The Washington Post Offer and Rates 1907
The notice outlines subscription terms for The Washington Post including carrier delivery in Washington and Ellernoria with Sunday editions, various weekly, monthly, and yearly rates, and payment options. It lists post office orders and drafts payable to The Washington Post Co., with addresses in Washington D C and New York. It identifies Paul Block as manager and shows the issue date March 15, 1907.
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Washington Post Co
Wiashington
D. C
Washington
Ae Acrond-Claus
Matt Matter
New York
Offie
Flatiron Huilding
Paul Block
Chirazo Ottee
Ualty
Maragar
Let the Public Be Present at White House Conference
A proposed White House conference between the President and railroad heads aims to forge public railroad cooperation. The plan, driven by railroad managers, seeks open reportage so the public can judge penance and willingness to reform. The open meeting would inform public sentiment and let the vast audience assess both sides.
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White House
Pubiic
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Jumble of Japanese Exclusion and Public Statues Sparks Debate
The piece surveys President Roosevelt's Japan exclusion policy and California tensions, Kansas statue funding for John Brown, and broader governmental paternalism in finance. It notes Indianapolis fundraising for YMCA and YWCA, Kansas statue debates, and satirical takes on national affairs with local color and figures like John Brown, Ingalls, and Lodge.
Inter Ocean Critique of Corporate Political Funding
The Inter Ocean condemns corporate fund contributions to campaigns, noting New York Life Insurance Company’s $50,000 donation to the 1904 Republican fund. It argues directors have no right to vote stockholder money into campaigns, warns of legal violations, and cites tariffs and economic effects to argue for private citizens funding campaigns while prohibiting corporate involvement.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
Promament
George W. Perkins
New York Life Insurance Company
Republican Campaign Fund
Post
Per- King
Inter ©Cean
Ife
Inter Ocean
A Rich English Bachelor. London Cable in Kansas City Star
A column recounts Walter Rothschild as a famed bachelor son of Lord Rothschild with a reputation for cynicism and charm. A tale from the Chicago Record-Herald describes a cunning fiancée and her mother plot, ending with a dramatic rejection. The piece contrasts rich vanity with humble labor and lingering hope amid aging dreams.
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Kansas City
Walter Rothschild
Lord Rothschild
Lord Rothschid
Walter
Beng
Pacific Ocean
Woman asks permit to wear trousers in Chicago tale
Miss Marie Hunt aged twenty four from Chicago Beach Hotel visits Police Lieutenant Ryan seeking a permit to wear male attire. She argues heavy skirts cost more and she works for a high class firm requiring climbs and practical dress. Ryan rebukes the expense question and cites prohibition on pants.
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New York
Marie Hunt
Chicago Beach
Ryan
Statra
Leutenant
Advertising in England and a tombstone inscription
A column discusses evolving advertising in the United States and notes English practices. It cites a grave example a druggist could learn from, describing a tombstone inscription at a churchyard in Greenwich as a stark indicator of how far advertising ideas might travel.
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Greenwich
Strother brothers reception after Culpeper acquittal
West Virginia McDowell Gun Club plans a Friday night reception for James A. Strother and Philip J. Strother, recently acquitted at Culpeper for the murder of William F. Bywaters. Philp Strother may attend with his bride if health allows. Attorney Botts Strother will be there with his wife.
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New York American
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Mason and Dixon Line
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Culpeper
William F. Bywaters
Philp Strother
Botts Strother
Helen Johnson
Fishing with Shovels in Norfolk Leads to Odd Bounty
Norfolk residents, including unlikely anglers, fish through Wood Creek with axes and shovels, hauling buckets of horned bull heads as meat dealers complain of widespread consumption. The frozen creek funnels fish to small ice openings, marking a cheap Lent rush for locals in Winsted Connecticut dispatches.
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New York Herald
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Only Woman Mason of Doneraile Court a Noted Tale
Old Lady Doneraile of County Cork died near eighty and was laid to rest at Doneraile Court. Her life included a famous episode of a woman witnessing a Masonic lodge, then being initiated as a Master Mason in 10. She later led the Dublin Women’s Masonic Orphan Asylum and married into the Aldworth family. Lord and Lady Castletown now inherit Doneraile Court, with Castletown holding university and forestry positions and a storied ancestry linked to Ossory.
