Miss Helen Cannon: Nation's Chief's Trusted Social Leader
Miss Helen Cannon, daughter of Speaker Joseph Cannon, serves as a central social figure at the national capital and Washington in her father's home. She presides over gatherings, keeps confidences, and helps shape informal diplomacy while maintaining renowned housekeeping skills and democratic manners.
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America
Helen Cannon
U. S. House of Representatives
Cannon
Miss Cannon
United States
Danville
Ilinois
Washington
National Capital
Congress
Speaker Cannon
Capitol
Hanna
Gard
Simpler English Spelling Board Formed By Noted Figures
Associate Justice David J. Brewer backs a scientific spelling reform and serves on a board formed to promote simplified spellings. The Simpler Spelling Board, funded by Andrew Carnegie with 15000 dollars, includes E. Benjamin Andrews Nicholas Murray Butler Mark Twain and other prominent scholars and editors.
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David J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Justice Brewer
Brander Mathews
New York
National Educational Society
Thorefore
Andrew Carnegie
E. Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
Supreme Court of the United States
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
William Dean Howells
Lownsbury
Yale
James
Harvard
Benjamin E. Smith
The
Century Magazine
W. H. Ward
the Independent
Andrew D. White
Iceberg towed into Philadelphia bay by daring tug crew
An ocean-going tug captured a 500 foot iceberg off Newfoundland’s Grand Banks and towed it up the Delaware River to aid Philadelphia amid an ice shortage. The crew faced arctic conditions with no injuries except two frost bites due to improper clothing. The berg’s 500,000 ton yield may help offset the winter’s ice crop shortfall.
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Philadelphia
Sinbad
Delaware River
Delaware
Tues
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
Made Fortune in Worms in Maine Bait Trade
The article recounts Maine worm farming wealth, starting with Carl Beers of Bangor who bred Belgian and Indian worms, selling to Boston and locals, then retiring wealthy. It also profiles Sidney Cook of Presque Isle, citing Indigenous worm-hunting methods and his diving appliance influence.
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Maine
Carl Beers
Bangor
Soston
Belgium
India
Boston
Green
Sweden
Sidney Cook
Presque Isle
Mr. Cook
Canada
Niagara Falls in Danger from Water Diversion Plan
A 1902 proposed joint Canada United States action would curb water diversions from Niagara Falls to protect its natural state. The International Commission suggested permits for only 28 500 cubic feet per second and a two year restriction, with Canada joining to limit diversions. The piece warns of Canadian reluctance and argues New York State could deepen the river channel to share water with the American Falls, stressing urgency amid political indifference.
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Niagara Falls
Senate
House of Representatives
International Commission
Congress
Dominion of Canada
Canada
Secretary of War
Ontario
Queen Victoria
Niagara Park
New York State
Goat Island
New York State Bank
Ghent
L’hommedieu
Ninagara River
Comanche Chief Parker Goes on Warpath After Photo Incident
Chief Quanah Parker of the Comanches threatened photographers after a man tried to take his picture at Stanton Oklahoma. He drew a pocket knife, then retrieved a revolver from his valise and started on the warpath before police disarmed him. Noted financiers Morgan Rockefeller Rogers among others likely sent approval messages.
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Quanah Parker
Stanton
Oklo
Parker
J. Pierpont Morgan
Johbn D. Rockefeller
H. H. Rogers
Mammoth incubator claims world’s largest egg hatching capacity
W P Hall of Pembroke New York completes an incubator capable of 15 000 eggs with 103 feet length and 100 compartments. It automates temperature using a thermostat and oil float system, lowers or raises trays to regulate heat, and tests infertile eggs by day seven. The massive unit promises single time operation simulating 1 000 hens at low labor and fuel costs.
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W. P. Hall
Pembroke
N. Y
Hall
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Ladies’ Home Journal
Rockefeller
Mammoth Incubator
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