Northwest Salvation Army notes few suicides in San Marcial area
W F Jenkins of the Salvation Army Pacific Northwest Division cites a notably low rate of personal crisis reports in northwestern cities like San Marcial. He attributes this to milder climate, steadier nerves, and a generally cheerful, cooperative populace that offers ready support.
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Northwest
Seattle
Wash
Post-Intelligencer
W. F. Jenkins
Salvation Army
Pacific Northwest
East
Mr. Jenkins
English Song Birds for America Craze Expands Canary Trade
The article notes over two thousand canaries left England for America recently with more than twenty thousand expected to cross the Atlantic by year’s end. A bird fancier cites strong demand in America and colonies, while Norwich breeders focus on this species for export. Better prices abroad entice exports despite low voyage losses.
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America
Canaries
England
Atlantic
Germany
London Standard
Nor‘wich
Leap year jests stir clergy and fashion talk
A clergyman condemns the leap year joke as cruel and pointless, noting it changes nothing for a single man year end. Paris hairdressers praise New York individuality, claiming 300 hair fashions exist though New York women stick to 20. The South American tour of the battleship fleet is seen as boosting both nations. Stanford students joke that coed smiles help academic credits, reflecting human flaws.
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Chicago Daily News
Association of Hairdressers
Paris
New York
Obituary Looms for Modern Arts Voice of the Era
The essay laments contemporary art’s decline in architecture and sculpture while praising a few remnants in painting and music. It argues urbanization dulls sentiment, notes aging of Beethoven, muses on Strauss, and doubts music’s future unless new instruments revive vitality.
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Robina
St. Marcvans
Sicard
Sidumer
Thaulow
Ter
Zulengo
Henri Martin
Vietor
Bive
Annsie
Beethoven
Richard Strauss
Bohemia
D. Grerny
Anan
Conservatories
Trackless trolley idea spreads to suburbs soon
A new vision of intensive railroading unfolds as electric trackless trolleys and T rails enable suburban to city travel with door-to-door service. Karl Mayo cites New England progress. Charles S. Mellen pushes feeder lines to extend rail access at low costs, altering urban transport dynamics. Victor Herbert mocks phonograph noise as mutilated melody.
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New York
Karl Mayo
Appleton
Mr. Mayo
New England
Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Mayo
Jenin
Mellen
Massachusetts
Woman's Status: Advantage or Disadvantage in Society
A reflective piece argues both sexes have essential, compensating traits and that historical views of women as disadvantaged have shifted. It notes women's growing influence in social and political matters, while recognizing enduring gender differences and mutual dependence between men and women.
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Srecki
Life at Ninety Finds Joy in Innate Vocation
A 90 year old author reflects on happiness as finding work suited to one’s natural instinct whether manual or intellectual. He cites parental pressure to pursue law or ministry over carpentry or farming, and credits personal drift into art as his true life work, yielding enduring satisfaction beyond material success.
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Imany
Anena
Theoa
Will clause aims to bar heirs from contest
A quip from the Chicago Daily News notes Old Gotrox plans a will clause denying any inheritance to contesting heirs, but Dr. Cubebs says lawyers will ensure it isn’t necessary. The exchange highlights legal tightness in estate planning.
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Dr. Cubebs
Old Gotrox
Cubebs
Chicago Daily News
Shaw denies resignation as Carnegie Trust head
Leslie M. Shaw says he has not resigned as president of the Carnegie Trust Company but has agreed to sell his holdings and may resign on March 1 if terms are met. He explains a contract with Dickinson and associates, notes policy clashes, and expresses hope for the bank’s continued success without discussing political plans.
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Shaw
Carnegie Trust Company
New York
Leslie M. Shaw
The
Treasury
Dickinson
Phil Sheridan Statue Design Chosen for Memorial
Washington reports the Gen Phil Sheridan monument commission selected Gutzon Borglum as designer to honor cavalry leader. The statue will stand near Sheridan Circle at Massachusetts Ave and 23rd St, three feet from ground with a surrounding marble bench platform. Borglum already works on a large model aiming for erection early next autumn.
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Washington
Gen. Phil. Sheridan
Gutzon Borglum
New York
Taft
Henry GC. Corbin
Michael V. Sheridan
Sheridan
National Capital
Sheridan Circle
Massachusetts Avenue
Twenty-third Street
War Department
Gurgon Borglum
Metropolitan’ Museum
United States
The Well Informed endorse Syrup of Figs and Senna
An advertisement extols a health product as an ethical remedy for families. It lauds the Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a proven laxative, approved by physicians and trusted by the Well-Informed of the World, urging buyers to purchase the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. version from leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
Pigeon English Memo Reminds Baltimore Roots in Providence
A Baltimore family, now in Providence, recalls a midlife German relative whose kitchen note in mixed English German spelling lists items like tapioca pruns corn and sardien. The amusing memorandum, confiscated and shared with Baltimore friends, shows language quirks from long residence in the United States.
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Providence
R. 1
Baltimore
Baltimore News
Degrees of Happiness Among Rural Postmasters
Rural postmasters respond to a Washington inquiry for Blue Book data on marital status. Answers vary from concise to humorous as several officials reveal their domestic relations with terse phrases.
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Post Office Department
Washington
New York Sun
Lfe
Derivation of a Term Obscured By Windy Speech
Fragmentary doodle about derived terms and wind. No clear event date or named persons or organizations. The text hints at striving to raise the window and let gusts blow, but lacks coherent facts for a full summary.
German Doctor Warns Coffee Weakens Heart
A German physician argues coffee harms heart health due to caffeine, urging a switch to Postum. He cites personal and patient experiences, claiming Postum offers a safe, nourishing beverage without injurious stimulants. The ad promotes Postum by Battle Creek based Postum Co. and references The Road to Wellville.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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San Marcial Standard
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South America
South American
Stanford University
Idea Abroad
Victor Herbert
Authors and Composers’ Copyright League
John Phill Sousa
Herbert
Phonograim
Gramophone
Bea Man
Phil Sheridan
Gen. Sheridan
Cook
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