Washington Post Subscription Rates 1908
The Washington Post announces subscription terms with delivery by farmers in Washington and Alexandria. Rates vary by daily or daily including Sunday, weekly, and monthly plans. Remittances via drafts checks post offices or express orders payable to The Washington Post Co. Offices listed in Washington New York and Chicago. Monday October 3 1908.
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Vanderbilt Building
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Unity Building
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Adaptability of Great Issues in Campaigns Across States
A long, opinionated piece contrasts Senator Lodge and Congressman Overstreet on Santo Domingo and the Indiana race for mayor. It highlights Republican unity, the need to protect prosperity, and fears of Democratic victory harming domestic and foreign trade. It recalls Yancey’s fifty year perspective on North-South power shifts and maleable national policy.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Santo Domingo
Massachusetts
Indiana
Lodge
Indianapolis
Morales
Jesse Overstreet
Senator Lodge
Overstreet
Indianapoli
Charles A. Bookwalter
Santo Domingue
Congressman Overstreet
Chicago
Pittsburg
New York
Tennessee Knights in the Roaring Campaign
The piece surveys Tennessee politics with humor, noting Governor Bob Taylor and Edward Carmack as rival knights in the campaign. It likens their feud to a ceremonial duel over church funding, YMCA projects, and moral leadership, while predicting voters will judge them by the churches they’ve aided and the public works they’ve dedicated.
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Knights of Tennessee
Bob Taylor
Tennessee
Knooxville
United States
Senator Carmack
Gov. Taylor
Edward W. Carmack
United States Senate
Beware of the willing worker in Chicago satire
From the Chicago News a string of cautionary lines satire social pretensions and gender roles. It lampoons the clever fool and spinster and hints at pride conflict and social expectations in a wry metropolitan voice. The piece critiques manners and the idea of reputation in urban life.
American to Rule Drummond Castle After Engagement
Eloise Breese of New York engages to Lord Willoughby of Eresby linking Drummond Castle to British aristocracy. The Drummonds and Ancaster heirs hold historic titles and vast estates including Drummond Castle near Creif. The piece traces lineage of Willoughby of Eresby, Duke of Ancaster, and notes Cromwellian and Victorian visits to the castle.
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New York
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Holy Land
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Eloise Breese
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George I
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Priscilla Bertie
Peter Burrell
Gwydyr
Aveland
Education and Ideals in the Nation’s Future
A lecture excerpt argues higher ideals are essential beyond intellectual growth. It cites Herbert Spencer, National Educational Association resolutions, and Dr Butler on morality over law. The piece warns against casuistry in law and business, urging moral education to accompany knowledge for a virtuous future.
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Herbert Spencer
National Educational Association
Spencer
Butler
Columbia College
Roosevelt
No Negateice Working. From the Chicago journa
A mash of jokes and quips from various papers remarks on work, marriage, taxes, and politics with humor about lazy husbands, a widow, a misbehaving mayor, and a banker’s office toy becoming a cop. It stitches together light, dated vignettes and one liners from Philadelphia, Columbus, Dallas, Cleveland, Chicago, and New York references.
Co operation among farmers
Detroit Free Press reports at the National Farmers Congress the push for education of agriculturists on cooperative selling to secure higher prices. It notes barriers from middlemen and rival farmer interests, with slow progress toward unified marketing and a hopeful outlook for a future solution.
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Detroit Free Press
National Farmers’ Congress
In Defense of the Shirt Waist Roams Rural Virginia Pages
A humorous opinion piece argues that shirt waists suit women but men wearing them is a scandal. The column blends humor with rural mockery and references to toad cures, circus outings, editorials, and various small town anecdotes from several U.S. locales.
Notable Visitors At The New Willard Hotel
A long piece lists several guests and conversations at the New Willard Hotel. It describes Mr. Robert Williams, a Californian now in Valdivia, Chile, praising Chile while criticizing its travel and banking links to the United States. Also featured are Mr. Charles Burdett Hart of Wheeling, a former diplomat. Judge W. M. Bickford of Butte. Senator Clark of Montana. Dr. S. F. Clark of Williams College. and Kansas Attorney General C. C. Coleman, among others, with brief notes on their roles and opinions.
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