Forests Expand as Record Plantings Mark Last Year
An expert says forestry output surged with unprecedented tree plantings nationwide. U S postal revenue in 1901 hit about 111 million dollars. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington employs 2,800 workers. Colorado hosted about fifty thousand vacationers last summer, railroads report strong travel. In St Joseph Missouri, streetcars removed car No 13 due to superstition. Colonel Jere Baxter pursues a saw coal replica of Tennessee Capitol at the St Louis fair. A Valentine Green engraving of Reynolds Duchess of Rutland sold in London for 5150 dollars, bought a year earlier in a country shop for 4 dollars.
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United States
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Colorado
St. Joseph
Jere Baxter
Tennessee Central Railroad
Tennessee State Capitol
St. Louis
Valentine Green
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Duchess of Rutland
London
The Fashions in Skirts and Accessories
The New York Tribune notes street wear skirts showing taller effect, comfortable kimonos, and new scroll mesh with black dot accents. Light muslin outfits feature waist ribbons, lace trims appear on most garments, and lace collars with matching cuffs rise in sets. Delicate floral garniture uses palest rose chiffon rosebuds on light boas and hats.
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New York Tribune
Plays and Players in Upcoming Season
Arthur Porrest will work with Richard Mansfeld next season. Lipman will star in The Country Editor. William Armstrong to lead in My Antoinette with Louis Wesley and Adele Francis added. ius Tubner to revive My Partner on an elaborate scale. M B Curtis to resume stardom in The Green Horn. Bronson Howard improving after illness. Annie Irish to leave Amelia Bingham's company and join Life. Mrs Clara Bloodgood to head her own company in a Clyde Fitch society drama next season.
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Arthur Porrest
Richard Mansfeld
Lipman
William Armstrong
Annie Irish
Amelia Bingham
Anson Pond
Clara Bloodgood
Clyde Fiteh
PITH AND POINT: A Plain Living And Public Perception
The Atchison Globe notes a serious trend toward plain living and self reflection. It compares vanity to riding a free horse and warns that foolish acts are noticed by the public. It observes a woman driving a juggernaut car against her husband and kin, sparking complaints of lacking proper spirit.
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Atchison Globe
Vision of Destruction in a Jupiter Frame of American Life
Special correspondence argues US antitrust laws canceled in some states by a court ruling revealing discrimination. The piece imagines a Jupiter visitor judging American progress as a circus, spotting commercial trusts, corrupt legislation, and public indifference while urging honest industrial reconstruction and integrity in law and society. JOSE GROS.
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New York
Jupiter
Ile
Davies
Jose Gros
Farmer Joe's Speech Wows House with Ridicule and Poised Silence
In a legislative session a tall farmer named Farmer Joe, six four, disarmed a bumptious debutant by quoting Pope and describing the rival's soul as small. The youngster collapsed in a fit of laughter as the old timer spoke, leaving the rookie to improvise for the remainder.
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Littl Graybeard
Herkimer
Rymal
Niagara
Tie
Farmer Joe
Speaker
Pope
Lake Superior
Ile
New York News
Planting Tips and Odd Facts from Chambers Journal
Palms rarely live past 250 years while ivy can reach 450, chestnut 860, oak 1600, and yew 2880. Gentle rain aids houseplants but cold rain and wind harm them. Press soil to roots when planting and provide sun for buds then shade once opened. The largest New England apple tree grows in Cheshire Connecticut, with a trunk one foot above ground and a 15 foot 8 inch circumference. An Ashanti tree yields a butter-like vegetable fat stable year round. Indian breathing exercises claim energy gains from unbreathing and inhaling through the left nostril, exhaling through the right, plus drinking water through nostrils and expelling it via the nose and mouth.
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New England
Cheshire
Conn
Ashanti
Chambers’ Journal
Growing Bananas Cultivation and Harvest Cycle
Banana planting follows a systematic row layout with suckers five to ten feet apart. Each plant yields one bunch per cycle and grows quickly, producing fruit in twelve to fourteen months. A new shoot is allowed at six months and additional shoots at nine months to maintain a continuous yearly crop.
Fans in Shakespearean Era Describe Ostrich Feather Parade
An old manuscript in the Ashmolean museum notes that gentlemen in Shakespeare's time carried fans made of ostrich and other feathers on handles. Sir Edward Cole reportedly rode the circuit with a prodigious fan and a long stick used to correct his daughters.
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Ashmolean Museum
Edward Cole
Get my name right at the fat stock show
The owner, Judson K. Binim, corrects his name while defending his 1,175 pound hog. He recalls his father, Colonel Ajram Motehkiss Binim of Lexington, Kentucky, who came to Illinois in a year, as the secretary insists on the hog’s pedigree.
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Judson K. Binim
Ajram Motehkiss Binim
Lexington
Lilinois
Chicago Tribune
Occasional Relief in Prison Visitors Dialogue
A brief exchange from the Boaton Transcript presents a visitor noting relief from prison life, and a convict replying that visits are infrequent, framing imprisonment as tolerable though constrained. The dialogue captures a laconic, ironic tone about inmate experience and audience intrusion.
Washington Letter Reveals Tea Party Poet President Feud
Special correspondent Carl Schofield reports on Secretary Shaw's spring verse at the White House and cabinet talk on press access. The column also lampoons congressional electric baths, Rep. Candler’s Tombigbee river plea, Powers maiden speech style, and jokes about bounds and lunches among staffers. Roosevelt suit controversy flares as a Washington tailor touts "president wearing" ensembles for 14,099.
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Shaw
Congress
Capitol
Gliem
Legislative
St: Me Chine
Andidote
Senate
House
Candler
Hameortat
Mississippi
Tombigbee River
Powers
Thorough pace racing notes from early season events
Early 20th century race diary notes announce likely entries for Klatawah and Council Chimes. Plans for Knap McCarty to campaign John Audubon trotter and a Oakley park summer meeting in Cincinnati with at least 22000 dollars in purses. Also mention Elmira track meeting by Charley Doble and a 20000 dollar match at Charter Oak park Hartford.
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C. EB. Hasey
Knap McCarty
John Audubon
Barney H. Demarest
Goshen
N. C
Worthier
A. J. Welch
Oakley Park
Cincinnati
Maryland
Charley Doble
Budd Doble
Lord Vincent
Elmira
N. Y
Thomas W. Lawson
Boralma
B. B. Smather
Lord Derby
Charter Oak Park
Hartford
Conn
Financial Puzzle on a Five Pound Note
A banker finds a five pound note on the curb and notes its number to locate the owner. At home his wife mentions a butcher’s bill for five pounds. The analyst contemplates the coincidence and the moral about money.
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