Washington Post Subscription Rates 1914
The notice lists subscription terms for the Washington Post, with prices for daily and Sunday delivery by carrier and mail, including prepaid options. It specifies locations Washington and Alexandria, payment methods, and filing details with the DC post office. It also notes foreign advertising representation and addresses.
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Sovereignty and the Panama Canal debate in The World
The passage argues over U S sovereignty in the Canal Zone and critique of The World's stance on tax and toll privileges for American shipping. It defends Hay Pauncefote treaty as not violating sovereignty and discusses Britain's charge of treaty breaches, U.S. rights to grant favorable terms, and the Supreme Court and national sentiment. It also touches on Passaic case and a broader view of matter and spirit in modern thought.
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United State
Canal
New York
Panama
Great Britain
Trital
Colombis
Absea
United States
Wuilir
The Reserve Board and Bankers Cooperation
The article lauds President Wilson's selection of Federal Reserve Board members including Harding and Miller, praising their constructive banking experience. It notes open market features and cautions against theorists, while highlighting bankers' shift from skepticism to support for the new system and its goals of reform and stability.
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Ctiintry
Federal Reserve Board
Wilson
Richard Olney
Harry A Wheeler
Harding
South
Warburg
California
Miller
Messrs Olney and Wheeler
Dream messages in Passaic spark paranormal inquiry
An age woman in Passaic New Jersey claimed a dream explained her missing daughter in law. Julia Davis reported visions of a deep well showing a body, prompting renewed search that found the well and suggested suicide. The piece discusses evolving scientific views on the unknown and supernatural claims.
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Broodto
Julia Davis Hedia
Onidee
Rooster Day campaign signals poultry policy shift
A Department of Agriculture bulletin announces a campaign to eliminate the rooster. Kentucky and Tennessee set aside May 16 as Rooster Day, with a poultry dealer offering the same price for roosters as for hens and pullets. The piece rails at subsidies and contrasts frontier past with modern thrift.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Cole
Chanticleer
Isolarion
Legislature
Congress
Southron
Infertile egg and rooster removal sparks debate
A fragment argues the infertile egg should be kept while the rooster is removed, noting a short step from eliminating the rooster to debarment of higher sex equivalents, framing it as decadent days. The odd phrasing hints at a larger social or political critique embedded in the text.
Two New Patent Cures Hailed Amid Skepticism Of Medical Promises
A long critical sweep through recent claims of cures for leprosy and tuberculosis notes dubious methods and charlatanry. It contrasts optimistic journalism with cautious science, warning that true progress faces persistent disease and evolving risks.
Earl of Dalhousie to Sell Brechin Castle Amid Pressure of Land Laws
The Earl of Dalhousie has put Brechin Castle in Forfarshire up for sale under Britain’s new land legislation. The Ramsays, long tied to the property since the 12th century, face unsettled finances and historic burdens as preparations for sale proceed. The piece notes Dalhousie’s lineage, the castle’s siege history, and records a separate nod to European exhibitions and Byroniana at Leipzig.
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Great Britain
Earl of
Cockpen
Dalhousie
Cock- den
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Ramsays
Robert de Bruce
Willam de Ramsay
Prehistoric Bone Hunt Opens Gidley Reopens Iders Cave
Prof Gidley of the National Museum orders Iders Cave near Corrigansville on the Western Maryland Railway reopened for fossil research. Raymond W Armbruster leads the work as bones from Pleistocene strata dating 180,000 to 300,000 years ago are studied, revealing specimens new to this region.
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Tapan To Increase Defenses In Okuma Program
Tokyo May 15. The new cabinet led by Count Bhigenobu Okuma promises higher national defenses and a focus on strengthening the economy to ease war debts from the Russo-Japanese conflict. The plan includes reducing national loans and concentrating effort on developing commerce and industry.
