Washington Post 1914 Subscription Rates and Education Views
The piece lists subscription options for The Washington Post with various frequencies and prices. It advocates a national university tied to government research, arguing it would advance sciences and the arts, attract top students, and align with federal needs. It discusses education funding, public schools, and the potential benefits of a government-backed academic center in Washington.
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Wilson
Washington
United States
National Association of State Universities
Congress
America
Capitol
Btudenta
Prince Munster's non inheritable title and Sussex home story
Prince Munster, a German noble, lives partly in the United Kingdom and holds a life only title ad personam issued by Emperor William. He owns Marefield Park in Sussex and estates in Hanover. The title was revived for Alexander Munster Ernest but made non hereditary, with disputes over fees and a suit against the heraldry department. The piece also notes his connections to English and German nobility, plus a tale about Shah Nasr-ed-Din and Omar Khayyam.
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New York
Kaiserin Augusta Victoria
Hamburg
Prince of Press
Moesat Aa
Denton
Thames
Sussex
Mareefield Park
Hanover
United Kingdom
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Earl of Kinnoul
Hague
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George Munster
London
Paris
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Roumania
Alexander
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William
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Ber Yn
State Department of Heraldry
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Maresfield Park
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Anne
Prussia
House of Lords
Galitzin
England
Shah
Mortimer Durand
United States
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Shah Wasgr-ed-Din
Mortimer
Omar Khayyam
Nishapur
Diplomata
Naagsr-ed-Din
Nassr-ed-Din
Gli Blas
Haiti
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
Washington Faces Benton Death Row In Mexico Crisis
Carranza challenges U S rights under the Monroe Doctrine and Villa accord. Washington weighs canceling or proceeding with a Benton body inquiry at Chihuahua as Huerta seeks to shield the American embassy. Foreigners fear U S diplomacy and insistence on protection tests Mexico policy and stability in the Western Hemisphere.
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Carranza
United States
Benton
Carranzas
Villa
State Department
Great Harttains
Chihuahua
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Arraoza
Huerta
Mexico City
Mexico
Debts of the States show rising bonded indebtedness
An official census bulletin outlines state debts as of June 30, 1918 totaling $419,157,000 with Massachusetts and New York carrying large shares. It notes road spending in 1909 of $142,326,628 and compares past totals to the current $242,251,000 nine years earlier, highlighting the shift in state obligations and the Pennsylvania case of sinking funds.
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Census Bureau
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Portugal Restores Republic Amid Revolt And Strikes
Portugal emerges from upheaval with republican flags aloft after socialist anarchist rail strikes isolating Lisbon. Reports say heavy fighting near the capital and a brief seizure of power, but observers anticipate a return to stability as defenders of order unite behind republican policies.
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Portugal
Madrid
Lisbon
Manuel
Europe
Paris Bank Flurry and Foreign Investment Critique
A Paris bank concern prompts wary reactions to foreign investors in American railroad securities. The piece notes misgivings about U S stocks abroad harming credit and critics claim misused funds target foreign markets. It also mentions Norman Hapgood’s Lincoln versus Washington comparison and radium's impact on geological time theory.
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Paris
No Slums in New York Says Investigative Stunt Reporter
A New York Sun investigator proclaims New York hosts no true slums, arguing crime and poverty exist but grime and filth do not. He contrasts European slums with New York housing, noting habitable tenements and absence of fetid caves, based on three days of citywide observations.
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New York Sun
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Antwerp
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Paris
London
River Front
Nesta
Neas
Barreta
Paria
Europe
Moscow
Lishon
First Great Naval Fight and the Peloponnesian War
The 664 B C sea clash between Corcyreans and Corinthians off Cape Actium sparked Athens aid to Corcyra’s foe and ignited the Peloponnesian War. The conflict fractured Greek unity and delayed modern civilization’s ascent, shaping a millennia of cultural decline until the Renaissance.
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T B Gregory
New York American
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Corfu
Corinth
Cape Actium
Corceyreans
Athens
Actium
Macedonia
Rome
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Petrarch
Christ
Mystery of Columbus origins debated by historians
A New York Tribune inspired look at the birthplace and ancestry of Columbus. The article questions his family background and whether he or his ancestors were Greeks or Jews. It notes the biographer son omits birth details and that further research by the American Jewish Historical Society could illuminate the mystery.