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Newmarket
Aldworth
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Doneraiie Court
United States
Wyoming
Rocky Mountains
Royal University of Ireland
Irish Forestry Society
South Africa
Egypt
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Edward VI
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Bernard Barnaby Fitzpatrick
Castletown
St. Louis
Missouri
Moberly
Hardware Horse
William A. Clark
United States Senate
Frank A. Miles
Kallapele
Mont
Arlington
Benetor
Montana
Unclear ethnographic note on Minoan compass and customs
Fragmentary description contrasts a swan figure with southward compass use and saluting norms. Mentions hat wearing, handshakes, age questions, food habits, clothing, and gift giving with coffins and books. Text is damaged and difficult to interpret.
Shaw Algo a Lunch Counter Eater at Washington
New Secretary of the Treasury Shaw trims lunches to a frugal quick meal. In Washington he sticks to sausage buckwheat cakes and sweet cider, a routine admired by bankers. He favors a simple lunch over club invitations, citing the demanding job.
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Lestie M. Shaw
Washington
George B. Cortelyou
The
Treasury
Mr. Shaw
Carnegie Trust Company
New Telephone Device Lets Patron Pay Per Call
A New York Sun report describes a pay per call system. Patrons insert a nickel before the central office, then speak via one wire to the operator who switches to another wire to reach the called party. A clock runs during the call and ends after three minutes, with renewal possible. If the call fails to connect, the nickel drops to the street and the operator notes they don’t answer.
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Misunderstood Him From Harper's Weasty
A chaplain spots a soldier named McDonnell heading to a saloon back door. He calls him and McDonnell glances back, then slips inside. The chaplain waits until he returns outside and asks why he didn't hear the call. McDonnell replies he had only enough for one drink.
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A Juror Protests Wit in Jersey City Murder Case
John G. Snyder urged the court to curb facetious repartee by opposing counsel in a Jersey City murder trial. He argued sobriety would shorten trials, save money, and still deliver justice, a stance noted by the Louisville Courier-Journal.
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John G. Snyder
Millionaire Walker nets big gain in stock slump
J Brandt Walker of the Chicago Stock Exchange reportedly earned over 31,000,000 in a single day from the Lakewood Hotel room wire trades. He disclosed a $500,000 profit in United States Steel after selling 50,000 shares bought at 38 to 8, and predicted continued market volatility while criticizing railroads and copper stocks.
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Chicago
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Walker & Co
Songs of the Cities in Birmingham Ags Herald
A humorous contrast lists cities boasting of wealth size and progress with Boston New York Chicago Philadelphia St Louis Milwaukee and Frisco praised, while Pittsburgh is mockingly described as poor and boastful, never bragging about anything.
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Ferret Use in Laying Wires Reported by Chicago Post
In Terre Haute Lafayette Huntington workers may lack union cards says Mr Cline superintendent of construction for a telephone company He describes using ferrets and rats to pull wires through underground ducts by guiding a rat through first then hauling a string and pulling in rope with a wire attached The ferrets are fed beforehand to ensure better work output and are harnessed with twine and collars for the operation
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DOLLS OF ALL AGES IN PRINCESS CLEMENTINE COLLECTION
A Brussels exhibition showcases the extensive doll collection of Princess Clementine of Belgium, featuring ancient and modern types. Highlights include Babylonian terra cotta figures, Roman ivory and clay dolls, Greek dolls with movable clothes, Greenland bone dolls, a Greenland doll house, and the original Poppea doll that inspired the French word poupee.
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Forced Fish Push Stirs in Philadelphia Lunchroom
A quick service lunchroom uses fake cries of fried fish to boost orders during Lent. A waitress explains the boss pushes fish sales to reduce waste and notes a two cent extra per fish rung in after hours. London reports discuss Judge Pollard’s pledge program used in Britain and Ireland to curb drink by mercy bonds.
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Blowing Bubbles From the Baltimore Run
A nostalgic poem on a child and adults blowing bubbles. The speaker描描 evokes golden days and carefree youth as bubbles rise in sunlight and burst, linking playful scenes to yore and light, airy imagery.
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Reflections of a Bachelor From the New York Press
A fragmented humor piece on marriage and domestic life notes that sermons would be more honest if they were candid about love and meals. It jokes that women must be born to endure and that boarding houses spare pretence about food, while a married man longs for a wife who can cook.
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Georgia home built for Jamestown Exposition in Georgia day display
Georgia building will reproduce the old Georgia home of the President's mother for the Jamestown Exposition with identical interior details and furniture. Governor Terrell will present a silver service to the battleship Georgia on Georgia day. The event includes a President's luncheon served at the historic table by the elder black servant, and West Point cadets will attend.
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