Official Banners Are Little Known in Washington
National Geographic notes the history of the official banners for U.S. federal departments and key figures. It traces presidents and cabinet flags from the 19th and early 20th centuries, detailing colors, symbols, and designers for the Navy, War, Labor, Commerce, Interior, Post Office, State, Justice, and Treasury flags.
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Washington, D. Cie
Secretary of Agriculture
National Geographic Society
Gideon Welles
Secretary of the Navy
Welles
Secretary of Wat
Adjutant General's Office
United States
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Commerce
Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of
the Interior
Gilbert Grossvenor
First Interior
Navy
United
Will Hess Wio
Post Office Department
Alice B. Sanger
Post Office
Secretary of State
Navy Department
The
Attorney General
A. E. Dubois
Quartermaster General's Office
Wiliam C. Mitchell
Department of Justice
Secretary of the Treasury
National Geographic Magazine
Cleaning and garden care tips from an old guide
Practical household notes cover shoe care with trees and cleansers, pruning advice for withered blossoms, and cooking hints about beating eggs and heating mixtures. It also advises washing saucepans with soda and sand to remove residue, emphasizing meticulous cleaning of canisters and lids.
Light at Even Tide Reflects on Age and Experience
The essay discusses what determines age beyond years meaning age as a factor of heartbeats, health, spirit, and mental alertness. It notes some figures in art and letters died young while others produced great work late, emphasizing experience as a lasting gift of age.
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Dia
Not an deaths slow any subtle but a patient but a patient endurance to the end
The passage extols aging with vigor, urging mature experience over stale tradition. It champions a dynamic mind that seeks new truths, insists on usefulness beyond youth, and envisions the later years as a time of peaceful achievement and enduring memories.
Household Laundering Tips and Home Safety Cautions
Instructions from Lydia Le Baron Walker advise homemakers to wash clothes with care to prevent color bleed, pre soak black and colored items in cold water, and treat spots with soap before washing. Guidance on ironing sheets and handkerchiefs follows, alongside safety notes on fire risks, rope escapes, open stairways, slippery rugs, grab rails, and barefoot hazards to reduce accidents in the home.
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Jace
WSU
Two-Piece Dress Display Highlighted at New York Museum
An exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York features a two-piece dress in brown and white polka at a Bowling 1831 setting. The ensemble blends alpine style with period craft, drawing attention to early 19th century fashion and textile techniques.
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Museum of the Cy of
New York
Latvian Dictator Ulmanis Linked To Iowa Dairy Tale
Nebraska City reports a toll taker at Waubansie Bridge recalls Karlis Ulmanis from Latvia. The piece sketches Ulmanis’ early life as a creamer and farmer, his study at the University of Nebraska, a dairy venture in Texas, and his rise to Latvia’s president and dictator status amid regional upheavals.
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Nebraska City
Waubansie
Iowa
Nebraska
Will Luebbes
Karlis Ulmanis
Latvia
Wil
Ulmaanis
Counce Blnis
Kewa
Riga
Noot
Fuather
University of Nebraska
Luebhen
Eska
Texas
Russia
Germany
Ile
Hself En Inde
Blufis
Uknen
Pioneer Relics of Chico Museum Draw Wide Viewers
Chico Museum's Pioneer Relics draws visitors from many states and nations. The Upper Sandusky museum, begun in 1829, houses items from Dr. FD Lang and others, including a George Washington inauguration era saber worn by a state official, Garold Fepsrese’s first Chicago typewriter, and artifacts like a silver teapot once owned by Washington. The largest item is a Stexley Steamer from 1893.
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Upper
Sandusky
Ochio
Wrandot Netions
Unver Sendesky
FD Lang
Denis Beore
Battis Island
George Washington
Royd E. Ceylor
Vancouver library elevates bridge and saitball to fine arts
The Vancouver public library releases a report classifying bridge and saitball as fine arts alongside hobbies like band loom weaving and metalcraft. The document highlights a rulebook for sait ball and a book on bridge, illustrating a shift toward broader arts designation.
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Vandor B. C
Vancouver
Publicbrary
105 Year Old Eldredge Sees Modern Girls Rise
Charles W. Eldredge, aged 105 in St Petersburg Florida, praised contemporary girls of twenty as better prepared for life than those of fifty, noting their health and independence. He hopes to live to fall to cast his twenty third presidential vote and manages a baseball team of players over seventy five.
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U. S
St. Petersburg
Fla
Charles W. Eldredge
America
Eldredge
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By Charles Sughroe
Associated Newspapers
WNC Sestice
WNU
Leonard A. Barrett
Surrealist
London
Ve Trousehold
Lydia le Baron Walkeree
Martin Lindsay
Greenland
Arctic
Friend
Ruler
Chico Museum
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