World events in Washington reflect prosperity and gloom
Washington debate frames prosperity and mood as Republicans accuse industrial dullness while Democrats claim US business conditions outpace the world. George T Marye proposed as ambassador to Russia. Wilson withholds support for federal woman suffrage constitutional amendment. Senate trust legislation conference urged for early action. Major General Wood named to head War Department with HQ in New York.
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Washington
United States
Garrison
Wood
Department of the Host
New York City
Evans
Kern
Indiana
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House
Fire destroys Bible Grove business section. multiple casualties noted
The Bible Grove business district burned with losses around 80 000 dollars. A Fourth of July picnic near Littlewoods left five men dead, alleged to be Black, with Joe Pintyck named as the slayer. Other incidents include crashes in Wisconsin and Michigan, a presidential speech in Philadelphia, and various national news items.
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Bible Grove
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Joe Pintyck
Lake Shore Land Company
New Orleana
Huerta Fate Shapes Mexico City Crisis as Lascurain Planned
Reports say Sunday vote favored Huerta to stay in office with current senate and chamber of deputies. Huerta wings his exit plan to Lascurain while foreigners flee toward Vera Cruz. Civil unrest and siege preparations spread as nations drill civilians and troops mutter mutinies.
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Huerta
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Chamber of Reputies
Pedro Lascurain
Vera Cruz
Washington
Puerto Mexico
State Department
Tragedies and Legal Headlines In Multiple Regions
Personal Martin L. Clardy of the Missouri Pacific dies suddenly in St. Louis. Nellie Brewer a seventeen year old schoolgirl shot and killed at Yankton South Dakota. Charles Bowman found near the girl’s body with a fractured skull. Captain Bojaroglo a Russian aviator dies when his monoplane collapses at Pskov. Joseph Burton, tied to a Cunard blackmail plot, is sentenced in New York to sixteen years in Sing Sing.
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The
Missouri Pacific Railroad
St. Louis
Nellie Brewer
Yankton
S. D
Charles Bowman
Bojaroglo
Pskov
Russia
Joseph Burton
Cunard Steamship Company
New York
Sing Sing
Jones Grilled Explains Work With Trusts For Fed Board
Chicagoan T. D. Jones testified before the Senate committee on bank and currency about his ties to the Harvester and zinc trusts. He said he joined to oblige Cyrus H. McCormick, voting with the Harvester trust and opposing dissolving actions, while also serving as president of Mineral Point Zinc and director of New Jersey Zinc. The committee adjourned without action. Hamlin Miller and Harding confirmed to the board. Warburg nomination pending.
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T. D. Jones
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Jones
Paul M. Warburg
New York
Rich Society Girl Is Insane In Virginia Marriage
Mrs Helen Morton Bayly daughter of Mark Morton was declared insane by a commission. She married Roger Bayly of Virginia in Geneva at Col George Fabyan home where she is now under care. Earlier she disappeared from Washington events and finances preceded the marriage.
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Chicago
Helen Morton Bayly
Mark Morton
Roger Bayly
Virginia
Miss Helen
Delaplane
United States Minister to Greece Resigns
George Williams, U S minister to Greece and Montenegro, has asked Secretary Bryan to resign, a step foreshadowed when President Wilson was in Philadelphia and requested resignation by cable.
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Strawberries Cooked Flavor and Sunlight Preservation
The article explains how cooking transforms strawberries into a different character, warns against long cooking that harms flavor and shape, and prescribes the sun preservation method. It details sun-dried preservation steps, including sugar-dredged platters, glass coverings, and sterilized jars, with careful handling of syrup consistency.
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Virginia
Europe
Savory omelets and salad tips with pantry hacks
A compact collection of kitchen hints includes adding minced ham to omelets, mixing sweet peppers with celery for potato salad, cooking underground vegetables with lids on, serving breaded veal with tomato sauce and spaghetti, and polishing silver with ammonia. Also advise dyeing black stockings with blue water and brightening gilt frames with turpentine soaked sponge. Parsley in mashed potatoes enhances flavor.
Aluminum Ware Pros and Cons in Household Use
Aluminum ware offers light weight attractive appearance and durability and is claimed to prevent food scorching. It stains easily water with alkali or iron tarnishes it and requires whiting or non alkali cleansers. Scrape with wooden spoon and mild acids remove stains. excessive heat harms poorer grades.
English Pudding Recipe From Old-School Instructions
One half cup chopped salt pork mixed with one cup boiling water to dissolve. Add two thirds cup molasses and sour milk to fill the cup. Stir in one teaspoon soda cinnamon cloves and nutmeg. Fold in one cup chopped raisins and eight and a half to four cups flour. Steam two hours. Sauce uses one cup sugar two cups boiling water and half a teaspoon salt and nutmeg. Thicken with two teaspoons flour. Remove from stove add one tablespoon sharp vinegar and a piece of butter.
Mistress Bigelow’s Green Currant Pie Recipe
A historic recipe instructs using currants when half ripe and baking a pie like a berry pie but with double sugar. It notes some families prefer it very sweet with two cups of sugar per one cup currants.
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Mistress Bigelow
Apple Cream Molded with Jam Sauce
Four apples are stewed and strained to pulp. Gelatin is dissolved in water and added to the apples and cream, then poured into molds. The dish is served with a Jam sauce for flavor.
Blindness Threatens Boy After Scissors Accident
Three year old Thomas Inglesbry suffered severed eyes when a playmate swung scissors while cutting newspaper strips for a puzzle. He remained in critical condition at Polyclinic hospital. Doctors fear lifelong blindness despite possible surgery.
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Thomas Inglesbry
Young Inglesbry
Inglesbry
Philadelphia Inquirer
Cuticura Soaps Heal Infant Rash Says Mrs White
A Silverwood mother recalls her six month old son suffering widespread itchy pimples and oozing sores on the head face and body for three to four weeks. After trying medicines she reports instant relief and complete healing within two weeks using Cuticura Soap and Ointment with warm baths.
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Silverwood
Mich
Weather Guessers in Barometer History
The discussion notes that the barometer was invented in 1643 and questions whether earlier weather prophets were superior at forecasting. The exchange frames progress in weather prediction alongside historical milestones.
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Bacon
Egbert
Castoria Reminder Emphasizes Safe Use for Infants
Public notice urges mothers to inspect every bottle of Castoria for safety and the claim In Use For Over 30 Years. It notes children cry for Fletcher's Castoria, reinforcing trust in the product.
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Fletcher
Soap made solid by new centrifugal drying patent
Liquid soap is converted into solid form either as cake or powder by a recently patented centrifugal machine.
Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills Offer Quick Stomach Relief
Advertising copy touts Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills as restoring stomach health rapidly for sick stomach biliousness and indigestion. It adds a sensational line about marriage and twins, implying a humorous twist to attract readers.
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