Washington Post Subscription Rates 1916
The Washington Post lists daily and Sunday delivery options with weekly and yearly plans. Rates shown include mail prepaid and postpaid options, with advances for Sunday and non Sunday editions. Subscriptions payable in advance to The Washington Post Co. Washington DC. Office addresses and foreign advertising reps are noted. Friday, May 19, 1916.
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Stronger Navy drive faces party splits and unity calls
The administration will ask Congress to cut Navy increases from Secretary Daniels plan while Democrat clashes in the House threaten delays. President Wilson relies on Republican support and Democratic leadership to push immediate naval expansion with battleships cruisers subs and aircraft plus expanded personnel. Senate and House action plus a united front are urged to meet national defense goals without partisan pullbacks.
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Daniels
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Democratic Party
United States Navy
Daniela
House
Senate
United States
Wilson
Tapping the Wires and Police Wiretaps in New York
The Thompson committee exposed extensive wire tapping by the New York police and the telephone company dating to 1895. Officials admitted tapping at scores of points with orders signed by the police commissioner. Conversations of uncharged individuals and confidential talks of priests and lawyers were overheard, raising concerns over police espionage and misuse of tapped lines for curiosity or profit.
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New York
Publc
New York City
Thompson Committee
Telephone Company
Wires Should Be Sacred And Officers Should Not Tamper
The text argues against a espionage system that could breed corruption and empower the police commissioner as an autocrat. It asserts that wire tapping offers only slight criminal benefits and poses risks to public interest, urging protection of telephone and telegraph lines as sacred as the mails and prohibiting official interference.
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Cial
Polices
District of Columbia Financing Change Sparks Contention
The House reported a DC appropriation bill proposing that all district revenues fund local government with the rest from unspecified Treasury funds. Critics call it a shift away from the half and half plan, risking higher local taxes, less national responsibility, and slowed capital development.
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United States
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Flood Control Bill Passes Amid Sectionalism Debate
The House approved the flood control measure with a 180 to 53 vote, rejecting claims of pork barrel politics. The Mississippi and Sacramento river projects were urged by a new House committee, having been thoroughly studied and approved by the army engineers. Debate centered on whether river appropriations should be distributed more broadly or concentrated on the two studied projects.
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Sacramento
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Flood control bill seen as non pork barrel aid
The discussion argues the flood prevention measure is not pork and will not only provide commercial benefits by deepening rivers but also prevent recurring loss of life and property. It notes the Mississippi project could reclaim 16 million acres, yet emphasizes the broader safety impact.
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Mississippi River
Food shortages in Europe and Asia amid war strain
The article outlines widespread hunger across Europe and Asia driven by wartime policies and blockades. It notes Italian export bans on macaroni, French import limits, Dutch bread restrictions, and German food control changes, with millions in Asia Minor and France suffering and Dublin cut off from food. It stresses Europe’s dependence on American food and urges faster shipments as a wartime priority.
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Women Suffrage Delegation Returns After 38 Day Western Tour
A delegation from the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage has returned to Washington after a 38 day tour of 12 Western states that granted votes to women. They aim to mobilize support for the Susan B Anthony amendment and warn that female voters may influence the November election if Congress does not act.
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Dublin Castle Never Taken by Rebels in Its Long History
Dublin Castle has withstood numerous uprisings since 1205 when foundations were laid by Henri de Laundres. Kings and queens visited, governors general resided, and the castle became a symbol of British rule in Ireland, though never captured by rebels.
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Altar Glow 1000 Years in a French Church
Albert Bigelow Paine recalls a late afternoon visit to St. Michel's church near Nantua in the Jura. The venerable ninth century structure, largely unaltered by invaders, preserves centuries of French history from Charlemagne era to Joan of Arc. A priest passed by the altar lights as the evening dimmed and echoes of a long priestly line endured through the ages.
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Harper's Magazine
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William of Normandy
England
Joan of Arc
Forty Women Donate Skin to Save Mrs Bennett
Forty young women from Cleveland and Kansas City submit to skin grafts to aid Mrs Mayme A Bennett 30 severely burned when her clothing caught fire. Each donates two square inches of cuticle, eighteen being Holdyrand Hospital nurses. The item notes a rhinoceros and a giraffe in unrelated dialogue.
