Women in Waiting Fold Into Congress Halls
Washington reports that lawmakers spend much time avoiding or entertaining female callers. From the opening day of each session, women in waiting fill the House reception room and Senate marble room, ranging from chaperoned boarding-school groups to discouraged poor women seeking positions or aid, all marked by daily, noon to adjournment persistence.
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House of Representatives
Senate
House
Rock of Gibraltar
New Statesmen Are Economical
The article notes one term congressmen aim to maximize two years in office by saving salary and lodging costs. It reports officials warding off cots in offices, members seeking trunks in the House Office Building, and difficulties locating drinks after a shift in party balance. It recalls past liquor sales in capitol restaurants and committee room bottle practices during emergencies.
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House of Representatives
Congress
Capitol
Senate
House
Smoot Defends Mormon Icon on Utah Battle Ship Silver
Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, a Mormon apostle, protests attempts to engrave Brigham Young’s likeness on a silver service for the battleship Utah. He argues the gift is voluntary and design should not be restricted, noting the Utah committee favors the monument depiction and Secretary Meyer agrees no interference. The precedent mirrors a Mississippi gift bearing Jefferson Davis’s likeness.
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Enator Reed Smoot
Utah
Mormon Church
Brigham Young
Smoot
Secretary of the Navy
Main Street
Salt Lake ‘City
Brigham
Young
Meyer
Mississippi
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Unclaimed Gold Looting the Treasury Vaults
The United States Treasury holds unclaimed interest on public debt totaling about 300000 in gold and 30000 in gold coin. Numerous checks remain uncashed or forgotten, with some owners delaying or refusing to claim. One man has over 60000 waiting, others include a Pennsylvan ia Avenue pavement contractor with 21000, all funds kept until rightful owners or Congress act.
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United States Treasury
Treasury
Washington
Congress
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
White House
Fireman's Brave Deed Earns Medal of Honor on Rail Line
George Poell a Grand Island fireman saved a child on June 26 1905 near Powells after leaping from the cab and pulling the youngster from danger. He lost his left foot and suffered severe injuries but shielded the child as the train wrecked. he received a Medal of Honor in 1906 with a commendation from President Roosevelt.
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George Poell
Grand Island
Congress
Geo. Poelt
United States
St. Joseph
Hanover
C. H. Bishop
Powells
Poell
Paul Ussary
John Ussary
Rosevelt
Waster hat of 1911 and Lantelme plume discussed
Miss Lilian Russell at a Sherry's luncheon in New York described the Waster hat of 1911 as tall. The French beauty Lantelme reportedly settled the trend, with a rear plume nearly three feet high, prompting a young observer to quip it is a short story rather than a poem.
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Lilian Russell
Sherry’s
New York
Misa Russell
Paris
Fifth Avenue
Pickled Onion Recipe Attracts Old Bilkins Jest
In a witty exchange Slaters recalls a Boston paper that printed a robust piece about Bilkins. Binks expresses disbelief, then learns Bilkins was credited with a recipe for pickled onions in the article.
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Slaters
Bilkins
Boston
Binks
Old Bilk
Harper's Weekly
Desert Railroad and Longest Straight Railway
Egypt’s desert railroad covers 45 miles in a straight line while Australia’s Nyngan to Bourke line measures 126 miles of uninterrupted track. The two feats showcase extreme straight segments in railway design and geography.
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Egypt
Nyngan
Bourke
New South Wales
US Double Track Plan Accelerates Across West
The Harriman system plans multi-section double tracking from the Missouri to the Pacific. Key segments include Benicia to Sacramento about 60 miles with ferry facilities to be doubled, and a low grade up the mountain for down traffic. Additional double tracking extends from Julesburg, Colorado to the Utah border and from Ogden to Farmington, Utah, with changes to the Salt Lake cutoff to improve loading.
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Missouri River
Pacific Coast
Benicia
Cal
Sacramento
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Colfax
Salt Lake
Central Pacific
Union Pacific
Julesburg
Col
Ogden
Farmington
Utah
Salt Lake City
Push Car Derrick Aids Bridge Gangs On Rail
A description from Popular Mechanics explains how Chicago and Illinois Eastern railroad bridge gangs use a push car derrick. The arm is rope guyed and the hand hoist is anchored to the rail by a chain and hook gripping the rail flange, eliminating tipping danger.
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Chicago & Illinois Eastern Railroad
Kept on Knocking in the Congregation
A preacher notes rising superstition as parishioners knock on wood during sermons. He recalls a recent scathing sermon on superstition failing to curb the habit, yet reports continued tapping at prayers and thanks for the church avoiding greater superstitions.
Gauge debates mark Chinese rail lines
China uses the British gauge of four feet eight and a half inches, yet some lines in Yunnan and Kwangsi may switch to meter or narrow gauges. Such conversions are costly, and China reportedly lacks funds for this.
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China
Chentai
Yunnan
National Review
Deer Trained for Harness by Frank Clemens
In Bonner county a unique eight month old team of trained deer owned by Frank Clemens is broken to drive. The herd, captured as fawns in the northern part of the county, can hitch to a sled and reach the Great Northern depot swiftly, matching the pace of a normal team.
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United States
Frank Clemens
Bonner County
Great Northern
Spokane Herald
Men and Women Lie and Report Truth in Fact
A seasoned observer argues that women and children make the best witnesses, excelling in accurate reports of physical fact. He asserts men lie more consciously while women lie less, and that women possess a finer sense of honor, with temperament shaping deception and perception.
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Hi Seer
Boston
Many Great Inventors Were Single
Samuel A. Donnelly argues that most epoch- making inventors were bachelors. Edison praises marriage but cites Edison and other icons Watts Morse Bell Marconi Wright as pioneers who were single at key breakthroughs. He contends civilization benefits from bachelor inventors while noting some married later in life.
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Thomas A. Edison
Watts
Stephenson
Samuel Morse
Alexander Bell
Marconi
Wright Brothers
Marrige
Facts of Children of Married Cousins
The Illinois law restricting cousin marriage is not universal and does not guarantee protection against deformed or mentally defective children. The author denounces the claim that all such offspring come from married cousins as false and slanderous to healthy families. The piece argues delaying knowledge of a spouse’s heredity means marrying cousins carries perceived advantages in inheriting prior life and dispositions.
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Illinois
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Milady Wall
Phyllis
Mary
Band OF Heroes
U. S
India
Samuel A. Donnelly
Fulton
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