Census Questions Stir Debate On Age And Head Of House
Washington readers learn a census supervisor discusses how women may answer age questions and the challenges of counting foreign residents. Willard Hotchkiss addresses head of household role, hotel and lodging house populations, and methods to educate foreigners before enumerators arrive.
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Ilinois
Chicago
Washington
Ecourse
Hotchkiss
Mr. Motchkies
Warlowe
Senator Dick’s Bank Tale and Port of New York Inquisition
An old anecdote recalls Senator Dick recounting a bank error where a missing quarter caused a long search and a strict employer. A treasury official is humorously quizzed about baggage inspections at the New York port. A European traveler defends her ribbon trunk and the inspector simply asks if she will sell or keep the ribbon.
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Treasury
Treasury Department
Port of New York
Europe
Gallery of ex speakers sparks gallery debate in house
Representative Parsons of New York seeks 8500 for 17 old paintings to replace chromos of dead speakers in the hall of representatives. Critics mock the current portraits calling them crude and crude in style, urging a 17000 allocation for better likenesses and lasting value.
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House of Representatives
Speaker Reed
Speaker Crisp
Representative Parsons
New York
Indians Object to Citizenship Status in Oklahoma
VRAVLA Haro in Washington urged Congress to shield Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek and Choctaw from state citizenship under Oklahoma law. He argued Indians prefer federal guardianship and treaty guarantees of 1825, criticizing education, annuities, and the burden of compulsory assimilation. He contrasted Indian wards with African Americans, urging continued federal care.
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Vravla Haro
Wallington
Ohilahoma
Washington
Congress
Oklahoma
Myr
Marlo Dveliere
United States
Ilarjo
Tinrie
Famous English Tart Recipes from Old Pastry Makers
A historical collection describes tart varieties with top crusts baked in deep dishes using inverted cups for support, tartlets with rice and paper to prevent puffing, and open tarts. It covers cream paste preparation, Queen's Apple Tarts with custard layers, apple sauce, currant jelly, and a meringue topping, all step by step.
Delicious Blanc Mange Dessert and Cake Assembly
A good afternoon dish combines a chocolate blanc mange with a layered sponge cake. Bake a plain two layer cake, top with cooled blanc mange, then whipped cream. Blanc mange uses milk butter salt arrowroot melted chocolate eggs sugar vanilla, cooked, cooled, and folded with stiff egg whites.
To Make Sandwiches for Evening Event
Fifteen minutes observing a caterer show efficient sandwich making yields practical tips. Bread is sliced thin after crusts are trimmed in batches, deviled ham blended into mayonnaise, and the paste spread on bread. Sandwiches for sixty guests were prepared in under thirty minutes.
Leftover Cauliflower Made Into Lunch Dish
A cauliflower left over is not wasted. Use the remaining florets with fresh cream sauce and bake as a pudding or in individual dishes. Top with grated cheese or breadcrumbs for a simple lunch entree.
Heartshaped cookies from a old kitchen recipe
A fragment of a vintage recipe describes creaming butter and sugar, adding spices and brandy, then mixing with flour and baking powder. The dough is shaped into small heart forms and baked, with rose water for moisture. The text preserves era phrasing and measurements.
Wash Blankets For Clean Drying
Prepare soappads of a good soap and rinse in several warm waters. To dry, see your drying frames, pin tightly all edges, and plene close together. Dry indoors to keep blankets straight.
Ironing tips for fine white waists and underwear
A brief instruction advises placing a bath towel on the ironing board, lay the garment with the buttoned side down, and iron over the wrong side. Between the buttons there will be rows that are pressed, preventing excess ironing on those areas.
Enormous Injury to Tobacco by Insects
A discussion on how insect pests such as flea bugs hornworms and grasshoppers cause extensive damage to tobacco leaves. It notes that much loss is preventable with proper seedbed care, drainage, humus, and timely spraying, reducing pest numbers in the field through bed treatments.
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Metcalf
Latham Barred Rock Hen Breeding Quality Highlighted
A Barred Rock hen praised for ideal shape and balanced barring. She’s described as close to perfect in form with clean, straight barring and strong contrast. Noted as daughter of a prize hen and Boston show champion hen in 1909. Also mentions managing large sheep flocks by splitting into smaller groups.
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Boston
Cooper's New Discovery Drives Omaha Health Craze
Omaha residents flock to Cooper for his New Discovery remedies claiming rapid relief from stomach trouble and related ailments. Testimonials from W. J. Grant and William Kennedy praise restored appetite, strength, and renewed health after short courses, noting success despite skepticism from some doctors.
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Omaha
Neb
Cooper
W. J. Grant
South Sixteenth Street
Earth
William Kennedy
Bennett Company
Sixteenth and
Harney Streets
Discovery
Practical Christianity Button Drive Appeal
A Harper's Weekly taken note shows a sewing circle at a church thanking the congregation for 67 buttons donated in the past month and requesting undershirts and secular garments next Sunday to sew onto. It adds a light quip about women not fearing mice but avoiding disappointing men.
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Harper's Weekly
Resinol Ointment Cures Longstanding Neck Breakout
Barbara Carpenter of Ogden reports a summer neck eruption like eczema cleared by Resinol Ointment after other remedies failed. The ad asserts the product’s effectiveness and invites readers to try it.
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Barbara Carpenter
Ogden
8. C
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