Haggard Report on Salvation Army Colonization Plans
The report to the British Colonial Secretary on three Salvation Army settlements in California Colorado and Ohio praises settlers profits and health at Fort Romie Fort Amity and the Ohio site criticizes the open land costs but argues the venture is financially sound. Haggard proposes combining public credit with charitable effort to elevate urban misery and suggests expanding good land settlements to gain value and stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rider Hageaud
King Solomons Maines
America
Washington
California
Colorado
Ohio
Salvation Army
Hnggard
Fort Remnie
Fort Amity
Forts
Romie
Amity
Fort Romie
Port Amity
Hageard
Haggard
Adulteration Laws Target Feather Beds In England
Historical note recalls October 1105 statute banning sale at fairs of feather beds bolsters and pillows unless stuffed with specific feathers. Unlawful stuffs like scalded feathers or fan-down named, with similar substitutes as cotton grass. Chronicles frauds in eighteenth century fen-down sold cheaply then mixed with genuine feathers.
Sound Advice For Men And The Domestic Life
Beginning with St. Paul and the exhortations to women this piece argues for equal sharing of duties and attention in marriage. It questions male neglect of household tasks, personal belongings, shared conversation, and emotional intimacy, urging men to welcome their wives as comrades and helpmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Longest Bridge Named Lion Bridge Near Sangong China
A historic claim identifies the Lion Bridge near Sangong China as the world’s longest, spanning five and a quarter miles over the Yellow Sea arm and supported by more than 300 massive stone arches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sangong
China
Yellow Sea
Destroying the Queer Money in Uncle Sans Strong Box
The Treasury secret service orders destruction of counterfeit currency and contraband material seized from smugglers. Clerks in the cash room oversee the process melting silver and gold into ingots while other items go to navy yards or farms for destruction. The collection includes counterfeit notes coins stamps inks dies and equipment used by counterfeiters with notes like Hancock 2s Brockway for destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secret Service
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Wilkie
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Navy Yard
Johnson-Hancock
Johnson
Detroit
Notorus
Brockway
Secret Service Bureau
United States
European and Diplomatic Gossip and Charity Plans
A mixed European and diplomatic gossip piece notes James J. Van Alan charging visitors at Rushton Hall with a charity aim, while King Leopold and other royals are highlighted for estates and permissions to travel. It mentions a costly American bishop, Ward Gordon, and the Hanna family connections, concluding with VAN CALAVA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. van Alan
Duke of Westminster
Eaton Hall
Cheshire
Rushton Hall
van Alan
Northamptonshire
Northampton
Leopold
Belgium
Thomas ”, Walsh
Washington
Colorado
French Riviera
Mesnes
Villefranche Eur Mere
Nice
Col du Caire
Cape Ferrat
Henry Somerset
Humbert
Italy
Helen of
Aosta
France
Lord Curzon
India
United States
Russia
Horstmann
Cleveland
Gordon
Gordon Park
Daisy Hanna
Dan. Hanna
Hanna, van Calava
The Merganser Wild Duck Its Beauty and Bold Diving Feats
The merganser is praised for its glossy green head and distinctive markings while detailing its fish heavy diet and swift, bold diving. It notes many local names and describes the drake as vain, with the mother tending the brood during hatching and the species’ resilience in cold waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Nature Library
All Year Meteorological Station To Open On Mt Tsuhaba
A new all year weather station will be opened on the summit of Mount Tsuhaba near Tokyo. Previously Japan maintained mountain stations only in summer, with some on very high peaks operating seasonally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tsuhaba
Tokio
Rockefeller Scores in Japan Oil Cargo Record
The British steamer Monarch sailed from Philadelphia for Japan carrying 2,170,700 gallons of refined petroleum 100 barrels of lubricating oil and 1200 cases of wax. It is described as the greatest oil cargo ever shipped out of the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monarch
Philadelphia
Japan
United States
Giant Sequoia Display At Washington Exhibition
A massive Sequoia trunk fragment from Sequoia National Park, titled The General Noble, stood east of the Administration Building in the Department of Agriculture grounds as a top National Capital sight. The hollow, spiral interior reached the platform after a $10,000 transport to Chicago, honoring the Interior Secretary and highlighting three Pacific coast tree reservations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Capital
Department of Aeticulture
Sequoia National Park
California
Washinston
General Noble
Secretary of the Interior
Pacific Coast
Chicago
Dress Made of Postage Stamps Wows Bermuda Ball
An American woman wore a ball gown in Bermuda decorated with about 1000 stamps from many nations. The centerpiece was an eagle made of brown Columbian stamps on the breast, with a globe of blue revenue stamps at the talons and American flags on either side. A stamp shield covered the back, and a red blue stamp hat and a pink stamp fan completed the outfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Improvised Praise Met With Formal Retort At Recital
Mrs Gaswell complimented a piece calling it wild and weird in tone. The eminent musician replied coldly that he was tuning a new string on his gibolin for the occasion.
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Riper Wiggird
WIAD
Siodel Farmer
Econolus
Eitres
H. Rider Haggard
Uncle Sans
Chine Wilkie
King Leopold OF
Rockefeller
Sehouou Giganti
Salky Cs
Ameren
Washington Street
Boston
Mass
H. T
Waite Lewine Acme Co
Cleveland, Ohi
Pensions
Pension Bureau
Taber & Whitman CO
Warder Bid
Washington, D.C
Root .O
Medina
Chio
Masons- Henri Pianos and Organs
Foster
Criss
Western Wheeled Scraper Co
Aurora, Ill Bend
National Photographic Chemical Company
St. and Penn Ave
Washington, D. C
Pwapape
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