Plan for post office COD delivery proposed by Harry H Charles
A Chicago reader proposes making the post office the agent of the merchant for parcel post. Parcels mailed anywhere could be delivered and collected nationwide. The idea gains attention from the postmaster general as a constitutional question is noted. Navy pilotage bills trigger concerns about officers' harbor knowledge and channel navigation.
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Harry H.charles
Quincey
Ill
Post Office
C. O.D
Navy Department
Government aims frost hardy orange development in agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture pursues creating an orange with greater frost tolerance than any grown. The note compares fruit resilience, citing apples like Baldwin Wealthy and Ben Davis as examples of hardiness and regional limits, suggesting government success is plausible.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Baldwin
Ben Davis
West
Poison Sales Probe in Chicago After Girl's Death
A 14 year old Chicago schoolgirl Ella Hyland died from carbolic acid poisoning after obtaining the drug from a local drug store. The article condemns indiscriminate sale of poisons and questions clerk judgment despite laws restricting such sales.
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Ella Hyland
Chicago
Americans Struggle Driving in Canada Left-Rule Clash
An American horseman recounts difficulties adapting to Canada’s left-hand road rule during a Toronto outing. He describes near collisions, misjudgments by drivers, and recurring trouble in Quebec, noting foot passengers and bicycles share the same hazard. The piece highlights cross border driving misunderstanding and safety concerns.
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England
Washington Star
Canada
Toronto
Quebec
TIDAL BORE SEEN AT MONCTON BAY OF FUNDY VIEWING
The Bay of Fundy produces a towering bore as tides surge up the Petitcodiac River near Moncton. Spectators on the wharves watched a nearly vertical wall of water five to six feet high advance at 9:22 PM, with moonlit foam and dark, muddy water along the shore.
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Bay of Fundy
Petiicodiac
Intercolonial
Moncton
Stony Creek
Twin baby prank fools husbands in Illinois town
In a Pana prank two women switched babies to fool absent husbands. A triplet confusion followed as one baby was placed with twins, causing hysterics. Despite exposure the mothers cannot identify which child is theirs, leaving the fates of the babies unresolved.
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Pana
Taylorville (Ill
Courier
Prayer and penitence as best aid to man
A reflective line notes that true prayer seeks penitence rather than asking God to perform human work, implying moral effort accompanies faith.
Supposed Boer Spy Marks Confined at Ladysmith
Natan Marks, nephew of Samuel Marks of Pretoria and adviser to President Kruger, is confined at Ladysmith as the alleged Boer spy. Kruger allegedly demands immunity from punishment on threat to execute six British officers, linked to Samuel Marks’s strong influence and business ties in Natal.
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Marks
Natan Marks
Ladysmith
Kruger
Samuel Marks
Pretoria
Hatherly
Natal
Transvaal
Enameling Methods in Champleve and Cloisonne Arts
The Magazine of Art discusses enamel techniques in champleve and cloisonne. Sockets are formed differently. in champleve the enamel fills recesses dug into metal, while in cloisonne it sits in raised cells. The piece from Hotel de Cluny shows a gilt copper Eternal Father with extensive enamel background and rosettes, illustrating expansion of transparent enamels and decorative possibilities.
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Hotel -de Cluny
Father
Mrs McKinley’s Winter Gowns Highlight Elegant Simplicity
Mrs McKinley, famed for her resilience, favors tasteful winter dresses. A silver gray peau de soie gown features a long front panel, steel embroidery, and silver spangles. The surplice bodice uses real lace collar and jabot with a fitted sleeve that extends over the hand.
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Mrs. McKinley
When She Will She Will Depend On’t A Bygone Quip
A quip about women and fate opens with a proverb and shifts to a desert express wreck tale. A fast express derails along a parched river, the train leaves rails and sinks into three feet of muddy water with voices in the rear demanding release.
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Arisona
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