White House Renovation and Washington Architecture Outlook
Special correspondence details a planned heavy renovation of the White House interior including a state dining room with Sevres porcelain, new lighting, a rebuilt entrance hall, and a staircase for attic access. It notes anticipated record building spending in Washington and predictions of grand federal structures shaping the capital’s future.
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Arthur
White House
Roosevelt
William H. Given
New York
Given
Washington
National Capital
Convicts Craft Custom Furnishings In Eastern Penitentiary
The Philadelphia Record describes inmates filling long days with handmade objects. A lambrequin from old trousers, a gilt bracket with a stuffed rat, and a wall of reed decorations with 200 birds show detailed craft and resourcefulness amid confinement.
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Philadelphia Record
Rare drug pseudo physostirmine wealth in medicine
A Philadelphia Times interview with a druggist notes the extraordinary value of pseudo physostirmine, priced at $1 a grain or $437.50 an ounce, sourced from seeds in India Brazil and parts of Africa. The seed historically endured as a perilous ordeal, while the prepared drug is used in heart disease prescriptions.
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Philadelphia Times
India
Brazil
South Africa
First English Sport Book by Dame Juliana Berners
The first printed English sport book is the rhymed Boke of St Albans by Dame Juliana Berners. Wynkyn de Worde issued a second edition in 1496. Her lineage links to Lord Berners, translator of Froissart, and her writings on hawking and fishing influenced later writers including Izaak Walton.
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St. Albans
Juliana Berners
Wynkyn de Worde
Lord Berners
Froissart
Edward II
Juliana
England
Hawking
Izaak Walton
Eating Crow Origin Tale From Pre-Revolutionary Times
A colonial era legend claims an English soldier in Virginia was ordered to eat a crow after shooting a farmer’s pet bird. The farmer witnessed the act then the soldier threatened to shoot him if he did not finish the meal. This tale is cited as the origin of the phrase eating crow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
University of Athens Alumni and German Influence Highlighted
The University of Athens is very old and operates on the German plan. Most professors are graduates of German universities and German is frequently heard, second only to Greek. The institution owns substantial property and several chairs are generously endowed by private individuals.
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University of Athens
The Poisonous Poppy in Turkish Folklore
Story notes a tale from Turkey where a man sleeping near poppy fields can become narcotized by the wind. Locals who know the danger repeatedly splash the man with water from pitchers at a well or stream to revive him and prevent death.
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Turkey
Method In His Deceit Dinner Table Exchange
Mrs Skimpy confronts her husband as he defends bringing no guest to dinner. He remarks the meal is the first good dinner he has enjoyed in a long time despite his deceitful delay.
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Mrs. Skimpy
Anna
Mr. Skimpy
Disturbed at Dinner Over Soup Incident
Miggles recalls an embarrassing dinner scene with Miss Smith as Wiggles defends the mishap caused by spilling soup. The exchange hints at social awkwardness and etiquette concerns reported by the Chicago News.
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Miggles
Miss Smith
Chicago News
Epitaph remark on Lord Chancellor Erskine friendship
Pare and Erskine quote a meeting with Lord Chancellor Erskine in which Pare threatens to write his epitaph upon Erskine’s death. Erskine replies that it would tempt him to die by his own hand, a witty retort from the famed lawyer.
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Pare
Erskine
Parr
Jarra Wood Described as Hard Durable Timber from Australia
Jarra Wood from Australia is noted as hard and durable like oak. It is well suited for paneling and carving due to its workability and strength.
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Jarra
Australia
World News in Briefs From Berlin to London
A sweeping roundup notes a mule and donkey exhibition in Berlin, a German patent for a motor sleigh, and rail service gains with gasoline bands. It cites urban death rates, Yellowstone size, and a Paris Passion play. plus naval photo distribution, a kaiser issued photograph, and other global items.
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Berlin
Germany
England
Yellowstone Park
Delaware
Rhode Island
Paris
Europe
America
Harroldswick
Shetland
Transvaal
Great Britain
Hull
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Indianapolis
Department of Communications
Edward
South Africa
Seychelles Islands
Fort Bayard
N. M
Spandau
Jessup
Siberia
Norman C. Buston
Toledo
Galveston
Tex
Department of Agriculture
Queensland
Kenneth Square
Lansdale
Philadelphia
France
Automobile Club
London
Pocatello Set to Be Idaho’s Great Central City
The article argues that Pocatello is the Idaho railroad hub and commercial center, with 1200 miles of track and growing. It notes the Oregon Short Line building a central shop plant, nearby Indian lands opened to mining and settlement, and asserts the city’s population around five thousand plus electricity and water power for manufacturing. It highlights Ban nock county seat status and the Academy of Idaho, predicting Idaho’s rapid growth with Pocatello as the major city.
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Idaho
Pocatello
Oregon Short Line Railroad Company
Great Central
American Falla
O. K
Bannock County
The
Academy of Idaho
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Washburns
Congress
United States
William D. Washburn
Elihu B. Washburn
Iinois
Cadwallader Colden Washburn
Wisconsin
Israel Washburn
Maine
Minnesota
Charles Ames Washburn
Alta Californian
San Francisco
Paraguay
Pulsifer Brothers
Senate
Pitman
Woodbury
Pitman Pulsifer
Naval Committee
Box
Cox
Elijah Morse
Brookland
Baltimore
Cortelyou
Blackburn
Mr. Black
Ourn
Wkidg
Mr. Depew
Carl Schofield
Pocatello Assay Office
Chase & Lind
Post Office
Hopson
Capletz & Johnson
Mackay
Thunder Mountain
Murray
Pr ‘Builder
Grant Avenue
Cater Street
Office Es Avince
J F. McIntosh
Gentral Idaho
Gallis
Depot
Whittlesey
H. H. White East Center
Ilesey
Pogatello
Thundermountain
Northwest
Cudahy Packing Co
Norman Berlohar
Center Street
J. F. Kane
Weeter Lumber Co., Ltd
W. E. Trapp
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