Washington Post subscription notices and political commentary
The page mixes subscription details for The Washington Post with late 19th or early 20th century political commentary. It discusses party leadership in the House Ways and Means Committee, a jostling for chairmanship by Representatives Fitzgerald and Adamson, and remarks on Anglo American unity via Dr. Jowett. It also covers Mexican border reporting ethics, New York Senate deadlock, and assorted opinions on electricity, old maids in Wisconsin, and other topical items.
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Radical Democrata
House
Fitzgerald
Herna
Adamson
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Messrs, Fitzgerald
Aléturbiie
Fragmented 1909 era gossip on cannibals and reform
A collage of items from a New York era newspaper notes oddities and digressions from politics science and society. It mentions Congo expedition records led by Herbert Lang at the American Museum of Natural History and okapi specimens along with human interest jokes about alimony taxes and a New York principal fined for kissing a teacher. It also mocks journalism and references Taft Japan England Germany and a San Francisco X ray report on Jack Johnson.
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New York Times
Herbert Lang
American Museum of Natural History
Congo
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Museum
Africa
Lang
N'Gayu
Bafwaboke
Medje
Gamangui
Attr Torpado
Stanleyville
Thekaps
New Power Plant Plan Aims to Turn Coal Into Electricity
A large Pennsylvania coal company plans branding and building a massive power plant at mine mouths to convert coal into electricity and transmit it via high tension lines to distant towns. The project, estimated at over 10 million dollars, targets reduced transportation costs and waste. It would transform carbon energy into ready to use power, also leveraging culm dust and slack through briquetting to cut losses and centralize production.
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Pennsylvania Coal Company
Washington Dispatch on Taft Tariff, 62nd Congress Outlook
Washington Dispatch interviews Representative Champ Clark discussing the 62nd Congress extra session to begin April 4 under a Democratic House and Republican Senate. He predicts Democratic chances in 1912, discusses committee power, caucus dynamics, and potential tariff legislation beyond reciprocity. He notes internal GOP split and forecasts a schedule by schedule tariff approach.
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Senate
Champ Clark
Missouri
Clark
Philadelphia
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Lincoln
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Cleveland
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New York
Butt
Wilson
New Jersey
Gov. Harmon
Ohio
Dix
France's minister Cruppi's wife a former actress sparks palace concerns
France's foreign affairs minister Jean Cruppi's wife, a former opera actress from Toulouse, faces potential scrutiny as hostess at the Quai d'Orsay. Royal visitors may shun her, echoing Napoleonic era tensions, while other cabinet spouses, like Claude Vignon, drew attention at state functions.
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Isa Gascon
Toulouce
Opera Comique
Whe
Paris
Quai o'Ornay
Department of
Fortien Affairs
Russia
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Mme
Napoleon III
Isabella of Spain
Madrid
Empresa Hudenie
Mme. Crupin
Cruppr
Quai d'Orsay
Mau Tion Rouvier
Claude ‘Vignon
Cadiot
Constant
Pradier
Duc de Morny
Ake
Accrat
Tullerlea
Independence Belge
Rouvier
Houvier
Count Czaki
Nuneto
David Hunter Blair
Hig
Howard
Hunter Blair
Blairquhan Castle
Church of Rome
United Kingdom
Great Britain
Manuel
Lisbon
Portugal
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Fort Augustus
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Brantwood Company
Pictures Sold by Million From Foreign Exchange
The article surveys sales of art reproductions and photographs, noting Holman Hunt’s The Light of the World and the Eiffel Tower as top sellers. It cites millions of copies, with London and international markets, including Queen Victoria and Alexandra portraits, generating large royalties for photographers and rights holders. It mentions Liane de Pougy and various figures earning substantial commissions.
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Holman Hunt
Canada
Millais
Surrey
Oxford
St. Paul's Cathedral
Christ
Max
Hiffel Tower
Tower
Atlantic
States
Tower Bridge
Vittoria
India
Queen Alexandra
Liane de Pougy
Hermit Apothecary of Grand Street Buried in Calvary
A New York American obituary details Bawin Wate known as the good apothecary who for 30 years never left his Grand Street shop at 48, helping the poor by giving discounts or lodgings money while rumor says his store hides a fortune. His sister Mary Walz will search the store after his death, and police guard the premises amid treasure rumors.
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New York American
Bawin Wate
Calvary Cemetery
Grand Strest
Mary Walz
Bryan
Harmon
Ohio
Harry A. Clarke
Columbus
Partiax
Buckeye
Jas
Woodrow Wilson
Feeding Winter Birds on a Boston Rail Route
Bird lovers along the South Framingham to Fitghburg rail line enjoyed a winter treat as Conductor You Garland of Marlboro fed pheasants from his train, distributing grain in paper bags at Clinton stops. The birds, drawn by his generosity, gathered daily, are said to originate from England via John Thayer of Lancaster who raises and releases pheasants.
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Boston Globe
South Framingham
Fitghburg
Marlboro
Clinton
John Thayer
Lancaster
England
The Easter Parade and Poetic Fragments in Print
A cache of verse and prose from The Columbiat and the Living Age presents an Easter themed poem about springtime bells daffodils and a sacred procession, followed by a lyric about art and heartbreak and an aircraft style report of a carrier pigeon ringed with inscription Heist 5 M 1 061 aboard the Ryndam in lat 40 20 long 71 50 on March 21 with crew sighting.
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New York
Pointed Paragraphs From Chicago News and New York Press
A collection of witty aphorisms on manners, ambition, gender, and social behavior from Chicago News and New York Press. It contrasts self made virtue with machine made politics and notes how vanity, envy, and insincerity shape relationships.
Portugal revolution seen as minor upheaval by U.S. consul
Louis H Ayme, American consul general in Lisbon, declares Portugal's monarchy unlikely to return and a republic will endure. He notes the brief coup ended in Manuel's dethronement with 69 killed and 400 injured, praises the peaceful conduct, and critiques graft, while predicting a new government and upcoming elections. Ayme plans two months’ leave in the United States before returning to Portugal.
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Louis H. Ayme
Lisbon
Willard
South
Central America
Mr. Ayme
Manuel
Carlos
Gaby Deslys
Portugal
London
Sinos
Washington
Indiana
New York
Monk and Divorcee Elope in Europe Romance
Abbot Thomas Meinhofer once head of Mount Angel Benedictines travels in Europe with his November bride Mrs Belle Gerlinger Dalton a Portland divorcee daughter of Louis Gerlinger. A written statement from Father Gregory Robley questions the abbot’s sanity and links the marriage to sunstroke and intermittent mental instability.
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Portland
Oreg
New York World
Thomas Meinhofer
Abbey of St. Benedict
Mount Angel
Europe
Belle Gerlinger Dalton
Louis Gerlinger
Portland Mllonaire
Gregory Roble
Order of St. Benedict
Thomas
Father Gregory
Pacific Coast
Placidon Fuerst
Thomas Aquillés
Benedictines
L. Gerlinger
Gerlinger
Belle Gerlinger
Chicago
Hongkong
Daltori
Abbot Thomas
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