Cabinet Chiefs Shape History Across Presidents
An analysis of how Cabinet officers influence U S policy and legacy. The piece recalls figures like Stanton Sherman Webster Calhoun Blaine Root and Hay, noting Roosevelt McKinley and Grant era practices. It contrasts Roosevelt’s specialized cabinet meetings with McKinley’s broad state councils and emphasizes the cabinet’s power to shape national policy and history.
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United States
Senate of the
John Sherman
Hayes
Stanton
War Department
Lincoln
Grant
Cleveland
Harrison
McKinley
Roosevelt
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
James G. Blaine
John Press
International Hay
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Pekin
Leprosy in America Seen as Isolating Plan Debated
A discussion of leprosy in the United States notes about 300 cases across 20 states with most in Louisiana. Senator Crane proposes a government supervised Leprosy Home or Leprosarium to study the disease, while opponents fear relocation to New Mexico. The plan aims to isolate cases without forcibly removing families.
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Orient
Asiatic
Pacific
United States
Louisiana
California
Florida
Minnesota
North Dakota
W. M. Crane
Hoar
Congress
Senate
Rodey
New Mexico
Crane
Hawaii
Molokai
The Diamond Trade and the Cullinan Jewel
A look at rough diamonds and the Cullinan, detailing how the huge stone traveled to London in oil and dust, the roles of cleavers shapers and brutisseurs, and the costly process from mine to mounted necklace. It notes profits, wages, and the shift toward American cutting as Europe remains a production hub.
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London
Southampton
Cullinan
Johannesburg
South Africa
Scotland Yard
Paris
Europe
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Jura
Atelier’s
Bigair
America
Bach
Montmartre
Gaillon
Mall
United States
Napoleon
Josephine
Mme. Humbert
Simple Cord Method to Loosen a Tight Ring
A simple way to remove a tight ring is to slip a small cord under the ring and wind it around the finger from the ring toward the tip. Then unwind the cord from the end that slipped under the ring. the ring slides off as the cord unwinds.
Have Several Lives
On a mountain path the guide notes the valley below and remarks on the fragile health of some travelers. The visitor replies with a puzzling comment about a way to bring them to the next dying. The exchange hints at danger or a grim motive in a rough, atmospheric scene.
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Lile
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Wilson
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Morton
Hitchcock
Moody
Lepers
Senator Crane
Massachusetts
Walls OF Jerusalem
Milady
Svew Yotr
Ernest
Haskell
The
Eugene P. Lyle, Jr
John Dinwiddie Driscoll
Maximilian
Mexico
Jacqueline
St. Louis Republic
N. Y
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