Red Cross selects Ernest Bicknell as new director
Ernest P. Bicknell becomes managing head of the Red Cross in the United States after leaving the Chicago Associated Charities. He led relief in San Francisco after the quake, then accepted renewed leadership under President Taft. He plans to strengthen ties with municipal charities nationwide to mobilize rapid local aid in future disasters.
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Ernest P. Bicknerl
Red Cross
United States
Associated Charities
Chicago
San Francisco
Mr. Bicknell
Tne
Montia
Red Cross Society
Drickiell
W. H. Taft
Elvet
Bicknell
New York
Hoston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
American Is Scotch Lord Fairfax Of The Peerage
Albert Kirby Fairfax, an American born in Northampton Virginia, has been confirmed as the twelfth Baron Fairfax of the Scotch peerage. He may gain a UK seat in Parliament only if elected as one of the 16 Scottish peers, after taking British subject status. The Fairfax lineage traces to 1627, with Civil War ties and colonial Virginia estates. Fairfax worked in New York banking before moving to London in 1902 to pursue his title. He attended King Edward's coronation by invitation and is recognized by the British chancellery for his rights of rank and ceremonial duties.
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House of Lords
Baron of
Cameron
Albert Kirby Fairfax
Lord Fairfax
United Kingdom
House of Fairfax
Marston Moor
Naseby
America
Virginia
Hrevolr
Greenway Court
Northampton
Prince George County
Fairfax
John Contee Fairfax
Brian Fairfax
England
Col
Edmund Kirby
United States Army
Albert
New York
Barring, Magoon & Co
Wall Street
London
Firnish
Edward
Italian king knighths hodcarrier reformer D'Alessandro
Cavalier Dominick D Alesssandro a Heston hodcarrier and reformer has been knighted by the king of Italy. The title honors his work for laboring tenement tenants, organizing hodcarriers and exposing padrone systems among Greek and Russian workers in sugar beet fields and beyond. He led prosecutions in New York Boston Philadelphia and other eastern cities.
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Dominick D'Alessandro
Heston
Italy
D'Alessandro
West
Hodcarriers' Organization
Withal
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Accession Plan Shifts Heir to Sergian Throne
Prince Alexander of Sergia, once seen as subordinate to Crown Prince George, rises in prominence amid his brother's rash conduct that risks war with Austria. Observers urge the legislature to name Alexander heir to the throne, replacing the volatile George to keep Sergia stable.
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Prince Alexander of
Sergia
Peter
George
Austria
Servien
Ulster
Prince George
Alexander
New Bison Range Proposed in Flathead Reservation
Government plans to preserve the American bison by establishing a 12 800 acre range north of the Jorks river near Ravalli and Jocko in Montana. Congress appropriated 47000 with 10000 for fencing and 19000 paid to landowners, many Indians. The effort traces to Aveton Corbin and the American Bison Society led by Roosevelt and Hornaday.
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Flathead Thfinn
Montana
Congress
Morton J. Mired
University of Montana
Jorks River
Ravalli
Jocke
Engineering Department
United States Forest Service
Avetin Corbin
Park
N. Hh
Corbin
American Bison Society
Roosevelt
William T. Hornaday
New York Zoological Park
Montana Bison Range
Ite
New
National Bison Range
Gypsy Smith to Lead January Evangelist Meetings in Pittsburg
Gypsy Smith Rodney Smith born 1860 in Wanstead England, famed full blood Gypsy evangelist, will begin a Pittsburg campaign in January. He rose from a poor itinerant family of fiddlers to lead Salvation Army missions, touring the United States Britain and Australia with immense crowds and high honors.
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Pittsburg
Gypsy Smith
Rodney Smith
Wanstead
Epping Forest
Leytonstone
England
Cornelius Smith
Mary Welch
Gypsy
Fifthycore
Gyrey Smith
William Hooth
Salvation Army
United States
New York
Boston
Denver
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Washington
Oyran Grove
Australia
Biggent
Adelaide
Melbourne
Sydney
Gypey Smith
British Isles
Manchester
Alexander McLaren
Metropolitan Tabernacle
London
Charles H. Spurgeon
Glasgow
Edinburgh
National Council of the Free Churches of England
Gypsy Switch
Restoring His Sense on the Beat in Baltimore
A Baltimore American item portrays a police officer guiding a fake blind man to a hearing, and a vendor fears the decision will ruin his business. The squire promises a hearing tomorrow, while the blind man asks what a blind man needs his finish for.
Neighbors and Town Gossip Stir at the Brown Home
A humorous, fragmentary scene unfolds as neighbors move into the Brigen house across the street. Recollections of past misadventures with the Browns surface, including a raid on the narrator’s house and a costly loan, while a boy asks for butter and a rolling pin. The piece Weaves domestic meddling with reflections on social tensions and neighborly patience.
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Edward
Fanny
Manny
Mrs. Brown
Mr. Brown
Things Well Worth Knowing From Old Household Tips
A selection of practical advice on ink erasers glass cleaning with renine anis epoxies, preparing pictures for reframing with hot water, orange marmalade as a lemon substitute, cocoa flavoring, and a guide to cleaning white shoes with chalks. It includes a note on avoiding damp soles and a method for Queen Alexandra’s pudding with lemon juice and puff pastry.
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Kandy
Indispensable Mangle for Household Efficiency
A vintage exhortation praises the wringing machine as essential for modern homes. It claims mangles save labor and time, extend fabric life by pressing out water without damage, and reduce wrist strain. The piece urges steady use and promotes convenience as worth any cost.
Bottled Grapes and Kitchen Tips From Country Life
A Country Life in America note describes French wing growers preserving grapes in winter by leaving five to six inch stems and placing them in water in bottles hung outside in cellars with low temperature. It also offers a tip to drink hot water by pouring between jugs to remove fat taste and suggests melting tin can ends to line a pan for easy patty cake removal.
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America
Prune and Gelatine Dessert From Frugal Page
Prune soak overnight then stew in water until tender. Add sugar, gelatine, citrus juice, and beaten egg whites to form a foamy pulp. Mold the mixture into a dessert round. Also notes tenderizing steak by egg crumb coating and a cleaning tip using ammonia for window spots.
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Hodcarrier
New Bison Range
Flathead Indian Reservation
Man
Elizabeth Chesser
Choaser
Shylock
Jane
Meath
John Pancake
Hotel London Company
Uereate Lily Chapel
Farrar É Wood
Elovator
Anderson (Rich
Trivune
Houehold
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