Washington Post subscription and delivery notice 1913
The notice details subscription options for Daily and Sunday editions with rates and payment methods. It lists carrier delivery in Washington and states terms of payment in advance, with options for daily and Sunday editions and special handling for foreign advertising. The item is dated Friday, November 28, 1913.
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Washington
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Chicago
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Boston
The Square Deal and the District Half and Half Pact
Discussion of a proposed gentlemens agreement between District commissioners and Congress committees on tax and revenue policy. It questions Johnson bills impact and argues the District cannot abandon its own under any circumstances while outlining the heavier burden borne by District revenues and the mismatch with federal contributions. It notes the large indebtedness and the unique tax base of residents versus government employees.
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Congress
Johnson
Public officials held to higher standards in Atlantic City case
Louis Ku ebnle, powerful Atlantic City political figure, faces prison for a technical stockholding misdemeanor tied to a municipal contract while water commissioner. Observers note a shift to stricter accountability and broader pursuit of evidence in corruption cases, reflecting reforms and rising expectations.
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Louis Kuebnle
Atlantic City
Louis Kuebnile
Kuehnne
Mordis
Rok
Overeating and hindsight before Thanksgiving
A reflective piece warns about overeating after Thanksgiving, noting many risk death from excess and citing historical examples like Heliogabalus and Dickens. It urges moderation and sobering thoughts on appetite, ending with a humorous plea for soft boiled eggs.
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Wiley
Heliogabalus
Gargantun
Dickens
Fat Boy
Hellogahalus
England
Extradition Zelaya in Diplomatic Quibbles and Crisis
The United States faces diplomatic friction over the extradition of Jose Zelaya on murder charges from Nicaragua. Officials urge scrutiny of his escape and hidden stay with a Nicaraguan linked to Zelayists, arguing he entered the country as a fugitive and should face deportation as an international outlaw regardless of asylum claims, while acknowledging the fragile hospitality laws involved.
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Jose Zelaya
Mourder
Zelaya
United States
Atlantic
Railroads and Fashions Grip Women on Trains and Stairs
A Pennsylvania Railroad report blames split skirts and high heels for rising injuries among women boarding and alighting trains and navigating stairways. The document cites a long record through October 14 and notes accidents attributed to fashion and footwear, reflecting debates over women’s attire in public transit.
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Rairoad
Railroads and Hobble Skirts Clash Over Fashion Risk
A 1920s discussion notes women in hobble skirts and high heels increase train accident risk, but railroads face a mystic undercurrent resisting blame. It suggests wearing overcoats and derbies as unrelated, mocks railroads' ambition to curb trends, and jokes about buying Parisian dressmakers as impossible.
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United States
Billion Dollar Fetich and the Cost of Government
A long critical column rails at the Democratic push for higher federal outlays, contrasting with Republican restraint. It cites past “billion-dollar” rhetoric, Cannon’s influence, and shifting fiscal stance as the nation grows. The piece warns against political fear delaying needed funding and notes various political quips and warnings.
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Congress
Treasury
WIFE OF DIPLOMAT A GREAT HEIRESS
England and London society await the arrival of Mme Shidehara wife of a diplomat, heiress daughter of Baron Yanosuke Iwasaki who left 100000000, with a brother also a major patron. Norton, Grantley, and Melbourne links frame a panorama of marriages and titles across royal and literary circles.
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Royal Opinion Sets Twenty Minute Sermon Standard
A parade of historic figures weighed in on sermon length, with royal preference centering near twenty minutes. Queen Victoria favored about eighteen, Edward VII and Napoleon stressed brevity, Charles II enjoyed longer sermons, and John Wesley once halted a message to alarm listeners. A judge oddly endorsed twenty minutes with a caveat for mercy, forming a informal standard.
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Dean Hole
Queen Victoria
Chapel Royal
Edward
London
Napoleon
Imperial Household
Charles II
Kent
Bath and Wells
John Wesley
Hell
Weasley
Crawley
Suapex
Mountain Sheep Captured at Columbia Gardens Zoo
Butte Montana dispatch reports two mountain sheep, rams only about two weeks old, captured after three days of strenuous pursuit by H Pearl and W J Cavanaugh. The pair were trapped at an altitude between 8,000 and 9,000 feet near Cutbanwik pass and taken to Midvale. Rangers praise the animals as extraordinary leapers, rivaling cats in agility.
