Unusual Egg Feats Stir Reports From Poultry Keepers
The piece cites remarkable eggs claimed by various sources including a coastguards officer in Bridgeport and a farm yard in Fenny Stratford. It notes oversized eggs weighing up to five ounces and containing miniature eggs, plus duck and goose anomalies, with several records reportedly preserved for centuries in museums and churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Fenny Stratford
Western Park
Sheffield
Paris
Black Bear and Cubs How a Denning Mother Feeds Itself
Field and Stream describes a black bear and her cubs emerging from a five month sleep. She can birth early if startled and returns to the den to nurse until snow melts. She eats icicles, hemlock bark, and roots, then hunts trout and deer, or scavenges, with a porcupine accounted for by tearing it apart after a dramatic roll.
Tea Smoking Through French History
An antiquary displays a seventeenth century print showing two men smoking tea from china cups, arguing that tea smoking was common in France two centuries ago. He cites Brégnant and Grand d’Aussay, calling it an old vice that unnerved the French and scolding young ladies for reviving it.
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France
Bregnt
Grand d'Aussay
Histoire de la Vie Privee Des Francais
Button Sewing Record Claims High Speed by Reber
The Philadelphia Record reports Charles C. Reber of Strausstown Berks county Pa to be a master at sewing on buttons. He sewed 4200 but tons in five and a half hours equaling 600 shirts with seven buttons each. He once timed seven buttons in twenty five seconds and wagers he can sew twenty one buttons in a minute.
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Philadelphia Record
Charles C. Reber
Strausstown
Berks County
Mr. Reber
Hasteful Mail Signing By Cabinet Heads Could Be Replaced
Roosevelt era aides debate removing manual mail signing by cabinet officers to save two hours daily. The change would end old practice as clerks already use blotted signatures and typewritten correspondence, with notes on past shifts to handle treasury and state department tasks.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Treasury
State Department
Engraver Smillie Top US Portraitist at Bureau
George F. C. Smillie, an engraver in the bureau of engraving and printing, earns $6,000 a year and is regarded as among the nation's top three in the field. He specializes in portrait engraving for government notes and bonds, with a lineage of family engravers. The bureau employs 20 engravers with salaries from $1,000 to $6,000 annually.
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George F. C. Smillie
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
United States
Smillie
England's White Farm Reveals Whitewashed Farm Complex
A returned globetrotter reports England's White Farm owned by Lord and Lady Alington is painted white throughout including the buildings animals and farm workers in white smocks and frocks to enhance an overall impression of whiteness as a contrast to the White House naming in America and Washington’s lone White House.
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England
White Farm
White House
Roosevelt
Washington City
Lord
Lady Alington
Why They Didn’t Stop Off During Congress’s Summer Vacation
A Washington railroad official notes that senators and representatives avoided Washington during summer. Previously they visited for routine district business and newspaper bureaus on trips east or to New York. Now they buy rail tickets and skip Washington to save miles and costs after the railroad rate bill limits passes.
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Washington
Congress
New York
Bell linked to Washington's 1790s Alexandria HQ
A family preserves a cow bell once hung in the old City hotel office in Alexandria. It was wired to a bell pull on the first floor opposite the parlor used by Washington as his headquarters from 1790 until his death in 1799. Frederick Schwab saved the bell during hotel modernization in 1892 and handed it to Capt. Richard M. Goundie in 1893, who later gave it to his wife for birthday dinners since then.
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Washington
Old City
Alexandria
Frederick Schwab
Goundie
Considerate Bridegroom
A Belleville girl and a steady working man marry. The wife laments giving up her fine job, but the husband replies he will give up his own position to keep her content.
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Belleville
George
Virtues of Buttermilk as a Daily Tonic
The piece extols ordinary sour buttermilk as a superior tonic and food. It recommends two glasses daily, best with meals, and warns against drinking another glass before the first digests. It notes buttermilk digests easily and can be used between meals as a light lunch.
Washingtons new Union Station Opens to Public
Washingtons new Union Station costing nearly 15 million dollars opens after four years of construction under Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio railroads with government advisory architects. One third funded by the US government two thirds by railroads. The marble Burnham plan station features a president waiting room and extensive capacity for large inaugurations and trains.
