World events in brief from across the globe
Highlights include Dr W D Bigelow leaving government service after the Wiley controversy, Wilsons hosting garden parties, Bryan aiding alien land laws, Gail Borden and Romona in seclusion in Boston, and a Panama Canal dispute over neutrality. Also reports on floods in Louisiana, aviation feats, uprisings in Mexico Albania and Wales, and local crime trials.
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W. D. Bigelow
Bureau of Chemistry
Harvey W. Wiley
British Ambassador Bryce Leaves Washington for Home
Personal James Bryce the British ambassador resigns after more than six years in Washington and sails from Yokohama on May 3 after a New York visit to meet his successor Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. Mrs Bryce accompanies him and they travel by land to San Francisco for their voyage. Also noted are Miss Helen Taft visiting Washington for the first time since Wilson's inauguration and the wedding of Alys Appleton Meyer to Lieut. Raymond P. Rogers. Rockefeller returns to Pocantico Hills for the spring season and shows strong golfing form.
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Gail Borden
New York
Ramona
Boston
Miss Borden
Pompton
N. J
James Bryce
Washington
Cecil Spring-Rice
Atlantic
Mr. Bryce
Helen Taft
William Howard Taft
Wilson
Alys Appleton Meyer
Navy
George von L. Meyer
Raymond P. Rogers
St. John's Church
John D. Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
California Alien Land Law Debate Presses Delay
Secretary of State Bryan urged California lawmakers to defer alien land ownership legislation until the next session, arguing for diplomatic settlement. Mississippi Representative Sisson called for wartime measures to block non resident aliens from owning land, condemning exposure to foreign powers and stressing the need to protect American farmers.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
Johnson
Wallace
Bryan
Washington
House
Thomas Upton Sisson
Mississippi
Mr. Sisson
United States
Jackson
Cleveland
McKinley
Japan
Wilson nominates Downey for comptroller post in treasury
President Wilson sent to the Senate the nomination of George E. Downey of Indiana to be comptroller of the treasury. He also sent nominations for Lewis T. Erwin as United States marshal for Alaska’s Fourth district and James McNair as postmaster at Paterson New Jersey.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
George E. Downey
Indiana
Treasury
Lewis T. Erwin
Alaska
James McNair
Paterson
N. J
Schooner Francis A. Rice Wrecked Off Nahant Coast
The schooner Francis A. Rice bound from Weymouth to Boston ran onto ledges off Nahant in heavy fog and was destroyed. The crew was rescued.
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Nahant
Mass
Francis A. Rice
Weymouth
Boston
Batter For Little Cakes
A compact recipe for small cakes. Cream butter and sugar, add egg yolks, fold in flour and baking powder, then whites. Divide batter into four parts with nut, spice, orange, and vanilla flavors. Bake, cool, and frost with a stiff icing. decorate with nuts, cherries, citron, orange peel, or melted chocolate mixed into frosting.
Leaving Much to Chance In Old Fashioned Breakfast Bread
A Baltimore family cookbook from a great grandmother includes quirky directions for a breakfast bread. Instructions advise mixing rice with flour and butter, forming hot cakes, and baking to taste. Advice notes cooking time depends on fire strength and poultry roasting outcomes.
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Baltimore
Retired Cucumber Salad From a Vintage Recipe
A vintage recipe outlines cucumber salad with white wine vinegar and gelatin. It details soaking gelatin, simmering spices in water, measuring squid, dissolving gelatin, and setting cucumber blocks in molds with a mayonnaise dressing.
Fried Brains and Sour Sauce Recipe Card
Clean two sets of calves brains in cold water. Fry in butter until light brown and set aside. For sauce melt one teaspoon butter, add half a cup water, parsley, and finely chopped game. Boil, then add enough vinegar to taste. Pour sauce over brains and garnish with parsley and lemon slices.
Tomato Soup Recipe Steps
A simple tomato soup method uses one quart tomatoes and one pint hot water. Bring to a boil, melt one tablespoon butter, blend in two tablespoons flour, stir into the boiling mix, add seasoning, boil ten minutes and strain through a sieve.
Pork Chops With Apples Frying Method
A recipe note describes placing pork chops with tart apple slices in a frying pan with hot fat if the pork is not fatty. Salt and optional pepper are added, then the chops and apples are fried until brown.
Resinol Cure Claims Clear Skin From Pimples
Walter A. Stenstrum of Brooklyn reports that Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment cleared his pimples after a week and a month of treatment. The ad invites readers to request free samples from Resinol, dept 14 K, Baltimore, Maryland, and notes druggists sell Resinol.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Walter A. Stenstrum
Willoughby Ave
Dept. 14-K
Resinol
Baltimore
Setla
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Likely
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Richard Olney
American Society of International Law
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Francisco Grandado
Socorro, N. M
San Francisco
Charles Weller
Weller
Ortie E H. McManigal
McNamara Brothers
Raleigh
N. C
News and Observer
Josephus Daniels
Secretary of the Navy
John Harris
Uniontown
Thomas Jones
Kansas City
Wentworth E. Griffin
Police
Floyd Sheets
Ernest Balldorf
Cincinnati
Monongahela River
Callie Scott Appelbaum
Superior Court
Atlanta
Riverside Portland Cement Company
Crestmore
Paducah
Lucas Land and Lumber Company
Felix Diaz
Huerta
Mexico
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Madero
Essad Paeshi
Scutari
Albania
Tirana
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Wunalga
Kodiak
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Katmai Volcano
My Ig Sue
Eng
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Herr Liebknecht
Reichstag
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Monenegrin
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Morales
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Wales
Lloyd’s Bank
Albany Road
Treasury Place
Doan
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Ohio
Fred_W. Harris
Jefferson
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
The
Paxton Toilet Co
Masa
Mr. Gougelman
Palmer House
Chicago
Mager & Gougelman
New York City
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