Washington Post Adverts and Delaware Senatorial Talk
Public notices list subscription rates for The Washington Post and its offices in New York Chicago and Washington. The column discusses Col Bryan's view on Delaware politics and the Addicks faction, plus editorials on labor disputes apartment houses and national affairs with a satirical tone.
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Delaware
W. J. Bryan
Nebraska
Bryan
Senate
Cal. Bryan
United States Senate
Feld
Addicks
Cal
Bryars
Cy Bryan
Republians
Washington Post quotes stir chaos in multiple papers
A compilation of amusing Washington Post quips featured by papers from Milwaukee to Omaha. Topics range from Dr. Wiley’s poetry to canal commission picks, lobster fights, and fashion taxes for women in France, noting humorous or pointed remarks by The Post and its reception across papers.
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Washington
Alexandria
Milwaukee Sentinel
Washington Post
Wiley
Memphis
The
Dr. Parkhurst
Canal Commission
Kansas City Journal
Florida Times-Union
Havana City Journal
Toledo Blade
Keeropatkin
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mukden
Knoxville Tribune
William J. Bryan
Chicago
the Post
Omaha World-Herald
France
Garfield
Beet Trust
English Embassy in the Paris Palace and Grandéur Affairs
The piece recalls Britain’s embassy in Paris, noting redecorating costs and the historical palace once occupied by Pauline Borghese. It then profiles Lord Leven Melville, his banking ties, and ancestral prestige, followed by recounting Count de Begonsac’s capture by insurgent Moroccans. The long report covers court inquiries, a Tonquin posting, and eventual acquittal over the Quiquerez death.
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United States
Paris
Pauline Borghese
Napoleon
Edward
Lord Dufferin
Worso
Canova
Venus
Lady Dufferin
Count de Begonsac
Hhe Perdicarts
Morocco
West Africa
Quiquerez
Quiquerey
France
St. Louis
Africa
Segonsac
Tonquin
Legion of Honor
Europe
Oath of
Shea
Marquise DE Fontenoy
Keifer's Return Sparks Talk of New Congress and Old Debates
The piece reflects on J Warren Keifer's return to Washington after twenty years away, noting shifts in politics since the Forty seventh and Fifty-ninth Congresses. It discusses pastRepublican leadership, tariff and reciprocity debates, and predicts exposure to new issues, with references to figures like Reed, Haskell, Kelley, Kasson, and Robinson, and comments on Southern questions and potential Springfield tensions.
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J. Warren Keifer
Washington
Rip van Winkle
Keifer
Congress
Harry White
Pennsylvania
Alexander Fr. Cofforth
Tincle Cofforth
Sulloway
Ed. S. Bragg
Bob Taylor
Gen. Keifer
Thomas B. Reed
Frank Hiscock
Julius Caesar Burrows
Joseph G. Cannon
George C. Hazelton
Wisconsin
Horace F. Page
California
Dudley C. Haskell
Kansas
Haskell
Kansay
Kelley
Waya and
Means
William McKinley
Pitt
Canning
Fox
Grey
Ohio
Fuscack
Appropriations
Reed
Committee On
John Sherman
John A. Kasson
Iowa
Commission of
G. OG. P
James G. Plaine
Walpole
Bolingbroke
St. George
St. Dennis
Crecy
Agincourt
St. George and
Old
George D. Robinson
Massachusetts
Beir Ben Butler
Massachuse
Ben. Robinson
Supreme Court
Robinson
Butler
Gay Tillman
Ike
Tillman
Henry G. Turner
Alexander H. Stephens
Georgia
J. Proctor Knott
J. G. Carliste
Kentucky
Cox
Abram
Hewitt
New York
Samuel J. Randall
Benton McMillin
John F. House
J. D.C. Atkins
Tennessee
J. H. Reagan
David Culberson
Roger Q. Mills
Texas
John Randolph Tucker
Virginia
Gen. Kelfer
Chicago
Murat Halstead
Cincinnati
South
White House
Republican Party
Keffer
GO. BP
Mississippi
Springfield
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
A wry collection of satirical lines on gender, honesty, and marriage critiques from Chicago press. The snippets mock social norms, legal hints, and everyday commerce with sharp humor and flowering phrasing.
