Diplomatic Shakeup Tied to Lady Townley Then Durand Recall
Washington reports reveal Sir Mortimer Durand's recall tied to Lady Susan Townley's influence and discord in official circles. The British government sought an envoy more aligned with US and Canadian negotiations while Durand focuses on literary pursuits after a long career.
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Washington
Susan Townley
Sir Mortimer Durand
Lady Townley
Mortimer
Joint High Commission
Root
Latin America
Canada
United States
Townley
Sir Mortimer
Marion Preveryn
No Niche For Roosevelt Bust In Senate Gallery
The Roosevelt bust may not fit the senate chamber niches as all gallery niches are filled and a decision by the rules committee will determine if a vice president’s bust is moved or placed in the corridor. James Earl Fisher finished the marble model this winter, with Fairbanks still unsculpted.
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Roosevelt
United States
Senate Chamber
New York
James Earl Fisher
Mr. Roosevelt
Senate
Fairbanks
Congress
Committee On Rules
Uncle Joe Wins Social Victory At White House Dinner
The January 4 White House dinner honoring the speaker of the house signals Speaker Cannon's ascendancy over the chief justice in precedence disputes. The long standing seating feud affected presidential entertaining plans and highlighted official Washington's social dynamics.
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Uncle Joe
White House
House of Representatives
Joe
United States Supreme Court
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
Washington
Chase of Gaines in a Revolving Door
The incident features Representative John Wesley Gaines of Tennessee and a publicity agent in a hotel rotunda. After an exchange, Gaines steps outside and the chase moves through a circular revolving door toward Pennsylvania Avenue, with the agent following and both exhausted as the scene ends.
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Wille
Johnnie
John Wesley Gaines
Tennessee
Washington
Gaines
Pennsylvania Avenue
Nto
Pinto
Galnos
Itone
Cleaning and preserving delicate kid gloves
Gloves should be cleaned with careful light rubbing using a mixture of alum and fuller's earth on flannel, then brushed with French chalk and wiped. After cleaning, lay gloves in tissue paper to preserve elasticity and prevent soil buildup. Use light gloves sparingly before first cleaning and repeat cleaning when soil recurs.
Efficient Blue Flame Oil Stove For Two
A blue flame oil stove sized for a two person household provides six hours of continuous burn with a one gallon reservoir. Proper operation includes readying a vessel to capture heat as the wick lights and using the remaining flame to keep dishes warm during serving for optimal heat use.
Watering Hanging Plants With Cup Vessels
A Home Magazine method guides watering hanging plants by using small cups with punched holes placed on the soil to regulate moisture. Start with tiny holes and adjust by enlarging for enough water passage, renewing the cup each morning to keep plants well hydrated. It notes vines can conceal the cups for a neat look.
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The
Home Magazine
Lemon Raisin Turnovers and Kitchen Wall Cleaning
A recipe for a lemon raisin filling used in turnovers or pocketbook shaped pastries, plus steps to bake and seal edges. Then a cleaning method for kitchen walls uses kerosene followed by hot water and dry cloth for bright painted surfaces.
How to Clean Various Mattings
The article explains cleaning methods for Chinese and Indian mattings with a dry dusting and a dampened soft cloth. A touch of lemon juice or vinegar with water helps preserve whiteness. Straw mattings require gentler cleaning to avoid yellowing. Coconut matting should be scrubbed thoroughly and rinsed well before reuse.
Beef Roast For Luncheon One Dinner
Instructions describe shaping two pounds of round beef with onion parsley and bread crumbs then baking in buttered paper. Include lemon juice salt pepper celery salt eggs and butter, with a brown sauce or tomatoes during finishing. Garnish with parsley before serving.
Shortbread In New Style
Detailed old fashioned recipe for pale golden shortbread. Use two pounds butter, warm, cream with leaf sugar, add lemon peel milk and flour to form a soft paste. Shape into 16 rounds, pierce centers, top with caraway comfits, bake on papered tins 45 minutes to 1 hour. Finish by parting after baking, some garnish with sugar.
Utensil Rich Onion Carrot Soup From Pantry Guide
Two tablespoons butter and onions with carrots fry to golden. Simmer in water with bay leaf fifteen minutes, then press. Sugar browns with onions, add water, salt, pepper. Strain, return to kettle, mix bread beaten with egg, boil, serve with grated cheese.
Scandinavian holiday cake recipe from old cookbook
A traditional Christmas loaf method from a Nordic recipe. It uses three ounces butter two tablespoons sugar three eggs a pint of milk one tablespoon yeast flour raisins ground cardamom and citron. Mix warm until thick, knead until smooth rise twice shape into a round loaf bake about an hour in a hot oven.
Conveniences for the Closet
A closet is more convenient and roomy with one or two poles for hangers. Women should have several clothes hangers to hang waists skirts and wraps. Hangers save closet space and prevent gowns from creasing. Hangers may be padded with cotton and sachet powder then covered with silk.
Cheese Balls With Olives and Nuts Salad
A salad features ripe olives chopped and mixed with cream cheese and formed into balls the size of a hickory nut. They are served dressed with mayonnaise in lettuce nests, sometimes with minced green olives or nuts, and may accompany another salad or be served on a small dish.
Fruit Pudding Recipe From Aged Text
A confusing kitchen instruction describes a fruit pudding using milk tinned fruit sauce and powdered sugar heated then removed from heat. It mentions whipping egg whites stiff and folding into a batter before baking in a buttered dish. The text contains several garbled phrases suggesting misprints or OCR errors.
Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Advertisement
A historical ad fragment touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething gums and wind colic with claims of pain relief. It notes a 25c bottle and features Rove's signature on each box and a promise of refund if not effective.
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HE. Rove
Youthful Astronomer joins Allegheny Observatory
Robert H. Baker formerly of the Amherst faculty becomes assistant astronomer at Allegheny Observatory at age 23. This notable early career move highlights Baker’s rapid rise in the field.
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Robert H. Baker
Amherst
Allegheny Observatory
Allcock's Porous Plaster Trusted Worldwide
The text extols Allcock's as a thorough and reliable pain reliever in porous plaster form. It claims sixty years of use and universal availability in civilized communities, praising careful manufacture and child friendly ingredients, and notes they are the original genuine porous plasters sold by druggists globally.
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Allcock
Allcock’s
Government payrolls and rich men on service payrolls
The passage notes Teodore Gill as a leading fish expert employed by the United States government earning one dollar a month. It mentions Dr. Harrison G. Dyer, a mosquito expert, receiving twenty five dollars monthly. Gif ford Pinchett heads the forestry service with forty five dollars a year. It asserts several other rich men work for nominal pay “to do things” per President Roosevelt.
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Teodore Gill
United States
Harrison G. Dyer
Gifford Pinchett
United States Forestry Service
Roosevelt
Awful Effect of Eczema on a Child’s Eye
A Fulton New York family details a long treatment path for their one and a half year old daughter with severe eczema. After failing multiple doctors and costly remedies, they report dramatic improvement within a week of using Cuticura, noting the eye’s eyesight could not be restored but claim the skin condition improved.
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Waper
Frank Abbott
Fulton, Oswego Co
N. Y
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