The Playgrounds Movement Transforms Vacant Lots Into Joyful Space
A Chicago inspired effort creates public playgrounds at Hull House Northwestern University Settlement and University of Chicago Settlement to provide year round play for city children. Funds kept school yards open in summer. an officer oversees activities while kids improvise streetside circuses and sand castles. The Northwestern site sits in a Polish district near stockyards with scrubby trees yet green tops. Winter plans include turning grounds into skating rinks with hydrant flooding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hull House
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
Froebel
Miss Addams
Gross Avenue
Forty-seventh Street
Vadeth
S. E. Gross
Miss McDowell
Remington Bronze Presented to Roosevelt by Rough Riders
The Rough Riders presented Remington's Broncho Buster to Colonel Roosevelt. Tiffany & Co. exhibited it in London to acclaim. The two foot high bronze shows a cowboy clinging to a rearing broncho as the hackamore lariat and quirt crack in the struggle.
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Remington
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Santiago
Teddy
Plains
Tiffany &Co
London
Line of Royal Flirts Recalls Prince and Mrs Cornwallis West
Intrigue reenacted by their offspring as Prince George resembles the Prince of Wales in looks and temper. The tale links the Duke of York to Princess Pless via a rumored 1891 marriage, a Lisbon era romance, and a costly summer pursuit. The piece notes the Duchess of York, Princess May, and the elder Mrs. Cornwallis West, with suspicions the Prince of Wales will curb his son’s attentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornwallis West
Prince George
Princess of
Press
England
Duke of York
Prince of Wales
May
Malta
New York
Miss Tryon
Admiral Tryon
Richmond
Sand
Sandringham
Princess Pless
Great Britain
Crescent
London
Princess Press
Cowes
Princess of Pless
Daisy, Cornwallis West
Olivia Fitzpatrick
Duke of Clarence
Pless
Princess
Topeka Carnival Queen From Hawaii
Ana Kanaina Lake a native of Honolulu was chosen as Topeka’s carnival queen after the committee recruited a Hawaiian belle to fill the role. Daniel Case arranged the engagement traveling expenses and the arrival in Kansas for the event.
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Ana Kanaina Lake
Topeka
Honolulu
Kansas
Port One
Hawaii
Daniel Case
Case
Miss Lake
Anna Rose
San Francisco
Ana Kanaina Loke
Czar Urges Peace Amid Naval Arms Pledges
The poem-style quip notes both sides pledging battleship construction with Captain Czar and John Bull each promising ships. it ends with a call for peace attributed to the Hampton Spectator.
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John, Bull
John Bull
Hamton
Accordance with the Master’s Score of Truth and Duty
Poem by Anne Ii Rotta reflects on a musician guarding harmony amid roars of life. The organist plays with skill in sacred spaces, aligning with timeless laws of harmony. The verse honors enduring truth and the unseen orchestration guiding art and life.
Getting Even With a Miffed Waiter
An old item describes waiter leagues in big cities formed to punish non tippers called miffs. A reporter visits meals houses where unemployed waiters discuss tipping, and stories of misserved dishes follow. The piece notes New York clubs and Howells critiques, with rival miff histories and anti tipping lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Milfs
Emile
William
Dean Howells
Republic
The
League
The Baltic Sailor and the Russian Navy in Decline
A London Post analysis contrasts Baltic and interior Russian recruits for the navy. It argues Baltic Finns resist Slavic rule and seek discharge, while interior Russians dread the sea, suffer harsh discipline, and rarely go to sea with initiative or cheer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
West
Caspian
Elton
Nadir Shah
Teheran
Russia
Baltic
Courland
Imperial Marine
London Post
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ROUGH
ROYAL
Young Duke of York
the Prince OF Wales
Anne Ii. Rotta
Terior
Victor Hub
W. Henderson
South Acton, Mass
Westerly
Quincy
Scotch and Other
S. Fowler
Maynard
RED Shop
James T. Foote
Glendale Street
Maynard, Mass
Maynard Block
H. E. Boyd, Maynard
Gem Washing Fluid Co
Mawnard, Mass
H. S. Richardson
Maker Concord Mass
Miss Emily Jenks Bray
Klindworth Scharwenka Conservatory
Berlin
DePaehmann
Concord
Hapgood
Mass
Stow
Enterprise Office
Horace Tuttle
Renest Hosmer
So. Acton
Wilfred Wheeler
Florist
Massing
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