Uncle Sam’s Navy Yard Toyshop Delights Nation
In a tiny Washington navy yard building six skilled workers craft miniature warships and siege toys. Tiny tools shape models at quarter inch scales with exact plans, producing detailed replicas of the nation’s fighting craft for children and grownups alike.
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Ashington
Nny
Sam
Joyindkar
Sin
Washington Navy Yard
Uncle Sam
Horn
Army Signal Corps
Army Toy
War
Navy
Santa Claus
Sar Sam
Allie
Fake
Navy Yard
Toole
Jackson Monument Guns in Lafayette Square Described
Col Spencer Cosby, engineer in charge of public buildings in DC, noted nine years ago an effort to determine the four smoothbore bronze field guns guarding the Jackson statue base in Lafayette Square but found no definite records from the office or War Department. The guns, two at opposite corners show seventeenth and eighteenth century French and Spanish ship artillery handles, while the other two lack such handles.
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Jackson Monument
Lafayette
Spencer Cosby
Engineer Corps
United States Army
District of Columbia
Cosby
Lafayette Square
Failure to Kill Flies Blot on Civilization, Says Dr Howard
Dr L O Howard head of the agriculture bureau condemns fly culture and urges prevention through cleanliness and waste management. He notes flies carry germs and aid disease spread, advising rigorous garbage collection, watertight stable containers, and health inspections to eradicate breeding grounds. Dr Arthur D Murray also assists DC health officials in leading local fly prevention in stables and related properties.
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Department of Agriculture
Board of Health
Howard
Arthur’ D., Murray
District of Columbia Health’ Department
Who
Feeding the help in large hotels a persistent problem
A Washington hotel head notes a global issue over whether to raise wages and provide meals or to offer regular meals for hotel staff. In many hotels kitchen fed workers, with officers often eating from the regular menu at high prices. Some Chicago hotels charge officers modest meals, others set different allowances. New York hotels explore weekly salary with no board or laundry.
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Washington
Chicago
New York
Persevering star refuses comeback in Pumpkin Center
An actress branded an old favorite declines a Palace hotel engagement in Pumpkin Center after a manager pressures her to perform. She berates the town, orders her understudy to open, and vows never to return as the local paper faces her scorn and a threatened public humbling of the editor.
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Palace
Pumpkin Center
The Joy of Living and the Odd Fragments
A garbled mix of phrases and quotations from various sources touches on living costs flavors of jelly cake and a manager firing an employee. The snippets include literary titles and disjointed dialog about work and pay, with no coherent narrative or clear names or dates.
Robbed of Fame by History's Anonymous Acts
Snippets reflect on overlooked deeds and nameless contributors who shaped humanity, asserting that essential work often goes unremembered as famous names fade from memory. The fragment contemplates who among unseen workers quietly influenced progress.
Dreamlike walk to altar sparks warning about sleepwalking
A man known for careful accounting recalls the moment at the altar feeling like a dream. He quips that sleepwalking proves dangerous for a bachelor, underscoring the risks of inattentive habits when away late.
Miracle claim stirs debate on rising living costs
A speaker cites a man who says his wife admitted that her demand for costlier clothes is a reason for higher living expenses. The exchange prompts questions about the persistency of miracles and the drivers of modern inflation.
Accommodating Girl Chosen for Dinner Orders
A girl is asked why she accompanies Misa Gar tam to dinner so often. The reply notes she can pronounce the French words on the menu and is always willing to place the order.
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Misa Gar
Tam
Sweet Thing Proposal Amid Whispered Exchange
A fragmentary note records a late night exchange where Charlie Frizzleton proposes to the speaker after a playful misquote, while a second voice remarks that the suitor is stone deaf, adding a layer of irony to the scene.
