Flirtation in Washington's Public Buildings Draws Scrutiny
The Washington scene at the capital and its libraries becomes a public spectacle as custodians and officials combat flirting inside public buildings. Marines faced ejection amid navy inquiries, while the Shonts family and their southern life near Mobile highlight the era's social currents and high society intrigue.
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Ashington
Washington
America
Capital
Library of Congress
Inner social rites of Mrs Shonts dinner guest list
The long social ritual features Mrs Shonts wife of the Interborough president coordinating a guest list with a veteran expert. A senator unfamiliar with the host is guided to escort a guest by examining a card labeled Shonts, or similar, revealing social etiquette of Washington circles.
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Shonts
Washington
Interborough Metropolitan Company
New York
Senator
Smuggling Gains Ground Among Affluent Americans in Europe
A treasury official warns that trunks with false bottoms are a thriving export for wealthy travelers smuggling diamonds and jewelry. Inspectors rely on tips from disgruntled maids and Paris jewelers. significant seizures occur when travelers declare purchases. Also, about 17 to 18 million white ants threaten the Smithsonian as woodwork decays and floors crumble.
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Treasury Department
Europe
Fifth Avenue
Paris
United States
Ants Threaten Smithsonian Building as Infestation Grows
Reports warn white ants are degrading the Smithsonian Institute structures with window sashes and flooring rotted to powder. The museum, a landmark funded by James Smithson, faces rapid decay if termites are not exterminated soon.
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Walla
Institution
Smithsonian Institution
James Smithson
Duke of Northumberland
Samaritan rewards virtue with keg rescue
A drunken midnight picnic wagon overturned in a rainstorm near Troost avenue. A good Samaritan helped right the wagon and pull it from a ditch, then refused pay and claimed the keg of beer as his reward, driving it to his barn after hitching his team to it.
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Troost Avenue
Kansas City
Man and His Ways in London Dinner-Dance Etiquette
A London World writer reports hostess views on manners of men who attend dinner dances. Many are casual and fickle, often canceling for better offers, keeping parties waiting, or ignoring hosts and daughters. A nicer girl would classify partners into three groups: idiotic, truly good, and those best ignored, a third class rising in recent years.
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London
Hotel silver theft arraigned by manager stance
A New York hotel faced a sharp rebuke from hosts after three high prestige couples found three spoons missing from coffee service. The hotel owner defended the manager saying the business loses about 25000 annually to guest theft of silver and related items.
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New York City
Mirrors as Detectives in Shops and Mirrors’ Hidden Watch
An interior decorator argues mirrors in stores serve to deter shoplifters by allowing watchers to observe reflections. They monitor patrons indirectly, catching attempts as a thief glances away and hides items like stockings before a firm tap from staff in the office.
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Kla
Beekeeping Tips Prevent Swarming With Spraying And Hive Placement
A farmer advises raising the hive bottom boards to deter swarming and using water spray to calm hanging swarms. He suggests moving the new hive onto the old stand to draw foragers back, strengthening the first colony and reducing the chance of a second swarm while boosting honey yields.
Care in Equipment for Beekeeping
The article advises careful beekeeping practice with proper smoker and protective veil, gloves for some, and humane handling. It prescribes quiet entry to the hive, puffing smoke to calm bees, and using a flat file to lift frames, stressing control over punishment and humane principles.
Care for the Nest in Poultry Keeps Egg Production Up
The article explains that training a hen to lay in one place can result in poorer laying if nests are scarce dirty or exposed. It notes pullets seek secret places to lay and will lay on the floor if nests are not ample clean or comfortable, leading to egg eating. It emphasizes the need for plenty of clean comfortable nests to maintain production.
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Pullet
Keeping Colony Record in Bee Apiaries Sets High Standard
A bee keeper notes ownership of over 70 colonies with numbered hives and clipped queens. He maintains records of each queen's strain and each colony's history to measure surplus honey and longevity, urging others to adopt similar, precise record keeping.
Care for Chicks Refrains Lice, Cholera Caution
Instruction notes for poultry care warn against treating chicks for cholera while large lice are present. Inspect attendants should confirm lice absence, as three lice can sap a chick’s strength more than food, emphasizing careful handling during peak season.
Feed Hopper Assembly for Loose-Feed Storage
Describes a homemade feed hopper made from an ordinary box with a slant cover. Components include a leather-hinged cover, a sliding pole segment to open or close the lower opening, a shield to prevent fowls from throwing feed, a wire crossbar to reduce spillage, and a dirt-dispensing bottom hole. Wire netting on the side forms the clover clipping compartment.
Poultry Tips and Garden Advice in Acknowledgment of Pure Food Law
The article urges careful poultry feeding to prevent over fat hens and notes buckwheat as a beneficial egg food, though birds may resist at first. It warns of predators like cats or rats breaking into coops, and recommends a mixed small-plot strategy of poultry, bees, fruit, vegetables, and plants to yield big returns. It mentions incubators rusting and painting tanks to prevent rust, and links reputation for honest goods to the new pure food law that should ease sales.
Moving Duckling Pens Promote Healthier Hatching
A portable duckling pen is favored to reduce disease in flocks. Authors argue that moving the pen around the yard prevents germ buildup and supports healthier development.
A Woman's Suffering Solved By Kidney Pills
Mrs Clyde Pixley of Bridge Street Bel ding Michigan recounts severe bladder inflammation and kidney trouble that resisted doctors praise the Dean's Kidney Pills saying after one week she felt better and is now a well woman selling at 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
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Clyde Pixley
Bridge St
Belding
Mich
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo, N. Y
Waiting for the Fun Bench Tale
An old portly gentleman in a light gray suit sits on a park bench watching a quiet boy on the grass. The boy says he is waiting until the man who painted the bench gets up, claiming the bench was painted about fifteen minutes ago.
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Sonny
Heated street exchange over insults ends in bluff urged by rival
A public quarrel between two men escalates with threats of violence. One warns he will strike so hard that a railroad train cannot bring the other back. The reply ridicules the opponent as black and useless, vowing postal costs for sending a card. The men ultimately drop the confrontation.
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Africa
Chinese Jews of Kaifungfu and Their Diminishing Legacy
The piece notes American interest in China tracing to the Boxer era and mentions Kaifungfu Jews who settled there in the Han dynasty. It cites Marco Polo, Jesuit visits in 1600 and 1704, and cites Alfred K. Glover in Overland Monthly May issue stating the Chinese Jews are nearly extinct while their records and tablets remain preserved.
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China
Kaifungfu
B. C
Marco Polo
Alfred K. Glover
Overland Monthly
Grape Nuts Promoted as Easy Digesting Breakfast
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a cereal engineered to avoid the indigestible mush of oats and wheat when boiled. It claims the product is fully cooked, nitrogenous and starchy components are ready for use, and suitable for both adults and nursing infants.
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