Publication office and subscription terms at Washington Post
The Washington Post announces subscription rates and delivery details for Washington and Alexandria. It lists daily, Sunday, and weekly options with prepaid postage and payment methods, and identifies the advertising representative in New York. The issue date is Thursday September 14 1911.
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Alexandria
Arates
Washington Post CO
Washington, D. C
Paul
Fifth Avenue
New York
Steger Potting
Fragmented Postal Notice About City Mail Delivery
The readable text fragments describe a postal or delivery affair involving addresses, papers opening to the public, and concern about staying informed. Mentions of a city, country, and police are present, with unclear sequencing and several garbled phrases.
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Perilous fate of missionaries amid Western China uprising
The article discusses the Chinese insurrection affecting American and British missionaries in Chengtu and Yangtze regions. It notes viceroy assurances, dispatching warships, uncertain American actions, and potential revolt spreading beyond provincial borders. It emphasizes native troop loyalty and the risk of dismemberment and suggests a looming warrior leadership to unite western China.
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Chengtu
Emebah Othe Mem
Otfe Verero
Chaien
Yis
Peking
Wekine
Fener
Chengte
China
Elo Tri
Empire
Bryanism and Southern voters in the 1900s political tension
Analysis argues the South supports Bryan’s policies to spite Wall Street and protect cotton industries, while fearing national prosperity and government overreach. It notes Southern money interests align with Northern goals and warns of political misalignment between populist rhetoric and economic realities affecting the cotton belt during elections.
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Bryan
Spain
Dan South
Hue
Wall Street
Alaska Debunked and Aviation Debate In One Text
Secretary Fisher confirms Alaska realities debunking sensational claims about vast coal and wealth while Taft exposes conspirators at Controller Bay. The piece also weighs aviation as science versus art, noting Langley, the Wrights, and rising fatalities, then argues for practical education at the Ghig Institute to forge useful citizens.
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McCrea
Alaska
Controlley Hay
Controller Bay
Tured
Pinchot
Ounele Sam
Taft
Ghig Institute
Worthy Institution Promises New Olite Mechanics Institute
A new Olite Mechanics Institute building will rise aided by a half million dollar gift. It combines four years of general education with four of technical study to produce lithographers printers designers and machinists. Dressmaking courses train women as professional designers cutters and fitters for major department stores.
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Olite Mechanics
Oluo Mechanics’ Institute
Tung Church New
Philipthrome Sone Bach
Ife
Reform talk on district divorce law hits old code
The piece critiques a proposed model district divorce law arguing it largely mirrors the old code and could push uniform State laws, while noting the lack of public demand for change. It compares outcomes and casts doubt on benefits of extending DC trends nationwide amid political and legal committees.
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Congress
Missouri
District of Columbia
Conference of Commissioners On Uniform State Laws
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American Bar Association
Hungry Lost Child Afraid to Eat in De Witt Clinton Park
Five year old Helen Hopkins wandered the city at night and slept in De Witt Clinton Park. Police found her curled on a bench with crackers and bread, unable to name her home. She told of a canal boat captain father who had moved to the city recently and was sent to the Children's Society.
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de Witt Clinton Park
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West Forty Seventh Street
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Children's Society
Tesla's New Engine Could Transform Power Use
The Electrical Review notes Tesla's turbine design may reduce wasted energy in factories and proposes potential applications in automobiles, locomotives, and ships. While praised for innovation, critics question practical utility, yet tests show small turbines delivering horsepower.
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New York Times
Charles Wilson Price
Electrical Review
Nikola Tesla
Tesla 13
Mr. Price
Edison
Telsa
Ilsvendon
Wiliam Ramsay
Brttish Association
Tesla
TWO FATHERS CLAIM GIRL IN SUPREME COURT HEARING
In Justice Gavegan's court a little girl with dark hair and eyes stands between two men, Giuseppe Lambardini and Oreste Marengo, each claiming to be her father after years of separation. Lambardini described adoption from Naples and care in America, while Marengo pressed his long search, asking Caterina be returned to him. The judge postponed the hearing for further investigation.
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New York Times
Supreme Court
Gavegan
Giuseppe Lambardini
Oreste Marengo
Lambardini
Oreste
Gargegan
Naples
Caterina
Jense
Italy
Algiers
Justice Gavegan
Vital secret of long life in a church pillar
A pastor asks a venerable parishioner for the source of her vigor through 42 years of service. She answers simply that "Victuals" sustain her mind and body, a brief glimpse into quiet resilience. Also, New York ships four tons of city exhibits to Chicago for an international municipal congress, showcasing department operations to the public.
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Lippinente
Mrs. 4S
New York
City of
Chicago
City Budget Committee
International Municipal Congress
Willliam A. Prendergast
Gaynor
Congress
United States
Liverpool
London
Hamburg
Berlin
Antwerp
Italian court annuls marriage may replace divorce in Italy
An Italian Rome court issued a decree akin to an annulment dissolving Count Pasolini and Mrs Montague marriage after she failed to produce a valid capacity certificate. The ruling treats marriage as a civil contract and allows annulment for noncompliance, potentially obviating future divorce laws and affecting American and Italian spouses.
