iATTING RUSH TESTS Nipponites Object to Importation of Their Rushes
A Washington correspondent reports Japan imports most U S matting. US scientists now test rushes from Japan China and the United States to grow home made matting. The Agriculture Department pushes plant import trials with New England factories aiding. Maine develops a matting making room for fifteen to twenty workers.
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United States
Pacific
Japan
Washington
New York Globe
New England
Bureau of Plant Industry
Department of Agriculture
Maine
China
Cobblestones to Adorn Breed Street Home in LA
Architect plans a ten room residence for W C Snyder on Breed Street between Third and Fourth in Los Angeles California. The design features oak floors brick fireplaces a smoking room inglenook four second floor chambers and servants quarters. Cobblestones decorate the veranda and lower exterior while the upper is shingles. Estimated cost nine thousand dollars.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Breed Street
W. C. Snyder
Los Angeles Examiner
Inglynook
The Best Crop Is The Crop Of Children
President Roosevelt’s Lansing speech extols children as the best harvest. Eyes Ablaze and Wagging Tongue are described as eight year old siblings, with playful mischief and affection, illustrating the joys of growing up and parental pride. Detroit Free Press.
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Roosevelt
Lansing
Mich
Detroit Free Press
Mrs. McKinley Guided President's Duties and Campaign
Mrs. William McKinley provided close guidance during his Ohio governorship and presidency. Friends say her devotion helped him win and endure political battles while her keen intellect advised on appointments and speech prep.
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McKinley
Ohio
Pig Raising in a Parlor
R K Rutter of Andrews Ohio plans a test to prove pigs can be cleaned and cultured. Five piglets will live six months in a spotless parlor with premium peelings and Apollinaris washed daily, then return to mud but shun it.
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R. K. Rutter
Andrews
Lexington
New York World
Rutter
Paper Bats Next In Baseball History
Joseph Taggart, a baseball bat salesman, told a Kansas City Star reporter at the Hotel Baltimore that future home runs may be hit with paper bats. He cited scarcity of white hickory and ash, the three year seasoning period, and the impossibility of kiln drying, driving prices up as manufacturers seek cheap paper bats.
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Joseph Taggart
Kansas City Star
Baltimore
Novel Effect In Landscape Gardening
A Philadelphia Bulletin interview with a landscape gardener describes two innovations for a Newport millionaire’s grounds. A circular floral clock twenty feet wide uses grass face white carnation hands and red rose numbers, powered by concealed electric mechanism and accurate to eighteen seconds daily. Four sunken revolving beds, each twelve feet square, rotate at one revolution per minute, marking the first motion features in American landscape gardening.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Newport
Lincoln Gift to Iowa Wesleyan University Home
Mrs. Robert T. Lincoln presented the mansion of her late father to Iowa Wesleyan University as the president’s residence, per a Mount Pleasant Iowa dispatch. The gift names the mansion as the official home for the college president.
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Lincoln
Iowa University
Robert T. Lincoln
Mount Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan University
Two Clever Builders of Aeroplanes
The Wright brothers of Dayton Ohio win German government contracts for airships signaling a new era in aerial navigation. Professor Bell praises American leadership as the Wrights push beyond theory with plans, profits, and growing public recognition.
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Wright Brothers
Dayton
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
Wright Aeroplane
America
Wrights
France
Paris
Berlin
Wisconsin Sphinx Sees Delusion In Courtship Lifts
A playful exchange in Wisconsin Sphinx captures a coy maid and a fond fusser in a witty exchange about men and women. The married couple, styled as a teasing pair, reflect on romance and illusion using sharp humor.
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Wisconsin
The Gyroscope Locomotive on a Single Rail or Cable
Louis Brennan, FRS, inventor of the Brennan torpedo, claims a rotary rail or wire cable train can travel 125 to 150 mph. He envisions hotels on wheels fifteen to twenty feet wide and balanced cars even with uneven tracks, promising remarkable mechanical feats.
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Louis Brennan
C. B
Royal Society of London
Brennan
Gyroscope Locomotive Promises Railway Revolution
The gyroscope locomotive, a six foot long model built by an inventor in New Brompton Kent, uses opposing flywheels driven by electricity to balance on a single rail. Demonstrated before the Royal Society it impressed members with potential to transform railway design and operation.
