Postage Stamp Map Showcases Nation in Stamps
Atchison Kan Joan Fortune a mall carrier has completed a 56 by 9 foot canvas map of the United States fashioned from postage stamps. The piece highlights the thir teen colonies great rivers and the Canadian border with stamps and features an eagle motto E pluribus unum and a Virginia center with the Declaration of Independence. Fortune plans to lease the map to large stores for guessing contests, the exact stamp count kept private.
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Atchison, Kan
Joan Fortune
United States
Great Lakes
Virginia
Washington
Fortune
Rattler slain, ranchman wins wife in Colorado tale
In Colorado near Deer Trail Patrick J Kerrigan saved a young woman from a rattler and later killed predatory coyotes menacing her stock. Their gratitude blossomed into romance leading to marriage at St Patrick's Church in North Denver.
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Denver
Patrick J Kerrigan
Humestead
Deer Trail
Colo
MrKerrigan
Kerrigan
Mary Dougherty
St.Patrick’s Church
North
Earns College Course On Two Acre Farm
Waterloo, Ia there an income of eight hundred dollars from two acres within a few months is the record made last summer by Glenn Trapp a seventeen year old boy. The boy formerly was a news carrier paid for his land with the onions he raised and made a neat sum in addition on other vegetables. A desire to earn enough money to go to college was the incentive for the venture by young Trapp. Early last spring he purchased two acres of ground in Beaver Gardens ten miles north of Des Moines on the Perry Interurban. The land cost him five hundred dollars and he made the first payments with money he had earned and saved while carrying papers. The boy erected a tent on his two acres and lived there during the summer doing his own cooking and working from dawn till dark on his small farm. He planted most of his land to onions also putting in a few melons potatoes and sweet corn. By thinning out his onion crop early in the summer he realized nearly sixty cents on young onions. The onions he harvested later are recognized by experts to be about the best grade and quality that have been used in flown. He took out nearly six hundred bushels of onions for which he received one dollar per bushel. His melons potatoes and sweet corn have brought him an additional income. Within another year Trapp expects to have sufficient funds to complete a full college course. His success with his two acres is considered an excellent example of the possibilities of intensive farming.
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Waterloo
Glenn Trapp
Young Trapp
Beaver Gardens
Des Moines
Trapp
Immunity as 299 U.S. Railways Report No Passenger Fatalities
In a year's report, 299 U S railways operating 120,901 miles carried 409,808,488 passengers with no passenger fatalities. The data, drawn from two thirds of reporting companies, covers the United States and reflects immunity across major international rail systems. A separate note from Janesville Wis mentions a fly‑pocket campaign that inspired a boy in Mississippi to send in specimens.
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U. S
Chicago
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Austria
Italy
Bureau of Railway News and Statistics
National University Urged To Shape U S Future
New York report on congress bills for a national university argues it would centralize government and private research, benefit economy, and unite scattered data from state and private universities. Advocates call for buildings, a governing board, funds, and a strong faculty to advance research and national welfare.
Club Leader and Philanthropist at Women’s Clubs Meet
The Chicago gathering of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs runs June 9 to 14. Mrs. Percy V. Pennybacker, elected president two years ago, will preside. Pennybacker, a Texas educator and author, has long pushed educational reforms and public school efficiency while active in club work and social causes. The piece also notes fashionable summer dress details and practical fabric advice.
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Women’s Clubs
Chicago
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Percy V. Pennybacker
Pennybacker
Woman's Club
Peonybucker
Petersburg
J. B. Llardwicke
Leavenworth
Kaw
State Normal School
Huntsville
Tex
Percy W Pennybacker
Nexus
ISO
Texas
Austin
Summer Awnings Style Colors For House Aesthetic
The article advises studying awning style and color to achieve a pleasing distant effect. Striped awnings in green and blue or white with buff and red are favored, with widths varying. Plain white canvas with printed designs is a modern, pricier option offering individual taste, often undersides painted soft green. New casement window awnings feature an extra rib to lift the canvas for better clearance.
Dyeing White Shoes With Saffron And Olive Oil
To prolong white shoes after repeated cleanings, apply a saffron and olive oil mix. Mix ten drops saffron with three teaspoonfuls olive oil, clean shoes first, apply with flannel, and after two coats they will look nearly new.
A Sanitary Grater Makes Grating Easy
A glass grater is described as a new sanitary kitchen tool. It features a pebbled glass slab mounted to a wooden back for secure handling. The wood grip prevents slipping and cleaning is easy, touted as more sanitary than tin graters.
Fashionable Linens Showcasing Embroidered Bed Sets and Lace
A New York era fashion note describes handsomely embroidered sheets with plain hems to avoid thread breakage, overhanced by crochet lace across folded edges. It praises lace trimmed bolster cases and open end pillow slips, extols twin beds with snowy counterpanes, and notes merchants offer the latest counterpanes woven to fit posts neatly.
System In the Cupboard
A simple home idea to save time locating cans and bottles. Create a stepped shelf system with varied widths so each shelf holds items from smallest on top to largest on bottom. This arrangement keeps one object per shelf width and avoids searching behind others.
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Blave
For Flower Lovers Window Box Wickering Basket
A nickeled tin shaped like a window box sits in a raised wicker basket with a charming wicker stand. Ideal for apartments where window boxes enhance rooms but are hard to move due to difficulty in relocation.
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American Press Association
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Percy V. Pannybacker
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