Subscription rates for Washington Post in 1914
Abe Washington Post. Terms of subscription listed for delivered daily and Sunday editions in Washington and Alexandria. Rates include annual, monthly, and weekly options with Sunday restrictions. Payments by advance methods and remittance instructions. Foreign advertising rep and post office details. Monday, November 2, 1914.
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Detroit
Elections weigh on tariff issue amid war concerns
The piece notes voters head to polls amid European War pressures with tariff as the core issue. It discusses protectionist candidates in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts and the potential impact on party dynamics, including the fate of the third party and Republican leadership.
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New York
Woo
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Senate
House of Representatives
Turkey Blunders Into War as Nations Align
Petrograd and London declare Turkey must join sides in the conflict. Russia pressures Bulgaria and Romania to back one bloc while Greece faces a likely entry into war if Turkey advances into Thrace and Albania. Britain accuses Turkey of provoking a wider war through actions against Egypt and the Goeben and Breslau crisis. Internal Turkish splits between Young Turks and conservatives threaten decisive policy and risk a disoriented push into war.
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London
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Bulgaria
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Albania
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Aegean Islands
Italy
Great Britain
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Egypt
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Turkih
Keypr
Bolting Hepburn Affects Cummins Iowa Senate Candidacy
Former Representative W. P. Hepburn bolts the Republican ticket to back the Democratic Senate candidate, arguing Cummins shows disloyalty to Taft. The piece notes Hepburn’s long influence and positions, and frames insurgent Republicans as barriers to 1916 nomination while urging party harmony.
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Cummins
Iowa
W. P. Hepburn
Col. Hepburn
House of Representatives
Taft
Senate
Cummina
Senator Cumming
Roosevelt
When the War Is Over and World Judgment Arrives
The piece argues that every warring nation issued biased papers justifying its actions and accusing others. It says atrocities are claimed on all sides, and Belgium Germany Britain disputes will not be resolved until the war ends. Only then will world opinion and history judge the statesmen and punish wrongdoers.
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United States
Germany
Belgium
Antwerp
Great Britain
Italian Cabinet Resigns Over War Ambitions
The article notes Turkey may join Germany and Italy may enter the war with the Allies. It cites Italian ministers Roubini and Qavasola opposing war and resisting extra expenditures, signaling a shift from neutrality as the cabinet falters under pressure for wartime actions.
Navy the best defense for United States safety
A warning from a national press piece argues the navy must be strengthened to defend the United States against foreign aggression. It cites Roosevelt era disclosures on port defenses, advocates 48 battleships built at four per year, and highlights Britain and Belgium as examples of preparedness and naval importance.
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United States
Col. Roosevelt
New York
San Francisco
George von L. Meyer
Meyer
Mr. Meyer
Belgium
Great Britain
Germany
Berlin
Atlantic
Pacific
American Republic
Italy and Turkey split over a war path amid neutrality drive
Two Italian statesmen push for war preparedness while seeking neutrality. Italy faces a cabinet resignation and a reorganization to ready for conflict despite favored allies. Turkey leans toward Germany, Italy torn by past losses. Neutral nations, including the United States, remain under diplomatic pressure as global tensions rise.
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Germany
Italy
Roubini
Thent
Signor
Q&va
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United States
Asia
Europe
Many Battles Won by Army Bands
A historical survey notes how regimental bands inspired troops, from German jingling Johnnies to Turkish janissaries, Prussian use in sieges, and Russian guards at Plevna. It recounts events from the Schleswig-Holstein fighting to Kimberley, highlighting the morale boost bands provided in diverse campaigns and eras.
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Europe
Germany
Turkey
Prussia
Frederick the Great
Mustapha III
Scotland
Tweed
Janissary
Frederick
Wis
Schleswig-Holsten
Doppel
Preussenlied
Frederick Charles
Plevna
Skoboleff
Imperial Guard
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Slivanitza
The Mystery of Kilauea In Elusive Mountain
A travel reminiscence to Hawaii describing a boat ride to Kilauea, the volcanic crater, with vivid scenes of black mud, lava light, and the thrill of viewing a dangerous, sleeping giant. The narrator notes the contrast between old expectations and the reality of reaching the crater by sea and road.
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Kilauea
Honolulu
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Strange Shower From Healdsburg Lights Up Night Sky
A remarkable meteor shower fell on Healdsburg between 1 and 10 am with large quantities described as metallic sheets and silvery ropes visible in a clear sky. Observers saw material of various shapes reach earth, hanging from wires before contracting into fibrous masses. samples were sent to Lick Observatory Director Campbell and Urbana Observatory director Tito Alippi for analysis.
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Healdsburg
Campbell
Lick Observatory
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Tito Alippi
Urbana
Italy
Old Egypt Had Rag Dolls and Toy Finds
Strange discoveries by Prof. T A Whittemore at Antinoe Egypt include a scrubbing brush with a wood base and double bristles a rag doll with movable wooden head a toy horse and a baby's sock among footwear such as boots sandals and shoes with eyelets and a party slipper adorned in leather and thread highlighting early Egyptian fashion and craftsmanship.
