Obscure notices blend moral musings and odd accidents
The item mixes a moral sermon from Mrs HEP Van Clave and reminiscences of early frontier life with brief notes on political campaigns, a near drowning in a Pennsylvania well, a chocolate industry boast, professor Haeckel’s prolific painting, a highwayman’s suicide confession, U S crop-report Interchange talks, a Malaga grape history, an insect bite turning deadly in Baltimore, and other fragmented excerpts.
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Hep. van Clave
Roosevelt seeks privacy for White House children in public schools
President Roosevelt resists intrusion into his family life and asks that the White House children be shielded from excessive attention. He notes public interest in the children’s actions but emphasizes keeping them from being drawn into notoriety as they grow up in the executive mansion. The dialogue recalls plans to enroll the children in public schools during the McKinley era.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Teddy" Roosevelt, JR
Manry Pinck
Key
R. W. Gilder
White House
McKinley
Roosevelts
Roosevelt Children Attend Public Schools in White House Plan
Roosevelt family education plan described with the president and Mrs Roosevelt hosting informal evenings. The boys will attend public schools while Ethel joins Cathedral School, and Miss Alice may debut in society as plans shift after mourning. The narrative highlights Mrs Roosevelt as accomplished and engaged in cultural life.
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White House
Roosevelt
Ethel
Woodley Lane
Bishop Satterlee
Episcopal
Kermit
Preston School
Archie
Force School
Diplomatic Corpa
Teddy
Massachusette
Theodore, Jr
Massachusetts
Aliee
Quentin
Mia
Waldeor
Lea Splen
Bogus Travel Agency Lets People Fake World Tours
A London sourced report describes a Paris based agency selling complete travel evidence for bogus trips. Clients pay to receive Alps receipts notes and notebooks to narrate fake itineraries, with fake hotel bills and mementos. Tours to exotic locales are also arranged for wealthy clients at a fraction of real costs.
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Far East
Asia
Vienna
London
Paris
Europe
United States
London Authority
Alps
Alpa
Siberia
Notable Ma or chiefs visit Duke and Duchess of York
Te Houheu, famed Maori chief, presented to the Duke and Duchess of York in New Zealand. He helped establish a grand national park with Negarokoe and Ruspehu volcanoes and appeared in a tribal martial dance before the royals, later appearing as a refined gentleman in hat and frock coat.
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Duke and Duchess of York
New Zealand
Te Houheu
Negarokoe
Ruspehu
How I Successful Farmers Manage Departines of the Farm
An article from Farmers' Review discusses poultry and egg markets, urging farmers to keep eggs clean and fresh, market directly to consumers, and hustle to sell surplus at fair profit. It emphasizes healthy, fat fowls, attractive packaging, and prudent pricing, with advice on avoiding overreliance on rivals and building good customer relations. It also warns about anthrax vaccine misuse and strict sanitary measures to prevent spread.
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United States
Emma Clearwaters
Dhetriel
Thin Resson
Samuel Cushman
The
Farmers’ Review
Contagious Disease Vaccination Warns Dairy Farmers
A Palatine Illinois outbreak highlighted lack of preparedness for contagious cattle diseases. Veterinarians contrasted safe vaccination with an inferior crude vaccine, noting 2,200 cows vaccinated with near zero mortality versus deaths from the unsafe vaccine. Manufacturers face damages.
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Palatine
Period of Fertility Observations in Poultry
A reader reports on fertility timing in hens after males are removed, noting fertile eyes up to ten days post removal and detailing experiments with Plymouth Rocks and White Wyandottes. The piece also includes commentary on poultry farming practices and the shift from old to new profitable methods, urging farmers to adopt improved poultry management.
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Fam-Poultry
Eastor
Plymouth Rocks
Tory
A. I
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Silver Messenger
Idaho
Mainkid
Cora Dibert
Altoona
Brie
Gallette
Walter Baker & Co
Dorchester
Mann
Haeckal
Jena
Haeckel
Frederick Ring
Hesex County
New Jersey
Ring
Io South Jersey Stout
Lince
Department of Agriculture
Malaga
Spain
Catherine Rambo
Baltimore
Mrs, Roosevelt and
Kermit Roosevelt
Archibald Roosevelt
Germany
Islington
Horace
Canada
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