Subscriptions and notices in The Washington Post 1915
A fragmented advertisement for subscription options and postage details for The Washington Post. The page includes rates by mail and period, payment instructions, and foreign advertising contacts. A 1915 Washington political analysis notes how centralized control by the Speaker could affect economy measures and responsibility amid current chaos.
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Washington Post CO
Washington, D. C
Washington, D C
Paul Block
Fifth Avenue
New York
Mallers
Chicago
Devonshire Street
Boston
Kresge
Detroit
Carranza Gains Ground in Mexican Civil War
General Obregon delivers decisive blows to Villa as forces push from Hermosillo toward Nogales. Reinforcements from Piedras Negras head west while Carranza opens a path to restore peace. US forces stay alert along the border as Carranza seeks national reconstruction and constitutional government.
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Concentrating Control in House Appropriations Debates
The piece notes a shift toward centralizing congressional budget powers after stripping the Speaker of committee appointment control. It cites President Wilson’s early concerns about committee autonomy, fears of pork, and differing reform proposals. Sherley pushes for a budget committee and Speaker backed by the majority, while Fitzgerald defends a single regular appropriation committee. No agreement yet.
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Appropriations Committee
Congress
Sherley
Kentucky
Fitzgerald
New York
Limitations to Our Foreign Commerce and How to Remove Them
The piece argues that U S foreign trade is constrained by vessel shortages and lack of protective policy for exports to neutral countries. It urges stronger freedom of the seas, a robust American merchant marine, and firm government action to deter interference, citing historic protests from the colonial era to the 19th century and asking for decisive action mirroring those bold standpoints. It frames tariffs and diplomatic protests as insufficient without tangible protective measures to secure neutral markets for cotton and grain.
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Dark Places From Haston Md A Girl Kept Hidden Twelve Years
A Haston Maryland family concealed a girl in a small room for twelve years. At sixteen she attempted to escape to marry her lover and was confined after breaking her leg. A later sister’s death was used to hide her disappearance. An uncle’s visit prompted release and the story ends with the girl freed.
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Dark Ages Echo in Easton Incident
An opaque scene near Easton shocks townspeople as a girl appears confined behind walls with a controlling stepmother, prompting local speculation. The piece contrasts modern progress with a troubling episode that unsettles residents and notes calls for psychological treatment of the involved subjects.
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Why a Commission Cannot Handle the Tariff
An essay arguing against a scientific tariff commission, stating the tariff remains political and party-driven. It notes a commission could not speed law passage or reliably set revenue, and that party leaders must control tariff policy. The piece warns the effort would be unworkable and futile amid partisan power dynamics.
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Comtesse de Franqueville Dies in France at 51
The Comtesse Sophie Mathilde de Franqueville dies at her Bourbuy chateau in Cote d Or aged 51. Once Lady Sophia Palmer and ally of Lord Chancellor Selborne, she married in 1903 a Catholic French noble, La Muette near Paris hosting royalty and diplomats. Her life reflected cross‑channel prominence amid strong Protestant roots and French aristocratic circles.
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Breaks Neck in Initiation at Local Secret Order
Thomas Leon Reed, 21, of Olanta in Clearfield County, died two days after a secret society initiation accident. He walked a blindfolded plank, jumped into a blanket, and was tossed in the air. A coroner's jury ruled accidental death and exonerated the order members.
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Dog Hero Bravely Saves Family From House Fire
The Binghamton Dispatch reports collie Shep saved Mr and Mrs John Church Jr of Sherburne New York from a blaze. Awakened by barking by their bed Shep barked through a shattered kitchen window and climbed stairs to wake them before the fire spread through the front of the house and stairs. The owners escaped via the rear stairs in night clothing with no contents saved.
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Dodo Prize Hair Grower Shorn at Livestock Forum
The Angora goat Dodo, owned by F A Pierce of Days Creek Oregon, had his long fleece shaved in a public spectacle. The 41144 inch hair weighed 22% pounds and sold for 445 dollars, a mohair record. Dodo without his hair sold for 300 dollars and was shipped to Arizona, totaling 745 dollars.
