Taft family to occupy Pinchot mansion for season
A Taft family will use Gifford Pinchot's Dupont Circle mansion on Millionaire Row as a social center this winter. The large stone residence, once home to the former chief forester, has stood vacant over a year and now, under Mrs. Thomas K. Laughlin, sister of Mrs. Taft, is set to be a premier Washington social hub during Congress.
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Rainy Day Advice Echoes Through The Ages
A witty exchange from Wo man’s Home Companion contrasts belief in saving money with a light remark about borrowing an umbrella. The dialogue hints at practical thrift and humor in daily life.
College Flock Wins Prizes at International Show
The University of Wisconsin flock of 52 sheep won 48 prizes totaling 788 dollars at the Chicago International Livestock Show. Frank Kleinheinz showed the stock, with first second and third in yearling carcasses and lamb carcasses earning top honors, plus a breeding and feeding demonstration prize. The championship carcass sold for 60 cents a pound, a U.S. high.
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Chicago
Frank Kleinheinz
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It Makes a Man Proud to Keep Temper at Home
A witty remark asserting that a man can maintain calm with others but shows ire at home, highlighting domestic temper as a private failing.
Alsberg Named as Wiley's Successor
Dr. C L Alsberg appointed chief of the bureau of chemistry in the agriculture department at Washington to succeed Harvey Y Wiley. He is noted for his authority on biological phases of chemistry and has chaired the American Chemical Society biochemical section since its formation. His tenure is nonpolitical and likely to endure across the Wilson administration.
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Egg economy tips for yolk garnishing
The article explains separating egg components without breaking the yolk and poaching the yolk in salted water for garnishing. The egg white is kept for other uses.
Twelve Thousand Miles in Vain Eclipse Expedition
The official report of the British scientific expedition to observe the October 10 total solar eclipse in Brazil finds no results. The journey covered 12,000 miles out and back, 10 weeks away, 113 seconds of eclipse, three tons of equipment, and three months of chart preparation at Greenwich, with all efforts yielding nil.
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Brazil
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England
Kracker Fired After Moon Joke Incident at Club
The New York Times reports Kracker made a joke about the man in the moon having a son and shooting pinwheels at a club. The crowd reacted, and Kracker was fired.
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New York Times
Editorial council eyed for Wisconsin student publications
Madison Wisconsin December 20 an editorial council to supervise all university student publications is under consideration at the University of Wisconsin. It would include both students and faculty members.
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Madison, Wis
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin University The People of State Benefit Widely
A Wisconsin Alumni Magazine handbook details the university’s wide state services from education to public health and economics. It notes one in ten Wisconsinites directly benefited through instruction, extension lectures, farm programs, and library resources, with substantial public outcomes in sanitation, cheap living, and industrial progress.
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University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Alumni Magazine Today
University of Today
Wisconsin
Municipal Reference Bureau
College of Agriculture
Department of Political Science
College of Engineering
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Explorer Amundsen to Speak in Madison on Feb 10
Captain Ronald Amundsen, famed Antarctic explorer, will address an event in Madison under the University of Wisconsin Scandinavian department on February 10. He will recount his Antarctic experiences during the search for the south pole, which he located.
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Wis
Ronald Amundsen
University of Wisconsin
Amundsen
Antarctic
South Pole
Freeman Lapses in Dress Shocks Historic Audience
A famed historian Freeman was criticized for shabby attire during a lecture. He wore a torn blouse over a woolen shirt to an elegant reception where most guests were in formal dress. A stranger asked who he was and was told he is a Saxon swineherd before the Norman conquest.
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Freeman
Giants Outfielder Vows Fight Breach Suit
Preg Snodgrass of the New York Giants declares he will fight to a finish a breach of promise suit brought by Miss Nellie A. Frakes who says he promised marriage three years ago and did not wed.
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Preg Snodgrass
New York Giants
Nellie A. Frakes
Snodgrass
Sixteen Sailors Lost Off Brazil Coast in Lumber Steamer
Sixteen crew members from the Northburn, a lumber steamer bound from Pensacola to Santos, were lost when the ship went down off the Brazilian coast. Eight men were rescued by a passing steamer and the cause of the sinking was not disclosed in the report from Pensacola dated December 20.
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Fla
Gizteen
Northburn
Brazil
Santos
Death of Duke of Wellington Noted by Silent Bell at Trim
As news of the Duke of Wellington's death arrives the bells of Trim near Dangay castle ring muffled. The tenor bell breaks during the toll, and it is discovered the bell was cast in 1769 the year of the duke's birth.
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Dangay Castle
Ireland
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