Madame Jusserand and French Ambassador Aiding Pact in Washington
Madame Jusserand, American born wife of French Ambassador Jusserand, helped secure his Washington posting and will influence the new embassy project. The pair are praised as a genial, inseparable couple, with her American experience guiding design and furnishings for a forthcoming Parisian style embassy home in a prime Washington site.
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Washington
Madame Jusserand
M. Jusserand
France
Land of the Stars and Stripes
Mr. Richards
Paris
Seine
Copenhagen
Denmark
Insurance Arrears and Advances System Exposed
A critical look at the insurance arrears and advances practice reveals a weekly loan scheme where agents borrow from companies to cover policies past the grace period. The web of debt tightens as cancellations trigger withheld commissions and the “thrown off claiming” risk grows, with a vast network of agents nationwide and over a million dollars yearly in takings. Madame Jusserand, wife of the French ambassador, is profiled, noting her charity and plans for a new Washington embassy, amid discussions of cross cultural duties.
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Tue “Atrests
Animals that Never Drink Water
The article notes several species that avoid drinking water. It mentions Andean llamas and East Asian gazelles as examples. It claims wild rabbits obtain moisture solely from the greens they eat, according to naturalists.
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Andes
Far East
Ocean steamers employ cats to guard against rats
Ocean steamers carry from six to ten cats whose duty is to keep the passengers quarters free from mice and rats. If the cats are not rat eaters they are dismissed.
Southwest's Small Farms and a Man Who Makes Good Living
An article profiles William Smythe in the Sacramento Valley California describing vast acreages from a thousand to one hundred thousand as estates. It notes abundant water, limited irrigation, and a drought risk while predicting a bright future for the region and growth of population to rival past ruins.
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Sacramento Valley
California
Orland
Glen County
Samuel Cleeks
Cleeks
Wanderer returns with a tale of farms and fortune
An old homecoming tale unfolds as Edward Jameson recalls leaving town poor with a dollar and a freight ride to Boston. He returns to find the southwest farm economy shifting to irrigated small holdings like Samuel Cleeks’s one acre in Orland California, where rich harvests and savings fund loans. He notes tenants on large farms and the rise of small farms as profitable homes. The piece highlights the era of small irrigated plots becoming gold mines in California and Arizona, ending with Jameson’s decision to stay and take local work.
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Edward Jameson
Boston
Mr. Jameson
Double Cross Heist Foiled by Honest Jeweler
A jeweler recounts a prior theft attempt by Mr B who used a private interview to replace priceless jewels with fakes. He describes a hansom ride, a valet, and a box of diamonds and pearls, and notes Mrs B was abroad. The jeweler refused, recalling a similar past successful deception.
He Liked the Game
A seedy rural visitor enters Fleckner's barber shop, asks for the whole works, and in a sleepy exchange the barber completes the service. The man remains in the chair, requesting a tooth pulled as the routine proceeds, with the incident recounted by the Hobart News Republican.
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Fleckner
Hobart News-Republcan
Charley
Leslie Niblock
The Other Fellow Reflects on Life’s Easy Path
A wry reflection on social sympathy where the butcher, baker, and doctor each envy another’s lot, concluding that in this life the other fellow always seems to have the easier job. The piece offers a humorous anti envy observation likely from a column or verse.
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Butcher
Doctor
Football as Played Hunchback Quip Sparks Banter
A short exchange about a son noted for multiple college positions ends with a punchline that he is now a hunchback. The playful tease hinges on the evolving roles of a player across football positions and ends in a humorous twist.
Army Transport System Faces Private Shipowners
The army transport service debates reliance on private steamships for troop and supply movement to the Pacific. It argues government vessels offer cost savings, required vessel design, and ready reserves for emergencies, citing Pacific operations to Honolulu Manila and Guam and safety features aboard transport ships.
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Pacific
Army Transport Service
Philippines
Sheridan, Sherman,Thomas, Logan and Dix
Honolulu
Guam
Manila
United States
San Francisco
Army
Acific
Atlantic
Quartermaster’s Department
Cuba
Orient
Manila Bay
Transport Service
Dix
General Staff of the Army
Senate Committee On Merchant Marine
Language Scholar From Prison Masters Eight Languages
After fifteen years for an attempted murder of Henry Frick Berkmann learned eight languages while in Allegheny County prison. He shifted from radical anarchist to philosopher and student, reading English German Polish Slavic Hungarian Italian Spanish and French and gaining general knowledge during confinement.
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Alexander Berkmann
Allegheny County
Henry C. Frick
Berkmann
Mr. Frick
Pittsburg
Mr. Irick
Ing
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Madame Jusser
St. Louis Exposition
Massachusetts
America
National
Jenubile
Admiral Porter
Tess
Bellamy Storer
Roosevelt
White House
Potomac
William
Smythe
Califorum
Wanderer
Southwest
Arizona
Ozzy Boggs
Sage
Charlie
Tye
Army Transport
Pacific Squadron
Tropics
Army Medical Corps
Hospital Corps
Thomas
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