y
Gideon McD
van Poole
James BR. Mount
Medical Corps
Fort Bheridan
Idl
Fdward D. Powers
Coast Artillery Corps
Frederick T. Arnold
Willis C. Metcalf
Frank H. Burton
Boston
Mass
Edward JD. Fowers
Coast Artiffery Corps
Quartermasterts Department
Edward P. King, Jr
William H. Smith
Wisdical Corps
Fort Sheridan
Fred C. Wallace
Third Field Artillery
San Antonio
Tex
Naval Orders Update From The Atlantic Commands
Navy dispatch lists numerous officer-to-post transfers and arrivals including Lieutenants Eberle Koch Hannigan Withers Rhodes Rees Campbell and others to various schools stations and ships. Several officers resignations and home wait orders noted along with ship and station movements including arrivals at Tiburon Lake Providence and Hampton Roads.
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RD. ‘White
Naval
Rome
Italy
Vienna
Auatris
Eberle
Naval War College
Wmmar
R.A. Koch
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
J. J. Hannigan
Camatle
Riwbe
Colorado
Thomas Withers, Jr
A. Boteford
Aslatte Station
Eoviga
Robert Gatewood
San Francisco
Ensim
Justis
Tiburon
Ferrel
Lake Frovidence
Potomac
Boston
Solace
Key West
Abarenda
Shanghs
Flusser
New London
Perkins, Sterett
Watke
Ammen
Tripps
Newport
North Dakota
Florida
Utah
Delaware
Hampton Roads
Fortung
Santa Hartera
Wipple
Hull
Prepie
Stewart
Bare Island
Preble
Santa Barbara
Marasland
Pateel
Lake Providence
New Orleane
Meryland
Santa Berbera
Rainbow
Chingwangtao
Fatibow
Marrower
Washing- Fae
Hamptra Hoedm
Toes as top insect exterminators in farming
A 19th century technical piece extols toads as supreme bug killers, proposing farmers rear ponds of toads to combat pests. It cites toads’ value against cutworms and other insects, noting their appetite for beetles, caterpillars, centipedes, armyworms, gypsy moths, and ants, and warns against killing them.
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Befence
Orimary Hoptond
Senator Williams Calls Baths for Public Funds Wasteful
Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi criticized Senate baths in the office building arguing they waste public funds. He urged removal to free space for documents now cluttering an abandoned car barn, noting no room exists and likening the baths to a public relations misstep that invites muckraking.
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Senate
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Willams
Weather Conditions Report from Washington
Weather conditions show low barometric pressure along the northern border with unsettled skies and rains from Minnesota to Maine. Warmth persists in the Paris slope and southern plateau, with 112 degrees at Yuma. Forecast calls for showers in northern New England and northern New York Tuesday, with fair weather elsewhere for 48 hours. Winds vary by coast, and steamers to Europe face westerly winds. Local temperatures noted, with rain totals and sunshine percentages listed.
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Paris
Plateau
Califaruia
Arizona
Yuma
New England
Nor Sern
New York
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Middle Plains
Middle Mississippi
Obi
Lake Teglon
North Atlantic
Upper
Mississippi Valley
Lake
Middle Atlantic
East Gulf Coast
West Gulf Coast
European
Grand Banks
SUEZ TOLLS AND GLOBAL TRADE OUTLOOK
Paris reports the Suez Canal Company total receipts of 27 762 000 for the year with an 846 000 rise from the previous year. The board approves a tariff cut next January as China trade remains pressured while India and Dutch Indies export trade rises and Japan expands Europe ties. Also, Dr. Harvey W. Wiley delays Boston health board decision pending consultations.
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Paris
Suez Canal Company
China
India
Dutch Indies
Japan
Europe
Pointed Paragraphe From the Chicago Nova
A reflective snippet notes how upbringing shapes girls and women, hinting at jealousy and heartbreak. It cites fathers paying to learn daughters cannot sing, and that women often envy husbands. It portrays girls laughing at love yet seeking a man's shoulder, and recounts how a girl tells a friend about a failed romance after a suitor leaves.
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Chicago
Reflections of a Bachelor in The New York Press
A compact, era flavored piece lampoons love letters and gossip with wit. It contrasts a woman's aging with water measurement, noting a stand-still race. The fragment mentions River Bulletin and Washington Post in a playful mockery of journalism and society.
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New York Press
River Bulletin
Washington Post
W. Ve
Potomar
Ead Shemandoss
Interviews With Capital's Visitors Discuss Senate Race
James Hamilton Lewis, newly named Democrat for U S Senate in Illinois, arrives at the Willard and will appear before the Supreme Court. He cites personal influence in Millan politics, predicts Clark’s nomination, and notes Republican and Democratic delegates’ loyalty to Roosevelt and Clark. He names potential Senate choices from Chicago and Springfield and discusses Alaska and coal land legislation priorities.
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James Hamilton Lewis
Ti Nois
United States
Willard
United States Supreme Court
Ilinota
Col Lewis
Millnola
Ilnots
Chicago
Baltimore
Col
Roosevelt
Champ Clark
Clark
Sherman
Springfield
Lorimer
John Maynard Harlan
Justice Harlan
Medill McCormick
Chicago Tribune
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Senate For Battleships
Department of Commerce and Labor
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Hampton'a
Ty Cobb
Albany Journal
First Bane
Charlie Fairbanks
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Congress Condensed
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Free Lance
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Marcus A Smith
Missouri
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House Public Lands Committee
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Alaska
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