How the Turkeys Were Lost In the Government Printing Office tale
A Washington Post item recounts Secretary Whitney ordering 3 000 or more turkeys for government printing office staff after a late finishing of the annual report in 1888 and a 55 woman bindery crew letter demanding turkeys. The tale ends with Whitney withdrawing from turkey duties. A separate anecdote from the New York Tribune recalls Thomas B Reed joking about descending to audience level after a near edge mishap in a Pennsylvania town hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeters
Navy Department
Whitney
Government Printing Office
W.e
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Thomas B. Reed
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Mr. Reed
New York Tribune
Rich global notes on industry travel and science dawn
A wide-ranging digest covers UK raisin spending, Siberian railway investment, Siemens 1879 electric rail, North Queensland tin mines, US oat and sugar crop growth, Australian wheat demand, Chicago unions, US fruit loss from insects, Dublin harp revival, Deutschland passenger fares, Columbia College health department funding, Great Lakes passenger counts, Stowmarket fire engine handover, Minnesota pioneers memorial, Vienna Danube rescue, Illinois weekly pay ruling, tourist tolls at Ben Nevis hut, Calcutta locomotive bids, Bombay cotton mills, Muslim population, Strassburg Goethe monument, English emigration to South Africa, Braille Bible effort for the blind, Essen tin reuse, Czar gift to Johnston, Berlin to Dresden walking champ, rotating chain lubrication brush, planter gardening tool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Siemens
Berlin
Queensland
United States
Australia
Chicago
Dublin
Columbia College
Department of Health and Science
Great Lakes
Stowmarket
England
Minnesota
Oscar Roos
Carl Fernstrom
August Landam
New Scandia
Minn
Danube Canal
Vienna
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois
Ben Nevis
Scotland
Calcutta
Bombay
India
China
Japan
Strassburg
Goethe
South Africa
Harlech Castle
British and Foreign Bible Society
Moon
Essen
Taku Forts
Johnston
Local character Jess Cole Makes Courthouse Visit
Cincinnati oculist Louis H Landman recalls life in Kentucky's Cumberland mountains. Jess Cole of Lee county, famed in Beattyville, watched lawyers in a Beattyville courthouse. He criticized them saying twenty years ago lawyers were formidable men with large fur hats, while now a man could squeeze an oyster can over their heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis H. Landman
Cincinnati
Cumberland Mountains
Kentucky
Jess Cole
Lee County
Beattyville
Woman and fashion feature theater blouse description
A Chic Parisien review describes a white silk theater blouse with fagoting rows and fret lace insertions. The yoke extends over the shoulders and is finished with Irish guiture detailing, highlighting Parisian fashion critique.
A French Dress Adapted for Day and Night Wear
A crepe de chine dress offers two styles in one for dinner and afternoon events. It features guipure garlands on the skirt that dip at the back, chiffon elbow sleeves with guipure motifs, a decollate waist, and a bertha that transforms with a close fitting collar. A chiffon knot unties the bertha, while loops and small buttons join the pieces.
Lace Collars Sweep Through All Gown Styles This Season
Lace collars of various shapes are in demand across morning, afternoon, and evening gowns. The large lace collar reaching to the shoulders is popular on house wear, while silk and fancy waists, and travel or street gowns may feature smaller turnovers or cape styles. The evening bertha lace collar, often a rare old piece, is viewed as the height of smart trim this season.
New Wash Shirt Waists Debut For Spring And Summer
The season opens with shops showcasing new white waists in spring and summer wear. Heaviest materials lead, with vesting as the novelty, and pique and French percale widely used. The basket weave vesting marks a striking departure from prior white waists.
Dress with artificial flowers shows growing trimming trend
A white India linen dress shown with a cut illustration highlights the rising popularity of small artificial flowers as dress trim. The garment is plain and features profuse decoration, signaling fashion preferences of the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
The New Woman Awakens in a Studio Chat
A portrait painter and a visiting suitor discuss marriage and ambition in a late afternoon studio encounter. She declares she will not choose between love and art, insisting the modern world can support both, and hints that she may be the anticipated coming woman.
Writers and law collide in a senator’s wry reply
A young writer declares his ambition to shape songs over laws. Senator Sorghum retorts that while some songwriters earn more than lawyers, the claim isn’t universally strong, reflecting a lighthearted clash of art and policy from the Washington tar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Sorghum
Washington Tar
Ethel's Cross-Country Voyage In the Playroom
Four year old Ethel and her brother George convert a wooden ship into a moving play world. They gather cargo from raisins to watches and jewelry, rescuing a shipwrecked lady, then unload at a cupboard port. Their voyages mirror George's geography lessons as their playroom becomes a tidy harbor. Mr Karr the minister visits, and Ethel proudly declares her travels when asked about her interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel
George
Rocking Horse
Mr. Karr
Rebe Weste
Daniel Webster as a lad in McMaster’s illustrated paper
The Century article portrays young Daniel Webster as the ninth of ten children, fragile health, and the family pet. While farmers toiled, he rode the plow, tended cows, or moved logs, yet he carried a book, reading during the slow sawyer’s work and at day’s end returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Webster
John Bach McMaster
The
Statesman
Holst
Pin Tower Derby For Light Fun In A Parlor
Young players enjoy a gentle parlor game called pin tan. Fill a square box with soft wood ashes or sawdust. Each player gets about six pins and runs around the room six times. On each pass to the box they drop a pin upright into the sawdust. The fastest rushing is unnecessary. A steady trot without stopping to hesitate wins by the most upright pins.