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Washington
Union Station
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
United States
Pennsylvania Railroad
Agricultural Department
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum
Government Printing Office
Bedouin Fever Cure Through Sand Burial
A vintage account describes Bedouins in Africa using a rough method to treat fever from wounds in slaves. Patients are buried up to their necks in cool sand, left for days until death or recovery, with about eighty percent not surviving the procedure.
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Africa
Shakespeare In Tokio and Japanese Stage Plans
The Cologne Gazette notes that Shakespeare, Goethe and Sardou plays are well produced in Tokio this season with fine translations. S M Matsui, theater director, recently in Berlin, has secured rights to staged Ibsen and Hauptmann works now being prepared for the Japanese stage.
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Tokio
Shakespeare
Goethe
Sardou
Cologne Gazette
S. M. Matsui
Berlin
Henrik Ibsen
Gerhardt Hauptmann
Fine stage gowns dazzle in Paris inspired wardrobe analysis
Actress Alanya captivates with three Parisian gowns from the show Wildfire. Descriptions focus on a baby Irish lace white gown with linen edging, a yellow chiffon gown with gold embroidery, and a satin automobile coat with blue lining. The outfits showcase designer craftsmanship and a Parisian influence, including a $500 custom house import fee.
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Paris
Custom House
Hats For Little Ones In Velvet And Bonnet Fashion
The autumn children's millinery features tiny velvet bonnets in white, pink, and pale blue with dainty designs. Velvet mushrooms and poke bonnets appear alongside ribbons, flowers, and pink satin rosettes. A pale pink mushroom bonnet with shirred pink satin trim and a wreath of roses stands out among refined, modest styles.
Velvet Border Hat Adorns Face with Grapes and Leaves
A velvet hat features a full soft white border around the face, doubled and shirred at the brim. Trimming consists of a bunch of white grapes and green leaves, giving a delicate decorative finish.
Makes A Pretty Tidy For Home Use
A compact guide describes crafting a tidy from cardboard twisted like sugar paper. Edges sewn to hold shape, front sloped, covered with velvet silk or broche, edged with silk embroidery and gold thread. Silk stretched over card fixed by stitches, edge finished with silk cord loops and side tassels.
The Question of Corsets in Autumn Fashion
Fashion note on corset shapes for autumn. Front stays straight with slight side shaping to create a small waist without tight lacing. Emphasis on comfort, long hips coverage, and balanced figures through dress and shoulder hip bust adjustments.
Pongee Morning Gowns Description
Smart and simple pongee morning gowns dyed in any shade. They feature simple skirts with a tuck at the foot and tucked or plaited bodices. Neat collars and cuffs of embroidered linen contrast with dotted silk trims on some models. Some gowns use checks or stripes.
Simple Kidney and Bladder Tonic Promised by Doctor
A home remedy claims to relieve kidney and bladder ailments using Fluid Extract Dandelion Comp. Kargon and Comp. Syrup Sarsaparilla. Claimed by a prominent physician to cleanse and strengthen kidneys and ease backache and nocturnal urination. Published since 1906 with wide newspaper notices in major cities.
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Bright
Scranton
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
The Oldfashioned Way Servant Exchange
The dialogue contrasts cheerful service with plain soap use as Mandy replies she washes with plain soap, not alacrity. The aside hints at social norms and humor in a domestic setting.
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Mandy
Germany aids boys with planned career paths
In Munich the labor bureau guides school leavers toward suitable vocations. Pupils fill self-application forms signed by teachers, then attend employer interviews with follow ups until a fitting job is found. A handbook details jobs, training, health and prospects for youths and a girls committee supports female students.
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Germany
Treachr
Munich
Labor Bureau
Maids Barred From Waiting Room Over Silky Pantaloons
Two Chinese maids Miss Faung Yui Tsao Miss Chi Che Wang and Miss Ming Hsiahu were stopped from entering the women’s waiting room at a railroad station today because their flowered silken pantaloons made them appear as boys. Their guardian spoke with Station Matron Mrs. Chase who then allowed them in.
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Wellesley College
Faung Yui Tsao
The Right of Selection and a Bold Remark
A strong minded lady tells a little man women will soon claim the right of matrimonial selection with consent. The man frets as she exits, promising no shilly shallying and hints at future decisions.
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