Mining expert John Hayes Hammond retires from Guggenheim role
Noted mining engineer John Hayes Hammond ends his connection with the Guggenheim Exploration company and its $250,000 consulting fee. Ill health and recent surgery precede a probable handover to A Chester Beatty as Hammond’s assistant and successor.
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John Hayes Hammond
Guggenheim Exploration Company
Hammond
A. Chester Beatty
Mr. Beatty
San Francisco
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale
Cecil Rhodes
Transvaal
Rhodesia
Consolidated Goldfields of
South Africa
Johannesburg
Jameson
England
America
Jameson Resigns Cape Colony Premiership in Transvaal Echoes
Dr Leander Starr Jameson resigns as Cape Colony premier, reviving memories of the Transvaal raid, Lobengula diplomacy, and the Boer war. Once allied with Cecil Rhodes, Jameson helped Matabeleland policy and later led De Beers and the British South Africa Company before his resignation.
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Leander Starr Jameson
Cape Colony
Lobengula
Transvaal
John Hays Hammond
Great Britain
Kruger
Jim
Scotland
South Africa
Kimberley
Cecil Rhodes
Matabeleland
Rhodes
British South Africa Company
Fort Salisbury
Matabele
Jameson
Dr. Jameson
John Gordon Sprigg
de Beers Diamond Mining Company
Britsh South Africa Company
Treasury debt keeper MacLennan praised for figures
William F. MacLennan head of the book keeping and warrants division of the treasury department manages the nation debt totaling 2 467 869 991 dollars including gold certificates and treasury notes. He dispenses all government disbursements by warrants and has served Presidents from Garfield to Roosevelt.
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William F. MacLennan
Treasury Department
United States Treasury
Treasury
MacLennan
Internal Revenue Customs
United States
Garfield
Arthur
Harrison
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Treasury
New York
Washington
Congress
the Treasury
Meredith Ends Eightieth Birthday With Limited Marriage Talk
English novelist George Meredith, celebrating his eightieth birthday at Box Hill Surrey, has long been prolific and was honored by over 100 signatures in a commemorative letter. He sparked controversy three years ago by endorsing limited marriage and proposing a state funded system for family support.
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George Meredith
Diana of
Meredith
United Kingdom
Boxhill
Surrey
The Bed Making Ordeal After Home Holiday Absence
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt recounts a man returning home for holidays and attempting to make a bed. He struggles with smoothing sheets and tucking blankets, battles lumpy pillows, and finally contemplates abandoning the task as a complicated, tedious chore.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Millionaire Hotel Boss Bets on Babies for Loyalty
J. B. Martin, owner of a fashionable New York hotel, offers $50 bonuses to employees upon marriage and for each child born. He reports paying $5,150 in bonuses last year and claims the system reduces staff turnover and strengthens reliability, with twins earning the same per child bonus.
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New York
J. B. Martin
Martin
Capital of Cardboard Paris Sketch Describes Stagey City
A London writer comments on Paris as cardboard like a theater set. He notes blank gray façades gray shutters and painted doors and laments the lack of color life and faces in the Champs Elysees area. He contrasts Paris with London's warmer colors and bustle.
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Paris
Champs Elysees
London
Reform Spelling Confusion at Dining Table
A studious man orders in a restaurant and a waiter struggles with Reform English spelling. The stranger explains the word egg as eg, egg, provoking puzzled reactions. He tastes the dish, then asks the waiter to remove it, noting reform should target the egg not the spelling.
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Walter
Slim silhouettes command fashion as hips fade from view
Fashion writers urge slim figures to dominate styles with tightly draped sleeves and long coats. They warn that fat women cannot look well in current frocks and call for continued waist reduction to preserve a chic silhouette.
Blue Chiffon Voile Afternoon Gown Description
An afternoon gown in Copenhagen blue chiffon features a tucked skirt with overskirt detail and a kimono bodice crossing in aurplice fashion. Self-tone satin bands frame cream lace motifs with gold thread, embroidered net accents, and blue dotted chiffon frilla on short sleeves.
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Copenhagen
Floral table decor idea with daisies and ferns
A luncheon or formal dinner decor pattern uses daisies and ferns across centerpieces. Dishes, lamps, desserts, and place cards feature wreaths, moss and green accents. molded ices mimic daisies and souvenirs are given as separate floral bundles.
A Tight Collar Finishes with Linen Craft Tricks
A tight collar causes discomfort after laundering and can be improved with small white rings sewn on the back and a ribbon threaded through for a neat finish. Ribbons at the ends or four eyelets with ribbon also provide a tidy look.
Proper Care Advice for Dirty Clothes and Skirts
The text advises discarding cheap veils or throwing away worn garments. It suggests cleaning costly items with odorless fluid, shaking them, drying on a bed or ironing board, and stretching and pinning corners to counterpane to keep them smooth and protected.
Old Favorites and New Ideas in One Day Menu
A one day menu features breakfast including baked apple and cheese balls with coffee, lunch of beef broth croquettes and milk biscuit, and dinner of cocoanut soup roast beef baked potatoes and cheese balls. The article includes detailed instructions for cheese balls breaded and fried and a milk biscuit dough method with kneading and baking cues and a cherry cake recipe with spices and canned cherries.
Household hints on mixing, polishing, ironing and fuels
The article offers tips for kitchen and home care. It advises using a fork or egg beater to smooth flour and water mixes, avoid spoons for cereals, and use a plated silver fork. It suggests camphor to prevent tarnish in silver, and mentions a large toy iron and a high chair while ironing. It explains butter over lamp flame to compare oleomargarine and butter behavior.
Papering a Kalsomined Room
A home tricks note explains treating white washed walls by using vinegar enhanced paste with glue for better paper adherence. Brush walls, apply wallpaper, and it will stay firmly fixed as per the advice from Good Housekeeping.
Apple dessert with nuts and citrus zest recipe
Peel and core apples place in a deep pan. Add a heaping tablespoon sugar and half a cup water per apple. Fill centers with chopped nuts and lemon or orange peel strips. Top with lemon zest and nutmeg. Bake until tender.
Roses and illusive plans in Chauncey Snelling’s visit
Chauncey Snelling sits in the Davis reception room replaying a hopeful evening. He feigns illness to delay talk as Alice notices his hoarseness and cold, while he subtly probes for a moment to reveal his feelings and the plan for a life together.
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Chaicey Snelling
Davia
Young Snelling
Davis
Alice
Chauncey
Snelling
Grace
Tom
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