Washington Post subscription drive and new home comforts
The notice outlines subscription terms for The Washington Post with a focus on affordable rates and early delivery. It envisions innovations such as durable fences, electric storage batteries for heating and cooling, and waste heat use, claiming these will conserve forests and reduce living costs while urging remittances by draft or check and directing payments to The Washington Post in Washington DC.
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Stephen
Girard
Tress
Bunday
Washington Post
Washington, D. C
Washington, D.C
New York
Harriman on Government and the new aviation era
A reflective piece on E H Harriman arguing government should be run by common sense and restraint. It links his maxims to municipal efficiency, then shifts to a forecast of aviation advancing rapidly, with reflections on peace, wealth, and the limits of wealth and power. It previews Ballinger policy and Taft conservation views, and touches on Yorktown commemorations and tobacco trust cases.
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Ballinger
Alaska
Bal- Ungers Cofracter
Pitchot
Justifiade
Wnither
Pinchot
Hasnevelt
Gus
Taft
Hut sees danger of food shortage in United States
A terse note highlights looming food scarcity as a concern touching about a million households. The statement points to rising needs and potential strain on supplies, urging attention to agricultural production and distribution. Details remain fragmentary but emphasize national impact and urgency.
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la Hut
United States
Jim
T Bertse
Touch
National land policy and vast holdings questioned
The piece contends the United States has ceded hundreds of millions of acres to private owners, notes persistent land grants and fraud, cites official counts of unappropriated and unreclaimed land, and argues that much timber and mineral wealth remain undistributed or poorly surveyed as federal policy shifted. It highlights figures on acreage and the lingering impact of historic land laws.
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Washington
New York
United States
Great West
Flouriah
Allen Hitchcock
Alaska
Alsaka
United Atatea
Taft As A Speaker Shows Marked Campaign Progress
Washington correspondence notes Taft has improved since last fall’s campaign begins a 15000 mile country swing. He started with one speech of hundreds planned, drawing praise for extempore delivery, while critics note past crude stump speaking.
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Washington
Taft Hay
Heverly
United States
Benjamin Harrison
Taft
Ohio
Tate
Chicago
Bryan
Many Kansas City Girls Had Not Seen a Real Pig
A Kansas City Central High School class revealed widespread ignorance of pigs among students. About 200 girls across three city schools reported never having seen a live pig, prompting teachers to stress knowledge of everyday facts.
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Unkom
Kansas City
Plank Exhibit For Blind Visitors Opens At Natural History Museum
A large philippine plank named in honor of Prd the New Trance is the first exhibit in a new room for blind visitors at the Natural History Museum. The 45 foot long 8 inch thick flawless specimen, among the largest ever brought to this country, will open later this month to support future exhibits.
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Philippines
Natural History Museum
Family Rows of the Greviles From Dublin to London
A long feature recounts the Greville family drama with Capt Ronald Greville’s clashes as high sheriff of Westmeath, Lord Greville’s courthouse flag battle at Mullingar, separations, and divorces among the Greville siblings. It notes Mrs Ronnie Greville as a social force, links to fashion writing, and an aside on the junior line of Greville of Warwick. It also reports a savage attack on King Leopold and Belgium gambling scandals around Ostend, with court rulings on the Ostend casino.
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Henry 8 Kerr
New York
John W Grace
Thet
City
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London
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Ronald Greville
Erithnalas
Lore Greville
Ronnie
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Mullinger
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Will
Westmeath
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Alistair Hay
Herbert Greer
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Monrose
Charles Greville
Kety
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Bombay
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Warwick
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Grata
Tandon
William Moliwan
King Leopold
Leopold
London Saturday Review
Belgian Supreme Courts of Appeal
Ostend
M Marquet
Saturday Review
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England
Portland
Dartmoor
Parkhurst
Innsted
Brussels
Puch
Monte Carlo
Monte Ceri
Ang Fhalsted
Court of Appeal
Cadin - MakQurge DE Fontenot
Brentwood Company
Federal Usurpation and State Rights Under Threat
Mayor McClellan denounces federal overreach and calls for a transparent constitutional amendment. He warns that if interstate commerce, taxation, and state sovereignty are bent to serve centralized power, the Constitution should be amended openly rather than reversed in darkness.
