Madame Jusserand and French Ambassador at Washington
The article profiles Madame Jusserand American born wife of France's ambassador to the United States. It notes her influence in selecting him for Washington, her bicultural life, and role in planning a new Paris funded embassy home in a desirable Washington district. Her American background and guidance to the architect are highlighted.
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Washington
Madame Jusserand
M. Jusserand
France
Uncle Sam
Land of the Stars and Stripes
Mr. Richards
Paris
Seine
Copenhagen
Denmark
St. Louis Exposition
Massachusetts
America
National
United States
Admiral Porter
Bellamy Storer
Roosevelt
White House
Potomac
Insurance graft in arrears and advances schemes
A discussion of the weekly arrears and advances practice in industrial insurance, detailing how agents borrow from companies at high interest to cover weekly policy payments beyond a four week grace period. The piece notes the risk of cancellations and “thrown off claiming,” the deceptive practices used to shield the system, and estimates that about two hundred thousand agents are involved nationwide with incomes over a million dollars for one company annually.
Never Drink Water and Curious Animal Quirks
A quirky natural history note explains animals rarely drinking water and lists examples. Llamas of the Andes and gazelles of the Far East are cited as never sipping water. Wild rabbits may derive moisture from greens, while ocean steamers employ six to ten cats to keep ships free of rodents. If cats fail, they are dismissed.
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Andes
Far East
Southwest's Small Farms and Irrigated Yields
An article by William Smythe discusses the Sacramento Valley California's farming. It contrasts vast private estates with small irrigated plots that produce wonderful crops on one acre. It notes low rainfall from May to November and little irrigation in general, yet grain and deciduous fruits thrive without artificial conditions. It contrasts southern California and foresees a strong future for small farms in the Southwest.
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William
Smythe
Sacramento Valley
California
Wanderer Returns Reflecting on Farmland and Needful Life
Edward Jameson recalls leaving a poor start twenty years ago and returning to celebrate a home-spun life in the Southwest. He contrasts large unfarmed farms with irrigated small holdings where one acre in Orland yields better income and allows savings, loans, and sale of produce. The piece highlights irrigation, Californian farms, and the emerging value of small acreages as gold mines.
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Edward Jameson
Boston
Leyton
Mr. Jameson
Worked the Double Cross in a Jewelry Swindle
A jeweler recounts a months old scam by a man named Mr B who visited with his valet to exchange valuable diamonds and pearls for fakes. He proposed selling the real jewels and keeping the proceeds while Mrs B was abroad. The jeweler refused noting a prior similar attempt by the same deceit.
He Liked the Game Barber Chair Prank
A seedy visitor from the rurals entered Fleckner's barber shop last week and, after a long ritual of commands like hair cut shave shampoo shine neck shave and even a request to pull a tooth, was left dozing in the chair. The incident, recounted by the Hobart News-Republican, recalls a bemused scene as the sleepy customer mimicked Leslie Niblack in a comic barbering farce.
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Fleckner
Hobart News-Republican
Charley
Leslie Niblack
Charlie
Dave
The Other Fellow in Life’s Harsh Quiet Joke
The passage notes that the butcher assumes the baker has life easy while the baker thinks the doctor’s path is free of struggle. It concludes that in life the other fellow always seems to have the easier job, a shared truth felt by all.
Football as Played Joke Turns on Hunchback
A lighthearted exchange about a son’s college football honors ends with a punchline. The speaker asks if he has won high honors and held multiple positions. The reply shifts cleverly to reveal the son is now a hunchback, delivering the joke’s twist.
Army Transport Faces Private Ships For Troop Moves
The army transport service on the Pacific coast and in the Philippines is seen as superior to private lines, with fleets carrying 31,000 passengers and 115,000 tons of freight last year. Private firms lack suitable vessels and could not hold reserves for emergency needs, while the army’s fleet offers better ventilation, hospital facilities, and lower costs, though livestock shipments have proven perilous.
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Pacific Coast
Army Transport Service
Philippines
Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas, Logan and Dix
Honolulu
Guam
Manila
United States
San Francisco
Army
Frei Ht
Tropics
Army Medical Corps
Hospital Corps
Atlantic
Pacific
Quartermaster General
Quartermaster’s Department
Manila Bay
Transport Service
Dix
Prisoner Turned Linguist After Years In Allegheny Jail
Alexander Berkmann, freed from fifteen years for an attempt on Henry C. Frick, now speaks eight languages. Once an ardent anarchist, he became a student and philosopher during prison. The 1892 Homestead strike era linked Berkmann to the Frick controversy, when he fired at the magnate twice in Pittsburgh.
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Berkmann
Henry C. Frick
Alexander Berkmann
Allegheny County
Mr. Frick
Pittsburg
Army transport and private lines debate on Pacific duties
A debate notes that private lines would struggle to repatriate steerage passengers from the Pacific if recalled to arms, given the need for rapid fire gun batteries on army transports. A Senate-Gen Staff report says ten 6,500 ton ships and nine 5,560 ton ships would be required to embark a division, highlighting logistical constraints. Berkmann’s jail sentence follows a failed murder attempt, with a year in the workhouse for carrying concealed weapons, while he studied multiple languages during imprisonment.
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Pacific
General Staff of the Army
Senate Committee On Merchant Marine
Ing
Berkmann
Allegheny County
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LA Jara
Madame Jusser
Orland
Glen County
Samuel Cleeks
Cleeks
Southwest
Arizona
Amor
Ozzy Boggs
Army Transport
Pacific Squadron
Thomas
Orient
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