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Europs
Rome
Count Pasolini
Montague
United States
Pasolini
Italy
Grief over dismissal kills longtime Atlanta postal worker
Thornton T. Green wood known as Uncle Thornton, aged Black veteran of 31 years with the Atlanta postal service, died after grief over his discharge for a $1.75 shortage. Despite inquiries by lawyers and appeals to Washington, he was not reinstated. He had been living at 23 Mangum Street and died Monday afternoon.
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Atlanta Constitution
Postal Department
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Darky
Thornton
Atlanta
Empire Building
Uncle Thornton
Washington
Cister
Mangum Street
James IH. O'Brien
San Francisco
Willard
Europe
New York
London
Paris
Mr. O'Brien
France
Germany
Morocco
Hope
America
Wooden Leg Quandary Triggers Town Board Debate
Andrew Wetzel’s failing wooden leg sparks a two hour North Wantagh, Long Island town board discussion. Superintendent Charles E. Wooden says legal obstacles prevent a public purchase while Wetzel explains his dire need and attempts to secure a new limb. The board votes to seek private sources for a replacement within ten days.
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New York American
Andrew Wetzel
North Wempstead
L. I
Charles E. Wooden
Wetzel
Free Shoe Shine With Each Drink at Ivy Street Barber Shop
A Sunday raid on a barber shop at 18 Ivy Street uncovered a large stash of whisky in pint bottles. Will Strong, a bootblack in charge, claimed another man brought in the liquor without his knowledge. He was sent to the chain gang for six days.
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Atlanta Constitution
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Ivy Street
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Recorder
Pegleg Pete On Warpath Over One-Eyed Wife
Muskogee dispatch recounts Pegleg Pete the pirate chief chasing his one-eyed wife with a red mane and a rival on the Arkansas river. A houseboat ferry tale unfolds of love, betrayal and threats as Pete vows to strike, but nerves fail him during each attempted revenge.
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Pete
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Pegleg Pete
Arkansas
Hyde Park
Iave
Fort Smith
Pegreg Pete
The Princess Song from Sackville Life of Margaret
A fragment from The Princess Song recounts a longing narrator in verse, seeking a missing lover who would bring jewels and a fairy crown. She laments her loneliness, insisting no ship will anchor to bring her ease, and compares herself to a leaf in winter.
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Sackville
Mhrognix
Why She Chose Him From the Boston Traveler
A girl selects Jim over many suitors for reasons of voice, education, manners, and appearance. The piece portrays preference not for wealth or love but for Jim as the sole proposer she trusted. In another item, a lost baby is found safe after wandering near a creek. a man spots and retrieves him before harm.
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Boston
Jim
Mabel
Oldest College Graduate Rankin Turned 101 Nears Event
William Rankin, America’s oldest college graduate, will be 1M years on Friday. He plans a quiet observance at his daughter Mrs Ellen Bliss’s home on Valley road Summit New Jersey. Rankin, a Williams College alum, remains in good health and keeps current events via daily newspaper reading. He goes driving on each clear day.
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New York Herald
Wiliam Rankin
America
Jay
Ellen R. Bliss
Valley Road
Bummit
N. J
Rankin
Tie
Wiliams College
Notable Quotations From the Chicago News Op-Ed Snippets
A batch of pointed paragraphs humorously critiques labor, convenience, and social manners. Witty lines remark on living with modern amenities, small men and big cigars, lawyers and heirs, private opinions, unacted regrets, and a woman’s pursuit of a man.
Reflections of a Bachelor on Money and Women
A short satirical piece notes a man’s politics follow his bank balance and ironies of business, ownership, and rent. It observes how a blind man may doubt a girl’s blue eyes, and how ownership challenges views on women and costs. The tone is wry and reflective.
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New York Press
West Virginia Republicans expected to win backing in next year
At the New Willard Attorney General W G Conley forecasts a solid Republican revival in West Virginia. He says the party will carry local state and national races, regain the governorship, and form a united Republican delegation in Congress amid old factional splits fading.
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W. G. Conley
Charleston
New Willard
West Virgina
Congress
Wil
Charley Swisher
Charles W. Dillon
Fayetteville
Joe Gaines
Ira Robinson
Supreme Bench
Scott
Connecion
Pin Prick Kills Man at Long Island City Hospital
Joseph Hopkins a teamster died at St John s Hospital Long Island City from blood poisoning after a pin prick. He had stored a package of receipts vouchers and money in his right pocket seven weeks earlier. While unloading a four barrel from a truck at 20 pm the package was fastened and a nail drove into his leg. He quit work three weeks later and sought hospital care.
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New York
Unfinished. Trom the Tyleda Blade Lyre-Yes at the summer resort
Fragmentary, whimsical narration describes mosquitoes at a summer resort and a Jersey eagle barking. The speaker insists on surreal, impossible details as they joke about the scene and request companionship.
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