Washingtons Historic Plans and Modern Towers Inspires Visitors
A Washington feature highlights the city’s early plan by Major l'Enfant under George Washington, its preserved draft on display, and the evolving Capitol area. It also notes Venitian palace recreations, presidential house renovations, and local garden beds admired by guests and locals alike.
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Augustus Riley
War Department
Riley
Cathedral of
SS. Peter and Paul
Washington
Treasury
Fall
Tiber
James Creek
Potomac
Davy Burns
Capitol Hill
Bishop Satterlee
Moufat St. Albans
Cathedral Close
Black Hens' Eggs and a Young Hustler's Trick
The copper magnate F Augustus Heinze recalls a boyhood ruse where a grocer mocks black hens eggs yet the boy proves it by selecting the twelve largest eggs and paying. He notes the boy’s early gift for getting the better of people and cites the tale as an example of his wiles.
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Augustus Heinze
Mr. Heinze
Northampton lawyer suffers misread illness joke
Ernest W. Hardy, partner of Dick Irwin, read late at night and felt severe pains near 2 a.m. He called his doctor who quipped that his appendix was under the match box, not his watch, before advising rest.
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Toole
Billington
Boston Herald
Practices as He Preaches Mark Twain Autograph Remark
A humorous anecdote recalls Mark Twain advising a girl to avoid lies. He wrote Never tell a lie and signed, then noted P. S. Except to keep in practice. The line reflects Twain's wit on honesty with a sly disclaimer.
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Mark Twain
Cloth Dresses Move Into Lighter, Airier Styles
The article notes dresses using the thinnest cloths in open weaves that feel cool like silk and very light in weight. Pana ma and canvas fabrics are included, with silks remaining popular, especially revived foulards worn for refined occasions. A well made foulard charms with chiffon velvet trimming.
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Panama
Whitening Grimy Garments Through Soak Wash and Borax Tricks
Read about whitening yellowed clothes by overnight soaking in lukewarm water, then washing in clean suds. Guidance covers using cold water borax and white curd soap in a boiler, boiling twenty minutes, rinsing, and overnight cold soak with borax. Lace veils are described as trending toward tight draw from chin to hat brim with a bow at the back.
New Bags of Every Variety Appear in Bead and Silk
The text notes a growing number of new bags in bead, sk, leather, suede, kid, satin, cloth, Reine silk and voile, with the voile bags requiring remaking over some base material.
Various brief notes on fashion, labor, and landmarks
A miscellany of items covers a stylish house gown with open neck and elbow sleeves, osier fashion choices for cool weather, and trims. It also notes UK naturalizations, an egg eating champ in Ohio, wage gaps in Japan, a Delhi statue unveiling, and quirky place names in Missouri and Kansas. Mentions also include William Mangan memorial, Cape to Cairo railway progress, Pullman citizenship case, a New York restaurant with phone tables, and a veteran voter avoiding presidential rounds after tragic deaths.
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Great Britain
Ohio
Japan
General Nicholson
Delhi
Lord Minto
India
Kansas
Paradise
Missouri
Hades
Louis MIV
France
Edingen
Neckar
Turkey
Lord Strathcona
Studson Bay Company
London
Canada
Rockville
Conn
Lake Baikal
Siberia
Lake Erie
Lake Superior
Bethel
Indian Neck
Jenny Lind
Sag Harbor
Mark Twain
Paris
M. Timmery
Mark ‘Twain
James Clarence Mangan
Stephen’s Green
Dublin
Oliver Sheppard
Rh. H. A
Cape To Cairo
Africa
Victoria Falls
Cape Town
Kolomo
Broken Hill
Nicholas Pullman
George M. Pullman
Chicago
Pullman
Heidelberg
United States
J. N. Morgan
United States Army
Belleview Avenue
Alton
Major Morgan
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
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Venice
Larz Andersons
Massachusetts Avenue
John B. Henderson
Grand Canal
Henderson
Mary Foote
New York
Europe
Roosevelt
White House
Congress
Executive
Carl Schofield
Johnny
Jack
Dundee AdVertiser
Ah Tore Telnad
Menerail Wear
Diehl & Brown
L. O. Gale
AT. McGovern & Sons
Mitchell
South Dakota
Aes
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