The Cradle Ship Sailor Boy Poem
A mother sings to her sailor boy within a cradle ship scene. The tiny vessel sails through rosy gales toward Sleep, guided by a gentle hand at the helm as stars appear and the ship anchors in the dream isle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Isle
Ground breaking for Harrisburg capitol building
Ground for the new state capitol at Harrisburg Pennsylvania has been broken. The edifice will cost four million dollars and is to be completed in January 1906. The article notes various statistics and historical items including rates of corn production, postage, and political representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Harrisburg
St. Louis
B. Gratz Brown
Missouri
Greeley
Ward McAllister
Newport
N. J
McAllister
Morgan Barry
Treasury Department
South Carolina General Assembly
Facts From France on Paupers and War Drafts
Paris reports 140000 paupers with about 50000 helped by the city. French conscripts total 241634 this year. Rouen unveils its first electric fire engine powered by street railways. A 50 ton cannon with eleven mile range is mounted at L Orient. Trained cats captivate Paris society. Parisian fashion insists the animals be educated by owners. Paris needs new hospitals as aging grand buildings risk ruin on valuable sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouen
L’orient
Paris
Plays And Players In The Theatre World
Miss Grace Freeman has captured Boston in A Country Girl. Rostand works on a Cyrano successor. New York will host sixty five theaters soon, up from fifty four. Richard Harding Davis's American soldier play was accepted by Charles Frohman. Hawtrey plans The Man from Blankley's in America. Gerald Lawrence becomes leading man for Sir Henry Irving. Kremer's The Fatal Wedding thrives at Brixton with Bert Coote. Sam Shubert to stage Chow Chow with Clyde Fitch writing the book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Rostand
Cyrano de Bergerac
New York
Richard Harding Davis
West
Charles Frohman
Charles Hawtrey
America
Blankley
London
Gerald Lawrence
Sir Henry Irving
Theodore Kremer
Brixton Theater
Bert Coote
Sam Shubert
Chow Chow
Clyde Fitch
Horses and Horsemen In The Grand Circuit Race Scene
Toledo seeks grand circuit status while Anaconda sells for six thousand dollars. Jockeys Sloan Butler and Vandusen sail for Europe as R. Montgomery is reelected Memphis Jockey Club president. Metropolitan stock rises to five hundred fifty thousand. McCafferty to field eighteen horses. Emil Jacobson eyes German trotters in Kentucky. Derby entries promise a strong year. Ryan closes Kansas City track deal, racing May 15 expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Cash Sloan
Butler
Vandusen
Europe
R. Montgomery
Memphis Jockey Club
Metropolitan Jockey Club
J. J. McCafferty
Emil Jacobson
Berlin
Kentucky
John J. Ryan
Kansas City
Orchard Techniques For Home Growers And Pruning Tips
Waterlogged tree roots rot fruit. keep fruit with thick skins. Prune grapevines by removing half of last season's wood. To prevent forked limbs on transplanted fruit trees, cut off one fork. Renovate old orchards with cultivation, scraping, whitewash, prune useless wood, and apply fertilizer. Remove eggs on apple limbs in open weather to prevent tent caterpillar batching.
Dr Pierce’s medicines praised for women’s ailments
An advertorial appeal urges poor women to seek Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and related products to relieve long standing gynecological issues. A testimonial from Mrs. Geo. Fletcher of Galt Ontario claims recovery after using multiple Pierce remedies. Free private letter consultations offered from Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Fletcher
Victoria Avenue
Galt
Ontario
Dr. Pierce
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Professor Warns of Dyes in Preserved Fruits
Professor E F Ledd of North Dakota Agricultural College warns the public about toxic dyes in preserved strawberries jam jellies and lemon extract. He cites extracting bright red aniline dye from a small strawberry sample and picric acid from lemon extract and notes coal tar dyes formalin preserved jelly products. He urges enforcement of pure food laws and cites widespread violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ef Foods
E. F. Ledd
Chemical Department
North Dakota Agricultural College
Smokeless frying pan promises odor free cooking
A new smokeless frying pan uses a side chimney and tiny lid perforations to suck cooking odors away into the stove. The bottom hole avoids interference with food and walls the pan to prevent juices escaping. The system vents gases through the chimney, offering an inexpensive remedy to kitchen smoke and smell.
Roe salad with shad roe and French dressing
A shad roe salad uses two roes soaked in salted water for a half hour, then cooled in ice. Slice thin and serve with a French dressing made from oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, cayenne, and an ice chunk, garnished with cucumber cubes and chopped chives.
New Meat Roaster Promises Better Roasting
A new meat roaster is shown and advertised to facilitate roasting. It features an inner pan with a lift-out wire tray. Meats cooked in this utensil retain savory odors during cooking.
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Dresden
Karl Mann
Ile
Boy Webster
France
Grace Freeman
Boston
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