Young Diplomats at the Nations Capital
The Washington embassy colony includes children of ambassadors and ministers from many nations. These foreign offspring mingle with American life, bringing diverse manners and customs to the capital. Some were born in the United States while others arrived with their diplomat parents to serve at Uncle Sam’s headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Our Republic
Uncle Sam
United States
Senor
Don Joaquin Walker-Martinez
Chile
South
Central America
West Indies
Haiti
Rourke
Ptewer
Calvo
West Point
Elizabeth Rosen
Josephine Durand
Roosevelt
Chekib Bey
Washington hosts a parade of foreign envoys children
In the capital city on the Fourth of July a Chinese baby named Washington opens its eyes. The article notes numerous children at Washington diplomat homes from Cuba, Paraguay, Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica, Haiti, Chile, and China. It describes their looks, languages, dress, and schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Benor Quesada
Republic of Cuba
Senor Quesada
Havana
Cuba
Moonlight Gulf Stream Swim Beats Fear of Sharks
A commercial traveler recalls a moonlit Gulf Stream swim in the tropics where phosphorescent water and a three foot long shark provoked panic. A companion and he escaped as the shark charged, later calming nerves before returning to shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starling
Tropics
Jamaica
Lapland Birthday Present Noted At Birth
A brief birth notice from Lapland records a newborn baby of indigenous community. The item mentions celebratory customs tied to the baby’s arrival and hints at regional family traditions.
Panama Canal Culebra Cut Compared to Nochistongo Dig
Engineering News notes the Culebra divide excavation for the Panama Canal will exceed the Nochistongo cut in depth and width. Nochistongo, begun 1640 and completed 1789, was twelve and a half miles long with a depth of 197 feet and width of 361 feet, carved by Mexican labor without machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Culebra Divide
Engineering News
Panama Cut
Culebra
North Sea Canal
Manchester Canal
Suez Canal
Cueibra
Valley of
Mexico
City
Nochistongo Cut
Wallace
Panama Divide
Nochistongo
Isthmus
Egypt
What Governs Price of Dogs in Kennel Markets
The price of dogs hinges on buyer sentiment rather than intrinsic value with show dogs fetching the highest sums. At a Birmingham sale, two dozen pointers and setters sold for 8000 dollars, Coronation the top female pointer bringing a high sum while Ightfield Bang sold for 185 dollars. American buyers would pay far more, as seen with Woodcote Wonder at six thousand and Rodney Stone at three thousand, plus a five thousand dollar St Bernard, contrasted with costly kennel-show be ackers and modest 30-cent dogs at some events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
England
Coronation
Ightfield Bang
Woodcote Wonder
New Haven
Sancisco
Richard Croker, Jr
Rodney Stone
Frank Gould
St. Bernard
Highest Satarietti Woman. Miss Kate Gringo
A fragmentary OCR note references a woman named Kate Gringo in connection with a tenement house matter. No clear event, date, or location is provided in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Gringo
Nero
Deo
Resources of the Sout: A call to rural settlement and national growth
William E Smythe argues the United States must organize vast rural settlements to prevent waste and feed a growing population. He surveys Malthusian warnings, urges small farm homesteads, diversified crops, and efficient use of land, focusing on the South as a productive new region awaiting private and public expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
William E. Smythe
Malthus
Mason and Dixon
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi River
New England
Pacific Coast
South
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Children OF
Paraguay
Antipodes
Frau Matilda Bussche
Baron Bussche
Miss Bussche
Senor Baez
Senora Casasas
Hector
Evangelina
Horacio
Margarita
Mario
Leon
Jorge
Costa Rica
Republic of
Panama
Brazil
China
Celestial Empire
Chentung Liang-Cheng
Yung Kwai
Legation
Springfield
Mass
Miss Liang
Liang
New York
Gulf
Republic of Bolivia
Elena Calderon
Senor Calvo
West Pointer
Matilda Bussche
Lapland
Satarietti
The
Republic
the Empire of the South
Akeer
Tria
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