The Man and the Million Banknote Lesson
A Chicago Water Ocean piece contrasts Mark Twain’s shanghaied San Francisco tale with a London note worth a million pounds. It argues success hinges on the man not chance, as both stories show outcomes depend on skill and courage, not environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Mark Twain
San Francisco
London
Bank of England
Jaw
Pete
Isrether
Kira
New York
Something Doing in the Country Disappears in Woods
A Franklin Pennsylvania note reports Ol’s disappearance amid a tangled account. A.L. searches, finds a buried tunnel and a plant for extracting juice from radish, with odd details about clothing wear and burrowed paths. The item blends local gossip with wandering mystery through rural scenes and small-town chatter.
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Franklin
C. Sigworth
A. L
Deimparytown
Tir
Notable Americans Tour Washington Hotel Lobbies
Hon Thomas L James former Postmaster General sits at the Arlington with wife Mrs James a striking Englishwoman. James president of Lincoln National Bank reflects on 1909 prospects and praises U S industrial gains. Other guests include Maj George A Armes and wife at Shoreham, Hon Powell Clayton in Salt Lake City, and Mr John B Henry of the Indian Territory at the Riggs House. Local anecdotes recount a hotel clerk’s cautionary tale about a gambler and a safe full of time tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. James
Garfield
Arlington
James
Straatford-on-Avon
Washington
Lincsin National Bank
Metropolis
New York
Union
George A. Armes
Shoreham
Atlanta
San Antonios
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Los Anaches
Pacific Coast
Teo
San Antonio
Armes
Ambase Vor
Powell Clayton
Salt Lake City
Kearns
John B Henry
Indian Territory
Riggs House
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Herod
Judea
Lucullus
Fabricius
Trajan
Dentatus
Didius
Hannibal
Cannae
Cervantes
Lepanto
Spain
Senator Stewart
Shakespeare
Diogenes
Scotia
Osborne
James W. Osborne
Sion
Uncle Joe
Takahira
Taft
Japan
Philippines
Cannon
Chicago Chronicle
Tokyo
Joe
Huo
Mikado
Venezuela
Castro
Hay
Asphalt Trust
State Department
Orinoco Steam Navigation Company
A. F. Jaurett
Jaure
Irving B. Dudley
Peru
Bowen
Caracas
Dudley
Caracag
Oyama
Cortelyou
Hull
Babcock
Republican Congressional Committee
Germany
Indiana
Beef Trust
Joseph Smith
Mormon Church
Colorado
Standard Oil Trust
Mabel Tuttle
Rockefeller
North Tarrytown
Gen. Linovitch
Morton
Navy
Foss
M. Bunau-Varitla
Col. Bryan
Mr. Rockefeller
Mr. Bryan
Finland
Harbin
Grand Jury
Allison
Finance Committee
Aldrich
Charles A. Towne
China
Echoes OF the Post
Lord Leven and Melville
Order of the Thistle
Duke of Manchester
Consuelo Yzenaga
Melville, Evans & Co
Melville, Fickus & Co
William Deacons & Co
Eleventh Earl of Leven
Williams, Deacon, Labouchere, Thornton & Co
Norman Melville
University of Cambridge
Lord Leven
Melville
Earl of Melville
Lord Melvile
Scotland
England
Elizabeth
Mary Queen of Scots
Earl
Leven
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Sweden
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Edinburgh
Palace of Holyrood
Chicago News
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Baltimore News
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Christine Beal
Mel
Kevin Morris
Richard A. Bell
Londville
Alvany
Express
Kev Mr Wright
M Ff Church South
Arizona
North Dakota
Garden of Eden
Della
Jhi
Charlie Slater
T. and I. Express
Fossil
Reg) Journal
Stant Denent
Winston
Luri Jmore
N. Cj
Willie
Baxtings
Telbene
Willie Sulzer
Hasting
Callicoon
W. J. Persbacher
Academy Avenue
DB. J. Starc
Prairie Cor
Tilamouk
Herald
Toledo
Uncle Sam
Southern Railway
Mr . Kimberly
Raleigh
Jedith Shetson
Indianapolis
New Willard
Nicholson
Forbes Robertson
Philadelphia
War Department
Numerus Desertera
Chicago Journal
Adam
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New York Press
Newspaper
Hrlhiye
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