First President Bought Land For Magnificent City Residence
The narrative describes George Washington acquiring a square in the federal city between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth streets for a potential city residence. It notes the land’s later transfers, its near-port expectations, and that little development occurred, leaving much of the square vacant with few poor houses and uncut streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
G. W. P. Custis
Cathy
Aimilly
William Unton
Washbustom Frat
Zamiti
Thomas Peter
Maryland
United States
First Street
Carrollspurs
Buchman's Point
Buzzard Point
Carrollsburg
Mmte
Arlington
Analostig Island
Potomac
L'Rofant
Funkstown
Hamburgh
Peter
Lear & Co
Col
Tobias Lear
Tristam Dalton
James Greenleaf
Rock Creek
Navy Yard
Marine Barracks
Twenty-fifth Street
D Nor & Street
Twenty-sixth Street
Jhip
la A Browery
Windows Along Pennsylvania Avenue Sell Fast For Inauguration Day
In Washington many seek to rent or sell window space on Pennsylvania Avenue from the Peace Monument to the Treasury for the next Inauguration Day. A man earned 70 dollars for a single window between Thirteenth and Fifteenth streets last March and regretted not securing more options. A newspaper man rented a four windowed office fronting the avenue in January 1904, paid three months rent, then leased the windows for the big day and profited over 150 dollars.
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Danny
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Peace Monument
Treasury Department
Thirteenth
Fifteenth Streets
Lke
Insanitary Buildings Destroyed in Washington March Action
Washington city health officials destroyed thirty two insanitary buildings in March as a model for other large cities. About the same number were razed in January and February, and in under two years roughly one thousand structures have been removed or brought up to sanitary standards under district ordinances, according to the Municipal Journal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mulcipal Journal
Masked burglar robs Seattle couple in their bedroom
Mrs C Olsen and her husband at 2609 West Fifty ninth street awoke to a masked intruder who held a revolver to Mrs Olsen and ordered them back to bed. The thief rifled trousers and dresser for coins and two watches while a young lodger, Anna Moa, was subdued and deprived of powder held to her head. The suspect ransacked the room then fled as daylight approached after prying a tower-floor window open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
C. &. Olsen
Weat
Ninth Street
Olsen
Mr. Olsen
Anna Moa
Fish May Die By Own Action In River Trap
Bloomington reports a landmark ruling by Justice Mosley after Wish Warden L. M. Hasty of Tazewell county charged William Hayes with unlawful fishing. Evidence centered on fish leaping into boats placed near a high water pipe. the court held fish choosing to leap into traps is their own fault and not a legal violation. The fish commission will appeal, hoping higher courts disallow such snaring methods.
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Bloomington
Justice Mosley
Wish
L. M. Hasty
Tazewell County
Thwarden
William Hayes
Mayes
Tayes
Alding
Fish Commission
$100 Worth of Drug Saves Boy From Tetanus
Pittsburg doctors at West Penn Hospital saved 14 year old Harry Gilbert after an explosion left him paralyzed with tetanus. Anti toxins totaling over $100 were given and nourishment fed through a cheek incision as he slowly regained movement and began to feed.
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Pittsburg
Harry Gilbert
West Penn Hospital
Lovelorn Youth Nearly Fears Suicide Over Girl’s Marriage
Howard Thompson, 18, attempted self harm after his mother refused consent for his marriage to Minnie Caldwell, 16, at Twin Lakes. He fired twice. bullets missed. Mrs Thompson and boarders wrestled the pistol away, then he fled by boat on the lake and has not been seen. The girl's parents know of plans to wed and the mother has removed Minnie from Canusan.
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Frank Thompson
Twin Lakes
Minnie Caldwell
Canusan
Howard Thompson
bin Ife
Moient
Ani
Ceasan
Old Miner Scout Recalls 1864 Indian Canoe Voyage and Spokane Rail Press
Col Frank J. Parker, pioneer miner and former U S marshal, recounts a Columbia journey with Lyle Measles and a Cayuse guide in 1864 from The Dalles to the Cascades. He regrets railroad obliteration of Cascades scenery and clarifies a false reported Indian outbreak near Silver City Idaho.
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Portland
Howfed
Howard
Owyhee River
Silver City
Col. Parker
Indiana
Sliver City
Idaho
Noted robber and Macrophagocytosis claim old age cure
A brisk London gentleman, Edward Noyes Hill, survivor of the Bidwell gang, recalls the 1860s Bank of England raid and his 20 year life sentence. Dr Metchnikoff, famed for macrophagocytosis, proclaims old age a curable disease of the intestines and stomach addressed by diet and hygiene, urging a vegetar ian pattern and temperate living though warnings persist about practicality.
