The Washington Post 1908 Subscription Rates and Prosperity Outlook
A long OCR fashioned item outlines subscription terms for The Washington Post, pricing by mail, and the March 39 1908 issue. It discusses national prosperity, the Aldrich bill, bank and railroad stability, unemployment, and a cautious economic rebound with notes on canal traffic and via Tehuantepec routes.
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Washington Post CO
Washington, DC
Binetra Vt
Wallington
Annecord
New York
Circo
Haze
Hartford Buiding
The Habit of Introspection in Modern Times
An English writer comments on current self preoccupation noting a shift in youth and aging. He compares past eras to now, arguing modern introspection shapes tastes, health concerns, and the age of heroes and heroines, and questions if ongoing self study is wise. He urges the habit continue.
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Stom Te Hnston Tassun
South
Belief on Butchers and Juries in History
A reader muses that butchers avoid juries in murder trials due to assumed cruelty and fear they might favor harsh outcomes. The note contrasts past slaughtering practices with modern meat trusts, speculating on whether daily killing influenced attitudes toward death and justice.
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Ane
Evens
Meat Trust
Laughing Kookaburra From Sydney Times Described
The kookaburra, once called settlers clock, is praised as a national oddity. It laughs at will, even at violence, with a wounded bird causing a menacing chorus that echoes through neighboring trees.
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Sydney Times
Adder
Surprises in Politics and the American Presidential Process
The piece argues about political disruption around elections, free speech limits, and public unrest. It notes the power of national conventions, party machinations, and the impact of figures like Lincoln and Seward on 1860 era nominating battles, urging cautious governance and orderly political action.
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Plata
Boston Globe
Abraham Lincoln
Col A. K McClure
Lincoln
1860
Col McClure
William H Seward
Jong
Senate
Seward
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Foster
Curious Claim Case Involving Missing Kitchen Item
Washington correspondence from Chicago notes a curiously mysterious claim against the government. Only a small portion of the claims rests on justice as basis. One notable case recounted is that of Senora Fellmann Merdola who hired money for a missing kitchen item.
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Senora Celemna Mendiola
House of Representatives
Secretary of War
Quartermaster General
United States
Asty
Sonora
William Langworthy
Senqm
Summerville
Pickle
Army Board
Benora Feliciana
House
Senate
Uncle Sam
Washington
Chicago
Congress
Senora Fellmann Merdola
Monen Paitinnine Telandy
Duke Debarred From Parliament Aged Heir Delayed In Lords
An aged Duke is barred from taking a seat in the House of Lords due to a medieval rule over childless marriages and posthumous heirs. The ninth Duke of Devonshire faces a year of inactivity in Parliament while his succession awaits the birth of a posthumous heir. The article notes prior duchal reluctance for premiership and traces royal and noble lineages connected to the Devonshire, Somers, and Robilant branches.
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Duke of
Devonshire
House of Commons
House of Lords
Earl of Derby
Marquis of Salisbury
Lord Somers Walls
Lord Somers
First Life Guards
Eastnor Castle
Malvern
Henry Somerset
Somers
Henry Somers
Ideweilyn Haskell
Boston
Mass
Henrys
Adeline
Duchess of Bedford
Henry
Bastor Castle
Reigate Priory
Harvard
Catherine Beauclerc
St Albans
Beaufort
Littleoy
London
Somers Town
Magatist Oy Fonteznor
Brentwoo¢ Company
Death and the Race Problem From the Roanoke Times
A Roanoke Times piece cites the seventh annual mortality report 1908 showing higher death rates among black populations in cities with large Colored populations. It notes Maryland Mobile Alabama figures and argues that since emancipation mortality has risen, used to claim disease could solve the race problem.
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Roanoke Times
Government
Villes
Marland
Mobile
Ala
Mona Machree in Catholic Standard and Times
A fragmented verse piece by Mona Machree in a periodical, exploring longing, nature, and the sea. The speaker wanders through imagery of love, color, and sensuous praise of a goddess while noting a personal ache beneath lush, dreamlike lines. The text blends mythic, erotic, and devotional tones without a clear single narrative.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Mona Machree
The Rabbit Fiend and a Weather Era Tale
A quirky poem and a weather dispatch fuse in a column parody and science note. The text weds a Longfellow spoof about feasting dreams with reports of a 200000 caterpillar swarm in Krigersdorp, hail storms, and folklore linking hail to pest plagues. Old-timers recall storms and locusts, while a New York undertaker advertises on Broadway near Hotel Maria Antoinette.
