Parks as a City Beautiful asset and growth driver
The article argues parks and streetscapes raise health happiness and social conditions, making cities attractive to home builders. It notes Kansas City and others show value via increased property taxes and growth, urging towns to plan and fund parks with long term commitment. It stresses patient, systematic work and costly but justified improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beauditut
Gould
Emrarg
Hargsiy
Gars
J. B. Baker
Tre Val
Ana Iman
Kansas
Krage
Irge
Rts
Roper
Sears
How to Use Cosmetics for Beautifying the Face
A medical advocate argues cosmetics aid nature by concealing defects and improving mood. He cites cases of women whose happiness and social usefulness rise through makeup when not obviously excessive. Actresses exemplify self confidence from making the best of appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stie
Aitus Avout
Adora H Bigeran
Ers
Moria Yigg
A Unique Party Hurdy Gurdy Dance Gains Fashion
A summer resort hostess introduces hurdy gurdy music for dancing and other hostesses quickly adopt the idea. The Italian performer plays endlessly from wheels as guests dance to The Pink Lady and The Blue Danube, keeping time and creating an informal, dawn till dawn entertainment.
How to Make Barbe Duc Jam From Currants
A historical recipe describes steming ripe currants washing them and adding sugar at a ratio of three pounds per pound of fruit. It instructs to extract juice from preserved currants cook with sugar briefly skim add whole currants, simmer, strain, boil with the syrup then combine and jar in jelly glasses paraffin seal.
How to Cut Gas Bills with Meter Regulation
Regulation of the gas meter can lower bills by reducing gas flow. Light only the usual jets and then adjust the meter to turn off unused burners and ovens to maintain pressure and prevent excess gas use. This method suggests lighter flame and careful control around the gas range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legelog
How to Select Goggles
Instructions describe checking goggles by moving them before the eye to detect irregular lens refraction. Distortion of objects through the glass indicates flaws needing adjustment or replacement.
Monumental Natural Portrait of Washington Landmark in Cape Verde
A fragment describes a colossal natural sculpture near San Vicente harbor in Cape Verde. A dark gray volcanic ridge forms a lifelike likeness of George Washington, with facial features and shoulders carved in rock, set against the tropical landscape and ocean.
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Washington
Cape Verde Islands
San Vicente
George
Smith
Lightning Flash Power Would Light Two Square Miles
An electric blast could illuminate an area of two square miles with a flash lasting a thousandth of a second and an afterglow of a tenth of a second. Theoretical output equates to about 15 000 horsepower for a second, though the effective energy could be far lower in practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attier Fay
Moral of the Story from Bassett Lecture
Professor Bassett repeats a Douglas tale in which Stephen A. Douglas, sleeping in the Capitol corridor, is aided by Adeline Cutts who covers his face with a handkerchief. He wakes, finds it, seeks the owner, and marries her. The moral: have your pocket handkerchief marked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Spencer Bassett
Andrew Jackson
Sith College
Stephen A. Douglas
Douglas
Capitol
Adeline Cutts
Washington
A Lion's Vanity in Tennyson's Gate Moment
The anecdote from Alfred Austin recalls Alfred Tennyson at a gate scene when sightseers loudly named him. Lady Tennyson offered a wry remark that her husband would be more annoyed if the people did not come to see him.
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Tennyson
Alfred Austin
Mr. Austin
Lady Tennyson
Nothing Like Optimism
An optimistic friend waits with a husband for his wife on a street corner. The husband grows doubtful as minutes pass while the optimist insists the arriving women resemble Theodora, ending with a cheerfully absurd vision from a Cleveland Plain Dealer quote.
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Theodora
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Self Convicted Excerpt Shows Gossip In The Office
A dialogue between a boy and his father hinges on gossip in the workplace. The boy asks why the old man talks in rumors, and the father concedes gossip accompanies late hours at the office, illustrating a moral angle on reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Bobby
Sybat
Double Work In tha Choir
Village tenor voices Sunday singing complaints in the choir. He says he does all he can but the boys rush and he must hurry with his tenor and then help them with their treble. London Punch style humor and dialect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Punch
Ambition and Vanity in a Refined Market Parlor
A compact teaser notes a wry exchange about beauty and self perception in refined society. Quotations from Smart Set and Emerson underscore themes of ambition, fear, and self improvement in a witty, era tone.
Plucking Sheep in Shetland and Historic Roaming Practice
The article explains that Shetland purebred sheep are plucked during roving rather than shorn, a gentler method preserving fiber softness. It notes roving ripens from the neck and shoulders, and contrasts with clipping. It cites 1616 Scottish privy council and penalties for continuing the practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shetland
Jane
James
Treland
Anead
Arsenic Habits and Health Risks in 19th Century Workers
A Chambers' Journal excerpt notes arsenic habits in Styrian and Carinthian workers. It warns that an arsenic eater rarely breaks the habit, may die if denied arsenic, and that such workers are fit for no other job. Detailing health decline, it advocates scrupulous cleanliness and external soap baths as antidotes.
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Hilger
Carinthia
TaAmar
Chambers’ Journal
A Piscatorial Gunner and the Jaculator Fish
A bizarre account describes a piscatorial gunner using a month As-0 squirt gun to shoot beetles on a pond. The jaculator fish react by aiming, forming comical mouths, and delivering precision water shots to get the beetle prey, ending with the beetle being devoured by Nimrod’s catch.
