Washington Post subscription rates and details 1913
The notice lists subscription options for The Washington Post in 1913. It includes rates for daily, Sunday and week plans, with payments by mail in advance. Accepted payment methods include drafts, post office orders, registered letters, and express orders payable to The Washington Post Co. in Washington, D.C.
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Washington Post CO
Washington, D. C
Washington
Foreman
Paul
TLOCK
Pith Avenue
New York
Mailers
Bulding
Chicago
Wasteful Investigations and the Call to Reform
Opinion argues Congress should limit investigations citing wasteful spending and little gain. It questions funds, beneficiaries, and property loss, suggesting existing laws suffice and new probes rarely justify cost. Advocates tighter controls unless advocates prove public interest requires action.
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Congress
Beachey Eyed As Safeguards Sought For Army Aviation
Lincoln Beachey proposes a Washington visit to outline steps to improve army aviation safety after San Diego losses. He cites radical policy mistakes and old, unsafe equipment as contributing factors, noting fifteen aviation corps deaths since 1908 with eight in 1913, urging action before further tragedies.
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Lincoln Beachey
Washington
Beachey
San Diego
Ellington
Kelly
Army
Aviation
Navy
Béachey
Gov Cole Blease Pardons 100 Convicts to Boost Campaign
A curious move by Gov. Cole Blease of South Carolina pardons 100 prisoners to share Thanksgiving at home as he campaigns for the senatorship. The piece questions whether convicts will stay home or commit further crimes, noting many were jailed for serious offenses. It critiques the governor’s popularity tactic amid crime and public safety concerns.
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Cole Blease
South Carolina
Gov Blease
Carolina
Cain
Gov. Blease
United States Senate
Death of William W Finley Heralds Rail Progress in the South
William W Finley, president of the Southern Railway Company, died yesterday. A pivotal figure in southern development, he linked scientific farming with railway expansion, promoting roads, crop diversification, and better cultivation methods. As chairman of the American Highway Association, he helped shape national and regional growth, and his loss is felt deeply in the South where his work advanced prosperity and his road thrived under his leadership.
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William W Finley
Southern Railway Company
Finley
Washington
American Highway Association
South
See B
Two women in newsprint reveal erratic views on marriage
Two women gain notoriety for curious statements about husbands, one claiming regular brutal abuse for decades and seeking a custody holiday in court, the other professing love for a brutal lover while claiming mistreatment. The piece contrasts drudgery, neurosis, and flawed judgments, noting such cases are abnormal and newsworthy.
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Pittsburgh
Bitter attack on Roosevelt stirs Latin American oil clash
Colombian press attacks Col Roosevelt over South American policy as Congress debates British concessions. The Bogota session looms with a fight over oil fields within 1000 miles of the Panama Canal, a prize Britain Germany and France aim to control for a monopoly.
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Col Roosevelt
Colombia
Panama
Bogota
Panama Canal
Mexico
Peru
Great Britain
Germany
France
Oil threat to canal fuel amid Mexican crisis debate
The piece argues that oil sales to ships using the canal threaten coal interests, with Britain and France pushing to modify US declarations while the United States aims to prevent foreign speculators from cornering Panama Canal fuel. It notes the Lodge resolution and ongoing diplomatic pressure in Washington over Huerta and Mexican hostilities.
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Washington
Great Britain
Lodge
Wilson
Frances
Germany
Mexico
Huerta
State Department
Mexico City
Col. Roosevelt
Bogota
Iit
United States
Lord Nelson closes Standlynch church amid estate dispute
The Earl Nelson orders Standlynch Anglican church closed claiming it sits on his Trafalgar estate and his Catholic conversion bars worship under Church of England doctrine. The move sparks questions of ultra vires action and hints at legal challenges, with broader notes on estates, pensions, and inherited rights.
