Washington Post Subscription Rates and Offices
The Washington Post lists subscription terms delivered by carrier and mail with daily and Sunday options, rates for various periods, and remittance details. It notes offices in New York Philadelphia Hartford and lists Paul Block as manager.
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Death rates and public health in early 1900s report
A wide survey discusses death rates in the United States and abroad, noting falling mortality and the impact of sanitation and health laws. It covers American health progress, racial demographics, and calls for better housing, clean streets, and fireproof schools while contrasting international subsidies and trade with South America. It also critiques railroad regulation in the South, Prohibition politics in Kentucky, and broader U.S. policy debates.
Auto light aids rural surgery with home lamp operation
WB Reid a surgeon treats a rural appendicitis at a farm house using a detached lantern from his automobile, lighting the kitchen operating space. The patient is saved, illustrating how rural surgery can overcome lack of hospital facilities with improvised equipment and a lamp light.
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Reid
Lord Ranfurly of Penns Blood Visits America
Lord Ranfurly of Penns Blood is noted for his lineage to William Penn and headship of the Knox line. The article traces his career from fruit farming in Australia to governing New Zealand, his New Zealand popularity, and his extensive ties to Britain. It also mentions other European royals, pretenders, and notable figures such as Don Miguel, Dom Miguel, and Lord James of Hereford, plus Sir Hubert Jerningham and the Marquise de Fonrenor.
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Great Britain
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Japan
Canada
Norway
Sweden
Holland
Mets
Lord Ranfurly
New York
William Penn
Pennsylvania
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John Knox
Mary Queen of Scots
Africa
Emerald Isle
Australia
Victoria
California
Antipodes
Ranfurly
New Zealand
Cook Archipelago
Makea
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Colonial Department
Tondon
Lord Charlemont
Dublin Castle
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Lord James
Hereford
Royal Commission
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All Committee
Az Ft
James
Mr Gladstone
Haa Pot
Hubert Jerningham
America
England
St Regis
Paris
Pauline Matternich
St Cloud
Fontainebleau
Compiegne
Napoleon III
Eugene
Marquise de Fonrenor
Brentwood Company
American Qstopping Interests and Trade Setbacks
A historical note argues the United States lags in shipping and foreign commerce. It cites Senator Gallinger on lost ships to Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru, reductions in Pacific routes, and reliance on subsidized foreign lines. The piece laments national economic stagnation and flags as a major obstacle.
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Pacific
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Congress
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Copana
Letene Looge
Senate
Gallinger
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Peru
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Post Office Department
San Francisco
Australia
Bay
Liverpool
Southampton
Tiamburg
Cherbourg
Atlantic
Ratal Fio
Bienoa
Kansas Cit
Can Taft Be Elected Analysis in 1912 Begin Shift
The Boston Transcript notes Chicago convention actions may decide the election as Taft’s nomination risks defeat. Republicans fear Taft’s weakness from labor hostility and racial voting blocs while Hughes is seen as carrying New York. Democrats must win several key states totaling 242 electoral votes to secure the presidency.
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Chicago
Cratie
Taft
Stewart L Woodford
Hughes
New York
United States Senate
Heast
Weather Bureau
Bouth
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kentucky
West Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
New Yorks
New Jersey
Colorado
Nevada
Nebraska
Opinion on Roosevelt by Politician Cites Bourne Advice
A prominent politician questions Mr Roosevelt's greatness and advises consulting Senator Bourne before forming a final view. The remark underscores opposition and enlists Bourne’s opinion as pivotal guidance.
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Bourne
Bia
Burial Alive Fears Debunked by Tribune Editor
The New York Tribune quotes Sunnyside editor denying authenticated premature burial cases. It argues sensational stories distort truth, noting physicians may miss life signs, yet graveside procedures leave no chance of revived bodies, dismissing widespread fears as insomnia fuel.
