Washington Post Subscription Rates 1914
The Washington Post offers subscription plans delivered by carrier in Washington and Alexandria. Rates include one month nine dollars and seventy four cents, one year six dollars fifty, and other options paid in advance by draft or check. Advertising representative details and mailing address listed. Date Monday June 8, 1914.
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The Toll Exemption Debate and Panama Canal Policy
The article examines US stance on toll exemptions for coastwise shipping in the Panama Canal and political fallout. It notes amendments, Senate and House dynamics, and implications for sovereignty, commerce, and international trust, with attention to Southern political power and figures like Overman.
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Testing railway workers to boost efficiency promises slow progress
An essay argued socialism would free people from daily toil but undermine competition. It notes widespread inefficiency from homes to railroads and describes Harvard professor Hugo Munsterberg inspired tests using lights and buttons to match engineers to roles. If successful, the system could improve overall efficiency and be hailed as remarkable progress.
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Militant suffragists mocked as unfit for vote
A broader critique lists militant suffragette tactics as senseless and unlawful, arguing they fail to win support in England. It contrasts US hopes for duty with English views of hysteria, insisting violence does not justify enfranchisement. References to public figures and assorted satirical lines follow.
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Duke of Leeds Arrives in New York on Oceanic
A long profile outlines Dolly Carmarthen the tenth Duke of Leeds arriving in New York from Everpool aboard the Oceanic. It details his gin business, yacht club ties, estate holdings in Yorkshire and Cornwall, and a legendary Lambourne Manor wager tale. The piece weaves family legends with notices of his political past and ancestral lore.
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Piranhas Run Amok in Amazon Waters
Newark Evening News recounts roving piranhas in South America devouring skinned monkey flesh and attacking a naked Indian after a splash in a blood stirred river. Report notes cannibal behavior among fish not self eating, and warns about disturbance drawing attacks.
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Telegraphing in China Makes Telegrams Easy
The article explains a Chinese telegraph code using a dictionary of numbered characters. Operators use four Morse digits per character to spell messages. With 909 characters mapped, 10 Morse digits can represent thousands of Chinese characters including names like Yuan Shi Kai.
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Monuments Buried as Garden Obstacles on State Line
Surveyor Hob Caldwell sought markers designating the Wisconsin Illinois line. Monuments from the river to State street numbering fifteen were missing, hidden in Italian garden corners after residents dug them up to improve farming. An Italian resident led Caldwell to a garden corner where the stones lay piled and unused.
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Dogs as artillery horses eyed by French army
A French plan is under favorable consideration to replace horses with dogs for light artillery. Big Flemish dogs used in northern France for carts could cost 100 francs each, with feeding under a centime per day. In contrast, a horse costs at least 400 francs and two francs daily to feed.
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Judge reprimands youth for careless gun play in Western town
Western judge admonishes a youth for firing a revolver in a crowded street. The court fines him two dollars and costs, noting the danger of shooting an angel. The defense argues no one was hit, but the judge insists the fine stands for reckless act.
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Poisoned by a Brass Bed Fatality in Rooming House
John Bichle aged 45 died of blood poisoning after catching his head between brass bed bars ten days earlier. The rooming house proprietor, drawn by groans, found him unable to free his head and had to pry the bars apart to release him.
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Napoleon's trip to Elba described in old London Globe text
An 1814 London Globe account recalls Napoleon Bonaparte's journey from Fontainebleau to Elba. He ate alone at first, then feigned fear of poisoning, sought permission to use his own cook, and conversed emotionally once near the coast with a volatile, incoherent tone about Europe and Asia amid prying observers.
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Bottle Tells of Wreck Henry B Smith Near Marquette
A Vermilion life saving station note recovered by surf men reports the steamer Henry B Smith wrecked in last November’s storm off Marquette. Twenty crew aboard were lost. only the chief engineer’s body was found. The note signed Oliver was sent to Hawrood Company in Cleveland.
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The Song of the London Suffs Poem Snarls at Suffragist Tactics
A dramatic verse from the New York American mocks the suffrage movement. It threatens violence and vandalism, boasting of assaults on government and institutions while scaring off officials with bold, provocative lines. The piece targets the British suffragettes and depicts a menacing descent into chaos.
Showed Wealth of Egypt on Khedive Delta Tour
The Khedive’s Delta tour revealed lavish local wealth as landowners decorated roads for miles and hosted country visits. Coffee cups reportedly cost $30,000 and a ceremonial chair carried up to $50 to $1,000. One host allegedly spent $100,000 on preparations, another borrowed a cannon for a salute. Crowds blocked roads as the Khedive toured and peasants kissed the motor car.
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Cupid in a stocking box leads to quick marriage in Miami
Dan Cupid set a speed record uniting Frederick King of Miami Fla and Jal Salen daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Salen within a week. The romance began when King found Salen’s name in a box of stockings at his Miami department store. After writing, they exchanged letters, met in Reading, and married swiftly. Salen worked at Nolde Horst stocking factory and added her name to a box of stockings as a joke.
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Boy Pleads Guilty to Entry to Escape State Prison
George Coppinger aged 6 asked Judge Wadhams to let him plead guilty to a misdemeanor unlawful entry carrying a year in the penitentiary instead of a term in State prison. He has spent 23 years of his life in State prison and was caught after breaking into a building at 629 Sixth Avenue. With ADA O Malley’s consent the plea was accepted.
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Sherlock Holmes Outdone Patrolman Traces Skidding Car
Patrolman Johnson used a grease cup from a specific car model to trace a hit run in Peon Valley Park. The grease part led to Samuel Quarles of 3918 Broadway, who reported a minor collision with a stalled vehicle and driven to a repair shop for a leak.
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Baby born amid phone outage sparks rural mob fury
Atlantic City dispatch reports a newborn named Matteo Glonott of Werlonville triggered a daylong telephone outage in the area. A man at the Ganetta home grabbed a shotgun and fired into the air, breaking wires and causing extensive service disruption before repairs were completed by Mr Newton, the phone company's airc chief, who found the damaged lines hanging from a pole with shot in the cross arm.
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Weather and Tide Table With Regional Forecast
Sun rise 4 00 am high tides listed with weather notes for a broad US region. Rain showers in the southeast Atlantic and central states with cooler temps in the Rockies and Pacific Northwest. Temperatures range from the mid 60s to the mid 80s with varying wind and sun exposure across cities and counties.
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Roosevelt supporters and Whitman bid set for governor race
Senatorial shifts and Progressive dissents frame a Wright Whitman nomination path. Luther Mott predicts Whitman can win and Roosevelt may yet back him, while Progressives seek influence, fearing eclipse as Republicans and Democrats collide. A Swiss estate tale echoes regional talk of reform and national image.
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