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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1914
Page
13
The text lists subscription terms for Washington Post service, noting carrier delivery areas Washington Alexandria, various periods including Sunday and daily options, and payment details. It presents prices, durations, and prepaid terms for mail subscriptions.
A strong call argues the United States must prepare for war to deter aggression. It cites Belgium’s destruction, Britain’s delays, and lessons from Europe, urging development of aircraft, dirigibles, armored cars, and robust land and sea forces to ensure peace through strength.
The piece argues three years are needed to raise a horse and notes no prep exists to supply European armies. Despite rising motor vehicle use, horse prices climb as France and England place large orders, especially in East St Louis and Kansas City, with 500 horses weekly for an unknown period. The impact: higher domestic prices and tighter supply, unless farmers shift to this new export-driven profit.
The article argues that the cotton planters require government currency support, not heartless policy. It asserts cotton is sound collateral, equates cotton to gold as loan security, and pleads for coordinated action by President, Congress, and the public to prevent widespread misery among Southern workers and families.
Representative Mann argues the in power Congress should adopt meritorious proposals to boost American manufacturing and reduce foreign dependence. He urges domestic dyestuffs and chemicals, finished goods rather than raw exports, and expanding cotton product manufacture to ease the cotton market strain amid war and cheap labor imports.
A reflective essay contrasts Connie Mack and George Stallings over the value of the hunch epigrammatically weaving in Napoleon finance and war news. It notes how intuition can lead to victory or disaster and blends in contemporary political and military asides with a sardonic tone.
Capt. Robinbum of the Second life Guards, husband of Lady Julet Duff, becomes Sir Robin Assheton-Smith after succeeding to his father’s baronetcy and vast estates. He inherits about 2 million dollars in income from Dincrwic slate quarries and the 40,000 acre Vaynol estate with Snowdon views. The Assheton-Smith line has held Waynot for centuries. the history traces marriages, name changes, and a noted bells-and-whistles career in horse racing and Turkish diplomacy.
An exchange in Tit-Bite features a cautious customer asking a waiter if style changes matter. The waiter says no, and the customer declares a preference to cook the eggs on top of a slice of ham for relief. The quip hinges on a playful take on culinary style.
The text argues that domestic dye stuffs chemicals medicinal preparations fertilizers and related articles would reduce reliance on foreign sources. It asserts national manufacturing would rise, creating employment by drawing workers from existing plants and the unemployed and lifting general wage scales through supply and demand.
Congress condensed actions report a war revenue bill set aside while a conference on Alaska coal land leasing is reviewed. A resolution praises A B C mediators with gold medals, a recess is noted, and a judiciary subcommittee ends charges against Associate Justice Daniel T Wright. A compromise cotton loan bill is introduced as Philippine bill remains unfinished and adjournment occurs at 5 10 p m until noon.
The New York Times chronicles Horace Walpole's 1784 letter from Strawberry Hill predicting future air warfare and airships. He envisaged balloons as part of conflict, noting a century horizon and questioning scientific progress while reflecting on aerial Quixotes. Balloons had first ascended successfully in 1753 by Mongolfier.
Detectives hunting bread and milk thieves near Twenty-ninth and Clearfield streets uncovered an underground apartment with rugs furniture and a refrigerator. Inmates Charles Anderson Henry Webster and Russell Whalen were arrested Webster received three months in jail and the others were held on vagrancy charges with $300 bail.
An Italian priest Domenico Argentieri invents a method to receive wireless messages without poles or batteries. Father Alfani of Florence Observatory explains how a potato and two needles can intercept signals, a claim noted after wartime suppression of private wireless stations.
London cable reports from the Berlin Tageblatt describe a hussar among Krasnik battle wounded who carried earth wrapped in cloth to die on Hungarian soil. His mother gave him the soil, and a comrade dedicated a poem praising the young Hungarian as a whale hero at eighteen.
Angora goats are being used to supply hair for wigs and switches as it resembles human hair and holds dye well. Actors can be deceived, with reports of actresses paying high prices for switches made from goat hair sold as human hair, critics claim.
A congressman asks a constituent to show him the Capitol and jokes about the infamous pork barrel, noting the abundance of pork stories in the press. The exchange highlights concerns over congressional spending and transparency.
The article argues war as a positive creator of civilization, with war shaping national development and possessions. It contends that wealth and land rights arise through power, not mere morality, citing Spain, America, and Prussia as examples of rising or decaying national spirit and duty.
Richard Price, a veteran prospector, finds native gold and a wide quartz vein near the Morning Glory mine in Republic camp. Assays show ore valued at $220.60 per ton containing 9.2 ounces of silver and 10.8 ounces of gold per ton. He claims the Ida May mining claim, taxed and sold to Earl D. Hoagland, and plans to ship a carload of rich ore.
Max Ehrhart and Joe Schlosser, two sheep herders tending 2,500 sheep on Battlement Mesa near Raven Colorado, are severely wounded after a dawn confrontation with four mountain lions. Their four guard dogs fought the beasts as the men rushed from camp, firing at the lions but sustaining brutal injuries. Both men are hospitalized in Glenwood Springs.
A fragment from a Cleveland Plain Dealer note describes a shop window display where a butcher proclaims weekly meat kills to supply pie manufacturing. The text also references a Chicago Hazard item and aPlano scene with a girl’s quip about love, forming a garbled, era-tinged collage.
Boston Globe reports Captain Probst of the Wildenfels aided survivors from the Danish steamer IEKH Pitka which foundered in Bis cay Bay on February 4. A Newfoundland dog named Jack leapt from the wreck to save a 14 year old boy as the ship sank, later drowned while aiding others.
From the New York Tribune two former Chicago newsboys, William Keene and Michael Manning, now wealthy California ranchers, celebrated a decade since leaving Longacre Square. They recalled saving James Austin’s carriage horses in Chicago, which led to a California cattle deal and a planned reunion with deceased newsboy “Little Bull.” They returned to Chicago last night.
A weary man wandered into Maxwell Street police station early yesterday asking to sleep there. He claimed he dreamed of chasing ducks in Cicero, struck his wife in his sleep, and faced accusations of drinking. The sergeant urged him to go home and rest.
Weather forecast for the District of Columbia Maryland Virginia and North Carolina with fair Saturday showers at night or Sunday gentle to moderate south winds and cooler temperatures in the west central regions plus notes on temperatures humidity rainfall and sunshine across the area. River bulletin reports Harpers Farm and Potomac Shenandoah rivers both clear.
Gov A M Dockers toured Maine with Mr Keene stopping in Freedom to revisit the old log schoolhouse where Keene taught at 16. They met centenarian and near-centenarian locals, praising Maine’s longevity and Democratic gains amid national debate on horses and war supply.
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