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Boston Globes
T. A. Whittemore
Tufte College
Ancient
Antinoe
Egypt
Dne
Rat Dines With Kittens in Tennessee Warehouse
Z T Hackney of Hackney Company in Jajitco Tennessee reports a large gray rat dining with several kittens in the warehouse. The rat drank milk with the kittens and showed no aggression. Witnesses from the store saw the scene, and the rat is confined in a glass jar for observation and possible training as a companion.
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Tenn
New York
Z. T. Hackney
H. T. Hackney Company
Mr. Hackney
Moonlight School at Jackson Schoolhouse Fun in Owingstia
A Moonlight school organized at Jackson schoolhouse three miles south of town has been running for over a week with gratifying results. Miss Peart Downs teaches, and pupil Thomas P. Copher, aged about, is among the oldest moonlight students in the state and has learned to write his name. From Life. My dear every woman ought to join a club. It’s refreshing to pier ba name one you don’t like.
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Kekewich
C. B
Lord Kitchener
Cecil Rhodes
Kimberley
Keke Wwlch
Sir John French
Col
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Pretoria
Owingstia
Jackson
Peart Downs
Thomas P. Copher
Oklahoma
No Man
Ufe Fintt
Indiana
No Man's Land
Great Wind Blew An Old Sepoy's Wisdom
HL Fielding Hall recalls the India mutiny causes, rejects simple explanations, and warns that great wars stem from vast, unseen tides. He cites an old Sepoy saying a great wind blew the war, and laments our ignorance of life’s objective and the true forces behind history.
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Fielding Hall
Century Magazine
Oudh
Tale of Four Dogs in Atlantic City Court
Atlantic City dispatch to the New York World reports a court case over a hound puppy's inheritance. Thomas Hudson and Himer Sooy each claim the pup as father, citing yellow blotches and a kink in the tail as proof. Judge Smathers reserved judgment, promising a verdict before rabbit season opens November 15.
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Atlantic City Dispatch
New York World
Smathers
Thomas Hudson
Pleasantville
Himer Sooy
Hudson
Sooy
Buck Bosses Bull in Ferguson Valley Battle
In Ferguson valley farm hands watch as a buck deer from the nearby mountains battles a young bull guarding a herd. The deer swiftly routs the bull, jumps two fences to reach safety, while the bull bleeds from the nose and ears and the deer stays with the herd until startled by cheers.
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W. J. Cressman
Ferguson Valley
The Inward Song and Nature's Flower Vision
Edwin Markham and McLandburgh Wilson contribute poems in the Nautilus and New York Sun, lamenting centuries of war and ruin yet affirming inner strength. The piece contrasts Belgium France and nature’s craft, with lines on shattered hearths and a lasting inner harmony despite catastrophe.
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Belgium
France
McLandburgh Wilson
New York Sun
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Urge the Knife for Snores
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports a metrons society meeting where matrons urged curing snoring. They claim most loud snorers are married men and advocate removal of nasal growth causing the issue. If deeper, endure the affliction with patience.
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Boy Kills Bear With Club in Self Defense
James Edson, 12, while exploring near Jamizon City Pa, encountered a large black bear with two cubs. After the mother charged, he fired twice with a Flobert pistol, then climbed a tree. The bear guarded the boy for a half hour until Edson shot it in the brain, beat it with a club, then cut its throat. The 200 pound bear was carried home by his father and neighbors.
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Philadelphia
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Edson
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Fence Electrocutes a Cow Near Bogue Ranch
The Pacific Gas and Electric high tension line fell across a fence on Charles Littlejohn's property in Butter s county, enacting a heavy electric charge that ran a half mile to Charles Englerack’s ranch near Bogue. A cow was killed and fence wires burned in several spots.
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Butters County
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
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Weather and tide table with brief forecast notes
Daily sun rise set times and tides for the district, town and coast sections, plus a forecast from the Weather Bureau. Sunday weather was clear east of the Mississippi with some rain on the West Coast. temperatures near record highs for November in New England and eastern districts, with cooler days ahead and light to moderate winds in southern regions. The untimely interlude quotes a literary passage about aspiring powers and distant wars.
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Virginia
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Lacie
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Alligator Found Sleeping After Fern-Gathering
Ed Benedict Clye Correll and N Bond found a large alligator eight feet long sleeping under ferns along the Guadalupe while gathering for a church social. Experts say the creature is nearly 200 years old and its visit to that area remains unexplained, as alligators are not native to this region.
West Virginia political shifts eyed in next election
A Parkerburg observer notes WV may swing Dem in the Sixty fourth Congress, possibly to four or five Democrats. He cites national popularity, wartime prosperity, glass industry strength, and weak Progressive gains as drivers of change, with district by district views on Neely, Brown, Littispage, Hughes, and other candidates.
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Willard
New York
Illonois
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House of Representatives
Congress
M. M. Neely
George F White
Reput
Harvey Hiarmer
Progr Noeely
W. G Brown
George M. Bowers
Noah G. Kelm
Col
Roosevelt
Bowers
Tienaie Ct
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DL Hughes
Jim Hamilton
Hunter Moss
Charles O. Eliot
Eldicott
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