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Tokyo
Bhigenobu Okuma
Russia
Irwin Baker sets coast to coast motorcycle record
Irwin G Baker arrived in New York after traveling 3362 miles from San Diego California in 11 days 11 hours and 9 minutes. His longest day covered 415 miles from Greensboro Pennsylvania to New York City.
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Irwin Baker
New York
Irwin G Baker
San Diego
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Greensboro
Congress Condensed Senate Debates Toll Repeal Bill
Senator McLean of Connecticut urged arbitration and toll exemption repeal while the agricultural appropriation bill moved forward without final action. Senator Walsh of Montana planned to speak on toll repeal. Adjournment set for 11 o clock. Debates on diplomatic and consular appropriation continued. Leader Underwood said the panel would try to complete it today. Interstate commerce panel heard support for government control of petroleum production and pipelines. Subcommittee kept hearing charges against Justice Wright of the District of Columbia Supreme Court. Representative Henry of Texas introduced a bill to bar use of mails telegraph and telephones in fraudulent stock transactions. Adjourned at 5 30 pm until 11 am.
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Origin of the word grog traced to 1740 naval ration
The article explains how Vice Admiral Vernon’s 1740 order on diluted rum rations led sailors to dub the drink grog. It notes Washington’s influence on temperance in the navy and describes the practice of mixing a quart of water with each pint of liquor, plus ration timing.
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Student in Ibsen clothes held after store theft
A Brown University student, Marcell Clements, was arrested after staff at Gimbels found books concealed in his clothing. A loaded briefcase of works by Henrik Ibsen raised questions, and a policeman helped escort him to the Thirtieth Street station where he was held in 50 bail for special sessions as police review his claim of college status.
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Marcells Galt
Henrik Thien
Maiceil
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Runaway husband found in Kansas City after search
Mrs Katherine Steffan located her husband John Steffan after a week long hunt. Kansas City patrolmen discovered him with another woman at 1603 Baltimore avenue, where he had taken refuge. Steffan, employed by Kansas City Terminal Railway, had fled to St Louis to marry Katherine Burk, a former wife’s friend and godmother to his children. Burk arrived in Kansas City two weeks earlier. treasures and cash were taken, triggering a police investigation that the woman pursued herself.
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Katherine Steffan
John Steffen
4 & McCorsb
Baltimore Avenue
Zugtlive
John Steffan
Kansas City Terminal Railway Company
St Louis
Katherine Burk
Kansas City
Charles H Clark
Brezinski on trial for wife shooting in Chicago courtroom
The Chicago Record reports Kerala William Brezinski on trial for shooting his wife. Prosecutor threatens him with a loaded revolver to test his intent, Brezinski appears surprised, then surrenders the weapon. Judge South sentences him to a 1600 fine and a term in the house of correction.
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Kerala
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Brezinski
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Smells Of Great Cities Beer And Petrol At Issue
The Pall Mall Gazette notes Mr Kiplings remarks on urban odors and cites M Lumen Descaves claiming petrol dominates Paris while a Paris correspondent says London smells of beer. A critic questions Theodore Roosevelt’s claimed discovery of a new river in Brazil, arguing he did not explore a new river.
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Theodore Roosevelts
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Col Roosevelt
Cure for lazy boys claimed by Paris doctor
Paris report to the London Telegraph cites Dr Marcel Matler of the Paris Medical Society describing a cure for lazy schoolboys. He argues many cases have physical causes such as poor respiration, thoracic development, and circulatory issues leading to mental lethargy and brain fatigue. He urges medical examination for incorrigible dunces, linking remedy to addressing underlying physical disorders.
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Oklahoma City Shoe Shining Parlor Workers Rally
Six young women run a shoe shining parlor in Oklahoma City earning about $1 weekly after tips. They defend modest wages against factory and store workers while supporting a mother of four. They lodged a protest with the Oklahoma City Trades and Labor Union and vow to resist interference.
