Notes on Patents War, Medals, and a Richmond Visit
Special correspondence reports a record patent office year with heavy workload across the examiner division. It notes Secretary of War plans to replace old medals with new Valor medals, costing about eight dollars each. The piece also mentions President Roosevelt discussing consular service reform, Bunham’s league talks, Buck of Portland meeting the president, Lincoln dinner invitation for Lincoln Club, and a planned Richmond visit in spring.
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Patent Office
Philadelphia
Uch Melas
Austin A. Burnham
National Business League of
Roosevelt
Lodge UN
Beco
League
Civil Service Commission
Epston
Tee
James W. Buck
Portland
Allen
Maine
Bock
Tom Reed
New York
Lincoln Binzer
Wiliam I Murphy
York
Hhey
Lint
Lincoln
Republican Club of
Richmond
An Meyres
Virginia
The Tree Peddler Nuisance and Economic Mirth
A historical survey condemns tree agents who inflate nursery stock prices and push unsuited varieties. It urges buying direct from reputable nurseries to avoid fraud, noting broader themes of prudent farming, sound money, and American opportunity.
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Andy
Agenta
Commission
The Many Lived God
A tense scene on a riverside cliff where a man and a woman confront a past crime. The man seeks absolution and questions about resurrecting love, while the woman asserts possession and hints at a buried secret as they debate leaving the scene. The tension peaks as the man asks a final favor before parting.
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Sandi
New Shoes Fit Insight From an Age
A story features Ob and Barry Preston discussing hurt feelings and a rocky cliff moment. An experienced salesman notes most customers prefer standing during shoe fittings to avoid discomfort as the foot swells with walking.
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Barry Preston
Woven
How to Blanch and Shell Cheatasts
instructions for blanching and shelling cheatasts using a sharp knife to slit shells, boiling briefly, draining, and sautéing with butter. Process includes removing shells and skins, keeping nuts wrapped in cloth to reduce aroma, and a short finish over heat.
How to Open a New Book and Preserve Its Covers
The piece advises proper handling of newly bound books to prevent backs from breaking. Open covers gradually from the table, apply pages evenly, and avoid sudden loss or rough manipulation. Use a bookmark instead of face-down resting or placing a handkerchief between leaves to prevent damage.
How to Cover Schoolbooks and Restore Velvet
Instructions describe covering schoolbooks with paper silesia calico or cloth and note cloth finishes that resist dirt. It explains cleaning with a wet cloth. It then gives tips to revive crushed velvet by steaming over hot water and ironing the wrong side, with caution on heat and multiple trials.
How to Make Brown Bread the Cream
Toast three slices of brown bread in a cool oven then roll and sift it through a fine sieve. Put a pint of cream in the farina kettle on the fire add half a pound of sugar and stir until dissolved add the remaining cream and set away to cool. When cold freeze when frozen beat in the brown bread. Set away two hours. Eleven Swiss have been frozen to death while making an ascension of Mt. St Bernard.
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Mt. St. Bernard
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the Sun
Springfield, Ky
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Joint High Commission
United States
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Emerson
Alcott
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Tate
Paul
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Norbet
Phwat
Phwet
Louisville Courier
Walt
Cincinnati | Tribune
Jane
KK. M. Whitehead
Tevel
Uleman
Lideline
F.T. Cox & CO
Secon
John Y Mayes
Springfield
Kentucky
Peoples Deposit Bank
Tel Fertimann
Serge Tiveman
Hatterdy
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