Merrimack Finaly Corrected In Congress Vote
In the house John Jacob Rogers urged correcting river spelling to Merrimack. Members voted 65 in favor to add the final K, with Nick Longworth loudly supporting the change and the tally confirming the river’s name as Merrimack.
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Ashington
John Jacob Rogers
Massachusetts
House
Merrimack
John Jacob
Merrimac
Congress
Government Printing Office
Geographic Board
Sims
Tennessee
Mann
Representative Sims
Rogers
Nick Longworth
Longworth
Uncle Sam Sells Surplus Predator Pelts At Public Auction
The Department of Agriculture bars pelts not needed for science and sells them at public auctions. In four sales over four months 1399 skins fetched 2552 dollars, mainly coyote pelts from extermination campaigns in western cattle districts. Museums’ needs largely met. notices go out about ten days before each sale.
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Department of Agriculture
Federal Treasury
The
Biological Survey
Elk Exhibit From Yellowstone at National Museum
A group of American elk from Yellowstone National Park is on display in the National Museum west wing. Collected for the Smithsonian with Interior Department courtesy, the exhibit originated for the Panama-Pacific exposition. Congress funded a 50 000 elk refuge near Jackson Hole Wyoming to feed winter herds.
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Yellowstone National Park
United States National Museum
Smithsonian
Interior Department
San Francisco
Palace of Agriculture
North America
Wyoming
Montana
Idaho
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Canada
Yellowstone
Congress
Jackson Hole
Jackson
Wyo
Turing
Yellowstone Park
United States
Children Beautifying Capital Through Garden Work
More than 15,600 Washington schoolchildren are beautifying the capital by tending home gardens under Miss Susan HB Sipe who directs the effort. About 170,000 seed packages have been used as new recruits join the drive. The People's Gardens association backs the program to foster a growing interest in a garden city.
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Washington
Susan HB. Sipe
People’s Gardens Association of
Miss Sipe
Worth Knowing: Bananas Resist Insects and Diseases
A roundup of curiosities notes bananas remain immune to insect attacks and most fruit diseases. It also mentions 2,500 miles of U S steam railways electrified, a German claim to a time-measuring apparatus, coal-field vein discoveries, fatigue claims by a French inventor, and a water-seal exit device for escape from steam or gas rooms.
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United States
Germany
Gift of gab and silence shape community force
A Boston Globe essay contrasts four types of talkers and argues the value of balancing speech and quiet. It praises the silent person who endures insults and misjudgment while maintaining restraint, noting character speaks a language all its own and such restraint can be a powerful social force.
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Boston Globe
Nothing Lost By Courtesy
Courtesy reduces friction in daily life and improves outcomes. A cheery greeting and considerate behavior at work, elevator, phone, bench, and office lubricate human interactions. By respecting small rights, we build happiness and self respect and foster good will in society.
Oldest trees in California valley fall of ancient giants
The piece notes that the oldest living beings are colossal California conifers older than Abraham, surviving through centuries while their treetops dwindle. A giant recently fell, tourists climb its trunk by a ladder, and many giants near their last centuries suffer wear from historic human use and fires.
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Dryden
Californian
Abraham
London Chronicle
Shakespeare and the American Spirit: Gunsaulus Views
Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus argues in National Magazine that Shakespeare’s mixed population shaped Anglo-Saxon views of government and ecclesiastical principles. He links Shakespeare to American cosmopolitanism and an American manner that combines a diverse past with a varied present.
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England
America
United States
Shakespeare
Frank W. Gunsaulus
National Magazine
Practice Loving Everyone You Meet
A brief reflection urging daily practice of kind words and gentle acts toward all, noting three days of practice will reveal ongoing joy and that enduring love requires effort and persistence. The piece tempers idealism with realism, comparing love to a garland earned through struggle and continuous daily practice.
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Louise Collier Willcox
The Killjoy Two Wayfarers on the Roadside
Two travelers rest by the roadside venting a grim view of their life on the road. They describe riding car trucks chased by brakemen cops and dogs sleeping in barns and eating scraps. One says the life might be worse than regular work.
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Bill
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph
Malthusian Theory Debunked by U S Agricultural Growth
Government data show 1.56 billion acres cultivate able and 3/8 of US land under cultivation, with farming output twenty eight times higher than a century ago. Proponents of Malthusian theory are criticized as the world’s population can be supported, even within Texas if needed.
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Illinois
United States
Europe
Earth
America
Texas
Boys Should Not Waste Money On Women Says Advice Column
A 1916 advice piece argues young men should save earnings and avoid lavish gifts to girls. It warns popularity cannot be bought by treating women with money, urging prudence, dignity, and long term value in character and finances. It cites earned respect from thrift and warns mothers fear spending too much.
