European hamlets inspire Los Angeles urban beauty debate
A discussion urged by sources on preserving village charm amid modernization. Advocates argue trees along streams and careful roadside planting enhance civic beauty, while overdevelopment risks erasing quaint values.
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Seritet
Civiem- Do Verhent
Quito
Hécréry
Los Ange- Times
United States
Ural
Eirope
Los Agéles
Los Angeles
An Odd Problem of Sugar in Teacups
A puzzle asks placing ten lumps of sugar into ten teacups so each cup ends with an odd number of lumps. A proposed solution uses nesting cups, noting that a cup containing another cup also contains its contents, aiming to ensure every cup has an odd total.
Fulton Journal Subscription Rates Revealed
The Fulton Journal lists terms for subscriptions: one year or six months with the price of 800-00. This brief notice states the available durations and the contact price.
Life and politics mingle in a Detroit Free Press page
A mix of lines from a poem about living for a loved one and a political column discusses Speaker Cannon, Roosevelt, and party dynamics. The piece notes advertising influence, open door policy, census costs, naval upgrades, and currency reform amid Republican factionalism and looming elections.
New Knowledge Youth Challenging Old Farming Ways
Farm and Fireside notes a shift from Do-It-As-Dad-Did-Its to New Knowledge Youth in agriculture. Colleges train young men to explain field gains and keep learning, while critics warn against stagnation. The piece contrasts urban politics and press freedom debates with rural progress and personal resilience.
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New Knowledge Group
New
Paper shoes found in Pompeii excavations
Researchers report discovering footwear made from paper in Pompeii ruins. The fragile artifacts suggest ancient practices of using paper like materials in fashion or daily wear. Further study will clarify technique and cultural context.
Actors in the Pulpit Recruit Stage Clergy in Brooklyn
Brooklyn rector Rev Walter E Bentley of the Church of the Ascension reports a flood of replies from serious actors and stage folk seeking to study for Episcopal ministry. He cites example of actor turned preacher Rev Robert Downing and notes two current tower-studiants show earnest zeal.
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Brooklyn
Walter E. Bentley
Church of the Ascension
New York American
Walter B. Bentley
Potter
Kent Street
Matfiée Apollos
Maine
California
Bentley
Episcopal Church
Darlington
Harrisburg
Francis
Indiana
Burgess
Tower
Robert Downing
Washington
Indians Printing Their Own Books at Fort Totten Mission
Indians at Fort Totten completed a bindery project in Grand Forks to print four thousand primer books in the Indian tongue. The typesetting and press work were done at the Fort Totten mission, with the bindery finishing in Grand Forks. Distribution will occur at Pine Ridge Rosebud Cheyenne Stephan and Standing Rock agencies.
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Fort Totten
Grand Forks
Pine Ridge
Rosebud
Cheyenne
Stephan
Standing Rock
William Thomas the toast master at a san francisco hotel
A bellboy reports no William Thomas in the kitchen but mentions a William Thomas presiding at the D. K. B. bariquet and the telegram is to be given to him in the white and gold room. The exchange notes confusion over identity and a French name.
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William Thomas
San Francisco
D. K
Riis Addams Rousseau Elopement Talk Stirring Social Scene
The article discusses Riis and Addams clashing with church authorities over settlement work in New York and Chicago. It details Hull House founder Jane Addams amid controversy, and Canal Commissioner Harry Rousseau's elopement with Gladys Fargo Squiers, tying it to the Squiers family in Washington.
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Jacob A. Riis
Jane Addams
Hull House
Rousseau
New York
Chicago
James B. Curry
Church of St. James
Cherry Hill
Mr. Curry
Miss Addams
Catholic Woman's League
Father Heinrichs
Denver
Giordano Bruno
Edward Dunne
Archdiocese of
Auerbach
Chief Shippy
Canal Zone
Harry H. Rousseau
Herbert G Squiers
Tivoli Club
Gladys Fargo Squirers
Supreme Court
Gudger
Ancon Chapel
Squiers
Bureau of
Thackeray Portrait and a Witty Banter About End Character
Thackeray disliked vanity and unity yet allowed a portrait. London artist Lawrence painted a full figure portrait after family urging. A guardsman joked about the work, and Thackeray quipped that authors value the other end of a man over his spurs.
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Thackeray
Lawrence
London
Glady
Thackera
Clus
Parrot Talk Sparks Domestic Gossip in London Telegraph
A parrot lived with a family of five women and was teased for not being given time to speak. The witty exchange notes that the bird heard constant chatter from the women, leaving it with no chance to talk itself.
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Germany
German Empire
Fanciler
London Telegraph
Hatting the Chinese: Mrs Lew Chew’s Modern Millinery Provokes Riot
A fiftieth street uproar follows Mrs Lew Chew wearing a Merry Widow hat and Chinese pantaloons in Los Angeles Chinatown. Lew Moi protests as neighbors gather. a United League meeting is called to discuss the affair and threats from hatchet men loom.
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Lew Chew
Los Angeles
Chinatown
Oles
Yellow Colony
Lew Moi
Buck
Heaven
Madam Lew Chew
Apablasa Street
California
Arizona
Long Beach
Lew Lum
Juan’ and
Apablasa Streets
Mrs. Lew
Lew
United League For the Protection
Kite cameras aid chase of ice cream thieves
Assistant City Collector William A. Eddy of Bayonne used three kite mounted cameras to photograph two men eating ice cream stolen from his porch. The picture taken from several hundred feet shows the pair beneath a tree near his home at 88 West Thirty-sixth Street. they fled before Eddy could confront them, leaving empty boxes behind.
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William A. Eddy
Bayonne
N. J
West Thirty-sixth Street
Ixddy
Mr. Eddy
Chinese Hero Wong Chung Sue Dies After Yong Sacrifice
Wong Chung Sue a rancher on a Southern Pacific branch died in Los Angeles county hospital after seven years of suffering. He saved scores of passengers by closing an open switch as a passenger train approached, a tramp opened it and he was struck when the rail swung into place. He remained in a plaster cast until death.
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Delaware City
Chicago
Minster Squiers
Squiers
Harriet Bard Woodcock
United States
Wong Chung Sue
Southern Pacific
Wong
Los Angeles
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