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New York Tribune
Sunnyside
Bowery
Massachusetts
Intelligent Animals and Darwinian Reasoning Examined
A periodical essay questions whether animals exhibit rationality, citing instances such as a retriever retrieving dead prey after breaking a habit, a bear reaching bread by pawing water, and an elephant reaching fruit beyond reach, arguing these acts surpass simple instinct and hint at learned or deliberate problem solving.
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Julian Burroughs
Darwin
Burrnughs
Zoological
Vienna
Barber Schimmelpenning Aided Flag Design Story
In a Philadelphia barber shop on Arch Street Washington discussed the Red, White and Blue flag colors. The barber Schimmelpenning, a learned Dutchman, guided the idea and suggested the color meanings during a sleepless night, influencing Congress to adopt a national standard in 1777.
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Philadelphia
Washington
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Schimmelpenninick
George
Congress Committee
East of Fig Frow the Nacinar weosripa sagezine
East of Fini life is a long eating dream with parties of pleasure feasting love making dancing and little gardening. Music is the people's soul and friendliness to strangers is common. West of the Fins life is a nightmare with cannibal groups in the Solomons Banks and New Hebrides where murder stalks in daylight and dancing is rare.
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Solomons
Banks
New Hebrides
Man Laughing Uncontrollably At Cincinnati Hospital
Pin Bcheffels of 115 Eat Fifth Street is reported by friends to suffer a peculiar form of insanity causing him to laugh uproariously for days. He arrived at the hospital in Cincinnati yesterday and could only be identified between fits as laughter continued. Doctors have yet to determine the cause of his persistent and exhausting laughter.
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Oscar
Old World
Guzerat
Arabian Sea
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Ctong
Moneys
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India
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Hanuman
Europe
China
Dom Miguel
Don Carlos
France
Dom Miguel Duke
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Austria
Viaregeio
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
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Portugal
Malta
Cincinnati
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Eat Fifth Street
Ty Hospital
Cheffela
There Was a Man from Many Lands in Song
A fragmented verse sketches a chain of men and maidens across the South and North. It recounts a Harlem traveler who courts a sober couple, a Boston literary gent who drinks, a Milwaukee visitor with the grip, and a Morristown man wooing a shy maid who ends up wed in a distant country.
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Texas Railroad
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Morristown
Dogs Loaf at Blacksmith Shops A Odd Local Tale
In a quirky local note, Tom the Minneapoisi Jou and several dogs roam nearby blacksmith shops drawn by the smells of leather and horse hoofs. Detectives often visit shops after reports of valuable dogs missing, noting canines’ fondness for hoof parings and the shop’s warm aromas.
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Smiths Shop
Editor’s Chicago Trip Sparks Senator Jarrrell Mention
A Kansas publication recalls J F Jarrell of Holton and his state senate bid. The editor warns that if Jarrell enters the senate he would loot the state treasury without his knowledge or consent.
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Negro Ledger
Publicatien
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Holton
F Jarre
Senate
Reflections of a Bachelor on Money and Love
A humorous editorial voice muses on ancestors and money in courtship. It jokes that generosity and misdirected spending reveal character and that even honest men can be puffed up by wealth. The piece notes the paradox of saving through bad habits and the trouble of marriage affordability.
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New York
Augury by a Rabbit in Arkalgud Gazette
A fragmented local piece notes superstition around a rabbit seen in Arkalgud. It describes omens, religious tensions, and spectators reacting as phrases hint at misfortune and social responses during a town procession.
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Arkalgud
Fies
First Ballot Power in National Conventions
Leslie's Weekly notes past conventions show leaders often lose on later ballots. Taft may lead early, but renomination or new contenders shift outcomes. Garfield, Hayes, Blaine, and Sherman show leaders rarely secure the prize on the first ballot. Democratic results likewise pivot after initial leaders.
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VIEWS OF VISTORS 1 IN WASHINGTON REPORTED
A lengthy Washington dispatch reports on anticipated moves at the Chicago convention with Nathan Frank asserting Roosevelt will cut littert ure in speeches while Taft’s nomination appears likely on the second ballot. It notes potential delegates, regional hopes, and the struggle for party leadership.
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