Charming gathering of children at the White House school
A weekly Prince of Wales classroom in the White House grounds hosts about a dozen children from diplomatic and official families. Mary Bannister Willard oversees a German and French speaking kindergarten tied to Froebel methods with no English spoken. The program ends late February and Paris homes for English speaking girls are highlighted along with Miss Ada Leigh and Mrs Travers Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Prince of Wales
Chamber
Guatemala
Donald
Dolly
Craig
Capt Craig
Quartermaster's Department
Martha Draper
Masoachusetts
Rome
Thurber
Col Riss
Civil ‘Service
Mary Bannister Willard
Frances Ain Willard
Fuller
Frau Schrader
Froebel
White House
Paris
Avenue Wagram
Washington
Neuilly
Ada Leigh
Travers Lewis
Ontario
Miss Leigh
Manchester
England
Turners Grange features and rural life insights
The Riverside District Grange and Henry hall area discuss farm topics from electricity to pasture hogs. Articles praise education for farmers, suggest crop diversification, and highlight Turner Grange of Maine as the largest in the world with 427 members and a $376,000 dairy output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riveride District Grange
Henry
Elmer D. Quinn
Turner Grange
Maine
Turner
New England
Grange
Grange-Homes
Dairying Progress Report From National Institutes and Herd Yields
A La Salle County farmer’s institute highlights dairy judging and high quality butter. The article cites World’s Fair medalists, state funding, and local efforts, noting impressive butter yields across private and public herds in New York, Ontario, Minnesota, and New Jersey. It discusses record holders and the difficulty of compiling exact statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.a& Farmer's Institute
la Salle Co
North End
Arizona
Magnolia Grange Fair
Bryans
Chicago
Haecker
Minnesota University
K. JD. Tillson
Tillsonburg
Ontario
M. Robertson & Son
Otsege ,Co
N. Y
H. B. Gerier
G. A. Dutcher
Mower County
Minnesota
Andrew Baker
Tompkins County
Cornish
Otsego County
Jnck. McClintock
Meadville
H. McK. Twombley
Madison
N. J
Farmers weigh seed cuts and crop shifts for future profits
The text argues destroying certain cotton seeds to prevent market harm and questions whether replacing oats, stubble, and pastures with improved corn varieties could raise prices next year. It notes the difficulty in predicting outcomes and stresses farmer focus on yields and market implications.
Tramps Try to Buy Whiskey in Ottawa Saloon
Two tramps entered a saloon in Ottawa with a gallon jug and offered a dollar for whiskey the saloonist refused claiming it was one whiskey. They left without paying and the barkeep poured it into a barrel. Outside town the jug was broken and the two men fled with the jug leaving behind two sponges soaked with wine and several rings found on them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Word's Fair
Ayer
Ottawa
Cotton, corn fortunes and a famed African cotton seed
The article contrasts corn production with cotton's troubled history in the South. It notes cotton once dominated parts of the U S, with prices barely above production costs. A southern planter reportedly acquired an African seed variety and was offered $18 000 for its output by agents of cotton brokers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
United States
Africa
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Dr. Pierce
Ira
Naylor
Ripley Co
Bright
World's
Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo
N V
Drogen
Stasspe
Maria Parson
Lithig Company
Dauphy & Co
Park Place
New York
Oldear
Munn—& Co
Broadway
Gage
Thompson & Bon
Wee Ors
John Kline
Richard Bt
Henry Republican
Onloe
Mra Milward Adams
Madame Eames-Story
Jean de Reszke
McKinley
the White House
Queen Victoria
America
The
Century Co
Aunt Eae Ey Ak Wee
Ghargeo
Riverside
Triot Grange
H Smith
Mt. Palatine
Futoan
County
Ill
Oil Trust
Theo Dld
Great West
Christendom
Farmers’ Institutes
T. A. Slocum
Pearl St
Hla Farm
Whitefield
Marshall Co
Les Nouthy
Heary
Hory
Wyombe Road
Clovak
A.m
Rhae
D. Dunlap
U. L
Wirt
Starlipper
Republica
Geo Bart
Propristor
Eress County Ien
Lohegransien
Ivan
Thank ‘Sapertine
Oharve
Hinhodte
Stationery and Job Department
Mosenborin
Bert
S. Constable
Ema
Neighborhang Soo
Quire
Salforis
Colorado
Texas
Southern Pacific
Southern
California
Phillips- Rock Island
Californ
Nia
John Sebastian
G. P
Merdian
C.R. I
P. R.R
Henr Ey Ates
Goa
Mught Ee Rpres
Wiesanimsie Odation
Giasitenenennn
Szpressand
Mageneay
BRLL
Zece
Pasi T Sean
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