Two Stallo sisters and wealth guide a simple life in New York
The Stallo sisters Laura aged 16 and Helena 15, wards of Alexander McDonald and heirs to vast Standard Oil wealth, live in New York and Cincinnati under strict routines. Their day includes early rising, ordered meals, lessons in languages, music, and travel, with little social life, all supervised by a governess.
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New York
Pastor Wagner
Waldorf-Astoria
Stallo
Lfe
Cincinnati
Edmund K. Stallo
Laura
Helena
Alexander McDonald
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil Company of
Kentucky
Europe
New World
Waldorf- Astoria
Dalway
McDonald
Clifton
Mr. McDonald
Egypt
Mexico
Mrs. McDonald
Ter
J. B. Stallo
Italy
Cleveland
Dan R. Hanna
Mark Hanna
London
James McDonald
Standard Oil
World Magazine
The
St. Regis
England
Preservation urged as big game declines in Africa
The English authorities consider reserving areas in East Africa modeled after Yellowstone due to the sharp drop in big game. Reports note a fall from about 10,000 animals in 1891 to about a dozen at one site, with Uganda earning roughly 100000 dollars yearly from big game hunting before conservation steps.
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London
Africa
United States
Game Commission
East Africa
Swayne
Somaliland
Uganda
Commission
British East Af
Odd or Fascinating Traits in Various Animals
A naturalist notes peculiar animal features such as horses lacking eyebrows, hares with no eyelids, and owls with immovable eyes yet vast head rotation. Frogs suffocate with mouths open, fishes require constant mouth movement to breathe, eels have two hearts and more vitality in the tail, and an African snake uses a stomach substitute for teeth.
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Washington
Africa
Electric Spanker Promoted By Chicago Firm
Chicago reports Charles E. Gregory unveils an electric spanking device at the upcoming Coliseum January show. The instrument resembles an inverted fan attached to a wall fixture and aims to soothe restless children by rocking cradles with a switch, marketed toward concerned parents and household bedsides.
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Chicago
Charles E. Gregory
Coliseum
Gregory
Queen Helena Emerges as Secret Watercolor Artist
Naples report on Queen Helena training under Sig Casiasco in water colors and pastels. Some works will debut at a Venice exhibition under an assumed name to keep her identity secret.
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Queen Helena
Naples
Sig. Casiasco
Helena
Venice
Crow Roost Draws Hundreds Near Mitchell Indiana
Mitchell Indiana reports a vast crow roost two piles east of town where 333 000 birds rest daily. The birds leave about dawn and return by mid afternoon, feeding over Kentucky and Ohio river valley while farmers contest the roost, with hundreds killed in conflicts.
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Mitchell
Ind
Kentucky
Ohio River
Christmas Tree for Dogs Delight Maryland Estate
Miss Nellie Sloan hosted a Christmas tree on her Fairlee estate near Lutherville for pets. The tree, arranged at her manager's suggestion, held dog friendly delicacies such as chicken, turkey, sausage and cake instead of usual ornaments.
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Baltimore
Nellie Sloan
Fairlee
Lutherville
Dividing the Spoils on a Train Car Encounter
A train robber bursts into the car and orders the porter to stop as the porter calmly states he is working this end of the car. The scene unfolds with tense exchange in a period tone.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Compulsory Records Sought on Industrial Death Toll
Dr Josiah Strong advocates compulsory accurate records of industrial deaths and injuries in America. He cites New York 1904 with 4162 deaths and estimates 675000 Americans under sentence of death over ten years. An exhibition January 28 at the American Museum of Natural History will study safety devices and industrial hygiene.
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Josiah Strong
New York
America
New York City
Department of Health
Institute of Social Service
United States
Spain
Batte
American Museum of Natural Historye
American Institute of Social Servic
Got Rid of the Devils at Yokohama
A steamship Erroll arriving from Hong Kong reports its crew of 47 Chinese sailors defeating imagined devils aboard. After a meteoric eclipse and fear, the sailors claim all devils were driven off by a pyrotechnic eviction, leaving no devils aboard.
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New York
Erroll
Hong Kong
Debbils Arso
Chop
Wan Goon
Yokohama
van Goon
Seven Seas
Bos'n
Washington schools weigh status of Filipino worker
Washington school authorities debated whether a Filipino servant should be classified as white or colored after Major M. F. Waltz requested admission to white schools. The servant, 22, was denied entry in Atlanta, prompting the inquiry. A committee was formed and has not yet reported.
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Bridge
London
Washington
M. F. Waltz
Waltz
Atlanta
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