House Heads Europe Mission as Wilson Aide in Peace Effort
Colonel Edward Mandell House sails for six weeks in London Paris and Berlin as President Wilsons personal representative. He will meet ambassadors and heads of state to gauge sentiment and relay views to inform peace efforts and US policy. Houses long friendship with Wilson and his European diplomacy experience are cited as assets. Major Robert Russa Moton named to succeed Booker T. Washington at Tuskegee Institute with a background in law and education.
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New Vacuum Iron Process Aims To Cut Transformer Losses
A University of Minnesota assistant, Dr Trygve Yettsen, claims a new vacuum method to melt electrolytically refined iron achieving extreme purity and magnetic. If commercial, transformer material needs could drop by half, reducing wastage in operation. The report also notes the US Geological Survey year hundredfold growth in mineral research and explains scale capacity doubling for precision balances.
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Geological Survey
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United States
Alaska
Helpful Hints for Housewives Simple bedclothes pin for safety
A homemaking note describes a modified safety pin to hold the baby in bedclothes and bed protection for bedridden persons. Also includes a dated turkey dressing recipe with stale breadcrumbs, walnuts, celery, apples, sausage, and milky oyster gravy instructions.
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Cranberry Meringue and Suet Pudding Recipe
A reader’s old kitchen note outlines Cranberry Meringue with egg yolk, sugar, and cranberry sauce spread over a baked cake, plus a sugared icing topping. Also described is a Suet Pudding with milk, molasses, flour, currants and citrus peels, steamed two hours, with a lemon-flavored pudding sauce.
Baked Ham Stuffed With Cloves and Cornbread Filling
A historical recipe describes an overnight Boll ham made tender by slow roasting. Bone is drawn, skin removed, and cloves inserted. The cavity is filled with a mixture of eggs, cornbread crumbs, brown sugar, and black pepper, then baked for 90 minutes.
Chicken Loaf and Cocoanut Flakes Recipe Fragments
Fragmented cooking notes describe Cocoanut Flakes with butter sugar eggs milk lemon juice and baking powder. also a Chicken Loaf method from cooking minced chicken with bread, broth, onions, salt and pepper. Details are garbled but indicate mixing, shaping and baking steps.
Beet and Celery Salad Card
Beet and celery salad with chopped beets spread on lettuce leaves, celery cubes, walnut halves, and boiled egg. Topped with white or pale mayonnaise dressing.
Drew to Meet Loomis in Madison Square Garden Race
Howard Drew, once denounced for quitting mining, plans a special race against Joe Loomis of Chicago at Madison Square Garden on January 26. Drew, now in California and studying law, headlines in a note on amateur sport governance urging a national council to standardize rules, arbiter disputes, and oversee reinstatements across U S sports.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Madison Square Garden
New York City
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Springfield
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Athletic Council
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National Council
United States
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Bureau of Records
British Football Scandal and Other Sport News
The report by the English Football Association details a prearranged Liverpool versus Manchester United match in April, with money changing hands and players profiting. four Liverpool and three Manchester United players are suspended from football and barred from grounds. Also noted are the death of Cambridge oarsman R C Le Blanc Smith in action in northern France, a Winter Tennis Tournament in Miami, Bresnahan signing Galvin for the Cubs, Canada's lightweight champion Johnny O’Leary enlisting, and jockey A W Muntlen’s enlistment.
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Enixton
Oxford Po
Flowers of Many Countries in Young Folks Corner
The article describes several national flowers and their lore. The thistle represents Scotland with a tale of alerting a city’s defense after a soldier stepped on it. Ireland’s shamrock is linked to St Patrick and the Holy Trinity. France’s fleur de lis origin is debated between lily, iris, or flag. Japan’s chrysanthemum decorates embroidery and has a yearly fete. England’s rose is noted as the flower of Wales with varied colors.
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Goldy the forgiving cat and the startled mouse tale
A fluffy yellow kitten named Goldy finds a frightened mouse after raiding a feast on a newspaper serving table. Goldy settles by the door and sings as the mouse escapes unharmed, returning home to tell the tale.
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The Gondola Drink and Cough Remedies Parade
A sentimental note recalls a gondola ride in Venice and a wry remark on marriage as a lottery. The page then advertises Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and Sloan’s Liniment for tired muscles, touting relief, money back if unsatisfied, and broad use by readers.
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London
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Dr. King
J.R. Watts
Froydale
Texas
Humphreys Free Medical Book Celebrates Sixty Years
An advertisement notes Humphreys’ sixty year celebration offering a free medical book titled Humpheeys Mauser of all diseases. The pamphlet promises guidance on care and treatment of the sick using Humphreys remedies and related information for readers.
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