Lady Lydia and her husband Brown clash over flirtations
In a tale of high society, Lady Lydia flaunts flirtations with Capt. Graham, provoking Brown who insists on restraint. After a heated exchange he reveals his plan to go away, and Lydia surprises him by declaring she will join him and uplift their bond as she asserts control of their future together.
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Lydia
Brown
Bill Brown
Lord Carthwaite
Capt
Graham
Lady Lydia
Carthwaite
Africa
Jove
HENSY TENTS BETTER FOR THE POULTRY
New England led the shift to open airy poultry quarters using muslin curtains instead of glass. Experiments by Prof. Gowell and others show curtains admit light and air, reduce moisture, and lower sickness while tents and up to date huts prove effective for small and large flocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
G. M. Gowell
Maine Agricultural Experiment Station
Orono
Gowel
Gowell
EF. W. Colby
Auburn
Cosby
Charles K. Graham
Connecticut Agricultural College
Storrs
Graham
Prof
Walla
Arlington House and Arlington Cemetery History
National Cemetery at Arlington traces its origin to the Custis estate, built by George Washington Parke Custis. Mary Fitzhugh married Custis daughter Mary Ann, who wed Robert E. Lee in 1831. Lee and family resided there until 1861 when Lee became Virginia commander in the Civil War.
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Washington
Arlington
America
Arlington House
George Washington Parke Custis
George Washington
Mary Lee Fitzhugh
Virginia
Mary Ann Randolph Custis
Robert E. Lee
Engineer Corps
Lee
Robert Howson
Arlington Cemetery origin and Meigs order in 1864
The Arlington estate became a national cemetery after the 1864 Meigs order. It was bought by the government for taxes, then sold back by George Washington Custis Lee for 160000 dollars. Now around twenty thousand graves honor officers and soldiers, with Custis and his wife buried nearby. Memorial exercises at Arlington on May 30 are described as imposing and impressive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Berkeley
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
United States Army
Lee
Arlington
United States
Heights
Washington
Soldiers’ Home Cemetery
Rucker
James M. Moore
Montgomery C. Meigs
L. Reinhardt
North Carolina Infantry
Northern
Virgina
Army
Navy
Quartermaster's Department of the Army
Supreme Court of the United States
Custis
Robert
Abolition of Constitution Urged by Chicago Professor
Professor Charles Zueblin of the University of Chicago urged radical reform of the United States Constitution at a Psi Upsilon alumni banquet. He attacked government as a "pleasure club" in Washington, warned of voter ignorance, and promoted home rule, the referendum, and an unwritten constitution modeled after England.
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Chicago
United States
Charles Zueblin
University of Chicago
Psi Upsilon
fFeldsman
Washington
Senate
Zueblin
England
New Central Railroad Office Opens Near Louisville Beechmont
Louisville reporters note the Southern Pacific Railroad has completed a new central office near Beechmont, costing about 100 dollars for a building valued at 500 million. The office hosts annual stockholder meetings and is tied to legal tax actions in Jefferson County and state courts seeking millions in back taxes.
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Louisville
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Lmits
Beechmont
J. B. Weaver
Southern Pacific Company
Kentucky
Jefferson County
Southern Pacific
Chinese Opium Traffic Decree Seeks Three Year Trial
An imperial decree condemns opium and notes Britain will cut exports to China for a three year trial to test if poppy cultivation and opium makers decline. If successful, imports into China will be reduced further. The decree orders enforcement of existing regulations and further elaboration of measures.
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China
Invalid’s Sad Plight and Cuticura Cure
A Stamford Connecticut woman describes four years of inflammatory rheumatism with skin peeling bed sores and hair loss. She reports improvement after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Revalents Cuticura products, noting clearer complexion and hair regrowth. Dated March 6 and 12, 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavina J. Henderson
Broad St
Stamford, Conn
All-Round Book and the Book Agent Encounter
A book agent tries to sell a large red volume to Eli Hobbs on his porch. Hobbs replies he has no wife and only a cat, while the agent blandly urges the book as a gift for quarrels or reading aloud to a spouse who does not exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Hobbs
Piazza
Mr. Hobbs
Internal Revenue Collections Defined
The term internal revenue refers to revenues collected by the internal revenue bureau under the treasury department and does not include all internal sources such as land sales patent fees or postal revenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
Water, Water, Everywhere in 1903 Flood
An elderly African American resident in the East bottoms awoke to his home four feet under water during the flood of 1903. Rescuers found him wandering the yard poking the ground with a fishing pole and he explained he was trying to locate his well to fetch water.
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East Bottoms
Two Topers A Teacher's Experience
A Minnesota schoolteacher nicknamed the Postum Preacher recounts how she quit coffee after nervous fits and reliance on Postum. She describes personal relief, smoother nerves, and a healthier appetite following her switch, aided by husband’s cautious trial.
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Cloth Fron Poultry House
National Cemetery
Temple of Fame At
Chicago University
Chas. Zuebling
Egbert
NEW Central Railroad Office
Postum Co
Battle Creek
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