Filipino Cunning and Curios at National Museum Exhibit
A Washington National Museum display showcases Filipino craft and ingenuity in hunting and warfare gear. Items include rattan hats, scabbards, caras, umbrellas, blowpipes, kris knives, and elaborately carved musical instruments, with details on headsman axes and bamboo casting for practical use.
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Eharacter
National Museum
Heademan
National Museum A
Washington
Atlas
South Sea
Philines
Kenosha Women Plan Bird Restaurants On Gardens
In Kenosha Wisconsin women form a club to establish bird restaurants in front gardens. Each member will raise a tall pole with a shelf to hold water and a tray of seeds and treats for birds. The scheme aims to attract songbirds to spread good tidings to neighboring suburbs and create a local bird-keeping network.
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Kenosin
Rise of Five Cent Telephones Expands Chicago Service
Chicago sees a surge in nickel in the slot telephones with about 7000 units installed in the first year. Two nickel rate lines serve two party and ten party connections as demand overwhelms the exchange and the company pushes contractors to expand wiring and pole lines.
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Chicago
Coleage
Vayous
Avo
Wileh Brcake
Royals Visit Zoological Gardens on Weekend Outing
Emperor William is father to six sons and a daughter Victoria Louise born September 18 1802. She appears with governess and aide de camp as lions and tigers entertain the royal party. Their carriage and private crest mark the imperial family in the parks and streets, described by the Chicago Record Herald.
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William
Comedrum
Victoria Louise
Zoological Gardens
Chicago Record-Herald
Foggy Seasons and Municipal Problems
The piece discusses recurring fog and its link to urban pollution in Philadelphia. It compares the city’s damp air to London smoke and notes similar dense atmospheres in Cincinnati and Cleveland, suggesting soot and gas from chimneys worsen the malaise and affect residents accustomed to clearer times.
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Philadelphia
London
Metropolis
Witteburg
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Migration of Insecta A Voyage With Butterflies
A ship from a real country was followed by a flock of butterflies that circled the rigging until the shore faded. Some landed on gusts and decks, others died at sea or reached shore. After thirty days the cost reached New York and a few butterflies emerged from hiding to fly ashore, introducing a new butterfly species.
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New York
Plaice
Smith College students object to new rules on carriage rides
Indignant Smith College girls in North Wigton, Mass, challenge Amherst College ties rule limiting carriage rides to couples two girls or two men. rule implies all in same vehicle. Expect many engagements announced as protest spreads.
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Kary
Smith College
Northwigton
Mase
Amherst College
Ore
Philadelphia Times
New Russian tramway solution for rural haulage
A plan proposed by Prince Khilkoff, Russia's minister of way and communication, uses three to six horsepower automobiles on board and cement or wooden tramways to haul carts over rural routes. Trials near Tsarkoe-Selo aim to prove feasibility for broader empire use, with cost estimates far cheaper than macadam roads and adaptability to swamp, mud, and varied soils.
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Russia
Prince Khilkoff
Ooden
Tsarkoe-Selo
Prince Ixhilkoff
United States
Industrial Discoverer Quotation on Ingenuity and Tools
A quoted reflection states that great industrial discoveries arise not from a boy with tools but from simple acts like an EU Whitney waking a cotton gin in a cellar or a Cunard whittling a ship model with a jackknife, highlighting ingenuity. The remark emphasizes resourceful, humble beginnings behind innovation.
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EU Whitney
Cunard
When Russians Eat and Tea Habits Described
The piece notes Russians eat six meals daily with salt fish caviar and bread and cheese and a nip of vodka. Tea at stations is marvelous with lemon. milkless tea becomes preferred. Table manners are blunt as Russians dine with elbows on the table and make throaty noises. A finger bowl is used and water is rinsed and squirted back.
Thackeray's House Sells for 75000 in Kensington
The house Thackeray built in Kensington has again been sold by the son of the previous auctioneer. The red brick mansion, long considered a strain on his pen, fetched 75000 last week. The lease remains 41 years.
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Thackeray
Kensington
Noisy Advertisements and Oddities in a 1900 Column
A cluttered item mentions Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup claiming teething and pain relief, notes a 5 cent abouse, and cites Piso's Cure for throat and acne from Exvstey Indiana dated February 10 1900. It also observes a hippo hide two inches thick in parts, and remarks that no large comet has appeared since 1882.
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Exvstey
Vanburen
Ind
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Mother Gray
Allen G. Olmsted
le Roy
San Francisco
Kline
R. E. Kurz
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Lowell, Mags
the South
Atlanta, Ga
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South
Joel Chandler Harris
Harry Stillwell Cdwards
Anthony Hope
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Arthur W. Marchmont
National Note
Southern Literary Weekly
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Syaur
Louisville, Ky
New York, N. Y
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