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Riedssla
Krigersdorp
Valde
New York
New York Telegraph
Ye Old Fashioned Undertaker Society Column Snippet
A fragmented society column piece discusses a wealthy planter proprietor labeled by a Boston man who admired his public life. It jokes about shaving, space, and money, noting a public figure's habits and the irony of success and suitability in life and work.
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New York
London
David Garick
Mra Siddons
Kemblee
Keans
Sir Henry Irving
Ellen Terry
Ming
Tan
Senora
Uncle Sam
Booth
Joseph Jefferson
Forrest
Helena Modjeska
Mary Anderson
Peru envoy studies U S sugar methods in hotel corridors
Alfred Ferreyras of Lima Peru visiting this country as the Peruvian government representative to study methods of sugar production. He notes Peru’s climate suits sugar cane but cannot compete with U S in price due to tariffs and production scale, urging wider world markets while warning Americans to seek more balanced trade with South America. He cites Japan Europe as key partners and comments on Nebraskan politics and crop prices.
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Shoreham
Alfred Ferreyras
Lima
Peru
Cauney
United States
Ferreyras
Agricultural Universky
United Stated
Berresros
Ferufan
Japan
Pere
South America
Europe
Ran Coud
Rens Yell
Norindtet Sani Coy Garg
Flan
Nebraska
Nein Ani
Taft
Nebraka
Tle
Central States
Hank
Bryan and Supreme Court Clash Recalled in Press Debate
The New York World accuses Bryan and allies of planning further assaults on the Supreme Court. It cites states challenging federal supremacy in commerce and notes Bryan’s organ expects four justices to be chosen by the next president, urging a Republican vote to curb radical rulings.
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Hawaii
New York
Cape Horn
Tehusatepec
New’ York World
Bryan
United States Supreme Court
Minnesota
North Carolina
United States
Omaha World-Herald
Supreme Court
Democratic Party
Bryans
Supreme Bench
Lessons From A Rug Purchase And A Fat Prisoner
A New York telegram tale recounts a broker and his wife near the Majestic who discuss buying a rug. Money talks as cash is counted, but the wife retracts, deciding she can live without the rug for now. In Hartford a notably fat prisoner, Dan Wadsworth, is released to probation due to his size hindering jail removal. A medical lecture cites bacilli presence in many, arguing immunity and disease depend on lung health, with factors like a severe cold shaping outcomes.
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New York
Silverstein
Sihersteins
Japan
Philippines
Otte Fushima
Tokyo
Fama
Formosa
United States
America
Agri
Marhiner
Aewl
Jaman Tekes
Ievier Ware
Germany
Theos Hamk
Bremen
New Vilar
Furopa
Las Fen
Gree
Halmke
Toosmelt
Emperor Wei
New York Telegram
Majestic
Gilver
Hartford
Thladelphia Reord
Dan Wadsworth
New England
Dan
Montelar Ko
Dy Simon
Th Rockefelice
Institute For Medical Research
de Iver
Flexter
Man With Broken Neck Near 85 Faces Unusual Preservation
Ethan Clarke Burdick of Paweatuck Conn approaches eighty five years old despite a neck fracture and displaced vertebrae suffered during a doctor’s incision fifty five years ago. He cannot turn his head and must wheel his body to view surroundings, yet he remains active with care from a daughter and enjoys grandchildren.
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Baltimort
Ethans
Burdick
Burdicks
Ethan
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Ehery
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Bametin
Rhoy Merrivatter
Tom Ter
Strutton
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Car
Gulf
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Santariz
Pacific
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Scajamin RO
Tillman
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Hia Coligues
Mr Tall
Mr Tall Ans
Hillman Nene
Tilman
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Teddy
Hitchcock
Tait
Magdalena Bay
Ghio
Hay
Recov Ory
Denver
Roger Sallians
Minas
Paris
Mr Rockefellers
Houston Post Wi
Auatrata
Duke Debarred
Duke of Devonshire
Dukes of Devonshire
Ufe
Devon Ahere
Pitt
Minorca
Braddock
Pittsburg
Calcutta
Newcastle
Earl of Chatham
House of
Count Robilant
Gen de Giorgia
Macedonia
Italy
Vienna
Charles Albert
Sardinia
Victor Emmanuel
Count Kohilant
Antonie of
Hohenzollern
Heclingen
Touis Waldburg
Capustigale Leanch
Count Robllant
Rome
Lewitzler
House of Savoy
Novara
Clary
Et Admagen
Turin
Mona’ Machree
Longfellow
Norfolk
Ea Dark Press
Tawa
Ana
Hue
Praca
Shayer
Bryan and Supreme Court
Ethen Clarke Burdick
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