Washington Post Subscription Rates 1915
Subscription options listed for Washington Post readers in 1915 include daily and Sunday delivery in Washington and Alexandria with options by mail, week and month terms, and annual plans. Payment methods require advance remittance by draft check postoffice order or registered letters.
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Alexandria
Washington Post CQ
Washington, D. C
Washington, DC
Paul
Fifth Avenue
New York
Millers
Britain’s Commercial War on the United States
A critical report accuses Britain of a commercial war against the United States by restricting American exports to northern European neutrals. It claims British blocks, detentions, and purchases at British prices rob American merchants, with cotton, cargoes, and other goods diverted to Britain or seized. The piece calls for decisive U.S. action against British trade disruption.
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United States
Europe
Great Britain
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Briah
Britain
Germany
Ta &King
Love's Young Dream in Youthful Union Sparks Gretna Green Vow
At 89 Seth Spurlock wed Julia Melomas ten years his junior in a Gretna Green style ceremony near Flyntington. Despite age, relatives, and social whispers, the couple proclaim mutual affection and renewed purpose. The piece reflects on love enduring beyond age and prior marriages.
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Emerson
Seth Spurlock
Fetinock
Julis Melomas
Gretna Green
Flyntington
Osler
Knut
Apostle
Jolkas
Job
Seth
Tulle
Julia
Lincoln couple greeted with kitchen shower upon return
The passage describes a warm welcome for a young couple returning to Lincoln county from a brief but joyous trip. It emphasizes forgiveness, hearty reception, and a kitchen shower as the least they deserve after their travels. Seth’s digestion is noted as unlikely to suffer from her cooking.
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Seth
Lincoln County
Foreign Nations Seizing Gold for National Uses
A cablegram reports border customs in Cerbere France seizing gold from travelers leaving the country and forcing excess gold and silver above ten dollars in face value to be exchanged for government paper money at a discount. The piece argues for hard gold payments on foreign debts and criticizes exporting gold while warning of financial risks.
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Cerbere
France
Pergang
Spain
New York
Europe
Great Britain
Holland
Scandinavian
Russia
Italy
Belgium
England
Ita
Taft warns on Philippines drift and future peril
In a Commonwealth Club speech Taft argues that foresight and statesmanship two years ago could have averted regional conflicts. He warns that U S plans to hasten Philippine self rule may provoke future confusion and risk in U S Japan relations if the islands are left to chaos.
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Mexico
Commonwealth Club of
California
Taft
Philippines
United States
Islands
Japan
Forethought on the Philippines and regional affairs
The author argues the United States faces a choice regarding control of the Philippines and nearby regions. With two courses open in the Pacific and ongoing tensions in Mexico and Europe, the U.S. must adopt forward looking statesmanship to avoid future conflict and ensure order without allowing Japan to move in.
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Mexico
United States
Japan
Philippines
Bad Men on Both Sides Across Texas Border Tensions
Assurances from First Chief Carranza and border generals claim Carranza troops are not attacking Americans or American troops on the Texas border. Navarrete, a Carranza lieutenant, backs restraint and notes outlaws on both sides provoke incidents. Editors urge rejecting invasion, punishing border shooters, and empowering authorities to pursue peace through prudent measures.
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Carranza
Texas
Navarrete
Col. Bullard
Mexico
Washington
United States Army
el Paso
San Antonio
A Pianist in Hiding and Other Disconnected Notes
The article muses on easy disappearances of famous and unknown people, citing Leo Godowsky and Dorothy Arnold as examples. It compares celebrity concealment to crime solving, notes how guilt can reveal culprits, and imagines a pianist living unseen in Chicago or New York while observing societal quirks and era anxieties.
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Leopold Godowsky
Dorothy Arnold
Enoch Arden
Rosenthal
Godowsky
Chicago
Moving Picture Theater
New York
Empress Eugenie Death Watch for Franceschini Pietri
Franceschini Pietri long served Napoleon III and Empress Eugenie as private secretary and chief of the household. A Corsican lineage, his loyalty spanned imperial and republican eras, with ties to Pietri and Rimini figures. He witnessed key moments from 1854 onward and now nears death, carrying vast yet diaryless knowledge of Napoleonic history.
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Franceschini Pietri
Napoleon III
Chislehiret
Eugenie
Pierre
Joachim Pietri
Police
Paris
Napoleon II
Corsica
Bonaparte
Tham
Pietri
Empire
France
Napoleon
Pierre Pietri
Joachim
Republic
Pans
Thiers
Franceschini
Eugenio
Prince Imperial
Zululand
Will of James H Allen Sets Charity Plan and Sermon for Heirs
James H Allen's will disposes of an eight million dollar estate to his widow and five children with a pledge that half the property be used for charitable and Christian work and the other half to be earned for further good. The document includes a sermon stating the devil is smarter than mankind and urges reliance on the Lord.
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St Louis Dispatch
Kansas City Star
James H Allen
Honest Boy Jimmie Returns Pocketbook Found On Street
A Kansas City Star item praises Jimmie a South Side boy for returning a $4 pocketbook found on Hast Thirty-eighth Street. A separate note shows Mrs J Sullivan losing a purse and later receiving $4 with a childish message blaming a “nigger boy” for taking it. Mr Sullivan plans to meet Jimmie when his foot heals.
