Beards and fashion clash on distant shores
A Washington Star clipping jokes about naval volunteers in Britain. It notes beards are out of fashion and mocks the Vandyke style as a sign of aging, while humorous remarks compare beard trends to country vegetables and local dress.
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David
T. H. Atkinson
Entiat
Washington
Bea Davie
King David
Dando
Chelan Co
Elbertaia
E.H. Pavor
Davia Co
Utah
Highest Priced Orchid in London Auction
The highest price ever paid for an orchid was in March at a London auction, a heavily marked Odontoxias su variety selling for $6,086 for a small plant. The bloom features bold chocolate brown blotches covering about half the petals.
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London
America
Exports of Yucatan in 1906 Reach Vast Totals
Yucatan’s 1906 exports totaled 597,289 bales of vigal fie valued at 29,626,430 Mexican dollars plus 117,600 in skins and 13,200 of pickle. Over ten years sisal alone yielded 297,000,000 Mexican silver.
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Yucatan
Various World Notes and Anecdotes Stir Public Curiosity
The column surveys scattered items from religion to travel and science. It notes Nevada lacking missions in a vast 16 000 square mile county, a misbehaving neighbor quip, a British naval pun involving a midshipman, a westward turn in transatlantic travel with 119 000 travelers to New York, a Swiss woman claiming age 108, a tiny Philippine fish with backbone, Wall Street’s oldest building the 1833 government assay office, lantern slides for naval lectures, and a definition of Balkan as a Turkish term for wooded hills with meadows.
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New York
Wall Street
Government Assay Office
Sub-Treasury
War Costs Totaled 60.9 Million in French Preparations
The French government reportedly spent about 60.9 million dollars during the late crisis over Morocco as part of war readiness against Germany.
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Cristae
Morocco
Germany
Babe Born In Death Cell Amnesty Refused
Frau Bloemers of Derendorf Germany gave birth to a son in a prison cell while awaiting execution for complicity in the murder of a military officer near Gladbach. She was denied pardon and was allowed to nurse the child for eight weeks before the baby was placed in an orphan asylum.
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Babe
Frau Bloemers
Derendorf
Germany
Gladbach
Naras
Omphan
Stark Trees Now Sold Direct to Mail Order Buyers at 25 Percent Discount
From nursery direct to the planter Stark Trees are offered at 25 percent off for mail order buyers. Previously sold through salesmen with commissions. now direct with planters in irrigated valleys and western orchards, with commissions saved passed to customers. Our Catalogue Price List.
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Stark Trees
Ferson
Spitzenburg
Rome
Special Service Department
Special Service
Stark Bro’s Nurseries & Orchards
Louisiana
Runaway Wagon Stopped by Loyal Farm Dog Tragedy
A runaway wagon dashed through a Pittsford area wagon line injuring a boy as frightened horses bolted. A farm dog leapt to seize the reins, was killed by a wheel, and the boy saved by grabbing a line and steering the team to a halt.
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Pittsford
Courasick
Frank Tous Jey
Warren
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