Dinner Party Turns Into Mock Inquest On Food Claims
In a satirical dinner party, Dr Guffhander, a food expert, subjects each dish to mock chemical scrutiny claiming adulteration from clam to ice cream. Guests react with fear and humor as the doctor hazards bizarre diagnostics while the hosts insist on home made fare. Hair and heredity note follows with researchers from the Carnegie Institution predicting children’s hair type from parents.
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Uncle Gregory
Dr. Busyfire
Peter
Gregory
Peaches
Dr. Guffhander
Dora
Gertrude
Charles Davenport
Carnegie Institution
Coldring Harbor
American Naturalist
Unexpected Ally in The Cost of Print Paper
Truth relies on the Cost of Print Paper as an unlikely helper to fix errors in reporting. The Cost of Print Paper boasts it will push newspapers to get facts right initially rather than rely on denials later. Truth expresses gratitude for the implied reform.
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Truth
Papar
Installing Relics of Logan in Springfield Memorial Hall
Mrs. John A. Logan oversees the installation of Gen. Logan relics in the state house memorial hall at Springfield Illinois. The collection includes Civil War photographs Gen Logan from boyhood bronzes and resolutions from nationwide organizations and items relating to Maj John A Logan Jr who died November 11 1899 in the Philippines while leading a charge against Aguinaldo's forces.
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Logan
John A. Logan
Gen. Logan
State House
Springfield
United States
Tme
Maj
John A. Logan, Jr
United States Volunteers
Aguinaldo
Philippines
The Smug Fellow Revealed in Gossip
A fragment shows humor and sneering critique of a smug man who talks about others, including Jones, with insinuation and sly boasting. The dialogue hints at social judgment and the discomfort caused by confident statements about others.
National Capital Gossip of People and Events Gathered in Washington
Washington brief highlights notable arrivals and society movements as the capital hosts social events, official dinners, and cultural galas. Prominent figures and organizations are mentioned in passing, with emphasis on public appearances and appointments.
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Washington
Countess Seckendorf's Millionaire Spree Ends in Debt
Washington notes the rise and fall of Countess Julia W. vy L. Seckendorf once a Washington socialite and former maid Julia Davidson. She inherited a $4,000,000 estate from her second husband, spent lavishly, and now faces about $100,000 in debt as possessions were sold at auction.
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Washington
Julia Davidson
John O. Donner
Donners
Hisie
Miss Davidson
Leper to Live with Family Under Isolation Plan
District health officials plan to end strict isolation for John R. Early allowing him to reside with his family in the same house with separate sleeping quarters and domestic items. Federal authority to relocate him to North Carolina remains disputed. Plans include possible new housing or near-asylum residence. doctors consider inoculation with leprosy bacilli, a method known as Nastin cure, though Early doubts the diagnosis and opposes the treatment.
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John R. & Early
Early
Solicitor of the Treasury
Aso
North Carolina
Commonwealth
Federal Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Woodward
William Fowler
Contagious Disease Service
Welsh Choir Refuses Roosevelt Sherry at White House Concert
A private Welsh concert for the Roosevelts ended with all 25 singers declining sherry. The Mountain Ash choir, led by the Men of Harlech, praised by Mrs Roosevelt, refused alcohol as an attendant misplaced a tray of 25 glasses. The mishap ended with the waiter bewildered as the tray circled the room.
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Roosevelt
White House
Harlech
Mountain Ash Choir
Civil War Veteran Returns Conscience Bond to Treasury
Civil War pension case ends after a veteran surrenders two $500 bonds and a $172 draft to restore pension funds. Commissioner ESPASIAN WARNER reviews records, sends a special examiner, finds the veteran sane, and closes the conscience account with the bonds and money deposited to the treasury.
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Espasian Warner
Roosevelt
United States
Warner
Her Summer Studio In England
An American artist, Miss Alethea Hill Platt, maintains a seasonal studio in Chagford Devonshire England, pursuing outdoor scenes of thatched farmhouses with rose covered doors and distant Dartmoor. She may next travel to Gutach Bel-Hornberg in the Black Forest to paint interiors.
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England
New York
Alethea Hill Platt
Chagford
Devonshire
Miss Platt
Dartmoor
Mies Platt
Germany
Gutacbel-Hornberg
Black Forest
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Hugh M’hugh
Chow
Doc
Bud Hawley
Stub
Uncle Peter
Martha
Uncle Pete
Greg
John
G. W. Dillingham Co
Goodley
Jones
Impraedien
Sas
Willie
Elsie
Donner
Mrs. Donner
Treasury Department
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