Miss Helen Cannon as Washington society’s gracious power behind the scenes
Helen Cannon daughter of Speaker Cannon, a prominent figure in national society and politics, presides over her father’s Washington home. She is noted for discretion and hospitality shaping unofficial sessions, while also demonstrating strong housekeeping and democratic manners.
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America
Misa Helen Cannon
U. S. House of Representatives
Speaker Cannon
Miss Cannon
United States
Cannon
Danville
Olmnois
Washington
National Capital
Congress
Capitol
Hanna
Supreme Court Justice supports Simplified Spelling Board
Associate Justice David J. Brewer backs scientific regulation of English spelling. The Simplified Spelling Board, chaired by Brander Matthews, aims to standardize twelve spellings promoted by the National Educational Society with Carnegie funding of 15000 dollars. Board members include Butler, Twain, Higginson, Howells, and others.
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David J. Brewer
United States Supreme Court
Justice Brewer
Brander Mathews
New York
National Educational Society
Thorefore
Andrew Carnegie
B. Benjamin Andrews
University of Nebraska
Supreme Court of the United States
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
William Dean Howells
Lownsbury
Yale
James of
Hervard
Benjamin Smith
the Century Magazine
W. H. Ward
the Independent
Andrew D. White
Iceberg in Delaware Captured by Bold Tug Crew
A powerful ocean tug towed a 500 foot iceberg into Philadelphia harbor after a perilous chase off Grand Banks. No crew injuries beyond frost bites, and the mission ended with the prize valued at about 500000 tons of ice, aiding the city’s ice shortage.
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Philadelphia
Sinbad
Delaware River
Lower
Delaware
Bere
Grand Banks
Newfoundland
School Garden Education and City Programs
The article extols school and municipal gardens as child friendly learning spaces. It notes Philadelphia Boston Chicago Detroit Washington Cleveland Los Angeles and other cities implement garden programs. Boston’s School Garden Association runs centers beside schools with teachers guiding children in planting cultivating and even cooking. The approach yields happy results and could expand into broader curricula.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
Washington
Cleveland
Los Angeles
New York
School Garden Association
Sdea
Worms as Maine bait spawns business and invention
The article traces earthworm harvesting in Maine from Carl Beers of Bangor who built a worm business and shipped to Boston, to Sidney Cook of Presque Isle who commercialized bait by adopting Canadian Indian methods using bird lime, describing their methods and profits.
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Maine
Carl Beers
Bangor
Boston
Belgium
India
Green House
Sweden
Sidney Cook
Presque Isle
Cook
Canada
Niagara Falls Water Fight Pushes United Action with Canada
A proposed joint effort with Canada to stop Niagara Falls depletion gains momentum as the International Commission recommends strict water diversion limits. The plan hinges on bilateral legislation and possible New York State channel deepening to preserve the falls amid calls to curb corporate greed.
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Niagara Fall
Senate
House of Representatives
International Commission
Congress
Niagara
Alls
Dominion of Canada
Canada
Secretary of War
Niagara Falls
Horseshoe Falls
Ontario
Queen Victoria Niagara Park
New York State
Goat Island
New York State Bank
Ghent
L’hommedieu
Niagara River
Falls
Niagara Walls
Quanah Parker Creates Tense Moment at Station
At Stanton Oklahoma a young man photographed Chief Quanah Parker of the Comanches provoking anger. Parker armed himself with a knife and later a revolver before police disarmed him. Prominent financiers including J Pierpont Morgan and John D Rockefeller sent messages of approval to the Comanche leader.
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Quanah Parker
Stanton
Okla
Parker
J. Pierpont Morgan
John D. Rockefeller
H. H. Rogers
Asl
Mammoth incubator claims world’s largest capacity
W. P. Hall of Pembroke New York completed a colossal incubator with 15 000 egg capacity. At 102 feet long and 4 feet 4 inches wide it uses 100 compartments and wire bottom trays. It automates temperature and egg raising for efficient operation.
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W. P. Hall
Pembroke
N. Y
Hall
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House OF Representa
Supreme Court
Carnegiee
School Garden Education
Worms
Maine Piorist
Nation
Lasses’ Home Journal
Rockefeller
Mammoth Incubator
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