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New York Sun
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Butta
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Ranger Cavanaugh
Silk Hat for Decoy Duck Hits Funeral Headgear
New Providence NJ dispatch reports John Miller on Academy Street walking to a funeral in frock coat and a seven dollar hat when a crash struck his head. A fleeing duck with a broken wing fell near him after hitting a telephone wire, leaving Miller stunned and with a wild duck as unintended game.
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French Detroit Girl and Park Walking Stick Mystery
In a Detroit tale from Lippincott a French born family struggles with American ideas of female independence. A girl returns home after an absence and is questioned by her mother about where she has been and who accompanied her, pressuring an explanation for a walking stick instead of an umbrella.
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Richard Brinsley Norton
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George Edwardes
London
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New York Yacht Club
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Grantley
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England
Algernon Sartoria
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George Norton
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House of Commons
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A Malay Marriage customs of choosing wife by kinship
The text explains Malay marriage practice where parents select a wife for their son through a female-relatives led hunt. An emissary negotiates terms, then betrothal details, gifts, and bridal procession. Divorce is easy. a hajl priest can dissolve marriage and remarriage requires another ceremony.
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Chicago Tip Revenue Insight From Diners and Staff
Chicago diners in Joop restaurants and hotels reportedly give waiters over 3000 dollars daily in tips, not counting tips to bellboys and others. A Parisian statistician estimates Paris tips total 41000 dollars daily. Abe Frank cites 300000 Loop diners daily with 16000 tipped in hotels. average tip about 2.5 cents. Hutchins notes hotel residents tip thrice daily. combined figures suggest at least 34000 dollars in tips to waiters alone.
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Crowded Street Echoes in Martha Hésxen Clark Poem
The piece depicts a solitary traveler wandering crowded streets and urban trails. Amid glow and shadow, familiar voices and city sounds clash with personal loneliness, portraying an alienated soul within a throng. The speaker longs for belonging while feeling distance from others.
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Fay
Ancestors of College Boys from Princeton Freshmen Parents
Fifty five percent of Princeton University freshmen parents have no college degrees. Among 143 families, 84 institutions are represented, 14 mothers hold degrees, and 45 parents attended Princeton. The cabinet officer’s son is William G McAdoo Jr. The Presbyterian denomination leads with 13 adherents among parents, followed by Episcopalians 131, Roman Catholics, Methodists 4, and Congregationalists 17.
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Wor
the Herald
Princeton University
Bo- Heeman
United States Treasury
William G. McAdoo
Boston Tranceris Dialogue On Waiting For Husband
Dialogues feature Mrs Exe You and Mrs Wree quarreling over a husband’s delays in Boston. They joke about him calling, wet hats, and apologies for keeping them waiting, reflecting social humor of the era.
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Boston
Exe
Open Windows and Fresh Air for Health
A piece on the health benefits of open windows and outdoor exercise. It argues that fresh air, exposure to weather, and regular activity sustain health, noting the convenience of air over medicine and the payoff of a proactive, disciplined approach to wellbeing.
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Des Minex
Petrified prehistoric Eskimo bodies found near Casenovia
Syracuse University archaeologists report the discovery of petrified remains of a woman and child on the Seymour V. Merriam farm five miles east of Casenovia. The travestied bodies lie in limestone within a glacial deposit, with the woman's trunk measuring about 312 feet and the child's petrified head nearby. The remains are believed to date from glacial times, preserved in a closed mass after being engulfed by a glacier and separated from air and decay.
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No Oy
Boston
Trenecript
Syracuse University Bay
Seymour V. Merriam
Casenovia
New York State
Co Gage
Syracuse University
Méraine
Weather and tide table with scattered notes and wedding tale
The page includes a sun and tide table with high and low tides and a weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau. It describes high pressure, east winds, rain in the Pacific States, and unsettled conditions Friday into Saturday across the central valleys and northern districts. Local reports note temperatures, humidity, rainfall, and sunshine hours. A wedding-travel anecdote mentions Rose and Jess-Reggie’s romance aboard the Lah District wedding trip.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Prayalia
Mississippi River
Pacific Coast
Missouri River
Pacific States
Interior
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Pacific
Upper Lake Region
Rocky Mountains
North Pacific
Middle Atlantic
Florida
West Gulf Coast
Chats of Visitors to the Capital on Trusts and Congress
The piece recalls early trust regulation debates led by ex governor candidates, noting Van Wyck and Roosevelt positions. It quotes Frank A Hiidebrand on Congress delays, compares British legal norms to American policing methods, and features anecdotes about horse racing touts and Col Ochiltree's bets at Saratoga.
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Congress
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Roosevelt
Fox Harvey
Tammany Hall
Augustus van Wyck
United States
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van Wyck
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