Tea Growers’ Dreams Sour in Summerville Experiment
An observer reports that South Carolina tea cultivation at Summerville is impractical and unprofitable. The Pinehurst garden and tea talks show a government-backed effort built on unsuitable soil, inadequate economics, and a lavish, park-like setting rather than a viable tea industry.
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Julian Ralph
New York
Mat
Express
Summerville
South Carolina
Pinehurst
China
Shepard
Senate
Charles A. Shepard
United States
Appens
South
Carolina Sotl
Carolina
Hke Summerville
Treasury
United States Department of Agriculture
James Wilson
Pinehurst Gardens
Pinehurst Park
Carolina Sea
Mississippi
Florida
Admiral Evans Criticism Of Chicago Royals Night Guests
The Philadelphia Record notes Evans warned against criticizing the six-footers who accompanied Prince Henry, describing their appearance in full dress at night and noting their lack of awareness of era fashion such as clawhammer coats and low waistcoats.
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Philadelphia Record
Evans
Prince Henry
Prince and Admiral Guests Ignored Dress Code
The article notes that some young men wore inappropriate full dress for morning wear, attributing the lapse to their long night with the prince and the admiral. Lacking guardians as royal and naval guests had, they were unable to change attire.
Open Letter to M Hugues Le Roux on French and American Women
A Chicago Evening Post reader challenges Le Roux's sweeping generalizations about American and French women. The writer argues human nature transcends national stereotypes, notes exceptions in literature, and cautions against attributing conduct to entire nations. The letter defends American tolerance and humor while questioning global moral claims.
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Chicago Evening Post
M. Hugues le Roux
Rome
Naples
Paris
Balzac
Zola
M. le Roux
Hester Prynne
France
Hawthorne
Hester
New England
Moneleur
Comedie Humaine
Bourget
Maupassant
Monsieur
French women and honor in exclusive circles questioned
A speaker questions how American women join exclusive French circles and accuses American men of lacking honor regarding other men's wives. The inquiry calls for new attire to cover both sexes so all may join in moral scrutiny and social propriety.
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Indianapolis
SAKS
Monsieur
Wheat 3000 Years Old Experiment in Germination
Dr J H Bayles recounts growing red wheat from seeds found in a mummy from the twentieth dynasty, claiming a 3000 to 4000 year age. The seed sprouted after centuries dry storage, producing a tall stalk and bronze grain, illustrating life’s persistence and prompting reflection on germination processes.
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J. H. Bayles
Philadelphia
Ihe
Asa Gray
Harvard
Dr. Gray
San Francisco Letter on a St Gaudens Stevenson Base Relie f
A bronze cast of St Gaudens bas relief of Stevenson sits in a San Francisco room. The original was begun in New York while Stevenson was there, with the artist promising a personal cast but delaying completion until the author had
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Samoa
Apia
Sydney
Australia
Express Company
Stevenson
Antipodes
St. Gaudens
San Francisco
New York
King and Miniaturist in Royal Portrait Saga
Frank Arnett details Miss Kussner’s royal commission to paint a portrait of the Prince of Wales in a Jubilee era costume. Six sittings at Marlborough House reveal his poised courtesy and unforced cooperation, making the process unusually intimate for a royal portrait.
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Frank
Arnett
Ainslee
London
Kussner
Duchess of Devonshire
Prince of Wales
Order of Malta
Marlborough House
Pall Mail
Europe
Miss# Kussner
Turke
Painter describes royal portrait link to romance and Eve joke
A writer notes a sitter easier to paint than the Czar, and that Marlborough House portrait was linked to the Princess of Wales, later Queen Alexandra. A jewel gift to Miss Kussner followed sittings. An offhand Sunday school tale about Eve leads a child to fear a wife.
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Europe
Marlborough House
Princess of Wales
Queen Alexandra
Kussner
Crawfordsville
Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Promises Painless Birth Help
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription and Pleasant Pellets as remedies easing childbirth pain and boosting maternity strength. It quotes Mrs Maria O Hayzel of Brookland DC, crediting the medicines with restoring health after a difficult birth and aiding later confinement and nursing. The copy asserts the pellets cure constipation.
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Pierce
Dr. Pierce
Maria O. Hayzel
Brookland
D. C
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South Capitol Avenue
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