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Earl Nelson
Standlynch
Salisbury
Trafalgar
Church of England
Lord Headley
Earl of
Mexborough
Atatutea
Lord Nelson
Duke of Norfolk
Great Britain
Sussex
London
Battle of
Catherine Nelson
George Nateham
Ashwold Lodge
Shoreham
Nelson
Earl
Standlynch Church
House of Lords
England
Hic
Emma
Hamilton
Horatia
Thomas Bolton
Wells
Norfolk
Currency debate and confirmations mark Senate session
Senator Hitchcock praised Wilson currency legislation but attacked many admin provisions. Senator Shafroth defended the admin, while Newlands announced a reform proposal to be discussed today. Gellinger filed a bill on mercury tablet regulations in the District. John Sharp Williams blocked Pinkhuco’s Hawaii governor nomination. Hmigar H. James, brother of Ollie M. Jemen, was confirmed as U S marshal for the Western Kentucky district. Senate adjourned at 5 51 PM. House not in session, to meet at noon.
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Senate
Hitchcock
Wilson
Shafgroth
Newlands
Senate Democrats
Gellinger
John Sharp Willame
L. HE. Pinkhuco
Hawaii
Hmigar H. James
Ollie M. Jemen
United States
Kentucky
Call of
West
John H Williams
Tacoma
New Willard
Willieme
Theodore Winthrop
Willams
Rocky Mountains
Seattle
Portland
Northwest
Taft
Mount Tecoma
Signaling in War Describes Unusual Military Messages
An article recalls ancient and improvised signaling feats in warfare. A Bulgarian cowherd reportedly signaled Servian positions by moving five cows over a hill. Basutos used goatskin drums to convey messages by vibration, enabling rapid battlefield communication across Basutoland. The heliograph, noted for long-range use, reportedly transmitted 120 miles by Captain Sadler of the Sixth Dragoon Guards in South Africa.
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Aveners
Ishtsh
Basutoland
Cape Town
Sadler
Sixth Dragoon Guards
South Africa
November Morn Balcony Clothed Man Arrested At Grand Central
A man with marked muscular development appeared naked on a Grand Central balcony during an event titled November Morn. Police intervened as crowds blocked Vanderbilt Avenue and Forty-second Street, seized the man, clothed him, and sent him to Bellevue Hospital. He claimed no name. a notebook in his pocket bore the name Mate Tanos of Woodbridge, New Jersey.
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Lana
New York Herald
Grand Central Terminal
Vanderbilt Avenue
Forty-second Street
Bellevue Hospital
Mate Tanos
Fulton Street
Woodbridge
N. J
Robbins in November reflect unseasonal robins in Carlisle
Mrs. Ann Sipe, 101, peered from her dooryard as a robin hopped about in November. She recalled nine years of memory and doubted straw berries blooming and trees budding, remarking that spring seems to have returned when winter should be here. The scene captures astonishment at unusual late autumn activity.
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Carlisle
New York Times
Hke
Ann Sipe
Robin
Robine
Army Orders Leave of Absence and Duty Changes
Army orders list leave of absence for Capt. Frederick L. Rich and duty reassignments for multiple officers in ordnance and medical corps. Captains, majors, lieutenants shift to arsenals, forts, and hospitals including Walter Reed, Frankford Arsenal, Watervliet, Fort Hunt, Honolulu, Presidio of Monterey, and Fort Sam Houston for duty or examination.
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Frederick
J E Hoffer
Watervilet Arsenal
Waterviet
Charles W Stpesh Wii
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Medical Corps
Frederick P. Reynolds
Honolulu
Hawaii Territory
Albert P. Clark
Sanford W French
Bert R Huntington
James F. Johnston
Robert C. McDonald
Leo C. Mudd
Joseph L. Siner
Jay D. Whitham
Augustin M. Prentiss
Thirteenth Cavalry
Fort Hunt
Emmett P Varvel
Presidio
Monterey
Cal
Eport
Dentel
Uram Bryant
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Naval Orders Notice ofAssignments and Departures
Naval orders list Lieut Comdr R L Curtin and others assigned to Naval Academy Philadelphia and Puget Sound per navy yard transfers. Attendants include detached crews to provisioning and paymaster moves. ships Arrived at Guaymar Charleston Veracruz and New Hampshire shown with routes to Indian Head Washington and Tampico. The Prairie sails with marines to Pensacola around Nov 27 while Duncen and Cassin head to Pensacola by early December from Newport and Washington.
