Chantecler Costume Showcases 12000 Pheasants Feathers
The Rostand play Chantecler features a remarkable Mme Simone costume made from 12 000 pheasant plumage costing 7500 dollars. A frame of webbed bone supports canvas covered with layered bird plumage in over twenty shades to faithfully mimic pheasant markings. Months of work produced an exquisite reproduction that significantly aided the drama’s success.
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Rostand
Chantecler
Mme
Simone
M. Rostand
Telewriters for London Promise Exact Facsimile Messages
London prepares for a new telewriter system after the postmaster general grants a twenty one years lease. The device transmits written messages in exact facsimile, aiding business by comparing written to spoken communication and indicating whether the subscriber is on the line. It can be added to the telephone network.
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London
Railways Provide Expert Stenographers For Businessmen
Article notes trains now supply trained stenographers for traveling businessmen. It highlights stenographers on trains dictating work as if in a quiet office, with agents traveling over long distances and returning home to complete tasks promptly.
Uncle Sam as road builder in western reclamation era
Experts marvel at the United States government roads on western reclamation projects. More than 600 miles of superb highways completed and in use, with byroads and macadamized work to come. Dry farmers rely on these roads to haul crops and send children to school, while autos become common in pioneer towns.
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United States
Angie Sam
Kentucky Rock Asphalt Road Construction Described
A Detroit publication lauds a Belle Isle bridge approach road surfaced with Kentucky rock asphalt. The article details the layered foundation of crushed limestone and screenings, followed by multiple asphalt lifts rolled to compact depth, with daily rolling until the road was opened to traffic.
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Detroit
Belle Isle Bridge
Taft Sees Good Roads as State Function
President Taft favors state led road building arguing good roads are primarily a state issue. He opposes broad national aid and urges states to unite to develop highways linking capitals and county seats. He calls education second only to road systems as civilizing.
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Taft
Road maintenance Tip: fix deterioration early
Foreign countries lead in road work by keeping crews on the roads to spot decay. Repair of the first signs of deterioration is cheaper and better than rebuilding after roads become impassable or full of ruts and gullies.
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United States
Good Road Movement Spreads Across the Nation
The split log drag is widely used as good road advocates form associations across the United States. The push for better roads grows as communities adopt improved methods, aiming for permanent improvements. The movement urges faster adoption.
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United States
Oxygen helmet aids Philadelphia firemen in ammonia fumes
Fire crews in Philadelphia tested a new oxygen helmet to safely enter burning buildings with ammonia fumes and rescued several victims. London fire brigades held annual competitions demonstrating wet drill hose handling and dry surprise drills to simulate real fires and improve response.
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Philadelphia
Quaker City
London Fire Brigades
Numeral town names cited by Harper's Weekly
Harper's Weekly notes there are at least thirteen U S post offices with only numeric names such as Seven Tennessee Fourteen West Virginia Fifteen Ohio Sixteen Montana Seventeen Ohio Thirty nine Alabama Forty eight Tennessee Seventy six Kentucky and Ninety six North Carolina. Evans Drug Co agents for Waterman s Ideal Fountain Pen tf
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United States
Tenn
W. Va
Mont
Ala
N. C
Harper’s Weekly
Fire Alarm Box Locations and Pleasant Home Ad
A list of fire alarm box sites in the city with streets and intersections including North Aberdeen to Broadway. Also an ad for Pleasant Home Addition near the car line offers fifty foot lots at $25 down and $10 per month by Will Lanning.
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Aberdeen
Cleveland
City Hall
Market
Terrace Ave
River
Burrow
Hume
Benn
Heron
Wilson’s
Fourth
M. Franklin School
Anderson & Middleton Mill
River Streets
Broadway
Third
Sixth
Federal Lumber Co
Division
Michigan Avenue
Western Cooperage Co
Michigan Ave
River Street
Washington
Washington Streets
Curtis
Clark
Evans
Front Streets
South
Pleasant Home
Will Lanning
Evans Drug Co Capsa Headache Cure Ad
Headache Capsus guaranteed to cure the worst headache in minutes or money back. Evans Drug Co. A skit shows a back and forth about paying bets with kisses and drafts. Dialogue hints at notes and checks as payment, with a humorous exchange on debt and payment forms.
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Evans Drug Co
Spring timetable details for steamers Harbor Belle and Champion
The 1910 schedule lists daily Harbor Belle sailings Aberdeen to Montesano and Westport seasonally with Sunday changes after May 1 including Montesano to Westport runs. Champion runs daily except Sundays Aberdeen to Westport and Hoquiam to Westport with support to Markham and Sanford's Point and nonfixed charter availability each afternoon.
