Vast Marble Mountain That Could Supply World Surges in Colorado
In Marble Colorado a mountain of white statuary marble rises nearly 14 000 feet high at its base, promising vast output. The town, once an abandoned camp, now hosts finishing mills electric plants and 100 cottages as contracts pour in for courthouse interiors and memorials. Production could rise from 1 500 to 10 000 cubic feet daily within ten years, reshaping regional and national marble demand.
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White House Mountain
Colorado
Cuydhoga County
Ohio
Cleveland
Youngstown, C
Cheesman Park Memorial
Denver
Missouri River Valley
Rocky Mountain
Pacific Coast
Surprise Caruso In Little Italy Dining Scene
An uptown party visiting a Little Italy restaurant enjoyed Italian songs by locals along Elizabeth and Mulberry streets. A quiet Italian man at a nearby table sang operatic numbers, drawing wild applause before paying his bill and leaving. Guests later learned the singer was the famed tenor Enrico Caruso.
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Little
Italy
Little Ialy
Elizabeth and
Mulberry
Caruso
New York
Sixty Miles of Logs Float From Nova Scotia to Boston
A massive log raft, the largest ever towed from Nova Scotia to Boston, consisted of about 7,000 logs forming a 60 mile line. It measured roughly 400 feet long, 50 feet wide, and 28 feet deep, floating with ten feet of logs above water and eighteen feet submerged.
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Nova Scotia
Boston
Back to the Town Real Facts of the Case
A Cleveland Plain Dealer humorous slice shows a summer suburbanite and city resident debating country living versus town. Cold mornings force a move back to town for warmth radiators and hot water, with a wife’s comfort ultimately deciding the relocation.
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James M. Jehosaphat
Tme
Sam Hill
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Belief in God and Soul Among Kongos Revealed
Rev Thomas Lewd notes native customs for preserving bodies in Kongo regions with fire kept in houses for two to three months, in Zombo bodies hung on forks in dugout vaults, and some buried after years. He argues that beneath African fetishism lies belief in God and the human soul, with Nzambi as native term for supreme spirit and devils term also native, countering claims of native atheism.
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Kingdom
Kongo
Thomas Lewd
God
Nzambi
Clever Work of Beavers at Saddleback Pond Rangeley
The Kennebec Journal reports beavers at Saddleback pond on Saddleback stream built a tight dam that blocked reservoir water. Workers destroyed it daily only to find it rebuilt next visit. They hauled tree sections to the dam, then later blocked the main pipe flow with a dense screen.
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Saddleback Pond
Rangeley
Saddleback Stream
Kennebec Journal
Deer Seeks Mail Carrier's Protection in Sheffield
A deer ran beside Edward Cassidy's mail wagon near H. P. Bliss's home in Sheffield and surrendered to the carrier who shooed away pursuing dogs. The exhausted deer, chased by persistently following hounds, was captured alone in the open as Berkshhire records note rising deer numbers across southern Berkshire.
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Edward Cassidy
H. P. Bliss
Sheffield
Berkshire
Berkahire
No Resignation Offered by Officeholder Amid Charges
In a defiant exchange the officeholder refuses to resign insisting there are no charges. A counterstatement claims that charges have indeed been formulated, prompting a tense exchange over accountability and immunity from removal.
Western cricketer teaches leisurely cricket in Indiana
George William Sellers, a western cricketer, describes teaching cricket on his Indiana estate. He says the sport is a leisurely game, with players enjoying lunch, meat tea, cigars, and sandwiches during open air matches with Concord. One player named John praises the dinner and drinks between innings, though he jokes about fielding and running between meals.
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George William Sellers
Chicago
Indiana
Mr. Sellers
Concord
John
Sellers
Andy and Mary portraits draw opposite crowds at Knoedler’s
The New York Press notes Andrew Carnegie and Mary Garden sat for a joint Atlantic liner photo and separately appeared in Knoedler’s Fifth Avenue window. In the past week the Carnegie likeness drew little attention while Garden’s portrait attracted a crowd, suggesting less interest in the iron master’s image despite attire differences.
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Andy
Mary
Andrew Carnegie
Mary Garden
Knoedler
Fifth Avenue
New York Press
Singer
Laird of
Skibe
Edinburgh
Mary Gardén
Queen Alexandra Plants Violet Roots for Curzon Child
A Victorian tale praises Queen Alexandra for kindness toward Lord Curzon's children. The queen learned little Alexandra Curzon loved gardening and sent violet roots. The child planned to plant them so they would spell Alexandra when sprouting, offering the queen help to plant them.
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Queen Alexandra
Lord Curzon
Alexandra Curzon
Alexandra
Trying His Hand in a Scotch Parish
A Scotch parish minister chides John for skipping church, noting three Sabbaths passed. John remains unmoved and quips that he is not growing remiax but taking away his own business, or turning inward, as he carries on with his own plan.
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John
To the Point on Hans and Megende in Blaetter
A fragment from Blaetter presents a terse exchange between Megende and Hans about a departed person named T. The dialogue hints at an abrupt departure in a lane and a pursued or questioned figure, with Megende asking if Hans secured someone referred to as him.
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Hans
Megende
Blaetter
The Knight Sir Loin From Charles the Second
A quirky tale linked to King Charles the Second recounts a royal hunt scene ending with the king dubbing a stout cut of beef as Sir Loin. The piece frames a humorous courtly Jest honoring a meat piece as a knightly figure.
Odds and Ends on Preserving Cookies and Canning
A fragment advises on kitchen hacks using bare cookies on a pan and upside down. It suggests singeing fowl over a lamp, soaking raisins in hot water to stone them, and sealing old cans with a cloth dipped in paraffin before pouring hot paraffin to seal.
Call to Dine and Rustic Mush Sticks Endure
A fragment from a家庭 page recalls a romantic dinner scene with a wife at home. It then shifts to a kitchen note about a “mush stick” used for stirring porridge, offering tips to improve mush with milk and boiling water, and advice on cooling and molding for frying.
Bridget's Beatitudes for Everyday Baking and Cleaning
A humorous list extols common kitchen helpers and techniques. It praises baking soda for sinks, turning meat with a spoon, sponge cake mixing with water, and cream of tartar in white cakes. It notes melted butter in griddle batter, and cautions about soaking flour sacks in kerosene and salt on soot.
Meat Pie Paste Recipe Antecedent
A concise recipe instruction for a meat pie paste. Mix one half cup butter with one half cup lard in two cups flour and one half cup milk. Add one teaspoon cream of tartar and half teaspoon soda to create a tart, palatable paste.
The Decapitation Farm Visit Poem Ballad
A humorous verse describes a farm visit where a chicken’s squawk heralds a meal. The narrator imagines the chicken’s fate and the hostess’s eager hospitality, questioning whether eating the bird is a gracious honor or a grim joke. The piece plays on rural irony and dinner-table etiquette.
Practical Kitchen Tips From A Vintage Household Page
A compilation of economical cooking tips outlines preparing large batches of beans for soup, canning, and fast heating. It notes splitting peas, roasting salted almonds without butter, and toasting bread with butter for a better finish. Cracked eggs can be boiled with a dash of vinegar for firm whites. Welsh prunes are prepared by soaking, panning bacon wrapped around, skewering, and frying as a meat garnish.
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Wales
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Twai
Far East
Vermont
Marble
Thomas Lewie
Sir Loin
Charles
England
Chingford Woods
Sir Lovn
Deventer
MR. Somebody
Eas
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