Presidents Sons Reach Manhood In Notable Lineage
From the Ohio Magazine we learn that of twenty-one presidents sons who reached adulthood thirteen produced sons or daughters, and nine rose to public prominence. Nine named include Adams Adams Tyler Taylor Garfield Grant Garfield Garfield. John Scott Harrison linked two presidencies as father and son. Most sons were upright citizens with ten achieving unusual distinction.
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Washington
Madison
Jackson
Polk
Buchanan
McKinley
Jefferson
Monroe
Johnson
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Tyler
Taylor
Fillmore
Lincoln
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
Cleveland
Roosevelt
John Quinck Adams
Charles Francis Adams
United States Civil Service
Department of Commerce and Labor
John Scott Harrison
The
Ohio Magazine
Vacation Problem Easily Solved
A mother faces a costly vacation for older boys and discovers a practical solution. Parents sanction the trip, choose camping companions, and form a cooperative camp with a secret visiting chaperon. The plan minimizes cost, blends supervision with freedom, and teaches self-reliance through camping, cooking, and daily provisioning.
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Secret Service
Pity Sweet Sixteen and the Perils of Youth
A San Francisco Examiner column laments girls of sixteen as bored, self absorbed, and chasing trivial pleasures. The writer contrasts youth with forty year olds, praising maturity and wit beyond sixteen’s limited attention span.
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San Francisco Examiner
Still Greater Prosperity Possible
The article asserts that prosperity can rise further despite setbacks from wrongdoing and inflation. It stresses honest government, clean politics, and straightforward business, warning that the public will reject hostile figures and pursue steady values for a brighter future both materially and morally.
Weekday Power of the Church
The piece champions weekday church force extending Sunday impulse into daily life through teaching, exemplars, mercy visits, and social good will. It urges honest business, prayer meetings, Bible classes, lectures, and home reading under church direction to make religion a daily community power.
No Need of Another Mission Tale From Coastal Maine
A West ern Maine priest famed for Passamaquoddy work dismisses new missions saying they spark brief excitement. A young Eastport parishioner argues a mission already exists, citing a prior effort three years earlier as proof its effect endures.
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Maine
Eastport
Must Uphold His Reputation.
An excited caller insists a burglary report note that thieves overvalued jewelry and silver plate by £750 in a cupboard. The editor worries about public perception but the owner urges full disclosure to show robbers cannot ignore his home’s valuables.
Duelists Plan Early Train to Fontainbleu
Two duelists board an early train to Fontainbleu. One asks for a return trip while the other prefers single, declaring he always takes his return half from the dead man’s pocket. The London Opinion notes the grim joke.
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Fontainbleu
London
Turkeys Now Game Birds In Local Markets
A New York Press report notes turkey prices rising with the general food cost. In shops near Forty-second Street and Fifth Avenue a six pound turkey is priced at 2.50 dollars, labeled as game birds rather than plain turkey.
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Forty-second Street
Fifth Avenue
New York Press
New York Zoo Reports 2,243 Birds in Captivity
The zoological park in New York announces a total of 2,243 birds are housed on site. The figure reflects the collection size and includes multiple species across aviaries and enclosures managed by the park.
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New York
Zoological Park
Deepening the Mississippi for greater river trade gains
A Memphis conference urged Congress to deepen rivers to boost Mississippi navigation from St. Louis to New Orleans and alongside the Illinois River to enable lake steamers access to the Gulf. Proponents cite cheaper transport with fourteen foot channels versus lake routes, while noting seasonal depth limits and dam storage challenges.
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West
New Orleans
Mississippi
Memphis
Congress
Roosevelt
Chicago
St. Louis
Ilnois
Gulf
Illinois
Engineering News
Thirty Nine Tailors to a Coat Essay in 1920s Trade
An essay notes that coat production shifted from single tailors to factory systems with thirty nine distinct occupations in New York. It argues specialization replaces pure tailoring skills and apprenticeships, transforming clothing trades.
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Pope
New York
Charities
Commons
Writers urged to avoid swearing on American stages
An editorial argues stage works for American audiences should omit blasphemous language. It says censorship like England’s would be absurd, yet authors and actors who insert crude lines deserve audience disapproval, as silence and small laughter show contempt for bad language.
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England
Brooklyn Union
The First Golf Links and the Eighteen-Hole Rule
The orthodox eighteen holes were set by chance. St Andrews started with twenty-two and in 1764 four holes became two, after which every full course was arranged to fit the standard.
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St. Andrews Links
London
Feminine News Notes on Engagements and Milestones
The column notes engagements including Miss Theodora Shonts to the Duc de Chautnes and Mrs Paul Worcester Ford’s engagement to Dr L R Williams. It mentions New York Normal College faculty denying a girls basketball team, Frau von Pepp driving a taxi in Berlin, Pacific Cruise sailors carrying Bibles from Helen Gould, Miss Florence Todd’s seized gown, Mrs Tate Marshall Field’s jewelry robbery, Mrs William Jennings Bryan sailing to Holy Land, Andrew Carnegie’s pension for lighthouse keeper Mrs Tda Lewis Wilson, and Anetta E B McCrea as landscape architect for the St Paul road.
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Theodora Shonts
Duc de Chautnes
New York City Normal College
Frau von Pepp
Berlin
L. R. Williams
DT Lucy C. McGee
Church of the Wicher Life
Huntington Chambers Hall
Boston
David Beatty
Tate Marshall Field
Melton Mowbray
William Jennings Bryan
New York City
Holy Land
Andrew Carnegie
Tda Lewis Wilson
Limerock
Newport
Sporting Brevities Advise Promoting Ormond Race Meet
The Automobile Club of America will promote an international race meet at Ormond Florida in March. Notable items include Colgate captaincy for 1908 Robert J Whelan and Trinity captaincy for 1908 Arthur B Henshaw. Tommy Burns defeats Gunner Moir for world heavyweight title in London. Cy Young to coach West Point spring baseball.
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Automobile Club of America
Ormond
Fla
Hamilton
N. Y
Robert J. Whelan
Colgate University
Portland
James R. Keene
al” Kaufman
Middletown
Robert Deady
Philadelphia
Brandywine Springs
Delaware
Sove Cross
Philadelphia Athletics
New Orleans
Greeks migrate to farms in Midwest states
A thousand Greeks moved from New England to Iowa Kansas and Nebraska to take up farming. They travel several days from urban retail hubs and aim for a wholesome and independent life on the soil.
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New Zngland
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Statistics claim married men live longer than singles
The Washington Post notes figures show the average married man outlives a single man by two years, but suggests stronger incentives are needed to persuade some men to marry.
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The
Washington Post
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