The Air Mile and its Aviation Units
The air mile emerged with aviation and differs from land and sea miles. A knot equals speed over water or air, not distance, and air miles are land miles adjusted by wind. an aviator can cover air miles while remaining over a fixed point.
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America
Browning
Sponge Lab Near Sfax Studies Growth From Larva
A Mediterranean coastal lab outside Sfax Tunisia conducts unique sponge research observing development from tiny larvae to full sponge over years. The facility enables close study of early life stages and cellular growth in a controlled marine environment.
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Sfax
Tunisia
Shalloye
Mediterranean
Busy talk about Lonafiey's tiring workload
A casual exchange notes Lonafiey claims to be busier than in years. Another says his job is easy and he merely rests while others chase work, implying boredom and hidden effort.
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Lonafiey
Interrupted Raposs Chess Quip Notion From Washington Star
A Washington Star quip notes indifference to chess as a pastime, joking about being awakened from a nap only to be told it is the move. The exchange highlights a playful jab at the game’s interruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raposs
Washington Star
For the Piano Quiet Spoken Customer Request
A tense exchange shows a customer asking to keep everything for the piano and the salesman affirming they do, followed by the customer demanding an axe in a terse quip attributed to Puck.
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Puck
Head.wand Boot and Wig Maker Seek Footing in Kansas City
In a brisk note from the Kansas City Star the chiropodist Head.wand Boot aims to establish a foothold in local business while a wig maker contends with creating a meager living. The piece underscores daily manners as essential and hints at competitive consumer markets.
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Kansas
City Star
Campaign for Vacant Lot Gardens At Minneapolis
The American Civic association outlined a vacant lot gardens program at its Washington convention. Leroy J. Boughner of Minneapolis described a year of city gardening, with 18,000 home gardens and 1,000 vacant lot gardens totaling 150 acres. The effort included cleaning 600 vacant lots on Hennepin Avenue and distributing 28,000 cabbage and tomato plants along with 22,000 packages of petunia seeds.
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American Civic Association
Washington
Sya
Leroy J. “Boughner
Minneapolis
Boughner
A.r
Enki
Minnesota Farm School
Garden Club
Hennepin Avenue
Disposal of garbage methods and cost comparison
The article explains two garbage disposal methods incineration and reduction. It highlights Milwaukee’s incinerator operating since May 1910 with cost per ton dropping from 1.27 to under 60 cents and notes potential steam revenue. It also describes Columbus C reduction plant opened July 1910, which netted $2,000 monthly in its first six months.
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Erator
Milwaukee
Pew
Columbus (C
Spokane Realty aims to make city clean with vacant lot drive
The Spokane Realty association inaugurates a campaign to clean up the city focusing on vacant lots near the Monroe street bridge. Initial work will cover three to four blocks around the bridge before traffic opens, then extend to all lots under Realty owners control.
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Spokane Realty Association
Monroe Street
Spokane
United States
Local residents share Christmas visits and holidays
Ralph Dow of Toledo and Frank Schiga of Fiffin spent Christmas at home, with several others from Sandusky City, Tiffin, and Toledo visiting relatives in this city. Many locals hosted or joined family gatherings, including teachers, students, and siblings traveling from Marion, Akron, Detroit, and Columbus for the holiday season.
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Ralph Dow
Toledo
Frank Schiga
Fiffin
John Nye
Torest
Grover Fisher
Sandusky City
Fred Grose
Toedo
Henry’ Herbert
Misa
Arla Stevens
Fana
Mikh
Miss Lauré Heart
I Totidans
Be Oe Cochran
Smithville
J Sele Hite
Haroching
Sandusky
Norwalk
Jacob Stief
Bettsville
Mench
Logan Tong
Gladys
Agosta
Dorothy Curran
Kion
Ray Hudson
Marion
Lowell
B. E. Hudson
Oliver Overholt
Akron
J. L. Adams
Overholt
Adams
Hazel Livingston
Edna Stroup
Cits
Sheridan Osborne
Dwight Hosterman
Sycamore
W. J. Cosgray
Helene
Maxine
Cosgray
Susan Gilger
Hadley
Penn
Wiliam Long
Claude
Detroit
G. W. Moore
Ashland
Mrt Marvin
Samuel Seaman
United Evangelical Church Forecasts Next Year Officers
The United Evangelical Church announces election of officers for the coming year and schedules services. Rev W EvMer Bailey leads morning preaching at 9:00 and 10:30. Tobust Junior League at 2:30. K L C BE at 6:00 with a special literary program. Meetings include Teachers' Monday evening and Prayer Wednesday. revival details await mid January. ST PAUL Sunday School at 1:30 precedes 2:30 preaching as officers are elected and members urged to attend.
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W. EvMer Bailey
U. S
Steffanny A. Greenspring
Steffanny
Ateach
ST. Paul
Vleetet
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Kansas City
Mrs. Rich
Mme
Emerson
Mutual
Cyril and
Giles Simonis
Dean McGill
Clarence Reinhart
St. John’s College
Cyril
Giles
Lawrence Moes
Tiffin
Nicholas Moes
Ed Braun
Columbus
Mrs
Ferdinand Braun
Kathryn Lantz
Fostoria
A. J. Lantz
Lotus Wright
Crawford Township
Earl Snyder
Springfield
Prislay
William Snyder
FE. C. Hoff
Robert Holl
Netroit
C. D. Hoff
Tom Weldon
Mary Weldon
Joseph Weldon
Fred Gear
Tolecy
E. M. Gear
Con Cosgray
Cless Land
C. N. Cosseray
United Evangelical Church
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