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Green Shotblacks
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Ells
The Reconciliating Verse of Chloe and Lydia
An odd archival piece threads a lyric dialogue with names like Lydia Chloe and Horace. It blends classical allusions with contemporary urban imagery and expresses longing and romantic conflict across a jagged, fragmentary stanza sequence. The speaker questions fidelity and promises ardor amid dramatic, stylized lines.
Mary J A Sisson Solves Servant Problem By Will
Mrs Mary J A Sisson of Rockaway Park Queens dies on May in New York American. She leaves her longtime maid Skate H Hymnes a life income from a trust fund and 5000 bequest to the maid in 1900. The remainder goes to the widower husband.
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United States
Mary J A Sisson
Maylin Rockaway Park
Queens
Tisson
Skate H Hymnes
Mire Sisson
Why Huerta Drinks Shaughnessy’s View of His Habits
The York World cites Nelson Shaughnessy in a report on Gen Huerta’s drinking habits. It claims Huerta drinks four to five times in the morning, likening him to an overworked American broker. The piece warns such intake risks serious liver disease and an early death.
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Thief Steals Policeman's Teeth in Sleep Incident
Chicago Tribune reports Officer Leret John Jordon slept in the station dormitory when a thief, showing notable audacity, removed his false teeth from his mouth. The incident marks a striking example of theft within the police station.
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Leret
John Jordon
Police Department
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Manager Allows Resignation Tender After Layoff
A workplace exchange shows a manager saying to an employee that resignation will be accepted and does not ease the gloom of being laid off. The worker, in a downbeat response, notes the hardship of losing his job.
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Shell
Joke of a Rich Man Outwitted at Dinner
A wealthy New York bachelor, known for charity, is humiliated when a tramp he invites for a meal refuses to let him pay the check. The scene ends with the tramp revealing sharp wit, exposing the financier’s misconception about his own charity.
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New York
Uptown
Missouri
Tha Taale
Trivial Causes of Wars Recounted From London Chronicles
The London Chronicle notes ancient and modern wars began from small disputes. A Modena theft of a bucket from a public well at Bologna sparked a conflict between rival states that spread across Europe. More recently a debt dispute involving Algeria and a French consul escalated into a lengthy war costing millions of lives and cementing Algeria as a French possession.
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Modena
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le Rive
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Remarkable picnic walking stick with hidden tools
Londor Globe novelty shop sells a silver handled walking stick described as the pit stick by the Tayverpaol Courier Lengon correspondent. It unscrews into segments containing a match bottle mustard seed corkscrew knife and fork pepper sprinkler vinegar bottle and other devices for tempering life at Mayfair lambs.
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Tayverpaol Courier
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Court Didn't See Him at Sewark Amerian Case
The court heard the case against George Copinger accused of breaking into the flat of Sarah Shen on Sith Avenue. A policeman described Copinger as a three foot seven inch dwarf with a lengthy record, noting he has served years in Sing Sing and once escaped in a bread bush.
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Sarah ¢ Shen
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Sing Sing
Sun and Tide Table and Weather Summary
Daily weather and tide figures from Misniles and nearby regions with general forecasts. Pressure trends show no major changes with fair to partly cloudy conditions, occasional showers likely in late Saturday into Sunday with localized thundershowers and variable temperatures across areas.
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Cuernavaca Reverie and Imperial Echoes in Memo
The piece tours Cuernavaca, capital of Morelos, recalling Maximilian and Carlotta at the palace gardens. It evokes the town’s scenery, street life, and a moonlit plaza scene, juxtaposed with revolutionary tensions and historical reflections on Barry and Webster in early US politics.
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Cuernavaca
Morelos
Mexico
Harry F. Wright
Molina
Willard
Maximilian
Carlotta
Queretaro
Grante
Popocatepetl
Ixtaccihuatl
Ross
Unappreciated Genius in Atlanta Hall Performance
A misie hall proprietor in Atlanta once walked center aisle during shows to restrain exuberant patrons. During a performance a leading singer began a doleful ballad and was booed by the gallery. The proprietor apologetically bowed and asked for the artiste to be given a chance, declaring the incident misplaced.
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