Various Local Notes and World News Tidbits
A mixed batch of items covers railway tank durability, a conversationalist alarm trick, New York city growth with Lackawanna, Boston’s 1920 world fair plan, Sven Hedin pricing, Jules Verne routines, Civil War enlistment totals, Korean royal visit plans, Fort Leavenworth drill mishap, and a forest service pest control campaign targeting prairie dogs in Arizona and New Mexico with poison baits deployed by riders.
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Arizona
New Mexico
United States Forest Service
Students write examples as in newspaper columns in class
A teacher in room seven of Kassab public schools asked pupils to imitate newspaper style by writing personals. A young student earned praise by noting college boys have returned to their schools to wait for another vacation. Miss Effie N. Chambers heads Kassab girls high school. 1907 year saw fifty girls, fifteen graduates, many taking roles in local schools or continuing at Aintab seminary. London report contrasts Our Dumb Friends League and Home Office on street accidents. 13 horse ambulances serve daily, over 2000 disabled horses treated yearly. Timber species lifespans list: pine 4300, silver fir 426, larch 876, red beech 245, aspen 810, birch 200, ash 170, elder 145, elm 130.
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Cadi Public Schools
Effie N. Chambers
Kassab
Turkey
London
Our Dumb Friends League
Home Office
Streast
Ner Age Ee
Zeppelin Airship Meets Rejection in War Department Dispute
Paris reports a conflict between Count Zeppelin and the war department over future airship orders. Military plans foreclose large Zeppelins, favoring smaller semi rigid and nonrigid types. Zeppelin company advances a Lucerne to southern German passenger service, aiming to operate by spring 1910 with six crew and 20 passengers daily 300 days a year, supported by Cologne to Geneva subsidies and war department loaning aid if airships serve as auxiliary cruisers.
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Paris
Zeppelin
War Department
Zeppelin Company
Lucerne
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Stuttgart
Strassburg
Geneva
McTurk Wealth Gap Sparks City Treasurer Tale
From the New York Sun, the late Robert McTurk, long Williams Bridge’s leading citizen and treasurer, vanished with 176000 dollars in sewer funds during annexation. Comptroller Fitch pursued records, McTurk returned with a draft for the sum, noting no bondsmen were required, while city bondsmen total nearly a million.
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New York Sun
Robert McTurk
Williams Bridge
New York
McTurk
Greater New York
Hot Springs
Ark
Comptroller's Office
Fitch
Wiliams Bridge
No Escape. Temperance Gentleman Dialog in London Tatler
A fragment from London Tatler features Temperance Gentleman Tom Timkins railing about moral decline. The other character, Incorrigible Ain't, mocks him, hiccups, and claims teeth will be provided as a jab at German chemists famed as the world’s greatest.
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London Tatler
Temperance
Tom Timkins
Tee
Bad Days and a Timeless Clock in Victorian Verse
Dr. Herman Swoboda argues for critical days in men, manifesting as headaches and fatigue every 23rd or 28th day and on multiples of these numbers. A London specialist backs the idea, advising country retreat and light meals. The verse “To the Old Clock of the Stairs” reflects on time’s relentless refrain of Forever-never and mortality, attributed to Elenry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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London
Herman Swoboda
Swoboda
Lambs Gambol in Gotham for 49000 at Met Opera House
New York report describes the Lambs club benefit at the Metropolitan Opera House with a crowd of 150 stage celebrities, including De Wolf Hopper, Victor Herbert conducting an orchestra of 60, and a Brutus and Marc Antony forum scene. The event featured a minstrel opening, Julius Caesar forum, and appearances by Belasco, Erlanger, Broadhurst, and other notable writers and managers as state figures and supers.
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New York
The
Lambs Club
Metropolitan Opera House
de Wolf Hopper
Raymond Hitchcock
Wddle Foy
Nat M. Wills
Mackelyn Arbuckle
Charles Evans
Ignacio Martinetti
Andrew Mack
Victor Herbert
Forum Secene
Julius Cesar
James O'Neil
Brutus
Marc Antony
William Muldoon
William and Melville Stewart
George W. Hobart
Wilton Lackeye
Dustin Farnum
Digby Bell
David Belasco
George Broadhurst
A. J L. Erlanger
Lew Fields
Clay M. Greene
Charles Kieln
John Mason
Eugene W. Presbrey
Edwin Minton Boyle
A. Baldwin Sloane
Augustus Thomas
Joe Webster
Basket Shaped Hats Still Quite Popular
A Parisian style fruit basket chapeau attracts with green crown and white straw brim. The hat features a black velvet ribbon band and a wreath of apples and leaves around the crown, presenting a charming, decorative headpiece.
Large hats and hat pins delight spring shoppers
The article notes a wide Paris and American sourced selection of summer hats and hat pins. Highlights include large color filled hat pins in spike, club, ball, hair ball, and rhinestone styles priced from $1.50, with pearls, amethyst, topaz centers, Navette lozenge shapes, and jet jewelry dominating fashion.
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Paris
Marie Antoinette
Plaid Millinery Features Scotch Colors in Hat Design
A chic straw hat in genuine Scotch plaid colors centers the display. A large bird of brilliant plumage decorates the front, with its tail flowing over the back, creating an elegant millinery flourish.
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Plaid
Preserving Tips and Cautions From A Practical Guide
The article lists numerous cautions for making preserves and jellies. It advises avoiding cold sugar, heating sugar in a warm oven, scalding glassware, and letting preserves stand after cooling. It stresses prompt filling, proper sealing, and cool storage, plus careful cooking with stirring and heat controls. It also covers sugar types, spice use, and fruit quality for best results.
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Randall & Gillispie
Spencer
Iowa
Rock Island
Ono
New York State
Lackawanna
Erie County
Buffalo
Overnor Fiughes
Lackawanna Steel Company
Rochester
Boston
New England
Herald
St. Louis
Europe
Eschweg
Sven Hedin
Merchants’ Association
Jules Verne
Boulevard de Longueville
Amiens
United States Service
Min Pyong Suk
Imperial Household
Seoul
Japan
Margherita
Italy
Korea
Fort Leavenworth
D’auber
Terprise
German War Department
Vienna
Iternity
Elenry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ty. Mayer
Lambs Gambol
Gotham
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