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London
Eng
Bank of England
Austin
George Bidwell
George Macdonnell
Edwin Noyes Hill
Home Secretary
Hill
Noyes
Austin Bidwell
Berlin
Dresden
Bordeaux
Versailles
Lyons
Bidwell
F. A. Warren
Buenos Ayres
South America
Bow Lane
Old Newgate Prison
Mansion House
New York
Cuba
Parla
Metchnikof
Pasteur Institute
Matchnikoff
Savant
Judge limits alimony to 200 a month in divorce suit
Judge J Schwan refused to raise Mrs Orville L Jones's alimony beyond 200 monthly, noting it covers only ordinary expenses. He ordered Mr Jones, a Hollenden Hotel capitalist, to pay 450 of a 750 doctor bill, with 800 remaining to be covered by Mrs Jones. The 200 monthly payment is temporary and may change after the case resolves. Jones's income is cited as 200 a quarter of his earnings.
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New York
J .Schwan
Orville L. Jones
Jones
Epidemic of Twins Reported in Pittsburg Health Office
Among 40 births reported to the health office there were three pairs of twins. They were born at the homes of Charles Evens on Soorill avenue, James Stanek on Fifty-second street, and John Seovisk on West Sixty-eighth street.
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Pittsburg
Charles Evens
Soorill Avenue
James Stanek
Fifty-second
John Seovisk
Haat
Eleven Year Old Bandit Held In East Orange Robbery
John Troncone eleven of Orange charged with highway robbery after seizing a one year old girl at Main and Halsted, taking her earrings. He was captured following a bystander chase and turned over to police at headquarters.
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East Orange
N. J
John Troncone
Joyce Street
Orange
John Blumenthal
Haunted Street
Troncone
Main
Halsted Atreata
Perado
Love Amulet Key Chain Ties Ames Secretaries to Matrimony
In Ames Iowa a silver key chain worn by private secretaries to the Iowa State College president is said to be a matrimonial amulet. Seven successive wearers have married soon after receiving it, starting with Miss Gertrude Harlan and ending with Miss Anna Kieruf who received it from Mrs. McDonald eleven months ago.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Adolf Shane
Anna
Klerutf
Gertrude Harlan
H. O. Price
Patience
Wormley
Beas Dunham
T. H. McDonald
Bess Disbrow
Dwight Davi
Anna E. Kieruf
McDonald
Pigs Cut Pigtails To Save Dying Hog Industry
Washington reports a pig tail cutting carnival at Ames Iowa's agricultural college where Secretary Wilson will attend after a summer rest. tails will be cut to produce serum immunizing other pigs from hog cholera, reducing next year's pork costs by 15,000,000. The practice uses blood from resilient pigs to immunize others, a method tied to saving pork production.
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Washington
Secretary Wilson
Traer
Ames
The
Agricultural College
Wilson
McKinley
Iowan Farmer Brings Hailstones From Burr Oak Storm
Price, a Burr Oak area farmer near Decorah, Iowa, presents hailstones collected from a storm three weeks prior. The hail allegedly drifted and buried in a ravine under leaves and branches, then thawed as heat returned, with the stones shrinking in recent days.
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Decorah
San
James Price
Burr Oak
Mr. Price
Care of Furniture and Rag Rugs For Home Crafting
A guide on making and caring for rag rugs using new materials like singhams denim and ticking. It details cutting width, sewing, color planning, and washing with fast colors, plus restoration methods for mahogany and painted or enameled furniture, varnished floors, rug stain removal, and general cleaning tips.
Berry Pie and Lentil Soup Tips From Old Recipes
Berry pies are improvised with stew method using Mitte water sugar butter and salt to thicken. A crimped top crust or beaten egg whites browning on top. Salt enhances flavor and cornstarch keeps juice contained. Yellow lentil soup combines lentils carrot onion parsley and bay leaves with butter flour and seasonings served with croutons. Lentils stand as meat substitute. Curtain rods trick uses raw potato to dampen and soften fresh laundry curtains and restore crimpness when dry.
How to Clean Straw Hats With Oxalic Acid Solution
Instructions describe making a hot water solution of oxalic acid, dipping a stiff brush in it, and scrubbing the hat. Rinse with clear water, press with a warm iron, then place in the sun until thoroughly dry to restore the hat.
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Metchnikoff
Edward Noyes Hill
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