Notable Women Mentioned In Dining Room Gossip
The passage notes several women achieving prominence or distinction. Millicent Garrett Fawcett is cited as the only woman asked to address Oxford University’s Debating Society. Miss Alice Taylor of Edinburgh is named Scotland’s new ladies chess champion. Mrs Edward C. Dodd of Laredo earns year profit from Bermuda onion farming and is the world’s largest woman Bermuda onion farmer. Mrs Taft is described as unusually globe trotting, having crossed the Pacific multiple times and visited Japan Manchuria Siberia China Cuba Panama and Europe with her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily
Treat
Hannibal
Seountry
Millicent Garrett Fawcett
Oxford
Alice Taylor
Edinburgh
Scotland
Smith Cunninghame
Edward C. Dodd
Laredo
Ten
Pacific
Japan
Manchuria
Siberia
China
Cuba
Panama
Europe
The Eve Eveing Stage Hints and London Hit
Christine Blessing engaged for On the Eve. Miss Kitty Cheatham scores in London. Dazie to appear in Pantaloon. Laura Nelson Hall hired as leading Indy for Comstock Gest stock in Cleveland with Waldron Marshall and Bingham. Four companies will tour The Cli max directed by Joseph Weber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Blessing
Kitty Cheatham
London
Dazie
J. M. Barrie
Laura Nelson Hall
Comstock & Gest
Indy
Cleveland
Charles Waldron
Tully Marshall
Lesle Bingham
Edward Locke
Joseph Weber
Science Siftings on Atmosphere Stars and Motion
The article notes the earth's atmosphere thins a few miles up and cannot support life. It mentions fixed stars shifting positions and familiar constellations changing since ancient times. It also discusses Sixty-one Cygni as a probable binary system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cygni
Portraits and literary notes from the Victorian era
John Sargent received a commission to paint Mrs Whitelaw Reid. Mark Twain reportedly wrote a comic opera from his Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Edwin Abbey spent ten years in London before a single work hung in the academy and he began newspaper illustration. The six great Victorian poets spanned 1809 to this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John S. Sargent
Law Points on Testamentary Capacity and Gift in Life
A decision holds a person lacking testamentary capacity cannot revoke a prior will by a testamentary act. It also rules that collateral inheritance tax does not apply when property is transferred in lifetime for support in return for lifelong care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsticker
N. Y
N. E
N. S
Iowa
N. W
XN. S
Tales of Cities in Early Urban America
Hamburg grew from a Charlemagne era castle built to guard against Norsemen. Philadelphia opens twenty three water stations for horses under the Women’s Pennsylvania Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. New York’s Herald notes the city’s population exceeds that of the United States at the nation’s founding. Health department estimates 4,422,685 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Philadelphia
Women’s
Pennsylvania Society For the Prevention of
New York City
New York
United States
Health Department
Electrification and expansion probe in rail systems
A Denver syndicate has bought the Argentine Central railroad in Colorado and will extend the line toward Gray's Peak. The article notes widespread electrification of narrow gauge steam railways linking towns to main centers, with optimism about modernizing the network and payroll implications across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Belgium
Denver
Argentine Central Railroad
Colorado
Gray's Peak
Pike's Peak
Notable Obscure Biographies Recount Varied Lifetimes
A collection of brief sketches notes William Penn buried in Jordagin England at seventy four, Senator Beveridge once a fraternity cook, Senator Aldrich Civil War private, George M. Bowers a long time national fish commissioner, John D Rockefeller building a rainbow fountain, General Liza Pasha exiled by the Young Turks, Michael Regan Buffalo police head at Buffalo convention, a long teaching career ending at Boston Latin, Charlie J Capen retiring aged eighty six after graduating from Starvard in 1843.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willam Penn
Jordagin
England
Senator Beveridge
Senator Aldrich
George M. Bowers
West Virginia
John D. Rockefeller
Liza Pasha
Mitylene
Lesbos
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Buffalo
Michael Regan
Chief Regan
Association
Boston Latin School
Charlies J. Capen
Mr. Capen
Starvard
Outfield Stars and Scout Moves Stir Baseball News
Pitchers Cicotte and Steele of the Boston Americans are among season’s surprises. Dick Padden signs as scout for St Louis Americans. Tris Speaker hailed as greatest outfielder since McAleer. Cantillon balks at Unglaub trade. McIntyre Crawford Cobb shine for Detroit. Ward Miller shifts via draft waiver trade to Cincinnati for Blaine Durbin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cicotte
Steele
Boston Americans
Dick Padden
St. Louis Browns
Hedges
St. Louis Americans
Lou Criger
Jimmy Williams
Tris Speaker
Bostons
Jimmy McAleer
Clark Griffith
Cincfpnati
Washingtons
Cantillon
McIntyre
Crawford
Cobb
Detroit
Ward Miller
Chicago
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Blaine Durbin
Short Stories of War Debt and Global Notes
The War Department paid $4 418 for artificial limbs last year. Cuba has fewer than 7 000 resident Americans, about a third of 1 percent of its population. Germans dominate watchmaking in American factories, with English and other Europeans making up the rest. Arkansas diamond field yields 600 diamonds, largest 6 carats, smallest one thirty-second, average about a half carat. Washington tests show Panama canal lock gear chain withstanding 153000 psi before failure.