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Columbus
Nicholas
Columbi
Christopher
Dominica Columbus
Susannah Vantanarossa
American Jewish Historical Society
Scottish farmer buys horse at fair and questions its work
A miserly Scottish farmer buys a horse at a fair and tries feeding and watering it without success. On the journey home he muses that the animal would be the right horse only if it proved to be a real worker, calling it the Verra horse.
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Pittsburgh
Caromete
Rain and memory clash in flood prone regions
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes Californians and others in flood zones forget past disasters after floods ease. Despite warnings that heavy rains will return, people rebuild in creek beds and along streams, underestimating recurring flood risk. The piece compares memory to a sparrow’s persistence and calls for awareness of repeated inundations along the Ohio and in California.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
California
Los Angeles Times
Ohio River
The Traitor
Poem fragment laments betrayal of a speaker who seeks no quarter from humankind but asks Mother Earth for forgiveness for sins against land and honor as darkness closes in.
Oklahoma Game Warden Doolin’s Wildlife Book Praised
State Warden John D Doolin compiles a photo illustrated overview of Oklahoma animals and birds that rivals nature books. He highlights prairie chickens wild turkeys deer wolves coyotes possums and even wild honey, urging stricter seasons to protect the prairie chicken and other species. Frederick Bartle assisted in preparing the report and the public is urged to read and appreciate it.
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Collier's Weekly
Game and Fish Warden
Oklahoma
John D Doolin
Frederick § Bartle
French to raise ancient brass guns sunk in 1692 battle
Paris reports the French ministry of marine invites bids to salvage brass guns lying submerged for 222 years in the Bay of La Hougue. The guns belong to ships sunk during the May 1692 battle where Admiral Russell led 82 English Dutch ships against Count de Tourville. A salvage contractor’s bid prompted the invitation.
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Washington Post
Paris
French Ministry of Marine
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English Channel
la Hougue
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Earl of Oxford
Count de Tourville
George Rooke
Gibraltar
Ministry of Marine
Kenyon Hotel in LaGrange Destroyed Era Log Inn Remembered
A historic log tavern in LaGrange built by William Taylor, Zachary Taylor’s cousin, and once Audubon’s rest stop is to be destroyed after the Kenyon Hotel sale for 25 dollars. Locals lament lost era, note taverns’ charm over grand hotels and its potential as a public asset.
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Zachary Taylor
Louisville Courier-Journal
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Lagrange
William Taylor
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Kenyon Hotel
Mouse Fear in Women Reflects Instinct Not Logic
An article notes fear of mice among women may be instinctive yet unexplainable, citing a New Jersey telegraph operator who fainted at a mouse and retreated to a closet. It questions if feminine alarm is a fashion or a deeper trait, arguing ancestral history offers no clear instinct for being bitten by mice.
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Sun and Tide Table and Weather Bulletin
The page notes sunrise at 6 31 AM and tides with highs of 13 6 and 7 00 PM and a 9 40 PM low. A weather bulletin describes a rapidly intensifying Georgia coast storm moving north, with a New York center pressure around 28 3 inches and heavy snow in the north, shifting gales along the Atlantic coast, and a coming cold wave. Forecasters warn Atlantic ports, predict clearing Monday in New York and New England, then fair conditions, and general fair weather elsewhere Monday and Tuesday. Local readings show midnight 33, 4 AM 40, 6 AM 38, 10 AM 58, 2 PM 76, 6 PM 79, high winds along coasts, and limited sunshine. Relative humidity 68 percent at 5 PM, rainfall 0.02 inches, with radios and city readings noting temperatures 24 hours earlier and in other cities.
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Chats of Visitors to the Capital
A New Willard column surveys Tammany’s fading power in Manhattan and its decline elsewhere, noting political shifts under Roosevelt and Whitman. It cites Rep. Littleton and local figures while weighing Progressive and Republican fortunes in New York and Nebraska. The piece touches on colonial islands, native populations, and global context with mixed commentary.
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