Washington Post Subscription Rates and Notices 1916
The Washington Post lists subscription terms for daily and Sunday delivery in Washington and Alexandria with monthly and yearly prices, payment methods, and mail options. It notes post office registration, foreign advertising representation, and is dated Tuesday March 14 1916.
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Pursuit of Villa Seen as Imminent Despite Carranza Notes
Secretary Lansing signals that the United States will pursue villa with a punitive expedition, insisting cross border pursuit of lawless bands is permitted, while urging restraint to avoid rupturing with Carranza. The piece warns against delays, stresses strong U S military action, and ties Columbus murders to renewed pursuit of Villa.
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Lansing
Mexico
United States
Villa
Columbus
Georgia Justice in a Bumbletoniian Era
An Atlanta dispatch reports three young boys aged 12, 9, and 6 spending Friday night in a city police station en route to Milledgeville. Robert Alexander was to serve a sentence for scrap iron theft, John Alexander for stealing two marbles, Jerome Williams for a similar offense, prompting a critique of Georgia's harsh justice and perceptions of law and order in the state.
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Atlanta
Milledgeville
Robert Alexander
John Alexander
Jerome Williams
Edwound Burke
Georgia
Milledgeville Reformatory Visit Moves Inmate Caretaker
A visitor will remove her eye bandages long enough to stoop pityingly over the cots of the sleeping children in the State reformatory at Milledgeville.
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Milledgeville
Repealing Free Sugar Faces House Vote This Week
The first Democratic revenue measure aims to repeal the free sugar clause of the tariff law. RepublicansJoin with Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee to save about 50 million dollars in revenue, signaling passage. Critics note lower tariffs have not reduced consumer prices or boosted revenue and warn of a shift to direct taxation.
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Ways and Means Committee
Thomas Jefferson
New Business Methods and Federal Trade Commission Reform
A historical view credits the Federal Trade Commission with replacing costly dissolution of monopolies by targeted guidance. Prof. Davenport explains the shift from destroying firms to regulating competition, warning of past abusive branding and urging peaceful compliance through direct government suggestions to managing directors.
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Davenport
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Deporting Criminal Aliens Urged by Police Chief
New York City police records show most felonies are committed by aliens not naturalized. Police Commissioner Woods urged the House immigration committee to grant Federal authorities greater powers to deport criminal aliens, arguing it would ease urban policing by removing offenders who committed crimes before or after seeking citizenship.
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New York City
Bureau of Naturalization
Woods
House Immigration Committee
United States
Immigrants urged to consult consuls to verify records
Records gaps at U S ports prompt call for would be immigrants to check with American consuls abroad before departure. Secretary Wilson notes this could spare hopeful travelers from wasted voyages due to defects or lack of funds. He adds that criminals hiding records should be deported to protect the nation’s immigration system.
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United States
Wilson
America
Stockholm Held by British Cruisers After Baltic Voyage
Stockholm reports being halted 146 miles west of the Hebrides by the British auxiliary cruiser Columbella. Passengers recall seizures of 117 parcels of mail and baggage, with Greenock authorities overhauling goods for three days. Swedish officials seek support from the United States to defend neutral rights as tensions rise over British orders at sea.
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Sweden
Great Britain
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Lansing
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British Council
Belgian Judge Feys Secret Flooding War Tactic
A historical account portrays Judge Emeric Feys of Furries as owning a private family secret to flood Belgium’s Yser region to halt invaders. It contrasts Belgian reliance on a private dynasty with Holland’s state secrets on flood control and dike systems defended by ministers of war and water affairs.
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Holland
Naarden
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Utrecht
Geertruidenberg
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Canala
Netherlands
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Brentwood Company
Ten Homes Drop Into Cave at Avoca Shaft Eye Witness News
Ten houses sank into a cavern in the Law shaft of the Pennsylvania Coal Company at Avoca early morning. The cavern extended along Valentine Street for about half a block from Wegner Street. All sleeping residents escaped serious injury and no fire spread from stove fires. Firemen and rescue crews halted panic while workers prevented further collapse.
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Ming Rescue Corps
Langtry slips on sleet at Majestic Theater fall
Lily Langtry planned a dramatic presentation of ashes at the Majestic Theater but the event was canceled for lack of ashes on the Monroe street sidewalk. She slipped on the icy walk and dislocated an elbow while walking from the Blackstone Hotel, and she declined motor travel to reach the theater.
