Salvaton Army colonization report by Rider Haggard
The article discusses Lt. Rider Haggard’s official report on Salvation Army colonization work. He praises settlements at Fort Rowe California and Fort Amity California noting healthy settlers with high per head values while acknowledging initial costs.
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Salvation Army
Rider Haggard
King Solomon's Mines
Pias
God
America
Washington
California
Colorado
Gla
Haggird
Sven
Fort Ansty
Cufommade
Abe
Rowe
Aunty
Fort Romir
Fort Amity
Hind
Satyationg
Harvard
Haggard
Sound Advice for Men About Wives and Social Etiquette
A column mocks male behavior and urges men to treat wives as partners. It contrasts daily neglect with shared life, calling for generosity, conversation, and recognition of a wife's ambitions beyond the home. It argues women seek contact with the wider world and equal companionship.
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St. Paul
Ancient Adulterations and Feather Bed Scams Through History
The article notes early laws from October 14 1395 banning sale of feather beds and balsters in fairs unless stuffed with genuine feathers. It condemns unlawful stuffs like scalded feathers and fen-down, later used as a fraudulent substitute in bed stuffing. It also mentions 18th century folk buying fen-down cheaply and selling it as feathers.
Longest Bridge in the World Lion Bridge Details
The Lion Bridge near Sangpnng China claims the title of longest bridge in the world. It is supported by over 200 large stone arches and spans five and a quarter miles across the Yellow Sea arm.
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Sangpnng
China
Yellow Sea
Destruction of Counterfeiting Gear Ordered by Treasury
Treasury orders destruction of counterfeit money coins stamps and related tools as secret service officers purge the strong box. The operation melts gold and silver notes retracts base metal stamp dies and other equipment with affidavits of destruction. The collection includes Hancock notes Brockway fakes and even worn pennies and foreign counterfeits.
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Secret Service
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
The
Chick Wilkie
Kie
Navy Yard
Johnson-Hancock
Johnson
Detroit
Brockway
Secret Service Bureau
United States
Charitable Admission Fees Draw Visitors To Historic Estates
Expatriate James J. Van Alan plans to charge visitors from abroad 25 cents and locals 12 cents for Rushton Hall grounds, with proceeds split between a Northampton infirmary and a new social education center. Nearby royalty and clergy are noted, including King Leopold and Bishop Horstmann, amid broader remarks on aristocratic travel and church wealth. The piece cites charity, diplomacy, and historic estates as context.
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James J. van Alan
Duke of Westminster
Eaton Hall
Cheshire
Rushton Hall
van Alan
Northamptonshire
Northampton
Leopold
Belgium
T Thomas S. Walsh
Washington
Colorado
French Riviera
Mesnes
Villefranche Sur Mere
Nice
Col du Caire
Henry Somerset
Humbert
Italy
Helen
Aosta
France
Lord Curzon
India
United States
Russia
Horstmann
Cleveland
Gordon
Gordon Park
Daisy Hanna
Dan. Hanna
Hanna, van Calava
The Merganser Wild Duck in Wild North Waters
The merganser is a striking wild duck with a green head and salmon breast and a strong serrated bill. It feeds voraciously on fish and dives with remarkable speed, avoiding humans and swimming through icy rivers with ease. the hen raises the brood while the drake deserts at hatching.
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Chamberlain
Nature Library
All year Weather Station Opening on Mount Tsukaba
Japan to inaugurate a year round meteorological station on Mount Tsukaba near Tokic. Previously stations on high mountains operated only in summer since 1899. The new facility expands data collection and monitoring throughout the year.
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Japan
Tsukaba
Tokic
Rockefeller Scores in Japan
The British steamer Monarch began a voyage from Philadelphia to Japan carrying 2 470 700 gallons of refined oil and 1 200 cases of wax in a record oil cargo for the United States.
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Rockefeller
Japan
Monarch
Philadelphia
United States
Sequoia Gigantea On Display In National Capital Grounds
The giant Sequoia Gigantea, twenty feet thick, stands in the Department of Agriculture grounds near the Administration building in Washington. Brought from Sequoia National Park after Chicago World’s Fair exhibit, it weighs with a $10,000 transport cost. The tree, named The General Noble, is mounted with interior spiral stairs to a top platform.
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Washington
National Capital
Department of Agriculture
Sequoia National Park
California
Chicago
General Noble
Secretary of the Interior
Pacific Coast
Dress Made of Postage Stamps at Bermuda Ball
An American lady wore a ball dress at a Bermuda ball featuring 30 000 stamps. The garment displayed stamps from many nations with an eagle built from brown Colombian issues at the breast and a globe of old blue revenue stamps. A blue and red stripe motif and a stamp shield decorated the bodice, a large red blue hat, and a pink stamp covered fan completed the ensemble.
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Bermuda
Improvising Dialogue Between Mrs Gaswell and Violinist
Mrs Gaswell praises a recent piece as having wild freedom and wieldiness. The eminent musician responds coldly that he was merely changing a violin string.
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Salvation
H. Rider Haggard
MEX
Uncle Sam
King Leopold OF
Boston
the Budget Company
Washington Street
Boston, Afass
H. T
Cleveland, Ohio
Pensions
Pension Bureau
Taber & Whitman Co., Warder Bid’g
Washington, D. C
Root Go
Medina
Ohio
Masons Hamlin Pianos and Organs
Standard OF
Foster
Western Wheeled Scraper Co
National Photographic Chemical Company
Ilth St. and
Penn Ave
Washington, BD. C
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