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New York
McClellan
Congress
Supreme Cadet
Supreme Court
Westington
Nuy
Big Oyster Yield and Market Shifts Noted
An optimistic view of the spring oyster season proves accurate as yields rise and quality improves. Oysters are transplanted to shallow water for fattening. fuel engines modernize boats. shanties disappear. trade patterns adjust with Thanksgiving demand and packers awaiting rush orders. The piece also notes a long will disfavoring paper cigarettes and detailing a New York man’s bequest and a grandson’s obligations after Grevel’s death.
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Baltimore
New Jersey
Long Island Sound
Wye
Alven
New York
Wilhelm Henry Maximilian Grevel
East Tegth Street
Manhattan
Bate
Grevel
Edward Acker
Starving Veteran Dies in Bradford County
A homeless, starving Civil War veteran named Michel Buckley, a longtime member of the Immotsl Lith regiment of the New York volunteers, was found wandering near Red Lion and died at the county almshouse. His body rests at Prospect Hill Cemetery under the soldiers' monument. Buckley’s unit suffered heavy losses at Gettysburg with high casualties including a killed colonel and wounded lieutenant colonel and major, leaving no orders to retreat.
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New York Volunteers
Gettysburg
Red Lion
Troy
Bradford County
Prospect Hill
John Fedawick
Buckley
Reynold
Sleepy Hotel Guests Wake to Bedside Teleclock
A new device attaches to a hotel guest’s bed or pillow to ring a master clock via a telephone receiver. The user, waking to the hour, presses a button and a chorus of gongs marks the current time, eliminating the need to call the central desk for the time.
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Solomon
Leaverna
Michigan liquor law bars all students from drinking
Detroiters report the new Michigan liquor act is rigidly enforced to prevent any student at public or private schools from buying or consuming alcohol. The law also prohibits saloonkeepers or bartenders from allowing students or minors to play games where alcohol is sold, unless prescribed by a physician, and even midlife students risk violating the statute.
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Axe
Detroit College of Law
Detroit College of Medicine
Wiliam L. Carpenter
Warner-Cramton
Nature's Prodigal Returns to Nature After 20 Years
A poem from the New York Times laments a man aging while chasing money, neglecting health and hunger, and rediscovering nature as his life drains. It portrays a solitary, reflective journey home, with repeated refrain that Nature's prodigals come home too late.
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Wasa
Autumnal Verse From New York Amesleam Opus
A fragmentary poem laments a lovelorn scene as autumn leaves and parasols frame a city stroll. The speaker muses on a woman’s beauty and seasons, imagining spring finery and a distant woodland ideal, contrasted with a winter cold.
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Phat Poe
Gners
Lost Horse Reward Tale From New England Village
A New England resident posts a five dollar reward for a missing horse. A half wit man hears the offer and finds the horse in half an hour by following a simple plan. He explains he went to the place he would go if he were the horse.
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London
New England
Hus Hale Witted
Heroic Playby Chester Dowrick Saves Ball Game
Four heroics by Chester Dowrick of North End Junior baseball team in a game against the Keystone Juniors. Dowrick grabbed a hot liner at second base, injured his finger, and despite the pain, stayed in play to tag a runner and help preserve the lead. He later picked up the finger from the ground and ran home for care.
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North End
Keystone Funiors
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Seare
Tatayar
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Reflections of a Bachelor and Social Mirths
A collation of witty reflections and quips from early 20th century papers. It contrasts gender views with humorous lines on marriage age schemes, money making gardening schemes, and the social lessons of love and friendship featuring sharp observations about women and men.
Pointed Paragraphs From the Chicago News
Fragmentary text from a Chicago News page reflects social satire on charity boasting self sufficiency and self awareness. It criticizes viewing others through prejudice and notes contradictions in public virtue. The piece comments on personal courage and public image with scattered proverbs and reflections.
Italian Consul General Praises US Sympathy in Messina Aftermath
American consul general James Atwood Smith in Genoa expresses gratitude for American sympathy toward Italy after the Messina earthquake. He notes strong US-Italy trade links, with cotton exports rising and American machinery and agricultural implements gaining favor. He cites Denver and Baltimore as growing hubs, discusses labor, tariffs, and the appeal of Western cities to visitors and merchants.
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Messina
James Atwood Smith
Genoa
Wilert
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Iely
Mediterranean
America
Mars
Yinit
Mr.Smith
Vermont
Unusu al J Leghorn
Congo Free State
Washington
Denver
Gedalla
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Corado
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Taft
Lowe
Colrade
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le Master Builders
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