Playground Movement Highlighted By Mrs Ward Dinner
The Playground Association of America honored Mrs Humphry Ward of London with a public dinner. Speakers included Mrs Ward the duchess of Marlborough and Miss Jane Addams. The talk urged American women to embrace civic responsibility and promote open play spaces for children in cities and countryside.
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Playground Association of America
Humphry Ward
London
England
Playground Association
The Quiet Hunt and the Fear of Birds
Lewis S. Welch argues in The Atlantic that hunting disrupts wildlife, as guns and gun dogs signal danger to birds. He contends birds experience momentary fear, with many seasons of disturbances shaping their lives, though not to the extent some imagine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis S. Welch
The Benefit of Sunlight
A broad argument favors sunlight for health and growth noting that solar warmth and bright rooms aid vital functions and disease recovery. It cites child development, air quality, and the need for open, cheerful homes while warning against dark rooms. A stray satirical aside on torpedo boats and wildlife follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Weekly
South America
Billboard signs and public taste push to condemn ads
McFarland argues public sentiment will force removal of ugly billboards from highways. He notes legal limits on nuisance, cites East San Jose and Los Angeles cases, and highlights growing city beauty and business resistance to billboard advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Horace McFarland
American Civic Federation
America
East San Jose
Cal
Welch
Bordwell
Los Angeles
Billboard
Pennsylvania
Paper supply expansion eyed by agriculture bill details
A congressional appropriation proposal would fund a broad inquiry led by the secretary of agriculture to locate new raw materials for paper making. The measure allocates 10 000 for expert investigations while the agriculture bill totals 11 431 346. Buffalo Bill Cody advocates a home for former newspaper workers in Cody Wyoming, urging press clubs and benefactors to support the project.
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House
Secretary of Agriculture
William F. Cody
Buffalo Bill
Elks
Masons
White House
Col. Cody
Cody
Hig Horn Basin
Widow seeks adopted son to share $100,000 fortune
A 45 year old Missouri widow with $100,000 seeks a blond son aged 23 to 25, ideally a farmer. Humane agent William Ziemendorff says about 5,000 men have applied from across the U.S. and Canada, many with photos and hair, while she filters through under 100 to consider further.
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St. Joseph
America
William A. Ziemendorff
Blond
Humane
New York
New Orleans
San Francisco
Montreal
Canada
St. Louis
Galt
Ziemendorff
Washingtons oldest weather sharp Dennis Horigan
Dennis Horigan connected with the United States naval observatory may be the oldest weather man in the United States. He has kept weather observations for 51 years starting before the weather bureau was established. He joined the service in 1857 under President Buchanan and has remained ever since.
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Washington
Dennis Horigan
United States Naval Observatory
United States
Weather Bureau
Horigan
Buchanan
Georgetown
District of Columbia
Old Observatory
M. F. Maury
Maury
Gillis
Davis
Sands
Rodgers
Rowan
Shufeldt
Franklin
Belknap
Pythian
McNair
C. H. Davis
Chester
Hall
Newcomb
Harkness
Eastman
Frisby and
Skinner
Chicks Hatch in Tool Box at Pittsburg Roundhouse
In Allegheny repair shops two dozen eggs were left in a toolbox inside a roundhouse. Steam pipes kept the box at 103 degrees, coal settled over the eggs, and 34 chicks hatched. all are deaf, with a third batch in progress amid the clanging noises.
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Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Allegheny
Camera as a tombstone in Cape West Africa tale
A Cape Times letter recounts a hand camera left on Leslie Barclay’s grave after his death from blackwater fever. Hyenas reportedly seize it, then natives recover the camera, believing it part of white burial rites and that its loss invites vengeance.
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Cape Town
Cape Times
Portuguese West Africa
Cape
Leslie Barclay
Transvaal
Barclay
Acrons
Money Delays Vanderbilt Divorce Decree
Mrs. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt seeks an absolute divorce with a child support of not less than 10 million dollars. Referee McClure has filed his report. its delivery to the court hinges on a London memo from counsel. Attorneys in London are pursuing a money settlement as Vanderbilt’s income and securities are constrained by recent borrowing and time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dramatic Mirror
EW York
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt
David McClure
Justice O'Gorman
McClure
Lewis Cass Ledyard, Jr
Carter, Ledyard & Milburn
Wall Street
Mr. Ledyard Sr
Vanderbilt
London
Ledyard
New York
Dewar
Kamberlingh Onnes
Leiden
Prof. Dewar
London Times
Thousands of Actors Face Hunger This Summer
The article reports a severe summer ahead for actors with over 2000 unemployed in New York, many companies closed, and funds exhausted. Actors seek seasonal work while the Actors’ Fund shows a $20,000-year deficiency. Coney Island crowds reflect the hardship and managers’ efforts to help, yet suffering looms for performers.
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New York
Actors' Fund
Coney Island
Luncheons for Men Surge Ahead as Weekday Socials
A spring trend notes men joining weekday luncheons once dominated by women. Growth in male workers on Fifth Avenue and rising immigrant participation fuel lunches that shorten in duration and often end with bridge games. Women adapt by inviting men and organizing mixed gatherings.
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Goshen Daily Democrat
JOS
Goshen
Indiana
Santa Cruz
Berlin
Paris
Vienna
Rome
Venice
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
National Biscuit Company
Crystal Domino
Newark Meadows
Harpers Ferry
Virginia Hills
Cincinnati
Business Men's Club
Marine Corps
Tobacco
Roosevelt
American Bison Society
Dennis Horigan Nestor
The
Gotham
Twenty-third Street
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Theater
Chinatown
Bowery
Eastside
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