Philadelphia Mayor Blankenburg Visits Madison for Civic Study
Ridolph Blankenburg, Philadelphia mayor, travels with a party of 100 easterners to Madison to take a three day course in advanced civics. The Quaker leader, 70, vows to bring back the latest municipal ideas and improve Philadelphia. The party includes 26 women and is hosted by the City Club of Philadelphia.
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Ridolph Blankenburg
Philadelphia
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Athens
Blankenburg
Quaker City
Indians Not a Vanishing Race Says Government Official
Acting Commissioner Abbott argues Indians are not vanishing as a people but are assimilating white culture while increasing in numbers and prosperity. He notes better health due to sanitation education, greater industry, and stronger government support through the Indian Affairs office.
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Office of Indian Affairs
Red Man
United States
Indian Affairs
Abbott
Indian Bureau
King Victor Emmauel II Enjoys Informal Welcome
An American agricultural commission visiting Rome recounts meeting King Victor Emmanuel II who, with Queen Elena, greeted delegates in walking coats due to missing evening dress. The king valued work over formality, signaling a practical, democratic approach and a warm reception.
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American Agricultural Commission
Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Signor Luzzatti
Finance
Victor
Elena
America
Commission
Prince Alberts
Ambassador O'Brien
O'Brien
Huerta Weighs Resignation as Mexican Crisis Deepens
General Huerta tires of ceremonial duties and contemplates resigning to lead the campaign personally. His army has made little progress against revolutionaries, and he says he is a soldier not a government official. Speculation grows over who would replace him as provisional president.
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Huerta
Mexico
Human fly warns Liberty statue dangers future fall
Rodman Law self styled human fly recalls climbing the Capitol dome interior and warns the goddess of liberty could fall if rust and weak iron are not addressed. He says false friends absconded with his cash, a telegram brings funds, and he plans to rethink a return climb with a trusted pocketbook.
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Capitol
Rodman Law
New York
Liberty
Earth
Sky
Dome
Jack
Yellow Flag Mystery Behind Streetcar Repairs In D C
A Washington streetcar repair tale explains yellow flags mark slow zones for passing kyars. Laborers say the flag signals cars must slow as crews work on Connecticut Avenue tracks. the scribe learns the meaning as the flags flutter and yellow lanterns glow.
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Washington
Mount Pleasant Cara
Connecticut Avenue
Duck on the Window Sill Becomes Local Legend on H Street
A long running tale explains how a duck once lived in a back yard pond near 1617 H street. After severing a water supply, the duck died and a taxidermist preserved it in the front window for 41 years as a local landmark.
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H Street
Clymer
Asiatic
Ceylon
Drake
Hi Street
Alexander R. Shepherd
Middle Statue of Buddha Breaks Silence in School Lesson
Three Chinese students at the YMCA Educational Institute study English and other subjects under Dr. Myron J. Jones. After a long, dense lecture blending ethics philosophy and gospel passages, the center statue of Buddha reportedly spoke, quipping We gotcha Steve, signaling progress in language learning.
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Y. M. C. A. Educational Institute
Myron Jermain Jones
Jones
Dr. Jones
Buddha
Steve
Stand by the old flag Captain H refuses secession
A Civil War era tale recalls Captain H born in a territory his father in DC and grandfather at sea faced pressure to join secession. He refused claiming no state of birth and chose loyalty to the Union and the flag over his southern peers. The anecdote, from Century, highlights personal allegiances amid union or confederate divisions.
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West Point
District of Columbia
Young Civil War Veteran Remembers Staunch Defense
James Buggie, assistant custodian at Chicago Grand Army headquarters, recalls enlisting in 1862 at less than fifteen and serving with the 64th Illinois. He describes three wounds from battles at Resaca Kenesaw Mountain and Atlanta, including a forehead wound that blinded one eye and shattered jawbones. He notes Kenesaw’s steep assault left 5 of 36 men unwounded. General McPherson was killed in ambush nearby.
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James Buggie
Chicago
Grand Army
Sixty-fourth
Illinols
Decatur
Ala
Atlanta
Reseca
Kenesaw Mountain
McPherson
Narrow Irishman survives magazine blast
An Irishman named Pat narrowly survives a magazine explosion. As he regains consciousness the doctor offers water to revive him and Pat quips about getting whiskey instead, questioning why water is given after being blown up.
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Pat
Hivin
Mustered In With Real Mustard
A Civil War era tale from the 117th New York describes a darkey used as a prank to simulate muster in by applying a large mustard plaster to his back. He believed soldiers were mustered in and wore it until it heated, then was formally declared mustered in under law.
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117Th N. Y
Darky
Grim Soldier Humour In Trench Furlough Joke News
A trench soldier pauses in the earthworks and jokes about seeking a furlough as a rifle ball wounds his wrist and a grim smile crosses his face. The moment blends dark humor with wartime danger.
Lady's Four-Gored Skirt Pattern Description
Practical Fashions presents a four gored skirt pattern. Close at center front with options for empire or regulation waistlines and inverted plait or habit back. Fabrics of the period may be used. Pattern 6089 fits sizes 22 to 30 inches, size 24 uses 4% yards of 36 inch material. Send 10 cents to Pattern Department with name and address and pattern number.
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Pattern Department
Girl's Princess Slip Pattern for Children
Pattern 6075 for a princess slip in cambric for girls ages 4 to 12 with optional circular flounce and neck shapes. Describes edging at neck and armholes, flounce with two rows of insertion and embroidery edging, requires 25 yards of 36 inch material, 2 1/2 yards of insertion and 2 yards of edging. 10 cents to procure size and pattern number.
Ex Mechanic John Helston Charms London Literary Scene
London’s newest literary figure is ex mechanic John Helston. He admits he cannot claim Shakespeare or Browning mastery yet notes kind praise from figures like Lady Margaret Sackville. He recalls previous life heating dinner on a shovel and dismisses newspapers’ stories as rot.
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London
John Helston
Margaret Sackville
Shakespeare
His Handicap
A shy young man constrained by his feelings and announces a magazine story his publishers plan to release this month as he speaks to Mildred in a quiet moment.
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Roger
Mildred
Insult Either Way Sparks Self-Reflection
A reflective quotation from Life magazine notes that labeling a person as fast insults morals, while calling someone slow insults intelligence, prompting readers to consider how language shapes character.
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