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R. L Curtin
Naval Academy
H C Shaw
Navel
Newport
Smith
Juatin
Guaymer
Flueser
New York
Ttigey
Thornton
Freata
Charleston
Rocket
Washington
Proteus
Vere Cruz
New Hampsnire
Tuxpan
Balco
Waaedington
Indian Head
Lebanon
Norfolk
New York Yard
Denver
San Diego
San Francisco
Brequeis
Mare Taland
Rhode Island
Vera Croa
Tampico
The
Prairie
Philadelphia
Pensacola
Duncen
Cassin
Wasn] T Laglen
Repetitions of the Kaiser From the Kansas City Star
A condensed excerpt from the Kansas City Star discusses the fourth volume of Emperor William I s speeches 1906 to 1918. It highlights his boastful claims on progress optimism work discipline and unwavering faith in the army and navy while defending his leadership style and wartime governance.
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Kansas City Star
William
Marschall Claim on Confederacy Flag and Gray Uniform
Montgomery dispatch reports Nicola Marschall as the designer of the original Confederacy flag and the gray uniform. Marschall, then 84, described sketching three flag designs in his Marton Alabama studio after Mrs. Lockett urged him to paint for the South. The designs were sent to Gov. Moore for inspection by several prominent Southerners, with no record of Jefferson Davis’s input.
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Confederacy
Nicola Marschall
Marton
Ala
Heatilithes
Marschall
Napoleon Lockett
Gift to the government keeps Nala the champion stallion
Edward E. McLean consigns Nala four times champion of the National Horse Show to the United States government to head the government stud in Colorado. The dispersal sale at Durland's Riding Academy drew a large crowd as the famed trotting horse was withdrawn from sale amid applause.
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Edward E. McLean
Colorado
New York
Edward B. MacLean
Nala
Wan
Mr. McLean
Dur Iland
Riding Academy
Francis M. Ware
United States
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Durland’s
J. W Harriman
Department
McLean
Lady Dilham
Elegant Dilham
Misa Loula Long
Kansas City
Dalcroze Eurythmics Demonstrated At Covent Garden
London Chronicle reports on Jacques Dalcroze and his eurythmics method, a mental and spiritual rhythmic training gaining popularity in Germany and Switzerland. A London event at Covent Garden will showcase demonstrations, illustrating how rhythm, gesture, and body movement align with musical intuition to educate both body and mind.
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Aye
Prom
London Chronicle
Germany
Switzerland
London
Jacques Dalcroze
Kings Hall
Covent Garden
Sayares
Geneva Conservataire
M. Jacques- Dalcroze
Almple
The Fount by Cleveland Pain Dealer verse piece
A curious poem mocks a post saying the writer lacks a brain yet claims a heart guiding slaves to varying praise. It questions readers who read and rave while the speaker insists his soul centers on a power he calls Ivers, with shifting moods and fearsome slyness.
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Cleveland
Post
Sun and Tide Table and Weather Outlook Report
Central weather bulletin notes sun and tide data with high and low tides, temperatures and humidity. A trough of low pressure from the plains to the St Lawrence valley brings unsettled conditions with rains likely Wednesday and Thursday in the central valleys, lake region and New England. Temperatures remain above seasonal averages in most areas with cooler spells in the lake region and upper Mississippi. Winds shift along Atlantic coasts with moderate to fresh directions, and rainfall is forecast in the Pacific Northwest and northwestern states by Thursday.
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AD. S
Lake Region
New England
Thureday
Middle Atlantic
Plesof
Mississippi River
Pacifc
Mississippi Valley
North Atlante
South Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Chats on Visitors to the Capital Raise British Views
A column at the New Willard features discussions with Acworth and Williams on Britain and America. Talks cover naval power, Panama Canal interest, Irish home rule, and Western life in the Northwest with anecdotes of Cy Warman and Sopey Smith.
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United States
Tain Gernans
Meyer MW
Acworth
London
Europe
New
Willard
Min Acworth
Ameriun
Mr Acworth
Great Britain
Germany
Panama Canal
America
Mexico
Transvaal
Mr. Acworth
England
Ireland
Ulster
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