Willard Roosevelts Cabinet Faces Retirements
A Washington letter notes most McKinley era officials eye private life as Roosevelt reshapes his administration. It cites Hay Long and Gage as likely to leave, Root and Hitchcock debated, Wilson supported, and Knox expected to depart by December with possible replacements to be confirmed.
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Teddy Roosevelt Junior a Born Naturalist in Early Life
The Chicago Record Herald portrays little Teddy Roosevelt as a standout child with mature tastes and active hobbies. He bikes skis swims fishes and gardens while guiding a museum of natural specimens collected with care. The Roosevelt family includes President Theodore Roosevelt Mrs Roosevelt and children Alice Theodore Jr Kermit Ethel Archie and Quentin.
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Teddy” Roosevelt
Teddy
Sagamore Hill
Hioe
Archie
China
Chicago Record-Herald
Roosevelt
Alice
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Kermit
Ethel
Quentin
Americans' lavish meals cited by Every body magazine
An analysis from Every bodys Magazine portrays Americans as high livers with extravagant domestic and imported foods. It notes yearly consumption such as 1250 pounds of flour 750 pounds of meat and 750 pounds of potatoes. The piece states a typical table costs 16 dollars monthly with three meals daily.
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Everybody’s Magazine
Europe
Nature Washes Earth Clean in a Fatherly Rhyme
In a poem by Charles H. Crandall from S. S. Times, Nature scolds the dusty Earth and washes her with rain. The Earth resists briefly but yields, becoming fresh and neat, able to go out and play as birds sing welcome.
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Charles H. Crandall
S. S. Times
The Amateur Magician Secret Illusion Experiment
A British newspaper piece describes a simple home magic trick using a lamp chimney foil and a brass wire to create an electric looking device. It explains gathering basic items and assembling a narrow foil band around the chimney before performing for friends.
Trick with Lamp Chimney Sparks and Physics Lesson
A detailed home science demonstration describes rubbing a brush inside a lamp chimney to produce electrical sparks between foil pieces, and attaching paper strips to a foil band to make them stand apart when charged. The piece contrasts this with pioneer farm life and ideal modern homes emphasizing roads, sheds, telephones, mail, and gardens.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Indiana
Destination in Sight in Wellspring Note
Johnny at seven years old tires of the merry go round choosing a goal and travel toward it. Grandfather ponders that grown ups often chase endless movement without reaching a destination, whether in work society or a simple ride.
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Johnny
Dog Dined on Greenbacks
A New York woman reported to police that she was robbed of $400 in notes plus three bank books and deeds. After a fresh search, the missing papers were found hidden behind a hat rack and the dog was blamed for chewing the currency. The tale ends with a playful quip about the dog’s political leanings.
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New York
Merchant Survives Narrow Rail Ride To Philadelphia
Terrence Sheehey, a Norristown merchant, escaped a perilous pullman car incident when he clung to a rear handrail as a Pennsylvania express pulled away. The car door was locked and the train sped 17 miles to Philadelphia before a Pullman porter stopped the train and aided his return to safety.
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Terrence Sheehey
Norristown
Mr. Sheehey
Philadelphia
Sheehey
Training Boys to Be Gardeners
London county council trains boys to become gardeners. The technical education board offers scholarships for pupils leaving elementary schools to study at the School of Practical Gardening established by the Royal Botanical Society of Regent's Park.
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London County Council
Technical Education Board of the Council
Royal Botanical Society of
Regent’s Park
Salmon Leap Measured By Falls Standards In Norway
Norwegian fishery commissioners measure salmon leaps with standards set below waterfalls and determine the fish can reach a height of about 20 feet.
Tough Underpinning and Minks-Lame Exchange
A light quip from a New York Weekly piece comparing shoe wearers and footwear durability. The dialogue highlights firm feet, pine knot toughness, and shoes made to measure as a running joke.
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N. Y
Makes All the Difference in a London Diner Scene
In a London Fun vignette a diner accuses a fly in his glass, but the waiter identifies the speck as dirt. The exchange ends with a lighthearted correction, capturing a moment of humor in a busy café setting.
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London
Feeding Calves With A Dual Head Access Waterer
A compact calf feeding device shown by Fred O. Sibley provides two head sized slits in a pen or stall front. One side accepts a pail for water while the other holds grain or hay, enabling calves to drink and feed from separate divisions.
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Fred O. Sibley
Homemade sawbuck construction from the farm
A reader offers a detailed method to make a durable sawbuck using birch wood, hollowed holes, cross slots, and wooden pegs to create a firm, non slipping support as described in arm and Home.
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Gerlach
Wire grass bound into new twine by Minnesota firm
A Minneapolis company is turning wire grass into binding twine. Large marshy tracts of land in Minnesota and Wisconsin supply the material. The light green, bulky twine fits only to specialized machines and sells below rival twines controlled by the trust. Farmers may doubt its usefulness.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Twine Trust
Gold mine costs in Venezuela drop by half
The cost of operating gold mines in Venezuela has fallen to just over half of levels from several years ago. Other notes include Germany’s import surge from Portugal led by cork and wine, and Rhodesia gold output rising in July.
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Venezuela
Germany
Portugal
Greece
Rhodesia
South Africa
London Bankers’ Magazine
Books and Poems Announced by Noted Authors
Marion Crawford plans A Maid of Venice. Katharine Tynan’s poems, dedicated to George Wyndham MP, will appear soon. Capt A T Mahan’s Types of Naval Officers with remarks on eighteenth century warfare is forthcoming. The six officers named Hawke Rodney Howe St Vincent Saumarez Exmouth illustrate distinct profiles.
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Marion Crawford
Venice
Katharine Tynan
George Wyndham
M. P
A. T. Mahan
Hawke
Rodney
Howe
St. Vincent
Saumarez
Exmouth
Thibet under Russian influence and Japanese migration notes
Thibet in central Asia is reported to be submitting to Russian influence and has a population of 6,000,000. Five thousand Japanese await the removal of immigration restrictions to work in Hawaiian sugar plantations. In the Japanese parliament 130 farmers, 23 barristers, 26 mechanics, 6 editors, 3 doctors, 12 officials and 76 members without fixed professions are listed.
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Thibet
Central Asia
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