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Charlie Frizzleton
Secrets of Tender Skin and Rose Jar Perfume
A long excerpt describes a skin preparation using almond meal, bergamot, bitter almond oil, musk extract and soap to soothe sunburned skin with tepid water. It also extols repose as beauty, advising calm mood and relaxed manners for a graceful look. It ends with a recipe for a rose stock fragrance, layering pine, lavender, orris root, rose petals, and cologne in a rose jar for a lasting scent.
Evening glove fashion shifts to black and dark tones
Glove trends return to black for evening wear with dark gray and brown options for afternoon styles. Button details vary as many gloves are buttonless or feature elaborate buttons along the length, though some upper buttons remain unused.
Draped Lace Tunics and Their Fashion Appeal
The article discusses lace tunics for women of various ages noting a tendency to age wearers yet offering compensating features for midlife figures. It praises the close fitting black lace tunic with a coat-like upper section and Chan tilly lace, warning against poorly executed drapery that looks dowdy.
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Chantilly
Birds Save Crops Encourage Garden Insect Birds
Harper's Weekly urges protecting insect eating birds to curb pests in fields orchards and gardens. Encourage wrens bluebirds and purple martins with nesting boxes roosts and shelter to improve fruit and vegetable quality and yield.
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Harper's Weekly
Martin
USEFUL REVICE FOR GARDEN NOZZLE HOLDER
Simple one piece wire holder secures a garden nozzle with a loop at the top that can hold the nozzle at any angle. The design provides a sturdy adjustable angle for convenient watering.
Hat Hangers Women Use New Methods to Hang Hats
Women know a hard task is to hang up their hats. The office girl finds a new place daily for her hat whether on desk shelf or wall. A Los Angeles Express tip suggests sewing a four inch ribbon piece to the hat lining to form a loop to hang it by.
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Saya
Los Angeles Express
Porcelain Buttons Trim Dresses With Pompadour Designs
Porcelain buttons decorated with pompadour designs in dainty colorings are used on small vests and linen dresses trimmed with white porcelain buttons showing tiny figures matching the same colors as the trims.
Packing Small End Down
An authority explains that placing the aggregate on the small end keeps a layer of white between the yolk and shell, preventing contact and admiring the air. If set on the large end or side the heavy yolk settles to the bottom and touches the shell.
Fries Overshadowed by Busy Season Prices
Fries overlooked as a busy time of year increases handling of less profitable stock. A weight around two and a half pounds yields the top price, reflecting pricing practices amid seasonal demand.
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Prise
Large alfalfa seed yield reported from Rocky Ford field
A Colorado Agricultural College report describes a single alfalfa plant yielding 92.3 grams of seed from a field of Baltic alfalfa at Rocky Ford. Despite favorable weather, most plants produced little seed. the exceptional plant grew vigorous seed heads in 1811 row planting, with seed shipped for testing to Fort Collins and a tenth acre row planted for expansion. The study notes improved alfalfa seed and forage quality from selective propagation and moisture management.
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Pi. H. Blinn
Colorado Agriculturals College
Rocky Ford
Fort Collins
Machine for Crushing Oats Promises Cheaper Horse Feed
The Popular Electricity notes an electric oat crusher that cleans and crushes 2 200 pounds per hour, enough to feed 126 horses eighteen pounds daily. Crushed oats retain moisture and digest more readily, with claimed fifteen percent feeding savings over whole oats. The machine is powered by an electric motor for easy operation and control.
Mixed Diet For The Hogs Experiment At Missouri College
Missouri college of agriculture researchers confirm corn is a strong base for hog feed but pure corn causes fattening without proper development. In a study of sixty five hogs across twelve rations including corn alone and corn with supplements like linseed meal tankage and soybeans, hogs fed corn plus linseed oilmeal and tankage showed the best gains while corn alone were least satisfactory.
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Missouri College of Agriculture
Salt for Cows in Daily Feeding Caqes Loose Bowels
A farmer notes cows overeat when salt is available only once weekly, causing looseness. If salt is accessible daily, especially with fresh pasture, cows eat small amounts and stay healthier. The article stresses that a cow performs best when she has confidence in her owner.
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