The Asphalt War That Never Came to Rest
An extended, highly opinionated account argues Venezuelan oil asphalt wealth sparked revolts and U S tensions. It critiques the asphalt trust for failed promises, rustic rail and canal plans, and ongoing conflict over wealth while noting unrest and foreign interests shaping events. A Lincoln anecdote illustrates humility and equality moments amid broader turmoil.
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United States
Otty Miles
Wwanip [Anid
Asphalt Trust
America
As Halt Trust
Nephalt Trust
Cain Phe
Toma
Nevan
Custer
Matos
Seeing Lincoln in 1863 Reported Private Soldier’s White House Visit
A Boston Transcript contributor recalls a spring 1803 White House reception during a crowded gathering of officers and legislators. The description notes the main entrance and diminishing crowds as the scene unfolds.
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White House
Weashhington
Sayl
Boston Transcript
A Marriage Flotion in Early Custom Tales
A fragmentary old piece discusses marriage customs, noting beliefs that marriage provides financial and social stability for daughters while husbands are scarce. It critiques the imbalance where some women gain multiple husbands and others none, blaming older generations for not conforming to expected duties.
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Urey
Manic Syrup Ferments Into Sour Mix on Maple Tap
A maple sap mixture fermented and soured, with notes of refreshing by heating and adding a clarifying agent. The process involves stirring thoroughly and continuing the treatment to restore sweetness and usable syrup.
Zuni Indian Baskets Made by Expert Women and Colored
The Zuni Indians produce baskets mainly by women using deer bone awls and six willow types for grinding flour and storage. They trade coiled baskets from the Apache fr Pivie and make colorful wicker baskets for dance, ritual, and daily use. Sacred Naw baskets hold plume sticks and masks, with Ahyuna dances featuring painted baskets. Locust-collecting botillal baskets and red, white, and yellow willow works show diverse functions from food to ceremonies.
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Coloners
Pueblos
Salt Lake
Asonia
White Mountain
Masters of art pay and wages in Renaissance era cartoons
The piece cites period rates for artists like Michiel Angelo earning $40 a month, Leonardo da Vinci similarly paid, and others such as Carracci and Durer, noting docked days but no overtime. It contrasts high prices for Vermeer and Rembrandt with average Spanish Velazquez wages, highlighting the era’s pay scale and a comment on ingratitude toward friends and enemies.
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Webarl Angelo
Michiel Angelo
Pisa
Leonardo
Bit
Carrogele
Carracei
Albert Durer
Drovers’ Journal
Making Butter on the Farm and Related Rural Notes
A clustered excerpt covers profitable butter making with proper water access milk room setup and equipment like a churn and butter maker. It shows careful temperature control and salting for uniform color, warns against learning on customers, and notes packing preferences. Additional notes discuss rustic gateways ideas, egg color market preferences brown eggs, land measure by weight, crop and livestock tips, drag saw innovation, clover rotation for fertility, feeding sheep for market, a new Idaho wheat variety, hams canvas tips, poultry care, and a chronology of historical dates.
New York City Board of Education urged school hygiene reform
Supt Maxwell urged creation of a department of school hygiene led by a medical man with associate superintendent rank. The plan calls for many physicians to examine pupils yearly and nurses to visit homes for minor ailments. He cites crowded schools and sleep deficiency as factors in poor vitality and visual and dental defects among 153,466 students over normal age. The National Civic Federation backs sending 5000 teachers abroad to study foreign methods, with President Butler chairing the advisory plan and lectures planned in Denmark. Chippewa Falls notes Swart ordering Gorelette Alpha Delts Omega members to dim her?
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New York
National Civic Federation
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Nee
United States
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
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Butler
University of Copenhagen
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Chanerlier Dewitt
Huntington
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Ne Huntington
Chippewa Palla
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Swart
Alpha Delts Omega
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