Haiti Described as Degenerating Island by Admiral Chester
Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester calls Haiti a degenerating island with white presence fading and voodoo practices continuing. He cites a navy officer's fearsome encounter at a voodoo meeting and notes similar ceremonial antics in a London journal's account of a Chinese funeral with ritual offerings and symbolic goods.
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Haiti
Colby M. Chester
Admiral Chester
United States Navy
London Saturday Journal
the Journal
Obscure Dublin prank ends with erased name tag
A Dublin driver faces a zealous policeman who cannot read the name on the car. The officer declares the driver’s name appears oblit erated as the letters have rubbed off. The exchange ends with the driver calling the officer a liar.
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Dublin
Shure
Tig O'Brien
Inventor Vischier Charms Scientists With Underground River Instrument
Alfred Vischier attracts scientific interest in New York for a device claimed to locate underground rivers. He says cities such as New York and Sioux City could extract sufficient fluid without relying on surface supplies. The article notes cautious optimism and curiosity about the invention.
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New York
Alfred Vischier
Sioux City
Subterranean Water Supply Theory Gains Backing
The speaker proposes tapping streams 600 to 1000 feet underground to create a vast perennial water source. He argues municipalities need not spend millions on dams aqueducts watersheds or police if the underground supply is exploited.
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Newbay
Dama
New Zealand's Wonderland of Geysers and Maori Life
In the North Island a volcanic landscape pulses with boiling springs and rainbow colored hot pools. Maori villages nestle among geysers and mud pots while women wash on a steaming lake, and natives even send representatives to Wellington. Domestic chores are aided by natural heat.
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New Zealand
North Island
W. G. Fits-Gerald
St. Nicholas
Wellington
Question for a bedtime moment in the Struble Journal
The scene shows Frank asking a final question at bedtime and his mother answering about holes in stockings. A line about a tramp stealing an item from Mrs Benham appears, followed by a brief aside questioning what the thief will do with it.
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Struble Journal
Frank
Mra
Benham
Saint Joseph's Day Portrait of Pope Pius X by Vatican photographer
On St Joseph's Day March 19 a special photograph of Pope Pius X was taken by Gignore Cay Retici official Vatican photographer. It marks the fifth time the war has celebrated his name day since his elevation to the pontificate.
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St. Joseph's
Pius X
Gignore Cay. Retici
Vatican
New Summer Styles For Women Featured In May Guide
Grace Margaret Gould notes in Woman's Home Companion May issue that new summer gowns emphasize trim and braid. Heavy lace, tassels, satin plaitings, and bright embroidery appear on gowns, with fabric covered, braid, and pearl bead buttons dominating lingerie and tailored suits.
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Grace Margaret Gould
Inexpensive Pound Cake and Variations Recipes
A compact guide offers cake recipes including an inexpensive pound cake with flour butter and sugar, boiled icing technique, bronge sponge without powder using eggs and vinegar, coffe cake with nuts and cinnamon, and a fruit cake featuring multiple dried fruits and brandy with a long keeping time.
We Should Live to 150 Years, From the May Metropolitan
The piece argues that people could live to 150 or 160 with proper health education and regular exercise. It contends civilization chiefs produce specialization yet erode basic physical discipline, and that many lose decades by neglecting natural demands. It suggests farm work would improve health and extend lifespans.
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May
America
E & Tan
Being "Good Friends" A Beloit woman on friendship and marriage
Mrs. Mary H. Hunt of Beloit Wisconsin reflects on the ideal of true friendship within marriage and family. She considers intimate ties with husband, wife, and siblings, plus supportive bonds with writers, as a sacred earthly bond. Her remarks frame friendship as a heavenward tie and a commitment that sustains through shared thoughts and sorrows.
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Heaven
New Painting of President by Hungarian Artist
Philip A. Laszlo, a renowned Hungarian artist, has a new portrait of President Roosevelt on display at Knoedler galleries. Commissioned by Colonel Arthur Lee, a British MP, the painting depicts the president in a riding suit with a military cape, conveying a thoughtful expression as Laszlo observed his conversations with visitors and advisers.
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Allegheney College
Meadville
Cochran Hall
United States
Dolliver
Iowa
James M. Buckley
Allegheny
Roosevelt
Philip A. Laszlo
Knoedler
Mr. Laszlo
Arthur Lee
Major Lee
Cuba
New York
Aviver
Rough Riders
Hoosavelt
Recent Legal Decisions Of General Interest
A digest of court rulings covers correction of birth records in Vanderbilt versus Mitchell, and rulings on pharmacy practice classification in State versus Evans. It also notes Edison versus Edison Polyform on right of privacy, Keen versus Keen on wife’s action for alienation of husband’s affections, and constitutional law on labor regulation and policing powers.
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West Publishing Co
Dill
New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals
Vanderbilt
Mitchell
Atlantic Reporter
Court of Equity
Lowne
Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Evans
UC Northwestern Reporter
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Edison Polyform Manufacturing Company
New Jersey Court of Chancery
Tts
Holison
Oregon
Suepreme Court
Keen
Pacifico
Clint Posewalie
Poestlewalte
The Gun Sheriffs and War Talk in the Plains
A fragmented report recalls gun sheriffs and frontier conflict with lines about pursuit, battles, and the call for peace. It cites distant places like Kansas and Yellowstone and notes Americans consuming vast numbers of matches and large match plants on the Pacific coast.
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Pacific Coast
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Christ
New England
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Rutiner
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