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The Washington Post lists subscription terms delivered by carrier in Washington and Alexandria. Rates include one month, one week options, and annual plans with payment in advance. Mail subscriptions payable to The Washington Post, Washington D C. Foreign ad reps listed. issue dated Monday May 5, 1913.
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The Japanese Side of It and California Alien Land Law
The piece argues that Democrats backing California's alien land bill signals broad support for a referendum. It warns Japan may react if the law is suspended, notes diplomatic leverage in Washington and Tokyo, and suggests Japan’s masses could pressure reform while the government weighs responses. It reflects on Japan's move toward republican ideas and modernization.
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New Treasury Watchdogs Clash Over Income Tax at Source
A New York Chamber of Commerce meeting features Frank A. Vanderlip criticizing the income tax bill. He warns that source deductions will burden corporations, create confusion, and force extensive tracking of each interest payment to prevent misuse, while Democrats promote corporate revenue collection as a government proxy.
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Reproof of Abbott Sparks Debate on Peace Societies
The article denounces the American Peace Society for rebuking Dr. Lyman Abbott over Navy League appeals and questions the push for arbitration and military training. It warns that aligning with socialist aims could undermine patriotism and the goal of lasting peace through strength.
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Teaching Agriculture Marks in High School Salaries Rise
The rise of science in farming education raises high school agriculture salaries to about 1200 dollars, as demand for trained teachers grows with more than two thousand schools offering agricultural instruction. The shift follows initial distrust from farmers and reflects the broader adoption of scientific methods in agriculture and a need for extended training.
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German King in Dispute Over Württemberg Civil List
A German monarch faces tax and property levies amid calls to curb royal expenses. Württemberg seeks a 500000 Mark increase to the civil list, versus a 600000 Mark baseline, with critics arguing the king and court should spend less while the empire consolidates. King William, rich from crown lands and private ventures, defends the request as necessary for court dignitaries amid broader German centralization debates. The article notes his disdain for Berlin influence and hints at royal pomp versus republican economies.
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Worldwide capital surge fuels vast continental development
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports a global surge in available capital fueling ambitious projects across continents. Canada, Russia, China, India, Africa, and the Americas plan major railways, roads, utilities, and mining expansions. London finances continue to funnel new gold, supporting this era of quick, extensive investment and growth.
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U S Rich in Radium Europe Gets Chief Supply of Ores
The U S Bureau of Mines reports Europe supplies over two thirds of the world radium from American ores shipped abroad. Despite vast American ore resources, no gram has been produced domestically, while radium prices run to extraordinary levels. Officials urge development of a domestic radium industry to end imports and waste.
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Sir Tatton Sykes Dies After Long Life and Estates
London reports Sir Tatton Sykes died at age eighty eight. His Yorkshire estates of about 4000 acres descend to his only son Lieut Col Mark Sykes, who served in the South African war. He and Lady Sykes were known in the United States from frequent visits. Lady Sykes, in 1912, was the eldest daughter of George Cavendish-Hentinck, a grandson of the third Duke of Portland. Also notes Cornell State College of Agriculture domestic science class with nine female students and male cooks including Watson of the varsity baseball team and C T Whitney of Rochester in the glee club.
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Democratic Central Committee
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Dover
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Cy Young
Uncovering Babylon Archaeology Illuminates Near East Empire
From Review of Reviews scholars recount how excavations in Mesopotamia reveal deep history of Babylon Assyria and Chaldea. German led digs uncover walls Hanging Gardens and walls at Babylon while Nineveh Nimrod Semiramis Nebuchadnezzar Cyrus and Alexander reshape the capital’s fame through ages.
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Alexander the Great
The Coffin of Charles I at Windsor Revisited
The Pall Mall Gazette notes new details on the discovery of Charles I’s coffin in Windsor. It recalls an uninscribed coffin marked by a lead band reading Charles Rex 168 and recounts the altered chapel and failed search for Henry VI’s vault, with Windsor lore and Pope’s Windsor Forest referenced.
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Biggest Bayonne man gets stuck in narrow doorway
John Vischesky of Bayonne known as the biggest man there tries to enter a printing shop in New York. The shop is 2 feet 11 inches by 11 feet with an 18 inch doorway. He sticks halfway through, is pulled out by bystanders and the owner, then asks to be printed 100 cards spelling his name and Bayonne, N J with urgency to go home.
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After Dinner Oratory Across the Atlantic
The London Caroline notes that after-dinner speeches peak in the United States where banquets stretch past midnight. It highlights American toast lists and James Russell Lowell’s view on after-dinner rhetoric with jokes quotations and platitudes.
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92 year old corn linked to McBride legacy near Centralia
Mor Dispatch reports that a 92 year old ear of yellow corn, the last crop from James I. McBride, was preserved by his widow Agnes BocBride and passed to R L Angell. Angell plans to plant grains this summer to test if fertility remains after decades.
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Haiti elects Michel Oreste president after Auguste death
In Port au Prince on May 4 Michel Oreste, a former senator, was chosen to succeed Gen. Tancrede Auguste who died Friday night. Funeral turmoil included gunfire and trampling, delaying ceremonies as troops restored order. The Nashville gunboat sailed from Santo Domingo City to Port au Prince in case of further unrest.
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TEST OF SUBMARINES TO FACE BATTLEShips IN NAVAL MANEUVERS
Plans by Atlantic fleet officers for day and night maneuvers between battleships and submarines off Narragansett Bay, between Block Island and the bay. A Lake type submarine may join tests at the torpedo station, conducted by a board of officers expert in submarine tactics.
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Study radium and cancer at Harvard medical school
Cambridge May 4 The treatment of cancer with radium will be studied at Harvard medical school under Dr William Duane. Experiments will use the Collis P Huntington building with a new dedicated radium building planned. Duane has worked with Mme Curie and the London radium institute as part of assembling a team to attack cancer from multiple perspectives.
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Sun and Tide Table and Weather Summary
The page includes today’s sun and tide table with high tides at 8 08 am and low tides at 7 00 am and 7 04 pm. Weather conditions from the U S Department of Agriculture show high pressure in the east, low in the plains, leading to fair warm weather east of the Mississippi and cooler, unsettled conditions in the west and northwest with snow reported in Montana and Wyoming. Forecasts predict showers in the Mississippi valley and Great Lakes region on Monday and Tuesday, with fair skies returning in parts of the Atlantic states. Local reports list river stages in Vicksburg and New Orleans, temperatures from midnight through the afternoon, humidity, and sunshine duration.
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Canal Dover’s Prize Product and Alaska Mentioned
Col George W Crites cites Canal Dover's rise and Cleveland's growth since 1800s plans. He notes notable Dover natives Cy Young and Lewis T Irwin, Alaska marshal, plus Judge Irwin’s reforming Alaska comment that shaped Tanana district order.
Priest's sermon stirs Ohio city voters against socialism
In Columbus a Catholic priest Father Clark urged Catholics to rebuke the Socialist party at the polls. His sermon followed Socialist marches with red flags and violence fears. Grand Army veterans endorsed his views and the Socialist mayoral candidate finished third as socialism waned statewide.
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