European guards and torpedo tests headline Berlin rumor
Berlin gossip claims Kaiser Wilhelm will be attended by wheelmen bodyguard for safety. Russian experts test charged Whitehead torpedoes in the Finland Gulf, showing how a torpedo tube blast can disable a projectile but not detonate explosive. A pontoon plated with armor was blown to air by a torpedo. Dr Gaylord of Buffalo says he found the cancer germ and will seek a cure, though proof remains cautious and contested.
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Berlin
Finland Gulf
Gaylord
Buffalo
Washington Star
The Value of Tact in Baltimore Society
The Baltimore Sun recounts the tact and hospitality of a prominent Baltimore hostess who recently died. At a reception a clumsy guest smashed a vase. she replied with wit and generosity, offering to smash the other vase herself to spare him embarrassment. Her gracious thanks made shop girls, theater staff, and others feel deeply honored.
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Baltimore Society
Baltimore Sun
Wrecks of Trenton and Vandalia At Apia Noted
Native divers in Apia continue to recover curious objects from the wrecks of the Trenton and Vandalia. Recovered articles are deemed the property of the rescuer under the US Militon arrangement. The Tropical Company, a capitalists’ group, holds large banana plantations at Honduras.
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Trenton
Apia
Samoan Islands
Harhor
United States
King Milieton
Cinelnnut W
the Tropical Company
Honduras
The Traveled Miss Lydia Tree Returns Home
Annie MacFarlane loves a grandmother tale about Lydia Tree, a wooden birch doll lost to a mysterious rider decades earlier. The doll travels from grandmother to Annie and back, surviving a capture, a Dutch fair, and a long voyage across the Atlantic to reunite with its owner. Lydia Tree becomes a cherished link between generations in Boston and Amsterdam.
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Annie
Iceland
Japan
Marquesas Islands
Africa
Mashonaland
West Africa
Paris
America
Lydia ‘Tree
Lydia Tree
John
Lydia
Amsterdam
Miss Tree
Atlantic
New York
Grandmother
Medal of Honor Feat by Captain Bell in the Philippines
Geoveral Bell with ten officers rode ahead and faced over a hundred insurgents. Surrounded in a clearing with seven armed Filipinos, he had one revolver shell and charged, capturing several enemy fighters and bringing back the wounded captain. He returned to his unit with the captain and two other Filipinos as prisoners, earning the medal of honor. Bell also rescued Lieutenant Gillmore and his navy companions.
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Lydia Tree
Grandmother
Lydia
Geoveral Bell
Philippines
Bell
Gillmore
Navy
The Lady Celestine's Hair Color Mystery Tale
A Washington Star feature recounts the tale of Lady Celestine of Castle Sagamore where suitors gather for her choice. The portcullis falls only when her hair color matches her hair crown, revealing a witty parable on beauty and romance. An adjacent obituary note honors Mr. Evarts as a lawyer whose public service and jokes left a lasting legacy.
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Celestine
Castle Sagamore
Stepney
Pontum
Seneschal
Aberdeen
Sensechal
Windermere
Killemall
Washington Star
Big Guard for the Czar's Jewels
The Russian imperial jewels are protected by a fortified fortress with 180 retired officers and soldiers. Only guardians free of gambling or extravagance are chosen, with another portion of the Czar's private jewels kept in London and Paris banks as an anchor to windward in case of revolution.
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London
Paris
St. Petersburg
Colored burlaps for durable curtains and decor
The Ladies' World praises colored burlaps for dining room and hall curtains, highlighting durability, low dust, and rich hues. Deep blue and old gold are noted as handsome, with solid colors suited to busy wallpapers, while subdued carpets pair well with burlaps that feature fields and dragons.
Teatable Cloth Made From Japanese Napkins
A novel afternoon tea table cover uses four identical Japanese napkins joined to form a square on white cotton. A fringe of the same napkins edges the border, created by folding each napkin and slashing near the crease. Heliotrope and green dominate the colors for a dainty effect.
The Kitchen Garden and Disposal of Kitchen Wastes
Garden basics cover herbs cucumbers lettuce and radishes with space for beans corn peas carrots beets and okra. Disposal of kitchen wastes in villages and country uses burial in pits with ashes and soil or lime sal tada mixtures to create fertilizer for the flower garden.
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Ella Morris Kretschmar
New York Tribune
Salmon Loaf with Rice Center and Earl Egg Sauce
The recipe describes a salmon loaf baked with a warmed rice center, seasoned with salt lemon juice and grated nutmeg, steamed an hour and served with egg sauce. It also includes Fruit Cookies with sugar butter eggs molasses raisins currants and spices and a Raisin Filling Cake with sugar butter milk eggs flour raisins baking powder and icing.
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Ee Wireas
Tribune S Printing Company, Limited
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Lyla Tree
Boston
Matt Banat
Little
Layla Tree
Join
Cater
Holland
Evarts
Johnson
Alabama
Yale
Mr. Evarts
Martin
Harper's Weekly
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