Foreign diplomats' children form Washington colony
The article describes a diverse group of diplomatic families in Washington, detailing their children from China, Cuba, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Haiti, Brazil, Chile, and other nations. It notes bilingualism, varied customs, schooling in U.S. institutions, and each legation's household dynamics.
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Washington
Our Republic
Uncle Sam
Frau Matilda Bussche
Baron Bussche
Argentine Republic
Miss Bussche
Senor Baez
Republic
Paraguay
Senora Casasas
Hector
Evangelina
Horacio
Margarita
Mario
Leon
Costa Rica
Haiti
Republic of
Panama
Brazil
United States
Senor
Don Joaquin Walker-Martinez
Chile
South
Central America
West Indies
Rourke
Leger
Moonlight Swim in Gulf Stream Dares Ocean Sharks
A commercial traveler recounts swimming a moonlit Gulf Stream amid phosphorescent water and massive sea life. He describes a three-foot longer shark charging, and he rescues a companion by striking and guiding him to safety as the creature sinks away.
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Starling
New York
United States
Gulf
Jamaica
A Lapland Birthday Present
A Lapp custom gifts a newborn with a reindeer which becomes the child’s herd as it and its descendants grow. The practice is said to be more practical and meaningful than traditional costly presents from relatives.
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Republic
United States
Nervous swimmers regain nerve before return
Reporters quote witnesses recounting a cautious swim back after an earlier scare. One listener recalls fear easing after about an hour as they faced the water again and completed the dip.
Great Culebra Cut Compared With Nochistongo Dig
The Panama Canal cut through the Culebra divide is described as the largest earth excavation by human effort, surpassing Nochistongo in size though much modernized. Nochistongo, begun in 1640 to drain floodwaters from Mexico City, was twelve and a half miles long, up to 361 feet wide, and 197 feet deep, totaling about 54 million cubic yards moved by indigenous labor with hand tools.
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Panama Canal
Culebra Divide
Engineering News
Panama Cut
Culebra
North Sea Canal
Manchester Canal
Suez Canal
Cuellera Divide
Valley of
Mexico
City
Nochistongo Cut
Wallace
Panama Divide
Nochistango
Isthmus
Nochistongo
Egypt
Price of Dogs Reflects Purse Sentiment Not Pure Value
A British sale shows show dogs fetch higher sums than practical gun dogs. Coronation the pointer sold for 325 dollars, while Ightfield Bang fetched 185. American buyers would pay much more, with bull terrier Woodcote Wonder selling for 35,000 dollars in New Haven and Rodney Stone at 3,000. Even St Bernard prices reach 5,000 dollars in some cases.
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Birmingham
England
Coronation
Ightfield Bang
Woodcote Wonder
New Haven
San Francisco
Richard Croker, Jr
Rodney Stone
Frank Gould
St. Bernard
Miss Kate Holliday Claghorn Named Registrar in Brooklyn
Miss Kate Holliday Claghorn of Brooklyn is appointed registrar of the tenement house department and is the highest paid woman in New York State civil service at $3000 a year. George Hale, a veteran, was the only other candidate to pass, with an average slightly below hers.
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Kate Holliday Claghorn
Brooklyn
Civil Service
New York State
George Hale
Miss Claghorn
Resources of the South and the drive for rural settlement
William E Smythe argues that vast arable land in the South offers cheap opportunities for rural homes. He warns of over population and urges systematic settlement to expand production, diversify crops, and improve efficiency for future national prosperity.
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United States
William E. Smythe
Republic
Malthus
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Senor Quesada
Republic of Cuba
Havana
Cuba
China
Celestial Empire
Chentung Liang-Cheng
Yung Kwai
Legation
Springfield
Mass
Miss Liang
Liang
Children OF
Republic of Bolivia
Elena Calderon
Senor Calvo
Sen
West Pointer
Calvo
West Point
Elizabeth Rosen
Josephine Durand
Roosevelt
Chekib Bey
Matilda Bussche
Lapland
Resources OF the South
Mason and Dixon
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
New England
Pacific Coast
Union
Far West
Macrely
Cleve
Bockefellers
Garnegies
Fenrenta Fothem
Ancle Manufacturing CO
Murray ST
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