Washington Letter from May 1902 Congress News
Regular Washington summary notes a slow week in Congress with the union rail station bill costing about 10 million dollars. The Philippine bill remains unfinished and Cuban canal politics complicate votes. Roosevelt reviews cadets and welcomes a proposed Frederick the Great statue pledge from Kaiser Wilhelm, while a Los Angeles club invites him to a West Coast round up. Mrs Roosevelt and younger family plan a June trip to Oyster Bay aboard the Dolphin.
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Philippines
Senate
Allison
Congress
Friends
Isthmian Canal
House of Representatives
House
House Committee
Washington High School
Roosevelt
Harries
Kaiser Welhelm
Rochambeau
France
United States
Germany
Frederick the Great
Arsenal Grounds
Washington
Los Angeles
Express
Redwood
California
West
Senator Cullom
Springfield
Women Now Show Quick Grays and Lasting Youth
The article notes women preserve youth yet gray hair appears earlier than before. It contrasts grandmothers staying home knitting with granddaughters turning gray before finishing college, highlighting shifting appearances across generations.
Federal land lottery to open Rosebud acres for homesteads
The federal government will conduct another land lottery offering valuable homesteads. About 300,000 acres were recently purchased from the Rosebud Indians in South Dakota and will be surveyed and divided into homesteads for opening under the Oklahoma precedent from last year.
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South Dakota
Oklahoma
The Well-Bied Girl Portrait
A measured description depicts a poised young woman noted for restraint and composure. She carries herself with dignity, avoids showy flirtation, and prioritizes privacy and self possession while remaining calm and sane. She walks well and acts naturally without pose or fuss.
Re opening of Fairview U B Church at Yellow Creek Lake
The Fairview U B Church at Yellow Creek Lake will reopen and be dedicated at 10am on Sunday May 25 with services at 7 50am. Rev J A Gtoves of Licomer will officiate. Remodeling includes new windows sash glass and jams an elevated floor repapering painting and new stoves and gas lamps. A collection for missions will be asked.
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Yellow Creek Lake
J. A.gtoves
U. B
Licomer
Nab
Miner
Resolution of Respect From Lakeview Lodge 164 Knights of Pythias
A resolution from Lakeview Lodge No. 164 Knights of Pythias expresses sympathy to Bro. J. J. Miller on the death of his wife, notes her kind spirit and community value, and orders copies to be published and records updated.
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Pyriias
J. J. Miller
Lakeview Lodge No
Knights of Pythias
Silver Lake
J. M. Astiss
G. A. Drusu
Nothing and the moral ballast of life in a prose meditation
An extended meditation on nothing as a concept and force in life. It contrasts John Jacob Astor and Benjamin Franklin with nothing as a starting point for fortune and character. The piece muses on political aims, happiness, and mortality using philosophical and literary flourishes.
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John Jacob Astor
Benjamin Frankiis
Mother Earth
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J. W.pawley & Son, Contractors and Builders
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E. Wiltrodt
Winona Lake
Bowen
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Adair Mio
Adam Stout & CO
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Young People’s Christian Union
Q. Cline
Actheran Church
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Washington, D. C
Martin
Uncle Sam
Fairview U. B. Church
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Virginia’ Military Institute
England
J F
British West Indies
Central America
Aace
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Central
South America
Lloyd's Register
Authority On Shipping
Great Britain
United States Steel Corpoation
Louisiana
Potomac River
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