Washington Gossip: Willards and Garlands in Society
Special correspondence from Washington details ex Attorney General Garland’s Arkansas pay dispute and a hunting bill, the Willard brothers as the city’s richest real estate owners and their eccentric landlord ways, Wanamaker’s postal telegraph plan and delivery system, a former treasury employee’s downfall, and recollections of Washington society and politics with remarks on era differences and the game of politics versus poker.
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Willards
Washington
Mr. Wanamaker
Society
Garland
Hominy Hill
Ark
State of
Arkansas
Granger
Arkansaw
Willard Brothers
Willard
Newspaper Row
New York Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Mr. Willard
Manning
Wanamaker
Penn Avenue
Mrs. Smith
Carpenter
Treasury
Washington Society
House of Representatives
Inventive Woman Helps Soldiers And Travelers Sleep Easier
In a Civil War era tale a wife’s practical guidance spawns bed and hammock innovations. She advocates wooden pole supports and blankets to lift the sleeper above ground and snakes. The idea spreads among armies and civilian use, shown by a barrel hammock method attributed to G De Fontanve.
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Dercex
Poryc
G. de Fontanve
Night in the woods and swamp life described by Gibson
The piece paints a nocturnal scene of wetlands and woods, noting katydids and tree crickets aside from frogs. It portrays a lively midnight swamp full of fish, turtles, insects, and rafts of amphibians, with muskrats and mink gliding on moonlit water as dawn nears.
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Hyla
W. H. Gibson
Scribner
Canal Journey by Dutch Canal Towboats and Dog-Drawn Carts
A narrative from Blackwood's Magazine describes a slow voyage along Gouda’s canal with peddler boats selling bread and dairy. Traders tow ships with dogs on narrow side canals, while Boskoop features colorful houses and canal washing tubs. The piece blends humor and observation of Dutch life and language quirks.
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Gouda
Boskoop
Blackwood’s Magazine
Snow as a Non-Conductor Reveals Snow Mantle Benefit
Analyzing snow as a non conductor shows it protects soil by keeping surface temperatures near freezing while chilling the air above. The snow blanket preserves plant life in cold climates yet lowers radiative warmth, forcing animals to generate heat through activity to endure winter.
Appearances Mislead In A Cruel London Divorce Case
A seafaring man married a widow of seventy, the union failing as the wife endured cruelty and tears. The husband sought to overturn the decree by proving reconciliation through witnesses, but the court ruled the embrace could be involuntary due to paralysis and upheld the divorce. London papers print about 250,000 copies daily, a rise from prior decades.
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London Standard
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