Philippine Constabulary and Native Troops Rise Under American Rule
The essay outlines how American officers built a colonial police force in the Philippines. It highlights the Bontoc Igorot and Moro units formed in 1900 and led by American officers. It details training, discipline, and cultural adjustments such as separate rations for Mohammedans, and notes the band of 55 musicians as a celebrated asset.
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Philippine Islands
United States
Islands
Porto Rico
Marie
Philippine Constabulary
Leonard Wood
Morocco
Desert
Mohammed and
fAlfs
Smiths
Joneses
Pearl Divers in Australia Face Daring Undersea Work
Queensland divers rise at dawn to descend in dress with life lines and air to harvest shells. They refill bags on deck then dive again sometimes at 25 fathoms. The main risk is paralysis and some divers demand up to 1000 dollars in advance, a sum sometimes lost through boldness.
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Australia
Queensland
Shell
When a Man Runs
A witty observation on men who will outrun talk to avoid a woman who knows more and refuses to pretend otherwise. The piece highlights social reluctance and gender-smart humor drawn from Harrison’s style.
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Henry Sydnor Harrison
Boy Fends Off Eagle With Shotgun Rescue
Ten year old Otto Frame of Michigan City area shot and killed a large eight foot bald eagle that was swooping on his baby brother. He fired two barrels from his father’s shotgun when alone with the child as the bird closed in, saving the infant from harm.
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Bay
Otto Frame
Michigan City
Otto
Chauncey B Frame
Chicago Tribune
Making Up Her Mind in a Fragmented Romance
A young woman delays a marriage decision replying to a lover with cool politeness. He asks if she loves another as she remarks her father awaits his commercial rating, signaling uncertain prospects and practical concerns behind the romance.
Ruskin as a Grocer in Notting Hill 1874
The London Chronicle recalls John Ruskin a noted critic and reformer who opened a Paddington street Notting Hill shop in 1874 to sell pure tea in small, honest packets for the poor. He refused to employ flashy labeling or subdivide parcels to attract the crowd, and the venture soon closed.
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Ruskin
Paddington Street
Notting Hill
London Chronicle
Use Brass Rings for Hanging Shoe or Laundry Bags
Guidance on making a door hanging bag advises using brass rings instead of loops for slipping over nails. Rings resist pulling out and provide secure suspension. loops may fail in use.
Ancient Indian Meal Bannocks and Other Bread Recipes
A column from Woman's Home Companion presents several bread methods. Indian Meal Bannocks mix meal flour salt ginger molasses and soda with buttermilk bake an hour. Togus loaf blends graham flour corn meal molasses sugar and soda steamed four hours. Milk Rising Bread uses milk and hot water with flour to form a batter then rises for hours before baking with lard and flour.
Expert Talks Salad Making at London Horticultural Hall
Hermann Senn, praised as a master of his subject, explains wash thoroughly but do not soak salad plants then drain and tear not cut. Shredding complete place in basket or cloth and swing to remove moisture. Dress near serving time and add garlic flavor by rubbing toasted bread with garlic before adding salad.
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Tropics
Philippines
Calipantes
Philippine Constabulary
Islands
America
Europe
Hermann Senn
Horticultural Hall
London
England
Mr. Senn
Alexandria Sandwiches with Chick en Paste on White Bread
A recipe advises pound four ounces of cooked chicken freed from skin bone and gristle. Mix with three yolks of hard boiled eggs one tablespoon grated cheese a little French mustard tarragon vinegar and olive oil until moistened and seasoned with salt pepper and red pepper. Rub through a sieve assemble on buttered white bread cut rounds and press together to serve.
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Alexandria
Mock Venison Cutlets in Brown Sauce
A recipe describes slicing cold mutton thin and braising it in a brown sauce. It uses two tablespoons flour one tablespoon meat sauce one tablespoon red currant jelly and one cup water or stock. Flour is browned in butter then liquid added stirred, jelly and sauce folded in and simmered until boiling.
Turkish Rice Soup
Pick over and wash one pint of rice then soak, boil ten minutes, drain and add one quart of clear stock and saffron. Simmer until absorbed, turn into a greased mold, keep warm, and serve with an ordinary mutton soup. Turn the rice out on a heated dish and accompany with the tureen soup.
Opera Caramel Froating Recipe Note
A recipe excerpt describes cooking a caramel frosting by combining light brown sugar cream or milk butter and vanilla until a soft ball forms in cold water and then heating to spreadable consistency. It outlines measurements and steps for a frosting texture.
Cleaning Decanters With Salt And Vinegar
A handful of salt and a cupful of vinegar shaken in a cloudy decanter cleans it effectively. Rinse with very hot water several times to remove all taste of salt.
Last Will of Charles Lounsbury Defines Bequests
In his last will and testament Charles Lounsbury distributes his interests to succeeding men and directs good fathers and mothers to use praise, encouragement, and endearing terms justly and generously as their children’s needs require.
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Charles Lounsbury
London Cat Milk Fund Set At 4000 Dollars
The Port of London Authority announces a 4000 dollar appropriation to support cats aiding rat control aboard ships along the Thames. London still relies on its feline workforce to curb rodent issues in the harbor.
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London
Cate
Thames
Port of London Authority
Women May Avoid Operations with Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
Mrs Orville Rock of Paw Paw Michigan credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with curing her severe female displacement after a four week hospital stay and an operation was avoided. The letter urges others not to wait for surgery and to try the remedy, noting it has aided thousands for thirty years.
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Orville Rock
Lydia E. Pinkham
Paw Paw
Mich
Ha Jong
Ann Arbor
Et. R. No. 5
Michigan
Lydia E. Winkham
Telegraph Operator Calm as Rennes Post Office Burns
A Rennes telegraph operator stayed cool during a Paris central post office fire. The message warned of flames on the lower floor and that crews would depart when the blaze reached their level. Eventually all had to evacuate to the basement.
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Rennes
France
Paris
Dame Alma-Tadema's At Home Greeting Recalled
Shortly after Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema was knighted he and Lady Alma-Tadema hosted an at home in St. John's Wood. Guests congratulated the couple, with one woman praising the honor and quipping that he might retire from painting to live as a gentleman.
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Sir Lawrence Alma- Tadema
R. A
Alma-Tadema
St. John's Wood
Lawrence
Appeal for Native Talent in New York Hotels
A New York hotel man returning from Europe says foreign cooks are scarce abroad and blames hotel owners for not cultivating native talent. He urges hotels to train and hire local cooks rather than filling kitchens with foreigners.
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New York
Europe
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Brooklyn magistrate rules cucumbers are fruit
A Brooklyn magistrate declares cucumbers fruit, arguing they would grow on a tree if possible, presenting a theory tying this to the fall of man and noting it has been repeated in the past.
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Brooklyn
Coming of Autumn Prophecy Threaded in July
A reflective note on sensing autumn’s approach in midsummer. The author likens early July to a faint, sweet yet uneasy foretelling of the year’s decay, capturing a poetic mood of seasonal change.
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Nathaniel Twthorne
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