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Wilson Bros. Navigation CO
Harbor Belle
Khunday A.M. P
Aberdeen
Montesano
CosmopolIs
Mont
Aber
Hog
Steamer Harbor Belle
Poquiam
Westport
Hoquiam
Steamer Champion
Weser
North Jetty
Seeees Ly
Markham
Sanford
Notice to stockholders for capital stock increase
The F. G. Tefft Company calls a stockholders meeting at its Aberdeen Washington principal office at 10:00 AM on May 7 1910. The agenda is to vote on increasing capital stock from 3000 to 15000 dollars. Dated Aberdeen March 8 1910 signed by F G Tefft J B Tefft trustees and E A Landon. First publication March 10 1910 last publication April 28 1910.
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F. G. Tefft Co
F. G. Tefft Company
Aberdeen
County of
Chehalis
State of Washington
A. D
Wash
Said
Tefft Company
F. G. Tefft
E. A. Landon
Estate of Eliza Hulet Notice to Creditors
In the Superior Court Chehalis County Washington the estate of Eliza A Hulet deceased is administered by Wm M Hulet as administrator. Creditors and claimants must present vouchers within twelve months after first publication March 31 1910 to A Emerson Cross Aberdeen Washington. Date first publication March 31 1910. Date last publication April 28 1910.
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Superior Court
State of Washington
Chehalis County
Eliza Hulet
Wm. M. Hulet
Eliza A. Hulet
and Allersons
A. Emerson Cross
Aberdeen
Washington
Chehalis
Lillie E. McClure
John W. McClure
Lillie E. McClue
Ole Axland
Judith Axland
Administratrix
Estate of Lillie E McClure Executor’s Notice
John W McClure executor of Lillie E McClure deceased calls creditors and others with claims to present them within one year from first publication dated March 1 1919 at the office of A Emerson Cross Aberdeen Chehalis Washington. Creditors must file with vouchers.
Summons for Divorce in Chehalis Washington 1910
The Superior Court of Washington Chehalis summons Issac Mononen to appear within sixty days after March 31 1910 to answer a complaint by Josephine Mononen seeking dissolution of marriage and general relief. Attorney Wilson Buttner lists Aber deen address. last publication May 5.
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Superior Court
State of Washington
Chehalis County
Josephine Mononen
Issac Mononen
Notice to Creditors Ole Axland Estate
Ole Axland died, Judith Axland named administratrix. Creditors must prove claims with vouchers within twelve months from March 31 1910, to the administratrix at Aberdeen Washington. Attorney for Administratrix listed.
Summons Notice in Chehalis County Case
Plaintiff Mina Patterson sues Walter Patterson in Chehalis County Washington. The summons requires answer within sixty days after April 4 1910 and to copy the answer to attorney Wilson Buttner whose Aber Date of last publication is May 9.
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Wilson Buttner
Aberdeen
Chehalis County
State of Washington
Mina Patterson
Walter Patterson
A. D
Notice of Final Account and Hearing in Hamilton Estate
In Chehalis County Washington administrator Charles Fedford renders final account for Sarah E Hamilton deceased and petitions for distribution. A hearing is set for April 16 1910 at 10 a m in Montesano Superior Court with objections in writing welcome. The notice bears the seal of Judge Mason Irwin and county clerk W C Birdwell. Last publication April 14 1910.
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State of Washington
Chehalis County
Sarah E. Hamilton
Chas, Fedford
Sarah FE. Hamilton
Montesano
Chehalis
Mason Irwin
W. C. Birdwell
Superior Court
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Simone IN “Chantecler
Telewriters For
Yaking
Lion
Uncle Sam
Kentucky Rock Asphalt
Mich
Good Roads Magazine
New York
Cle
Agalis
J. BE. Tefft
505 Seventh Street
Washington, D.C
Dake
Sansome Street
Ras
the Twentieth Century Magazine
B. C. Flower
the Arena
Friends
Lincoln Steffens Hamlin Garland David Graham Phillips
Sen
Robert L. Owen
William Kittle Carl S. Vrooman
Benj
Fay Mills
Edwin Markham
Charles Zueblin
Charles E. Russell
Thomas E. Will Bolton Hall
John D. Works
William Ordway Partridge
L. F
Switzerland
George Judson King
William W. Bates
Charles Edward Russell
William Kittle
Republican Party
Twentieth Century Magazine
Herald
Thiesore Etty
Acre
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