Beautiful spies learn secrets for Russia
Russian women are described as the czar's secret service assets, skilled linguists who travel globally to extract state secrets. Profiles include Mme Leski Hanegan, Baroness Muakawa, Zenaida Petrovitch, Tatiana and Pavlova Pozharsky, Countess Kordlervicr, Mme Midgi Hume, and ties to King Edward, Paris, and London.
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Ussian
Theis
Secret Service
Ivan the Terrible
Russia
Mme
Leski Hanegan
Paris
Riviera
America
Washington
Cassini
Japan
London
Baroness Muakawa
Prince George
Greece
Princess George
Zenaida Petrovitch
Turgeniff
Moscow
St. Petersburg
United States
Mme. Kordervicr
Mme. Midgi-Hume
Dominant Morgan Buys Queen Anne Teapot In Washington
The Washington art store recounts J Pierpont Morgan bargaining down a Queen Anne teapot asking 3000 dollars. He offered 2400 dollars, paid with a check, and left with the piece tucked in his pocket, a typical move for the famed collector.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Washington
New York
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Express
Lifesaving Breath Names Baby Benedict After Doctor
Dr Bened Willis of Belle vue hospital New York City revived a newborn boy thought dead after 40 minutes of resuscitation using mouth to mouth techniques and hot water. Upon revival the grateful mother named the infant Benedict and requested an immediate christening with the doctor conducting the baptism.
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Benedict Willis
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Willla
Moca
Dr. Willis
Benedict
St Vitus as a Dance Mania Parallel to Ragtime
The article ponders whether modern ragtime dances such as the turkey trot or one step echo the ancient St Vitus dance. It suggests future historians may see ragtime in the same light as medieval Tarantism, offering a cautious scholarly comparison.
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Gerald du Maurier
Growth in Height Through Life and Body Pressure
The article argues that a man's organs and bones grow until age forty with increasing heart and lung capacity and brain development. It notes height stops growing in the early thirties due to spinal compression, and suggests that removing downward pressure could extend growth by ten years, per a scientist's view.
The Family Horse
A Maryville Tribune quotation notes a family home seems fixed until it returns home, reflecting on domestic life and belonging. The saying juxtaposes home as destination and origin, underscoring the pull of home for families.
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The
Maryville
White House Babies Win Top Favor in Wilson Family
President Wilson maintains diplomacy with his four grandnieces and nephews the White House babies. Jo Cothran James Wilson Howe Virginia Elizabeth Wilson and Jo lead the lineup. The children climb the presidential knee singling for stories and prompting memories the president must recall.
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Wilson
White House
Woodrow
Jo Cothran
James Wilson Howe
Virginia
Elizabeth Wilson
Little Jo
Cherry season ideas for preserves and desserts
A collection of cherry preparation tips including pit flavoring with kernels for preserves, cherry salad with filberts, lemon sugar coated Royal Ann layers, cherry jelly garnishes, Cherry Brown Betty with buttered breadcrumbs, canning method for sugared cherries, Cherry Fritters with cherry juice sauce, and Cherry Toast dessert with stewed cherries and whipped cream.
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Betty
Conversational Power Of The Fair Sex Noted By Congressman
A Washington reception a few weeks ago sparked remarks by Congressman Augustus Stanley of Kentucky about the speaking power of women. He cited a Niagara Falls anecdote where a man and his wife and her sister walk and talk, with the wife and sister chatting so much that the husband jokes they must stop to hear the falls. The tale, relayed from a Philadelphia Telegram item, underscores women’s dialogue as a notable trait.
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Washington
Augustus Stanley
Kentucky
Niagara Falls
John
Wifey
Philadelphia
Farmers Fight With Rats In Granary Disaster
Frank McClain a Washington county farmer faced a swarm of rats invading his granary. He entered with a club to drive them out while the rodents battled him as they sought exit. Several rats crept under his clothes. he killed three by squeezing them. His wife opened the door to allow the remaining rats to escape, and he was not seriously bitten thanks to heavy woolen clothing.
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Frank McClain
Washington County
McClain
Oysters in Motion Pictures Exhibit for National Meeting
Swepson Earle of Baltimore will present 1000 feet of film showing Maryland oyster industry from catching shalves to packing and shipping. The National Association of Shellfish Commissioners secretary will take the footage to the Norfolk convention and exhibit it afterward in duplicate across U S cities.
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Maryland
Swepson Earle
Baltimore
National Association of Shellfish Commissioners
Norfolk
Unites States
Salads and Salad Making
A guide to salad dressings and recipes highlighting olive oil mayonnaise and French dressings. It lists simple ratios for French dressing, plus two fruit filled salads and a grape salad variation with pecan meat and mayonnaise. Includes Lyman Salad and a white grape with celery and walnut variation.
Vintage drink guide with mint julee and kumiss notes
A collage of home beverage recipes describes mint julees with mint and ginger ale, Kumiss from mare and cow milk with yeast, and a pineapple lemonade. It also notes a frothy egg nog method and decoration tips, warning about hiding weapons when opening bottles.
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Arabia
Strawberry Omelet and Fruit Desserts from Old Cookbook
A vintage recipe describes a strawberry omelet with berries, sugar, vanilla, and cream, cooked in butter until creamy, then folded with berries. It also covers fruit baskets with sponge cakes and a rice with pineapple dessert prepared in a double boiler, sweetened and flavored with nutmeg and pineapple juice.
Teaching Children to Laugh in Schools
An English correspondent argues that children should be taught to laugh correctly in schools. He says current laughter is raucous and torturous to nerves, and a disciplined laughter lesson would give children a wholesome, rollicking time.
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England
They Say Two Heads Are Better Than One Griggs Quip
A Griggs remark challenges the saying that two heads are better than one. He asserts that his wife and he want to be the head of the house and that arrangement does not work.
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Griggs
Moth
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Europe
Edward
Biarritz
Tatiana
Pavlova Pozharsky
Russian Empire
Finland
Poland
Siberia
Manchuria
Countess Kordlervicr
Janet Dudley
Barome
Trokova
Pele, Pavlova
Polhariny
Colmess Korogervar
J. P. Morgan
Cory
John Wanamaker
Roclain
Heojainin Mranklin
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