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Diogenes
Hall of Fame
Jimmie
South Side
Thirty-eighth Street
J . Sullivan
Warwick Boulevard
Thirty-ninth Street
Broadway
Heaven
Mr. Sullivan
Those Poor London Cats War Time Plea Angers Press
A British press editorializes against appeals for funds to aid deserted German cats, arguing that amid the wartime human suffering caused by the conflict, charitable focus should not shift to animals. The piece notes many cats left by Germans who have departed or been interned.
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London Dispatch
Philadelphia
The
Times
Hills and Hills: A Poem by Arthur Gutterman
A Scribner's Magazine excerpt echoes a speaker craving rugged hills over plains. The verse celebrates ascent and endurance, picturing ragged shores and mossy rocks as the path to exaltation. Strong imagery of climbing, exertion, and vision underscores the longing for elevated landscapes and personal strength.
Death Defeats Doctor Lover and Poisoned Fiancee
Reading Dispatch Philadelphia Record recounts Dr Michael Austin's five day vigil to save his fiancee Misa Marion Forman of New Fork after she ingested bichloride of mercury pills mistaken for headache remedies. She died in agony as Mr Forman’s family guest home on Mineral Spring Road witnessed the tragedy.
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Fa) Dispatch
Philadelphia Record
Michael Austin
Misa Marion Forman
Hew Fork
Mra
Max Luria
Mineral Spring Road
Mian Forman
Austin
Changes name 10 avoid fights and ridicule
Sugesta Carmine Spota of 230 Matt Street has won permission to call himself Jeal Spota after fist fights in school. He, a 24 year old New Yorker, says Susie and Susie's Jester led to conflicts and wants an American name to deter ridicule while studying dentistry. Philip B Lang also received permission to use Phil Lang. He lives at the Hotel Normandie and hails from Newla Ohio. He explains proper pronuncation as Lawhed, but commonly heard as laughed, noting his name caused embarrassment and mail loss.
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Jess
New York Sun
Carmine Spota
Matt Street
New York Dental College
Supreme Court
Whitaker
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Spota
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Philip B Laughead
Phil Lang
Normandie
Newla
Ohio
Justice Shearn
Lawhed
Joy for One at Least from Tit Bits
A minister meets two parishioners recently married and hears a comic tale of domestic strife. John reports lively quarrels at home with his wife throwing dishes, yet insists they are getting on fine and are happily married.
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French Capture of Sebastopol Fiftynine Years Ago
A retrospective on the 1855 assault at Sebastopol during the Crimean War. Gen MacMahon led French forces to seize the Malakhov fortress with the Union Jack and tricolor then raised together over the Russian defenses. The British assault failed with heavy losses, while France claimed the fall of Sebastopol.
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F Petissier
William Howard Fussell
London Times
Black Sea
Turkey
Crimea
France
Duke of
Russell
Wild Horse Hunt in New York Across Fifth Avenue
A New York World report describes a runaway horse chased by three hysterical women and a policeman. Patrolman Michael Cunningham commandeered a taxi to pursue the animal down Fifth Avenue from West Fifty sixth Street to Seventh Avenue, with multiple close calls and a final tumble into construction debris.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Peter Mannings
West
Fifty Sixth Street
Michael Cunningham
Horae
Forty Second Street
Cunninghams Auto
Twenty Eighth Street
Cunninghams Second Auto
Seventh Avenue
Cunningham
Johnny's Good Resolutions From the San Francisco Star
A humorous column about a child’s 1817 resolutions to avoid quarrels truancy and rough behavior while noting the playful mischief of chasing a red headed boy. The piece ends with a light exchange at a Houston Chronicle club reflecting on a husband’s home life and personal reform.
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San Francisco
Houston Chronicle
Jones
Brown
Washington hotels and foreign envoys stir recall of past diplomatic rows
In Washington hotels discussions recall 1896 Congress resolution against Senator Bayard over protective tariff remarks in England, and 1863 recall of Henry Seger over unfriendly utterances toward the Union. Lincoln Memorial ceremony features David Bispham singing The Star Spangled Banner as Henry Bacon directs progress. Fort Sheridan chosen as a training camp to prepare citizen soldiers, seen as beneficial for regional states.
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Henry Seger
United States
Salvador
Lincoln
Union
Frederick A Hamilton
New York
Shoreham
Thomas F Bavard
Delaware
Court of St James
Congress
Grover Cleveland
Mr Bavard
England
House
Bayard
Cleveland
Baron
Europe
Emmanuel
Rome
Compeed
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
Fort Sherida
War Department
Handcuffed Guard Punished At Public Pole
Private Robert Watson of the Arkansas National Guard was court martialed for holding up and robbing a colored man during patrol in Newport flood ruins. Three hours of public humiliation followed as he was strapped to a telephone pole on Main Street, a punishment reported by the Chicago Herald.
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Ark
Dispatch
Chicago Herald
Main Street
Robert Watson
Arkansas National Guard
After Marriage Hints on Courtship Abound
A Pittsburgh Post excerpt notes that magazines promise etiquette tips on winning a wife and lovemaking while later remarks that a man must shift focus to himself after marriage, implying changes in behavior and responsibilities.
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