The Growing Rent Burden Across U S Government Aims
A Choteau Acantha item reports on rising national rent costs, noting estimates of 370 123 66 dollars for rent across nine federal branches. Departments including interior and agriculture face top rents, with Treasury and Post Office also paying substantial sums in Washington. The piece highlights cramped offices and jokes about outgrowing buildings as the White House stables era passes. It also recounts an anecdote about Secretary of State Root and his access to the president, via a blunt observation about the secretary’s private office.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
State Department
White House
Treasury Department
Treasury
War Department
State and Navy
Navy Department
New Mills
Department of the Interior
Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Education
Patent Office
Land Office
Post Office Department
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Department
Mr. Root
Edward Savoy
Eddie
Birthday Candles Highlight Political Lineage
A Washington birthday tale contrasts two young girls: the daughter of a congressman has ten candles while the senator’s daughter marks eight. The party scene underscores public figures through a child's simple math of ages and candles.
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Washington
Mary
Chicago's New Court House Cannot Burn
A Chicago article praises the Cook County court house design blending Old World beauty with modern fireproofing. It details Corinthian colonnades on three fronts, an inner vault system, hollow terra cotta walls, and extensive fireproof construction to protect records.
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Cook County Court House
Chicago
Court House
New York
Postettice
Chivazo
Jessons
Baltimore
San Francisco
I Caverta
Pigeons Supplant Telephone in Skowhegan Maine
In Skowhegan Maine carrier pigeons replace calls to Dr Albert Lunt for medical services as telephones were scarce. People send their patient pigeon requests and the doctor responds by pigeon as the town relies on birds to summon care.
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Carrier Pigeon Messenger Service
Bill Jenning
William
Seth Bailey
Lunt
Tootsey
Sam Collins
Polly
Dr. Lunt
Skawhegan
Maine
Albert Lunt
Umbrella Handles Seen Through Church Rack Insight
A witness reflects on a rainy Sunday church visit observing about a hundred umbrellas in a rack. He notes no two umbrellas were alike and recounts how people retrieved their own without confusion, shifting his view from vanity to utility of umbrella handle variety.
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Mr. Jorkinson
Fortunate Accident Brings Maria and George at Thanksgiving
A rush of events on the morning before Thanksgiving leads Maria Rudisill to a life change after a fall from a porch. George Becker rescues her from icy water and a creaking porch, and a reluctant confession shifts their future toward marriage within weeks.
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George Becker
Cheordie
Lovefeast
Maria
Cheorcie
Rudisills
George
Samuel Fritz
Sam
Miss Maria
Holt
Vonce
Mrs. Rudisill
Amelia
Mom
Glass Telegraph Poles For German Lines
In Grassalmerode near Cassel Germany two factories have begun producing glass telegraph and telephone poles. The poles are made from interlaced glass mass strengthened with wire threads. The imperial post department plans to trial these poles on a telegraph tract, citing resilience in tropical climates where wood fails.
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Grassalmerode
Cassel
Germany
Imperial Post Department
New Silk Found Near East African Lakes
Harper's Weekly reports a wild silk discovery in the East African lake region. The cocoons form dense nests containing pure silk fiber and may yield a single thread with careful processing. Caterpillars provide material for spun silk, potentially boosting the schappe market. The silk bleaches to a fine white, unlike Tussah, brightening prospects for future silk culture in the area.
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East African
Harper’s Weekly
The Uninspired Inhabitant’s Roof Fear
A landlord complains about a tenant always staring at the roof in search of inspiration. He fears the roof will cave in and let the weather into the building, reflecting a comic yet anxious curbside exchange about creativity and danger.
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