Madame Jusserand Aides French Embassy Move In Washington
The American wife of French Ambassador Jusserand helped secure his Washington post and will guide the new embassy project. The couple, praised for hospitality, will oversee plans for a grand embassy on prime Washington ground with Mrs. Jusserand contributing to design and furnishings guidance.
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Washington
Madame Jusserand
M. Jusserand
France
Land of the Stars and Stripes
Mr. Richards
Paris
Seine
Copenhagen
Denmark
Nyankee
Madame Jisserand
TFPI
Wachusetts
Embasey
Insurance Side Lights on Arrears and Advances Scheme
The article describes a weekly arrears and advances system used by insurance agents. It explains how agents borrow to cover weekly policy costs beyond a four week grace period, paying high interest to the company. The practice risks a tightening spiral as cancellations trigger withheld payments and ongoing loans.
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Dovars
Scorpis
Trancesiahléh
Southwest’s Small Farms and the California Valley
The Sacramento Valley in California hosts large private estates from thousand to one hundred thousand acres. Despite abundant water, irrigation is underused and rainfall is limited May to November. Grain and fruit thrive with artificial conditions, signaling a bright future for the region and its settlement.
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Sacramento Valley
California
America
Wanderer returns to hometown after long exodus and modest life
Edward Jameson recounts leaving twenty years ago with one dollar and a freight ride north. He visits Samuel Cleeks’s one acre irrigated farm at Orland, California, praising its income and irrigation based setup while expressing intent to stay and take minor work offered locally.
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Edward Jameson
Boston
Mr. Jameson
Sacramento Valley
Orland
Glen County
Samuel Cleeks
Cleeks
Double Cross Jewel Plot Revealed in Handed Hansom Visit
A jeweler recalls a past encounter with Mr B who arrived with a valet and an oblong steel box containing diamonds and pearls. He proposed removing the gems and substituting imitations for cash while Mrs B was away. The jeweler refused, noting a prior successful attempt by Mrs B two years earlier with paste jewels.
Seedy Intruder Tries for the Whole Works at Hobart Bar
A disjointed Hobart News-Republican item recounts a suspicious man entering a bar and attempting a deception labeled as the "whole works." The crowd's reactions include mentions of shaving a sleeper and a disturbed exchange about a tooth, reflecting a miscellaneous local scene.
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Hobart News-Republian
Charley
Leala Niblack
Fialy Tit
Deowsay
Army Transport Efficiency Versus Private Shipping Firms
A historical analysis argues private steamship firms are unequal to wartime troop and supply transport needs. It cites the army’s Pacific operations, higher costs for private bids, and the value of specially constructed vessels, including troop accommodations, hospitals, and rapid deployment capabilities.
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Pacific
Army
Philippines
Mat
Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas, Logan and
Dix
Honolulu
Guam
Manila
United States Mall
United States
San Francisco
E Pacific
Army builds Pacific transport fleet amid trials and losses
The army reports a strengthened Pacific transport fleet after long testing and notes that the livestock shipments, including mules to Manila, caused great anxiety. Precautions were taken but most animals died from stress and illness, leaving only one survivor among a large consignment.
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Pacific
Manila
Berkmann’s Transformation From Anarchist to Polyglot
After serving fifteen years in Allegheny County prison for attempting to kill Henry Frick, Alexander Berkmann emerged fluent in eight languages. The once-radical anarchist became a philosopher as memories of the Homestead strike era faded from public memory.
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Berkmann
Frick
Alexander Berkmann
Allegheny County
Henry
Coke and Steel
Hay
Berkmanne
Mr. Brick
Berkmans
Indus
Pittsburgh
Cne
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LN Diplomatic Swim
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Ipan
William &. Smythe
Esswees
Oran
Illiesz
Seanier
Iera
Xona
Ieee
Jameson
Alamor
Ozzy Boggs
sFralp
Phirlie
Army Transport
Pacific Squadron
Tropics
Army Medical Corps
Hospital Corps
Cuba
Orient
Manila Bay
Beerselven
Thomase
Saul
Turraer
Pacific Fleet
MONEL
Jate
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