Diplomatic Etiquette Sparks Near War Scare
An article notes bungling amateur diplomats nearly caused a war scare over a German note to Nicaragua. It explains formal salutations in state communications and how the Kaiser’s affectionate phrasing appeared to threaten U.S. interests before being dismissed as routine.
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Ashington
Germany
United States
Madriz
Nicaragua
Madrid
State Department
Foralgen
England
George V
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
India
Nicholas
Czar of
Casau
Czar
Astracan
Atc
Prescott
Grand Duke
Emolenaki
Russia
William
Prussia
Land Title Tangle Revealed in DC Commission Report
A congressional commission report shows that many DC land parcels modern tenants believe they own are still government property. The report traces the capital’s early land speculation, when private holdings arose as speculators moved in and government lands quietly passed to private owners.
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Congress
District of Columbia
National Capital
Scott
West Virginia
Barthaldt
Missouri
Washington
United States
Maryland
Virginia
Potomac
Niehaus Finishes John Paul Jones Statue Model
New York sculptor Charles H. Niehans has completed his working model for a heroic bronze statue of John Paul Jones. Congress appropriated 60,000 dollars for the project, to be unveiled next spring at Potomac Park near Seventeenth Street NW Washington DC, showing Jones at sea with a clenched right hand and sword.
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New York
Charles H. Niehans
Scnlntor
John Paul Jones
Congress
Potomac
Museo Nazionale
Naples
Paris
St. Louis
United States Naval Academy
Planning a Substitute for Beef From Venison to Cut Meat Costs
Government experts urge legal changes to promote deer and elk farming as a major, cheaper meat source. Yellowstone officials, ranchers in Wyoming and Colorado, and private preserves show elk domestication and profitable venison markets. Current laws restrict killing for market demand.
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Yellowstone Park
Jackson's Hole
Wyoming
Nowlin
Rocky Mountain
Barret Littlefield
Slater
Denver
Colorado
J. B. Dawson
Hayden
Union
Government Census Highlights Indian Ward Status Shift
The census efforts aim to convert dependent wards into full citizens by the next decade. Indian populations declined from 278,607 in 1890 to 266,760 in 1900, and federal costs for care rose from 5.2 million in 1880 to 15.7 million in 1909. Indians increasingly learn crafts, work for wages, and farm cash crops under various projects and rail lines, with notable earnings among Apache workers on Roosevelt’s reclamation project and Navajo and Pueblo sheep herding. Sioux farmers show success yet lack steady patience.
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United States
Indiana
Roosevelt
Southern Pacific Railway
Alaska Truck Farming Prospects From USDA Report
A USDA report presents a hypothetical choice for settlers in Alaska between running a truck farm with strawberries cucumbers and tomatoes at high prices or pursuing general farming with livestock and hay. It notes favorable prices yet warns of high costs and challenges, while citing successful grain work at Rampart and ongoing trials with tree fruits.
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Washington
Alaska
United States Department of Agriculture
Department
Rampart Experiment Station
Pie Plan Backfires On Clever Hostess
A resourceful woman schemes to hide a lone piece of pie for a guest by urging her husband to claim fullness. The guest and husband resist, then both change their minds after the dessert is served. The hostess finally reveals the ruse as the pie is half eaten.
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Degaert
Misundi Exchange On The Railroad Car Invitation
A solemn man asks a companion if he drinks liquor aboard a railroad car. The convivial friend replies affirmatively and asks for an invitation and a flask. The dialogue centers on drinking and social banter between two travelers.
Resinol Ointment Story and Odd Coachman Tale
An amused reader letter favors Resinol Soap and Ointment for skin ailments citing a baby’s dramatic recovery after other treatments failed. The ad praises Resinol as effective from pimples to severe eruptions and notes its free care booklet. A side tale recalls a New Jersey coachman removing his hat to avoid rain, leaving a bare head under a new uniform.
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Mia
M. F. Clemmer
Sunbury
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
New Jersey
Print of Shakespeare birthplace sparks Stratford inn debate
Two Englishmen at the Red Horse Inn in Stratford-upon-Avon examine a print claiming the house pictured is where Shakespeare was born. A waiter confirms the inscription as accurate while one observer doubts the image, joking about the miscue in Success Magazine.
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Red Horse Inn
Stratford-on-Avon
Shakespeare
Success Magazine
Opinions Aired on Commencement Exercises
In a discussion on the commencement exercises, the audience debated whether the event was interesting. The time featured advice from public figures about choosing a career and graduate input on how to govern effectively.
Tuberculosis In The Prison System Across States
Investigations by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis estimate about fifteen percent of prisoners nationwide, equating to at least 12,000 infected inmates from 80,000 held in U S penal institutions. Additional insular populations would raise totals. Pennsylvania, Kano- Baa, and Ohio prisons allegedly reveal dire conditions. Restoration of old facilities and construction of new ones is urged as the only clear remedy.
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National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
United States
Philippine Islands
Pennsylvania
Kano- Baa
Ohio
A Quirk in Abbreviation Causes Clerical Slip
A lawyer with a habit of cutting trustees and executors to traes and exors slips late in life into the clergy. After ordination a few fundays later he shocks his congregation by reading a lesson with the phrase pee men as trustees walking.
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Roliciter
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