Uncle Sam Makes Tiny Naval and Army War Toys
Washington navy yard hosts a small toy shop where six experts carve and assemble miniature ships and guns at a scale of one quarter inch to one foot. In the army signal corps building a toy workshop creates tiny field guns mule teams and a field hospital. Each model follows exact plans, with errors of a hundredth of an inch deemed fatal.
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Bronze Smoothbores Guard Jackson Monument
Four bronze smoothbore guns stand at the corners of the Jackson monument pedestal in Lafayette Square. The Civil War era carriages show aged wood and iron, with two guns bearing ornamented handles from earlier French and Spanish ships' artillery.
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Civilization Questioned on Flies and Typhoid Output
De L O Howard, head of Germville, condemns failure to kill flies as a blot on civilization. He criticizes neglect of destroying house files and urges civilized methods to curb typhoid outbreak and public health threats.
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Oriental Baked Beans and Pilaf With Bluefish Recipes
Two kitchen recipes from the East feature Oriental Baked Beans with garlic parsley tomatoes olive oil and beans soaked then baked until tender served with lemons. Pilaf With Bluefish uses rice water olive oil and blue fish boiled until water evaporates for serving.
Household Notes On Shelves and Stoveware Care
Household tips cover using a wire rack propped over stones to hold coffee pots and utensils, rust prevention for stoves and garden tools via kerosene, blacking with a paint brush, keeping polish in a jar, and a potato decoction to clean silk. It also advises draining boiler water periodically to reduce rust.
Jenny Lind Pancakes With Lemon Sauce Recipe
A historic pancake recipe describes a thin batter of eggs butter milk or water. Cakes baked on a hot griddle are rolled with jam and sugar and served with a lemon sauce made by boiling a smooth paste in water until thick.
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Jenny Lind
Coca Cola habit likened to daily comforts by Ady
Ady argues Coca Cola forms a habit like beefsteak or ice cream. He notes many drink it daily and seek it out, yet denies Coca Cola as a drug habit and cites the ravings of real drug fiends when deprived as a contrast to addiction.
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Coca- Cola
No Chance in the Country Work
A dialogue between Mr Sub bubs and a domestic at an employment agency reveals a fear of loneliness. The domestic cites a large family as context for asserting there are many potential social ties at home, suggesting a counterpoint to moving away.
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Mr. Subbubs
Would Know Soon Trial for a Week Requested
A fragmentary dialogue mentions a trial period of one week for a prospective cook and a claim about predicting bike readiness within 24 hours. The text also includes an old advertisement for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething with claims of reducing inflammation and soothing pain.
Fortunate is the man who finds out things without butting in
A concise English adage notes that true luck belongs to those who learn through observation rather than intrusion. It emphasizes discretion over questions and benefits of quiet inference.
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Fortunate
Tyree’s Antiseptic Powder Ad
Tyree’s Antiseptic Powder is used. 25c. at druggists or sample sent free by J. B. Tyree, Washington, D. C. Adv.
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Tyree
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Washington, D. C
Between Girls and What an Assortment
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a girl praised for hair and a casual remark about an assortment. References to hobos and unrest appear as stray lines in the defunct column page. No clear events, dates, or identities are readable from the text.
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