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New Brompton
Kent
Royal Society
Roosevelt Long dispute shocks nation
Rev. William J. Long of Stamford, a Congregational minister and animal author, was cited by President Roosevelt in a magazine dispute over Longs claims about wolves and caribou. The controversy centers on Long's writings and Roosevelt’s criticisms of hunting.
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William J. Long
Stamford
Conn
Roosevelt
Long
Cabinet
E. H. Harriman
Poultney Bigelow
Ananias Club
Dr. Long
Massachusetts
Harvard
Heidelberg
Congregational Church
What Came Up Birds Ate Seed Joke
A brief quip from the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a man planting grass seed in the yard. Instead of grass, many birds appeared and consumed the seed.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Aked the Provocateur Preacher in New York Arrival
Anecdotes recount Rev Dr Charles Frederick Aked former Pembroke chapel pastor Liverpool now in New York as pastor of Fifth Avenue Baptist church. He led pro Boer stand during South African crisis and faced a mob attack with police protection at Pembroke chapel. He resisting tainted money questions and defended his stance amid danger.
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Charles Frederick Aked
Pembroke Chapel
Liverpool
New York
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
Dr. Aked
John. Rockefeller
Transvaal
Aked
Chamberlain
Vienna cafe thefts spur umbrella insurance drive
A Pall Mall Gazette foreign correspondent reports frequent cafe thefts of overcoats hats and umbrellas in Vienna. Cafe owners form an insurance association to reimburse customers for losses with coupons starting at 1s 3d and up depending on coverage.
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Vienna
Pall Mall Gazette
Balloon Garb the Latest for Balloonists
A London tailor claims a practical stylish dress for ballooning ahead of fashionable women. He describes palest green attire with a long silk veil and Canadian mittens suited for venturesome flyers. The piece skewers fashion trends and recalls past auto garb hysteria.
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London
West End
Vaccination Tea Craze Grips Paris Socials
A Paris social event turns to health as a doctor arrives to vaccinate guests at a 5 o'clock tea. Several ladies accept the on the spot vaccination, marking a novel social trend in public health engagement.
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Paris
Army mules may receive government pension and home
A Washington movement backed by humane societies seeks to pension and house army mules at end of service. W H Lowder of Spanish War Veterans urges stopping sales to unscrupulous dealers, noting soldiers’ loyal service and the need for humane care of branded wagons and pack animals. Officials say law changes could allow providing homes on pension for wornout mules.
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Washington
Chicago
Sam
W. H. Lowder
Miles Camp
United States Army
Virginia
Texas
Uncle Sam
War Department
Army
If I Had Led The Giants Of History
A speaker boasts he could have matched Columbus Caesar Washington and others in their deeds confessing modesty yet claiming he would have conquered foes swiftly. He questions modern heroes against his own imagined prowess and luck.
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Julius Caesar
Gaul
Washington
England
What Did He Mean Youth is 80
A brief exchange hints at a misunderstanding about age and youth. The speaker challenges the other’s claim of youth, expressing surprise and prompting reflection on what defines being young.
Upper Berth Debate Sparks Rail Travel Nonsense
A witty critic argues against charging equal fare for upper berths in trains noting the discomfort and danger of climbing to the top bunk. The piece envisions travelers demanding cheaper upper berths or maps to access them and imagines a broader movement for price tied to bed healthfulness.
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Ile
Disgraceful Quarrel Sparks Outburst in Camp
Badlands Bill rebukes the Terror of the Rockies for disrespect as One Eyed Pete and Pad lands Bill demand details. The Terror admits he swore before a Boston man, revealing tension within the hull camp.
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Badlands
Hull
Rockies
Pete
Pad Lands Bill
Boston
Thoroughly Modern. It was a nobie vessel From quarter deck to keel.
The fragment notes a ship described as thoroughly modern and noble from the quarter deck to the keel but with blow holes indicating it was mostly made of steel.
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Wilbur Wright
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Scientific American
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John D. Rockefeller
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Ohio Farmer
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World Weekly
Enquirer
J. M. Amos & Sons
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