Tailored Waists Reflect Seasonal Dress Simplicity
The article describes the season’s tailored waists as the sharp expression of trim simplicity. It highlights white linen and white tucked muslin designs with collars and cuffs, noting hand hemming, reinforcements, and potential use of black satin ribbons for the second day look.
Horse Age by Teeth Test Sparks Teasing
Dialogue shows Tommie asking about a horse’s age and another character explains it by its teeth. The exchange ends with a playful remark about biting.
Mother’s Cook Book Tips and Pantry Notes
Practical kitchen guidance covers boiling meat to seal juices, simmering for tenderness, and avoiding overcooking. It notes raisin price increases and storage tips, plus a lemon orange cream sherbet recipe and cottage cheese salad ideas with peppers and dressing. Parsnip fritters offer another vegetable serving option.
Cheese Ball Salad Description
Cheese balls of seasoned cheese rolled in chopped chives rest in blanched lettuce leaves. Served with dressed greens, the bite sized rounds present a satisfying salad option.
The Bent Twig How Parents Train Or Harm Children
A literary critique of Dorothy Canfield’s novel The Bent Twig argues parents must set standards and ideals rather than clamp down with force. It cautions against overprotection and insists children gain judgment through experience, not gates and fears.
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Professor Marshall
Dorothy Canfield
Sylvia
Embroidered Trim Described in Round Diamond Stitch
A textile description notes padded white embroidery arranged in rows of round or diamond shapes with tiny flowers. The item emphasizes intricate stitches and decorative motifs common to vintage needlework.
False Dog Talk in Dab of Wit
A humorous exchange features a character remarking on a boastful claim as either English or Irish bull. The dialogue focuses on a confident assertion about Pat and a Boston dog, yielding a playful linguistic pun.
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Pat
The Sport Hat Accessories Match Hats in Paris Style
The article notes accessories in fashion showing small matching bags with hats. A Paris hat in maroon suede with a white kid crown has a suede bag with a cut-out brown and white design. Another outfit features a high crown taffeta hat with a colored velvet ribbon.
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Paris
Hood on Kitchen Range Prevents Odors Escaping
Instructions emphasize installing a kitchen range hood to stop cooking smells from reaching other areas. With the hood, the serving room door can remain open and odors will not escape to the rest of the house.
Not All Due To Heredity
A Chicago Journal piece argues doctors and lawmakers misjudge heredity. A doctor treats a nervous patient whose mother and grandmother show similar traits. The root cause turns out to be excessive daily coffee use, not inheritance, suggesting caution in legislation.
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Chicago Journal
United States
Long Lines for Halibut Catch Stretching Seas
The halibut fishery uses extremely long lines up to sixty miles, with hooks baited and resting on the sea bed. Each line is sectioned with surface floats marked by flags or lights, and winded up by steam power after catching fish that feed near the ocean floor.
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Christian Herald
Wedding Fans At High Society Nuptials In New York
The New York Times notes wedding fans, mostly women, who attend premier weddings for the social thrill. They crowd church doors and street entrances, hindering pedestrians, prompting heightened precautions at large churches on Fifth Avenue.
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Fifth Avenue
New York Times
Oldest English Dining Club The Dilettanti Founded 1734
The Dilettanti, the oldest dining club in England, was founded in 1734 by Sir Francis Dashwood. Original member Lord Sandwich popularized ordering meat between bread. Since 1784 the group meets first Sunday each month February through July at the Grafton Galleries housing their picture collection.
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England
Dilettanti Club
Francis Dashwood
Lord Sandwich
Dilettanti
Grafton Galleries
London Chronicle
Remembered Old Habit of Senator Davis Dream Whistle
Former U S senator H Gassaway Davis once a Parker vice presidential candidate is recalled as a brakeman turned millionaire. He reportedly dreamed he was guiding a freight car in West Virginia while asleep in the senate chamber, after colleague Allen G Thurman blew two blasts on his nose. Davis seized his desk as if applying a brake before waking.
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H. Gassaway Davis
United States
Parker
Senate
West Virginia
Allen G. Thurman
Davis
Veils to Shield Boys From Mosquitoes Backfires
A man who hired boys to pick strawberries made neck veils to guard them from mosquitoes. The boys appreciated the effort until they learned there were no mosquitoes and that the veils prevented berry eating. The supposed protection proved a different kind of safeguard.
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Pittsburgh Press
The Reason Why
Dialogue excerpt shows Mrs. Wederly and another character debating secrecy and women. Wederly asserts hidden confidences exist and that some secrets remain unknown to others. The exchange hints at gender perspectives on trust and discretion within a social setting.
Isaacs Cohen Plans Five Year Retirement From Business
The text notes Ysaacs Cohen intends a five year retirement from business, with Abrams-Oh mentioning a dot before. Isaacs confirms but a court judge remarks about this time, referencing Princeton Tiger.
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Ysaacs—Cohen
Abrams
Isaacs
Princeton Tiger
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