Washington Post Postal Rates and Subscriptions Note
Fragment from the Washington Post 1910 notices shows subscription rates and payment methods. It lists annual and monthly terms with Sundays included, advance payment options and where to remit payments to THE WASHINGTON POST CO. It notes second class mail status and advertising rep contact details.
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Payebla
Washington Post CO
Washington, DC
Postoffes
Washington, D.C
Borsign Advertising
Gpaul
Fifth Avenue
New York
Steger Butlting
Chicago
Patterson Withdraws from Tennessee Campaign
Patterson quits his bid for reelection in Tennessee after a tentative offer to drop out failed to win support from independent Democrats. The move shifts power away from the administration as Republicans and Democrats alike view the pardon and ensuing withdrawal as a broader political recalibration.
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Cooper
Carmack
Gov
Patterson
la Jeter
Taft
Are We Going Back to Pre-Modern Roles
The piece laments gender role reversals with women entering male trades and men adopting domestic chores. It contrasts evolving professions with a fear of regressing to archaic labor norms, joking about vice and domestic tasks as society reverts.
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Sunport
West
Chicago
Lee Vail
Labor and Its Hours in Roosevelt’s Speeches
The piece argues Roosevelt’s speeches link labor and capital, urging wage earners to seek shorter hours and better conditions through organized labor and collective bargaining. It counters claims shorter days reduce output, noting concentration and cheerful work boost productivity, with leisure improving overall output.
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Thos c Ritle
Fisheries Ruling Sparks Divergent Views in The Hague
A lengthy discussion analyzes the judgments of the Hague tribunal on the fisheries dispute between the United States and Britain. Both sides claim victory while disagreements over interpretation remain. The piece argues for honoring the court’s effort, avoiding protracted arbitration, and seeking a fair adjustment. It also critiques the notion of money making and reflects on youth swimming anecdotes as a lighter counterpoint.
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International Lawyers
World Sipromats
the Hague
Washington
London
Canadian
Canned Drama and the Talkie Question in 1910s Theater
The piece laments moving pictures affecting legitimate theater profits and explores the notion of a “canned drama” born from pantomime to spoken dialogue. It contrasts type with genius, cites Hazlitt and Garrick, mocks reliance on appearance, and muses on politics, infrastructure, and cultural shifts of the era.
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Edison
Hazlitt
Pelf
Mammon
Garrick
New York
Broadway
Kean
The Old Swimming Hole Commissions Promoting City Swimming Classes
An editorial praises a city commission plan to teach youth to swim and urges equal access for girls. It argues swimming pools with attendants could reduce drownings and notes changing times from past practices. The piece recalls older how学 lessons and stresses safety and self preservation.
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Seacoast
Heart Surgery Vision Seen From Rockefeller Institute Work
A New York Times style note explains researchers at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research reporting animal experiments showing the heart can be opened cleaned and restarted with new techniques. They foresee human trials soon and discuss possible coronary artery interventions for angina, acknowledging the distance from actual operations.
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New York
Annals of Surgery
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Courtly Brooks as seen by a New England congressman's daughter
A firsthand reminiscence describes Henry Brooks as courtly and impulsive, recounting the 1850s assault by Preston Brooks on Senator Charles Sumner, the House reaction, Brooks resignation, a Southern farewell, and his sudden death from quinsy. The funeral occurred in the House, with Sumner alive.
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New England
Congress
Senate
Syomner
Butler
Brooks
House of Representatives
Sumner
Massachusetts
Cleanliness the Keynote in Kennel Care and Breeding
A Dog fancier’s guide emphasizes cleanliness as the prime factor for success in kennels. It urges ample drainage, sun exposure, and proper drainage, with a model stall design for up to ten dogs. Highlights include whitewash, disinfectants, fresh water, light, air, and avoiding damp, pestilent hollows. Dogs thrive with near normal conditions, not pampering.
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Todd Russel
How Cigarette Paper Is Made From the Philadelphia Record
Rica paper used for cigarettes comes from breadfruit membranes or flax and hemp trimmings. France dominates production with Austria and Italy minor. Five hundred sheets weigh a unit, paper is formulated from purified new materials, washed in artesian water, and finished by an electro process to ensure purity and whiteness.
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Philadelphia
Rica
France
Austria
Italy
Remark at Bogton dinner sparks witty exchange about fame
At a Bogton public dinner Judge Stary proposed a toast praising Edward Everett with the line Fame follows merit where Everett goes. Everett answered with a playful retort suggesting that no matter how high judicial learning rises in the country, there will always be one Story higher.
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Lippincott's
Judge Stary
Edward Everett
Bogton
Everett
Montenegrin Armament Rules And English gun laws
A transcription of varied excerpts contrasts Montenegro’s rigid custom of armed citizens with England’s strict gun law regime. It describes royal enforcement of loaded revolvers, a sunshade incident, then details 1903 English restrictions on firearm sales and ownership, including age limits and penalties, followed by notes on crime and policing without firearms.