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War Department
Cuba
Arkansas
Washington
Panama Canal
The Cookery Guide for Cold Roasts and Eggs
The passage advises wrapping cold roast meat in a cloth for better flavor retention. It warns against watery custard from oven heat, suggesting hot water bath and avoiding boiling. It recommends pickles with ham, broiled over boiled, and describes deviled eggs filled with peas olives pickle and egg yolk with butter and vinegar, served on crisp lettuce.
Inventions Showcase Locking Bottle Cover Digger and Instrument
A Massachusetts inventor unveils a combined metal cover and handle that locks onto milk bottles. An Indiana inventor introduces a potato digger with an endless chain loading tubers into an attached wagon. A new funnel shaped instrument with a small air speed device measures air admitted through building cracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Indiana
Men’s Dress Don’ts From The Exchange
A concise list of fashion cautions advises against pairing silk hats with sack suits white ties with dinner coats wide bow laces with oxfords and black ties with evening coats advising proper fit sizing in dress clothes.
July Season Flirtation and Weather Borne Whimsy
A breezy verse revels in seaside flirtations and idle summer routines. References to lemonade spraying, a smiling landlord counting till, and letters to Windymere or Stoneleigh evoke a sun drenched town life. Horace Dodd Gastit’s Harper’s Weekly verse lampoons longing and July’s heat as a backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Dodd Gastit
Harper's Weekly
Girl of Many Colors Chameleon Heroine Discussion
A Chicago News humorous exchange describes a heroine who changes color with emotions as she encounters the hero and other scenes. The dialogue frames the girl as a chameleon figure in a lighthearted literary aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bleakem
George
Chicago News
Insurance for a Chicken Coop Amuses Readers
A Washington Star excerpt shows Erastus Pinkley negotiating accident insurance for his chicken coop. A Bath patrons exchange mocks a lazy rubber in a Turkish bath parlors as a proprietor plans to wake him with a stretch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erastus Pinkley
Washington Star
Minneapolis Journal
Hat Chaos Sparks Domestic Dispute Cartoon Quote
In a Meggendorfer Blatter humorous exchange Frau Hubmeier throws a flatiron at her husband after he sits on her new hat. Ile-No protests love, while she contends she has no new hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frau Hubmeier
Ile
Meggendorfer
Last Chance. Pearl and Ruby on Love and Loss
A brief witticism from a Detroit Free Press item about Pearl who hoped for the right man and Ruby who quips that she would accept the left man, a jilted suitor referenced in a light exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl
Ruby
Detroit Free Press
If I Could Go How Long Could I Stay
A four year old begs to visit a neighbor despite repeated refusals. He asks, in simple terms, how long he could stay if allowed. The anecdote reflects a child’s practical query about boundaries and duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury
Joe
Heard After Meeting Phrase From The Constitution
A fragment quotes a spiritual saying about riches and salvation attributed to the Atlanta Constitution. The lines compare wealth to not reaching heaven and imply possible consequences for the rich. The text reads as a conversational proverb from a newspaper excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Constitution
A Parting In High Life
The Birmingham Age Herald notes a divorce with the spouse keeping the poodle as part of the terms. The brief item reflects society notes on a high society split and custody of a dog in the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Age-Herald
Unclear Note on Bluff Play and News Pairing
Fragmentary Kansas City Journal OCR mentions bluffing, a girl asked to fit with bins, and a line about producing a serd plane. Mentions Howatt's shunting trip and a sporting column tease. Context and proper names are garbled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Journal
Howatt
Abe Et
York
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Windymere
Stoneleigh
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Brahma
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