Martha Washington Hotel Faces Turnover After Four Decade Run
New York’s Martha Washington, once famed as a women’s hotel with a spotless record and full house, will be turned over to a lessee after four years of struggle and no dividends. Property now valued around 1,000,000 dollars, prices up, staff trimmed, and the venture no longer aligned with its original philanthropic aim.
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New York
Martha Washington
Fancies of ribbon styles from Dresden to armlace items
Craft notes highlight inexpensive ribbon novelties for home makers in Dresden patterns and floral designs. Features include a circular pin holder fashioned from a tea strainer, a medicine-grams cover, a washable ribbon and lace apron, a daisy emery, and various cases for accessories.
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Beldom
Dresden
Berkman Opens Job Printing Office in New York
Alexander Berkman, the anarchist released after twelve years for the Frick attack, starts a one man printing shop at 208 East Twenty seventh street. He aims to serve radical societies and will hire no help, planning partners as the business grows. He favors personal labor profits over large operations while continuing anarchist activity and aiding Russian revolutionists.
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Alexander Berkman
Pennsylvania
Henry C. Frick
Homestead
East Twenty-seventh Street
Berkman
New York
Hammerstein Hides Behind Stage Door In Private Smoking Room
Oscar Hammerstein avoids the opening act of his operas at the Manhattan Opera House and remains in the backstage area. Staff report he is near the stage door and inside a private smoking room built for his use, citing a cigar as the barrier to appearing on stage until after the intermission.
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Oscar H Merntein
Manhatta Opera House
Hurralk
Mr. Hammerstein
Bia
The Shape of Feet and Its Fashioned Faults
The essay discusses how foot shape varies by race and nation, noting differences between French, English, Swedish, and American feet. It warns that poorly made shoes deform feet, stressing the arch as crucial to movement and appearance, and cautions against ill fitting sizes from size two to four.
Making Dainty Work Bag From Cretonne and Trimmings
Instructions describe making two bags from 27 inches cretonne wide with embroidery hoops and ribbon. It covers folding, gathering, sewing, and decorative bowing, plus shell molds from puff paste and baking tips. It ends with dubious beauty measurements for a “perfect” woman.
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Cretonne
Essentials in Prime Beef Making and Finishing
Three essentials to prime beef are proper animal form early feeding and finishing. The block test shows finish quality and carcass results. Compared Angus and common steers reveal differences in rib, fat distribution and marbling influencing retail meat quality.
Lambsquarter Also Called Pig Weed in Gardens
Lambsquarter is an annual weed with smaller leaves than pigweed. It occurs in gardens and cultivated crops but not commonly in grain seeds. It produces many tiny seeds that separate easily from grain. Eradication methods include aging clean seed, careful crop cultivation, or annual crop rotation.
Cover crops tested to boost orchard trees and crow impacts
The agriculture department reports cover crop experiments to raise young trees' hardiness with results varying by climate. In Nebraska crows were found to be beneficial while in North Dakota they were harmful, suggesting orchard management plans must adapt to local conditions. A note on poultry housing warns hens with room to move lay more eggs than crowded hens even when fed well.
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Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
North Dakota
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