Metcalf to retire. Garfield likely to succeed
Washington report predicts Victor H. Metcalf will retire as secretary of commerce and labor, with James R. Garfield expected to take his place. Garfield, born October 1865, leads the bureau of corporations and has aided Mood’s prosecutions with data from his investigations.
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Victor H. Metcalf
Department of Commerce and Labor
Roosevelt
James R. Garfield
Metcalf
Garfield
Beef Trust
Standard Oil Trust
Mood
Mentor
White House
Ohio State Senate
United States Civil Service Commission
Bureau of Corporations
Department of Labor
A Venetian Palazzo Home For Henderson Family In Washington
The Hendersons complete a Venetian Gothic palazzo on Sixteenth and Euclid streets in Washington. Four stories high with white marble first story, pink marble upper sections, terra cotta trim, loggia arches, and a roof garden. John B. Henderson Jr. is recently nominated for congress in Virginia. Mrs. Henderson drew national notice by emptying her husband’s wine cellar.
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Washington
Italy
Sixteenth Street
Euclid
J. B. Henderson
Senator Henderson
Boundary Castle
Congress
Iowa
John B. Henderson
Virginia
New West Point Superintendent Maj Hugh L Scott Named
Maj Hugh L Scott succeeds Brig Gen Albert L Millis as superintendent of the U S Military Academy at West Point on September 1. A Kentucky native born 1858 and West Point graduate, he served in the Ninth and Fourteenth Cavalry and Philippine operations, earning the nickname sultan of Sulu for his governorship in the archipelago.
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Washington
Hugh L. Scott
Albert L. Millis
West Point
Scott
Fourteenth Cavalry
Philippines
Maj
Sultan of Sulu
Archipelago
Cavalry
Leonard Wood
Kentucky
Ninth Cavalry
Adjutant General’s Department
Mushrooms Cultivated in Earl of Edinburgh Tunnel
A curious report notes that disused railway tunnels near Edinburgh host an extensive and highly successful mushroom culture. The finding highlights how such tunnels can become fertile ground for illicit growth and commerce in a somber passage of urban decay.
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Edinburgh
Trades That Kill Airborne Dust Harms Metal Workers
A compilation shows air in metal trades full of invisible metal dust harming lungs. Steel grinders inhale dust risking early death, with phthisis and respiratory diseases common. Brewer mortality rises by about 50 percent versus average jobs. Gout and deafness from flour dust also afflict workers.
Frank African Monarch Litia and Lewanika
The text describes Litia as son of King Lewanika of Africa and notes his intelligence and concern for improving his people. It mentions the king returning from a coronation and starting a speech with the phrase You are boons. simply that.
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Litia
Lewanika
Africa
Proved Effectual Edict Shields China's Banks
A centuries old Chinese edict threatens beheading of bank heads after failures. The emperor ordered that the president and directors be executed for reckless conduct, a policy still in force and credited with making China’s banks among the safest.
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China
Home laundry starch promises crisp shirts with less wear
A smooth iron and Defiance Starch claim home laundering matches steam laundry for shirt waists. The starch supposedly gives proper stiffness and finish while reducing wear and tear, and it sticks less to the iron, making the process pleasant.
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Sream
Defiance
Honest Jonny
Night Fire Comfort Trick For Dense Smoke
Instruction advises placing a handkerchief under the pillow before sleep. If awakened by smoke or fire the cloth should be placed in the mouth and nostrils to allow walking erect through thick smoke. The practice is said to reduce nervousness in danger.
Salvation Army for Russia Faces Mixed Reactions
Russia may be invaded by the Salvation Army as the czar's opposition eases partly due to Gen. Booth's agents in St. Petersburg and Moscow and the sympathy of prominent Russians.
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Salvation Army
Russia
Swallowed by the Sea 1905 Vessel Losses
A 1905 tally lists 297 steam vessels wrecked burned or foundered at sea totaling 253611 tons and 296 sailing vessels at 214600 tons. The text notes work as a healthy burden and quotes H W Beecher on worries harming more than labor.
The Way Out By Grape-Nuts A Case Of Recovery
An ambitious girl overcomes nervousness and hysteria after failing school health through daily Grape-Nuts. She notes improved sleep, strength, and social life, resumed studies, and later taught for ten months. She credits Grape-Nuts with lasting health and happiness.
Cure for severe eczema with Cuticura Remedies
A woman recalls a years long battle with a worst form of eczema on face and body. After two local doctors failed, her husband bought Cuticura remedies which ended the breakout after one bottle and six more months of use.
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Lizzie E. Sledge
Jones Ave
Selma
Ala
Wooden-legged candidate seeks council seat in Claston
A wooden-legged artisan from Claston Eng urges fellow workers to elect him to the town council. He argues a wooden leg would be a pleasant variety among the wooden heads there now. His slogan proclaims Vote for Peggy.
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Claston
Eng
Peggy
Practiced What He Preached Priests Died Poor
Rev. Denis P. O'Flynn of New York City preached poverty and lived it. He left no estate aside from a library donation to the Paulist fathers. He had little life insurance, no savings, and gave away nearly all he earned, dying as poor as a church mouse.
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Denis P. O’flynn
New York City
Father Corrigan
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