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Montenegro
Nicholas
Cettinie
England
America
London
Wyland
United Kingdom
New York
War of the Tongs and the Chinatown Peace Pact
A historical overview traces the origin of tong warfare in New York Chinatown to gambling rivalries between Hip Sings and On Leongs. Judge Warren W. Foster brokered a formal peace with signed articles by leaders Tom Lee Jim Gum Mock Puck Wong Git and Wong Sam, ending open hostilities though sporadic violence persisted at Chinese New Year celebrations.
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Robert Wells Rytchin
Harper's Weekly
Mott and Pell
Chinsi
Uptown
Hilgabethport
N. J
Smiling Spring Sunshine Club
New York
Chee Kung Tong
Middle Kingdom
China
Warren W. Foster
Supreme Court
Foster
Chinatown
Fighting Tongs
Hip
Tom Lee
Jim Gum
Puck
Wong Git
Wong Sam
Tongs
Judge Foster
Isten
Quieted the Baby in a Chicago Street Car
A Chicago News item recounts a dramatic street car scene where an elderly man intervened to soothe a crying baby. He calmly took the infant, removed several garments, and discovered a large safety pin that had been causing distress, prompting cheers from passengers.
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Chicago News
Clark
Monroe
Boy’s trumpet salute on Schoneberg balcony shocks Berlin
A five year old in Schoneberg Berlin caused a lese majeste scare by playing a toy trumpet from a second floor balcony as imperial car trumpeters once dispersed crowds. An officer ordered a constable to seize the instrument while parents await legal action.
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Chicago Tier
Schoneberg
Berlin
Bern
Meutenant
Philatsiphis Inquirer
England
Esher Place
Surrey
Edgar
Helen Vincent
No Wedding Presents in Hungary
From the Wide World Magazine the article notes Hungarian wedding customs. Presents are reserved for poor couples to help start a home. Friends make fake crowns for the festivities and no wedding cake is served. Guests receive a ring-shaped sweet cake about ten inches in diameter.
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Hungary
Wide World
Prides
Citizens of the Future and the Boy Scout Movement
The piece lauds the global rise of organized outdoor youth programs led by figures like Thompson, Beard, and Seton. It argues for disciplined self reliance and nature focused development beyond annual farm stays, urging preparation for the country and wilderness to yield lasting strength and health.
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Boy Scout Movement
Hengland
United States
Thompson
Ton
Dan Beird
Mr. Seton
Mr. Beard
Feud Turmoil in Breathitt County Kentucky
E W McClure of Louisville describes Breathitt county as a hotbed of feudism on the verge of apothe, citing John Abner shot in ambush and the Abner, Callahan, Deaton, Smith and other feudist families on the warpath. He notes the mountain culture and the difficulty of education in curbing the cycle of violence.
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Breathitt County
E. W. McClure
Louisville
John Abner
Kentucky
Abner
Cole
Cox
Jackson
Callahan
Deatons
Smiths
Abners
Breathitt
Lady and the Egg Boil Question in Modish Rhetoric
A verse about fashion and flirtation opens with a boastful line of ornamental dressing. The text shifts to a Georgia state senator recounting a South politics anecdote about black voters being corralled before elections, with hall gatherings, speeches, and drinks used to influence turnout, culminating in Mose Green’s convention speech and a meditation on resilience.
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South
L. F. Patterson
Georgia
New Willard Lobby
Patterson
Moza Green
National Monthly
Rayan CW AL Ppe
Mose
Jon Guard
Addressed to the Jury by an Inexperienced Witness
A man with no court experience was sworn in southern Indiana. He stood with his back to the jury and spoke to the judge. The judge asked him to address the jury. The witness, unsure, finally pivoted and greeted the jurors with a shy good morning.
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National Monthly
Indiana
Courteo Ialy
During the Medway visit and Oliver Crowell remark
In class an exam asked to explain the line This would never have happened if Oliver had been alive. A student answered that it referred to the body of Oliver Cromwell being dug up after the Restoration.
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Pusch
Medway
Oliver
Oliver Worwell
Reflections of a Bachelor From the New York Press
Passion is a sprinter and affection has staying qualities. The rouge pot foals blind people yet fools them still. Any girl desires love for the way a man tans without burning. Man loves because he's fooled, marries because he's frightened into it. A private garden becomes convenient as the vegetable man calls regularly.
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New York
Rouge Pot
Indian powwow eyed for Muskogee in October
Muskogee expected to host a grand Indian pow-wow with tribes from the Southwest. Old and new generations will see dances, invocations, and a range of ceremonial practices, all while the town prepares to welcome visitors.
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Muskogee
John C. Everrett
Arlington
Southwest
Pale Face
Great Southwest
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