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Chicago Dispatch
Philadelphia Record
Mra
Lily Langtry
Majestic Theater
Monroe Street
Wabash Avenue
Congress Condensed on Preparedness and Legislation
Senate debate centered on postponing other business to push preparedness measures. Borah and Chamberlain warned about Mexican situation risks while the Myers water power bill moved forward on a 20 to 28 vote. Prohibition amendment hearings reopened, Osage leases debated later, and adjournment occurred. House focused on juvenile court reorganization and legislative appropriations with plans to tackle sugar bill later. Louisiana flood control push urged federal Mississippi levee aid. Peace activists criticized U S entry into dreadnought era.
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Heberman
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United States
Defends Cat's Reputation in Neighborhood Court
Mrs. R. S. Allinder testifies to her Persian cat's good character as she sues neighbor Mrs. W. G. Farrar for the cat's disappearance valued at 25 dollars. Farrar complains the animal chased chickens and nightly yowling disturbed the area, Justice Willa noting interspecies meetings can cause commotion.
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Riverside Dispatch
Los Angeles Times
R. S. Allinder
Allinder
W. G. Farrar
The Firmament by Marguerite Head in Alethian Magazine
Excerpt explores vast universal beauty and divine artistry in the cosmos. Descriptions glow with vibrant skies, accelerating celestial bodies, and creations bright with godlike design. It imagines humanity advancing toward wisdom, immortality, and elevated futures beyond mortal night.
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Marguerite Head
The Philosophical Attitude
A verse fragment from the New York Evening Sun laments a broken romance with edgy wit. The speaker recalls the initial joy and betrayed trust, then exposes his enduring resolve and defiance toward heartbreak. The concluding line affirms a defiant, buoyant stance toward lost love.
Cupid's and Betrays Bride at Portland License Counter
A Portland Oregonian tale recounts a playful marriage license scene. A blushing bride-to-be is pressed for her age by Deputy County Clerk F. A. McMenamin and John Cochran, then confirms "Thirty-three" as legally required. The exchange ends with the age entry as “Legal.”
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Dep
Newbern Falls to Federals after Coastal Campaign
Federals under Burnside and Reno massed 15,000 troops and took New Bern on the Neuse River after a march through rain and mud. Parke and Foster supported Reno in a flank move that broke Confederate works at Fort Thompson. Union casualties near 598, Confederates heavy losses with 200 captured. town seized and Foster named military governor.
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Weed-pulling party entertains Pasadena neighbors
Mrs. Hanson hosted a novel entertainment at Parkwood boulevard with a weed-pulling luncheon. More than a dozen neighbors pulled weeds in a Clover lawn then enjoyed lunch, planning to host similar weed-pulling parties in the future.
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Pasadena Dispatch
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City Beautiful Club
P. Haneon
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Hanson
Whiskeytown Becomes Schilling Post Office Name Change
The town between Shasta and French Gulch on the Redding-Weaverville route to be renamed Schilling after John F. Schilling who refused to serve under department orders. The old Whiskeytown post office, named Stella, was abandoned six years ago when Schilling, long time postmaster, refused to continue if money orders were required. It has since been reestablished.
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Schilling
Redding Dispatch
Sacramento Bee
Whiskeytown
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Redding
Haircut dispute over jail inmate sparks sanity plea plan
Nevada City Dispatch reports Gio vani Margaroli in SacramentoCounty jail with lengthy hair after December 18 murder charge. His lawyers push for a sanity plea and injunction to prevent jailers from cutting hair, but sheriff’s rule permits it. Fred Demerteau, also jailed on murder charges, assists Margaroli with a haircut. Margaroli offered no objection.
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Margaret
Views of world travelers meet in capital hotel lobbies
A Willard Hotel gathering features Mayor Behrman of New Orleans and Baltimore’s Sig M Goodman weighing Louisiana politics and national speculation. Behrman predicts a decisive Democratic victory in Louisiana with Pleasant carrying all parishes except perhaps the sugar district. Goodman argues Baltimore should vote separately on prohibition, praising home rule and predicting a strong anti dry majority. Also discussed are possible Republican dark horses Duff Pont and Leonard Wood, with expectations of a lively fall campaign.
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Knightly Teamster Aids Women In City Streets
A St Paul teamster in a knight's role parks on Dunlap and Grand to help two women reach a car, blocking tracks until safe. The second item from Harper's Monthly shows a Sunday School superintendent using Lot and his daughters to illustrate a Bible lesson, while a child asks where the flea is.
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Indirect Service Sparks Heated Brown Home Talk
Ahouseholder Brown compares his home to a vault and criticizes a heating plant as ineffective. Mrs B joins in as winter chills provoke a heated exchange about comfort and functionality.
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