Palm Beach Suit Germ Spurs Enlistment at District Recruiting Station
Creighton E. Marshall, a former Rough Rider and custodian of the presses at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, is described as a calm, persuasive figure who inspires enlistment. Marshall, known as Crate, fought in the SpanishAmerican War and survived Cuba.
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Ashington
Palm Beach
Pennsylvania Avenue
District National Guard
Congressman Gardner
Massachusetts
Col
Robert N. Thompson
Navy League
Marshall
Creighton E. Marshall
United States Volunteer Cavalry
Arlington Woods Crow Roosts Attract 270000 Birds Near Washington
R Kalmback a biologist notes crows gather in large roosts near cities with Arlington roost once housing 200000 to 270000 birds in peak season. Woodridge roost near Langdon later hosted about 30000 crows. Counting methods include tallying lines flying in or counting in a roost area for estimation.
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R. Kalmback
The
Biological Survey
Kalmback
Washington
Arlington
A. H. Howell
Arlington Troost
Arlington Roost
Woodridge
Langdon
D. C
Army Medical School Fights Silent Foe Behind Mobilization
At 721 Thirteenth Street NW a small unit of 20 U S Army Medical Corps men led by Captain M A Reasoner runs day and night to prepare the vast typhoid and other vaccines for 100,000 militia troops. This compact team, not in the headlines, furnishes vaccines for the army navy forest service and other groups and now also supplies militia soldiers who require multiple inoculations.
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Army Medical School
Thirteenth Street
United States Army Medical Corps
M. A. Reasoner
Army
Washington's Great Walnut Tree Loses War Tie
The Tunlaw walnut, a 900 year old tree near the American university, was felled to supply timber for Britain during wartime. It stood 125 feet high, 21 feet in circumference, with a 150 foot spread, and was sold to a British agent for 120 dollars before shipment to Baltimore. Generals Grant and Sherman reportedly visited the estate that inspired the name Tunlaw.
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Ashington
American University
William the Conqueror
England
Heaven
Washington
William
Great Britain
America
Tunlay Ridge
Loughborough Roads
Baltimore
Grant
Sherman
Embroidered Pongee Toilettes Set For Elegant Wear
The article describes a visiting toilette of embroidered pongee from China with intricate floral patterns, a seven gore skirt, and a flaring coat with satin lining. It notes the sleeves, cuffs, and collar in pongee and satin, a black satin vest with gold embroidery, and suggests the suit suits younger and older women for various occasions. It also covers evolving hairdressing trends with waved hair, pompadour influences, Psyche knot styles, and advice on choosing independent, face-flattering coiffures.
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China
Europe
America
Walt
Cups and Saucers Through Sixteenth Century Tea Customs
The article traces cup and saucer origins from Tudor banquet bowls to the rise of tea and the Chinese teacup. It notes John Bull's preference for cups in saucers, the evolution of cup sizes from four inch tops to one and a half inches, and the spread of handles from amphorae to coffee cups across Mediter ranean and British popularization. It also mentions potash from sagebrush ashes and a Nevada senator leading plants burning sagebrush for ash refining in Richmond Virginia.
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Hal
Bess
John Bull
England
Europe
Great Britain
Lee
Nevada
Richmond
Linen Hoods With Silk Linings That Reverses to Bow
Hooded coats feature silk linings striped like peppermint. The garment reverses to show its lining, turning inside out to form a bow.
Up-to-Date Taxidermy Eyes Express Character of Animals
A Philadelphia taxidermist and naturalist argues eyes deserve more study in mounts. He hires a portrait painter to study zoo animals and copy glass eyes that capture distinct species expressions, asserting animal eyes vary as much as human eyes.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Zoo
Ideal Arrangement Sparks Proposed Union
A witty exchange unfolds as a young man urges a proposal to his sister. The sister boasts of her cooking while the suitor praises looks and jokes about inviting the sister to cook for them, highlighting a humorous twist on marriage plans.
War News Ball Game Pause from War Minds
A Chicago News observation notes that taking in a ball game offers a distraction from wartime concerns. The piece frames sports as a respite where minor worries fade amid competition and communal cheer.
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Chicago News
Illini Weather, Fires and Tragedies Across Towns
A sweep of short notes from Illinois localities reports wheat prices at 1.10 a bushel in Greenville and a German letter arriving via the submarine Deutschland to Elgin. Fires destroy a corn crib in La Salle and a landmark Christian church in Rochester. typhoid concerns ease in Tuscola while influenza and hospital warnings circulate in Peoria and Ottawa. Bethesda officials warn for escaped insane men, and Jacksonville reports the drowning of a county official near Glasgow while other towns note an infantile paralysis scare and a gas of public health measures.
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Greenville
Elgin
Mabelmann
Germany
Atlantic
Deutschland
la Salle
Edward Fanning
Rochester
Christian
Danville
San Antonio
Tex
Charles G. Redden
Farmington
D. R. Jencke
Jacksonville
James W. Clark
Scott County
Winchester
Illinois
Glasgow
Bloomington
Hiram Essex
United Brethren Church
Glasford
Ottawa
Illinois Association of Journeymen
Peoria
State Hospital For the Insane
Sidney
Edward Palmer
Palmer
Tuscola
Washington
Houston
Lake, McHenry
Kane
DuPage
Cook
Pontiac
Andrew W. Clark
George Mitchell
Mitchell
Springfield
Chicago
Stewardson
St. Claire Drake
State Board of Health
Lies
United Charities of Chicago
Socialist Party
Seymour Stedman
Karl F. Sandberg
John M. Feigh
Frank C. Anderson
Clarence C. Brooks
Dixon
Bert W. Newton
Rock Island
M. J. Louis Engdahl
Walter Huggins
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Solomon of Old
Margaret Yan
Dollie Ledgerwood Matters
Fred Matters
Chicago- Portland-Marquette Cement
Oglesby
Ouly
Militia
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Arlington Woods
Crows
Ousand
Julian Bottomley
State News
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