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Cleveland Plain-Deater
Mayme A. Bennett
Holdyrand Hospital
Congress Condensed Briefly Debated Open Sessions and Shipping Bill
The record notes a condensed session with no action on the open sessions resolution for nominations, debate on the shipping bill, a proposal to permit interlocking directorates under FTC supervision, and appointments and constitutional amendment suggestions. The appropriation bill advances with a large total, and the Navy building program moves forward featuring five battle cruisers and auxiliaries but no battleships. Adjournment was at 6:08 pm with recess until 11:00 am.
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Federal Trade Commission
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PeatoMce Committee
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George W. Howaers
Wire Tappers Versus the Law in Wartime and Peace
A 1916 critique exposes widespread wire tapping by public officials and corporations, arguing it violates privacy and civil rights. It cites legal penalties, contrasts government types, and urges public awareness and action against such surveillance.
Frog Lets Itself In Then Returns To Escape
John Arnold a 45 year old man from Kansas City was hospitalized after swallowing a frog from a spring near Quindaro. A stomach pump removed the creature, about half an inch in diameter, and he recovered. The event is recounted with curious details and a note on a boy in blue knickers who humorously claims a patch on his clothing was actually him.
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Preparedness in Kentucky Sparks Courier Conflict
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal notes a debate over preparedness with a quoted exchange about seeing a man take home a quart, illustrating a contested stance on public readiness.
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Sir John Franklin Northwest Passage Expedition
A crowded London quay watched the Terror and the Erebus depart on May 19, 1845. Sir John Franklin, 60, led 135 men in a quest to find a northwest passage. After failed voyages and the couple’s quarrel with Lady Franklin, the ships vanished. Relentless search efforts, aided by Lady Franklin, eventually uncovered a cairn at Point Victory detailing the tragedy. Franklin paid with his life.
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Ghosts Alarm Town of Hanover New Jersey
Residents of Hanover New Jersey report nightly disturbances at an old Walton barn on the Erie Railroad line. Rumors link the activity to a famed local ghost Bill Smith or a escaped animal, while skeptics blame a prank or creature. Daylight checks yield nothing and votes to burn the barn are considered amid nearby spooky structures. no resolution yet.
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New York
An Old Green Lane of Summer Poem
Folger McKinsey evokes summers in Maryland and Virginia, promising a return to childhood through green lanes. The piece contrasts no trips abroad with the quiet domestic landscape, noting orchards, meadows, ivy walls, and a field of wheat with two bob whites calling softly.
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Baltimore Sun
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San Francisco Bay
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Peru
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Cheer
Valley
Virginia
Marsland
Bob White
No Love Songs At Weddings In Mississippi Diocese
Bishop Theodore D Bratton ruled at Jackson that Protestant Hisconal churches in the Mississippi diocese may use only prayer book authorized music at church weddings. The restriction aims to curb popular love songs during solemn ceremonies as set by the diocesan council.
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Jackson
Mississippi
Theodore D Bratton
A Good Provider From Birmingham Age Herald Verse
A fragment from a Birmingham Age Herald piece shows a scene with Dinah speaking about marriage. The former cook muses that she has found a man who is a good provider though she fears he may fail at it, reflecting a rural dialect and social norms of intimate work.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Dinah
Yaasum
Yassum
Views of capital visitors on interesting current topics
An American mining man Henry T Bradley proposes buying up Mexican firearms to end violence and force peaceful life return. Capt T Huston supports presidential participation in baseball for national morale. Alabama primaries show anti-prohibition victories signaling a shift against intolerance and fanaticism.
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Villa a financial genius George Pattullo analysis
He argues Villa used captured cattle cotton and bullion to pay troops at low market rates then export profits via El Paso. The piece portrays Villa as increasingly civilized yet driven by greed, printing millions in currency abroad while real money ran short for expenses.
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Saturday Evening Post
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Napoleon
Mexico
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United Staes
It Was There From the Beltimore Sun
A fragment appears to describe a dialogue between a professor of physics and a young man about a vacuum concept. The exchange hints at a moment of recall or memory triggered yet not fully realized. Specific names, places, or events are not provided in the readable text.
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Beltimore
Very Fond of Jack in Chicago News Exchange
A fragmentary Chicago news item hints at personal fondness linked to dance and a speaker named Jack. The dialogue suggests a playful exchange about proof and recognition, with unclear context and partial quotes.
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