Washington Letter Highlights Gardens and Plans for City
Special correspondence surveys Washington guest gardens near the Treasury and notes four beds, a fountain and parrot feathers. It describes Augustus Riley a 74 year old war department clerk who touts frugal living and healthy eating. Historic relics include Major L Enfant plans for the city and a vanished Tibery stream. Venetian palace replicas rise as Henderson works on Casa Dore while the White House undergoes restoration ahead of Roosevelt’s return.
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Washington
Treasury
Augustus Riley
War Department
Riley
Cathedral of St Peter and Paul
Tibery
James Creek
Potomac
Davy Burns
Bishop Satterlee
Mount St. Albans
SS. Peter and Paul
Venice
Andersons
Massachusetts Avenue
John B. Henderson
Grand Canal
Henderson
Missouri
Mary Foote
New York
Europe
Humorous Exchanges Highlight Language Quips
A collection of witty lines mocks mispronunciations and education gaps. Dialogues feature a Philadelphia Press quip about pronounced ideas and a lampoon of social banter with quick retorts and family remarks.
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Philadelphia Press
The Convicted Senator from Kaunas Faces Hopeless Appeals
Joseph K Burton, a United States senator from Kaunas, has a triumphant Supreme Court affirmation of conviction on two counts with a nine month jail term and a 2500 dollar fine. An appeal for rehearing would stay the sentence until next October, with alleged crimes spanning 1902 to 1908 and tied to a Rialto Grain and Securities matter in St Louis.
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Joseph K. Burton
United States
Kaunas
Supreme Court
Senator Burton
PR Bart Supreme Court
Washington
St. Louis
Rialto Grain and Securities Company of
St Louis
Rck
Burton
Post Office Department
Woman and fashion for general wear styles with simple lines
The piece discusses simple waist styles for general wear with embroidered pougee waist and neck options. It notes that fine construction ensures wear, mentions collar choices of lace or linen, and explains how tucks affect figure lines and shoulder balance.
The New Pall Gown Describes Lighter Cloth Dresses
The cloth dress is in fashion with thin, light shades and open weaves making them cool to wear. Pana ma and canvas fabrics are included, while silks remain popular especially revived foulards worn for refined occasions. Chiffon velvet is a favored trim.
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Panama
Yellowed Clothes and Lace Veils Fashion Notes
Instructions advise soaking yellowed garments overnight in lukewarm water and washing with clean suds. Rinse, then boil in cold water with white curd soap and borax, rinse again, and soak overnight. Lace veils are chosen to avoid heavy borders and to sit tightly from chin to back brim with a bow tie.
Hand Bows Shine in New Bags Across Varieties
The article notes a rapid rise in the number of new bags across varieties including bead, silk, leather, suede, kid, satin, cloth, peking silk and voile, all requiring rework or overhaul to fit trends and fashion needs.
Vast World Notes from a Century Ago in One List
A compendium of curious statements covers fuel types in Japan, ancient Greeks and Saracens, age milestones for growth, ale origins, Herodotus barley wine, Buenos Aires expensive newspaper building, Denver Shoe plant opening, sunflower farming in Kansas, Mennonite fuel use, a 1777 scrip in Pennsylvania, and a Glasgow railway carriage. It also mentions a telephone wedding in Mississippi, a grand Belgian illuminated fountain, coal edible claims, Antwerp night schools, English-speaking shipping in Belgium, library funding fights in Maine, widows and widowers in Brooks Maine, telegraph mileage by Russia and France, tin price shifts, a large Vermont granite, frontier rail delays and adjustable wagons, and memorial plans for Adirondack Murray.
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Japan
B.C
Herodotus
Buenos Ayres
Denver Shoe Company
Lancaster
D. L. Fogelman
C. C. Hager
Atchison, Kan
Pennsylvania
J. Frank Klepplager
Bossards Corners
Easton
St. Rollox
Glasgow
Scotland
Aberdeen Railway
Pearlington
Miss
Vienna x
Eaille Fischer
Ava
Antwerp
Skowhegan
Grand Army
Brooks
Russia
France
Germany
Great Britain
Vermont
South Ryegate
William Fleaty Harrison Murray
Adirondack
Murray
Tis Lfe
National
Eet
Softloor
Adirondack Murray
Tal
Sage and a Tale of Wealth and Wit in New York
A fragmented reminiscence recounts Russell Sage, a financier famed for frugal schemes that built a fortune near ten million. An uptown subway encounter with a Wall Street reporter leads to a humorous ticket theft episode illustrating honesty and loss.
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Sage
Russell Sage
Wall Street
Jim
Uncle Russell
New York
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Roosevelt
Congress
Carl Schofield
Toto
Mamma
People OF the Day
Hinds
House of Representatives
Bar Harbor
Cap m3
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Foraker
Ntor Foraker
Ohio
South
New World
Joseph Bensop Johson
Pennsylvania Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Philadelphia
Martin A. Knapp
Commission
Martin A. Kospp
Interstate Commierce Commission
Hagheon
Cleveland
Commis
Caruso
New Castle
Hudson
Garnea
Tsang
Sald
Biles
Workington
St Elizabeth's
Gost
Tosat
Bilas
Tamara York
Sagh
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