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Liberty Bell Greeted by 2000 in Houston Night Welcome
The Liberty Bell reached Houston at 3 30 a m on its coast to Philadelphia journey. About 2000 people, mostly schoolchildren, braved the cold to greet the bell then joined it aboard the car. William H Ball called the turnout remarkable and allowed attendees to touch the bell. A tearful elderly man wore a Confederate badge.
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A Thanksgiving Song from OUnton Acollant
A verse celebrating simple living and gratitude. The speaker declines fashion and high society, praises a loving partner, honest neighborly relations, and a modest cottage. He thanks fate for sanity in bad rumors, honest speech, harmless hobbies, and a peaceful life with a modest Thanksgiving feast for two.
Woman Suspects She Swallowed Husband’s Teeth
Florence Lindsey of Cape May Point New Jersey believes she swallowed her husband’s false teeth during a playful moment. Doctors at Cooper Hospital Camden x rayed her throat but found no teeth and reported no serious symptoms. She returned home after the examination as no distress was observed.
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TOSSES MATCH IGNITES GIRL IN READING PA
Reading Pa dispatch reports a man lighting a cigar threw a match that set 7 year old Josephine Marks clothing ablaze as she played outside her home. She is in a dying condition at Homeopathic Hospital while police search for the pedestrian responsible.
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St Peter's at Rome Dedicated 289 Years Ago in 1626
Historical account traces St Peter's dedication by Urban VIII in 1626 and adds details on construction spans from 96 AD to the present dome completed by Giacomo della Porta in 1590. It lists dimensions, altars, columns, and comparisons with other great cathedrals.
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Suitcase Falls Spilling Jewelry Worth 5000 in Taxicab
Charles Lidenberg, a race importer, reported at West Sixty eighth Street police station that a suitcase containing jewelry and clothing valued at 5000 fell from a taxicab on Central Park West between Sixty third and Sixty fifth streets. The case allegedly belonged to his daughter Mrs J Haer of 361 Passaic Avenue Pittsburgh. Police have a list of items including a pearl collar, a gold mesh bag, a diamond horse shoe pin, a diamond bar pin, two pearl studs, a pearl stickpin, a jewel case, a gold watch, two pearl baby pins and two silver nail polishers.
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Paxtang Burgess offers free marriage rites
Paxtang’s first burgess Thomas W. Smallwood, to retire in January, announced he would marry couples without charge and pay for licenses to boost ad revenue. Within twelve hours twelve couples applied, prompting him to withdraw the offer and likely limit it to the first couple.
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Kentucky Candidate Blames Defeat on Thirteens in Campaign
California Pa Dispatch Philadelphia Record notes T J Underwood, Washington county sheriff candidate, attributes primaries loss to unlucky thirteen motifs. It cites his name length, car number 113, and a fatal August 13 incident involving a black cat. Includes judge and coach-sparring remarks and a football banter aside.
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Views of capital visitors on interesting current topics
Samuel F. Patterson of Roanoke Mills defends Southern cotton mills against child labor criticisms, noting no under-14 workers, healthy conditions, and low wages with workers living in modern homes. Walter L. Uddy discusses looming congressional debates on preparedness, while Thomas J Dolan backs labor cards as proof of competent, reliable workers.
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Hunter Bags Whole 700 In Delaware Field
Wallace Carey of Baltimore hunts Indian River hundred and returns with a record bag of game. He starts with birds and adds coveys totaling eleven, takes three rabbits, bags an opossum, a wild goose, a duck, a wood pheasant, and concludes by shooting a raccoon treed by another party’s dogs.
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Gas meter vandal dies from fumes in Philadelphia home
Robert Heskets, 30, smashed a gas meter in the cellar of 2441 North Mutter Street to obtain money for liquor. He died from the resulting fumes before escaping. His father, John Heskets, 68, later entered the celllar and was overcome. he is in Episcopal Hospital with pneumonia. Police say Heskets had been drinking and tried to steal money from a trunk.
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