Slow Cooking as Key to Better Nutrition and Cost
Special Washington Letter notes that the Agriculture Department promotes temperance in eating and practical science of food. It argues workers waste money on food and outlines daily nutrient needs, the value of slow cooking, and modern methods to measure energy from meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Sir Henry Thompson
Men of
Science
New England
Atlantic
Maine
Florida
Massachusetts
New York
Paul
Virginia
Millenium
Smith D. Fry
End of Strike Talks Hinge on Pittsburgh Confab
Peace talk persists despite denials by United States Steel and Amalgamated officials. In Pittsburgh and Chicago, advisory figures including Ralph W. Easley and Henry White discuss possible settlements while the steel strike widens with 71,400 workers out and 36,000 idle.
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Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
Ralph W. Easley
National Civic Federation
Henry White
Garment Workers of America
Schwab
Mitchell
Prof. Jenks
New York
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Continental Pipe
National Tube Company
The
Steel Corporation
Tin Combine
Cleveland and Irondale
Lindsay & McCutcheon
Painter Hoop
Wellsville
Clarke Hoop
Carnegie Steel Company
Amalgamated
South Chicago
Federal Steel Company
Joliet
Milwaukee
M. F. Tighe
Wheeling
You Bet It Does
A compact observation on patience and consequence, noting that waiting can bring not only rewards but also despair and decay. The line frames time as a force that reveals truth and tests character.
Government Revenue Drops as August Surplus Shrinks
Washington officials report a noticeable fall in August internal revenue receipts. The large surplus feared by business circles is easing after the war revenue tax amendment, with the department showing decreased collections in August.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Department
Sale of Danish West Indies Expected This Year
Copenhagen reports a leading politician said the Danish West Indies sale is confidently expected to be completed before year’s end in talks with a press representative.
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Copenhagen
Danish West Indies
Movement to Reduce Ireland's Parliamentary Representation
London reports there is no weakening in the push to cut Ireland's representation in Parliament. Most reviews of the recently closed session highlight the demand for a redistribution bill.
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Ireland
London
Storms lash New York Jersey Pennsylvania in vast flood
A sweeping August storm drenched the region from Tarrytown to Mauch Chunk and across New Jersey, crippling transit, flooding rivers, and causing property damage. In Jersey City and Hoboken winds toppled trees and damaged buildings, while Philadelphia reported disastrous floods with four deaths at Mauch Chunk and widespread railroad and mining disruption across Carbon county.
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New York
Tarrytown
New Jersey
Connecticut
Mauch Chunk
Jersey City
Hoboken
New York City
Jersey Shore
St. Mary’s
Union League Club
Washington
Union Hill
Philadelphia
Jesse Struthers
McClaffery
McGinley
Johnson
Mauch Chunk Creek
Carbon County
Wilkesbarre
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Vosburg
Sunbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shamokin
Tamaqua
Pittston
Manila to add four infantry companies for guard duty
In Manila the garrison plans to raise total effective troops to over 1,000 by adding four infantry companies. Officials cite heavy guard duty though Gen Chaffee says Manila is orderly and no uprising outlook. Also reported: insurgent Col Loreel and 13 men surrender to Capt Brown at Talisay, with other surrenders totaling over 100.
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Manila
Chaffee
Loreel
Brown
Fourth Infantry
Talisay
Judge cites Whitesboro lynching as warning in sentencing
Dallas judge Bower condemns Nason Davis for insulting a white woman and recalls the recent White sboro case where Abe Wildner was burned. He says Davis deserves punishment by hanging or burning with a 100 lash sentence and a $100 fine, lamenting he cannot impose $500.
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Dallas
Tex
Bower
Nason Davis
Abe Wildner
Whitesboro
Wildner
Most Beautiful Woman Dies in Charlottesville
Private telegram reports the death of Maude Coleman Woods of Birmingham who had been named the most beautiful woman in America by a Pan American exposition committee. Her profile appears on medals issued by the awards board.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charlottesville
Maude Coleman Woods
Death of Crimean War Veteran William Humphrey
William Humphrey a veteran of the Crimean war and one of Balaklava s Noble 600 died in Santa Rosa California at age 77 His death marks a fading link to a historic siege with his long service in the era’s military conflicts.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
William Humphrey
Balaklava
Major arrests in Arizona over Chinese smuggling ring
U S treasury and secret service operatives arrested William M. Hoey Nogales collector B F Jossey immigrant inspector Frank How Nogales Chinaman and Clifton Mexico Chinaman in a sweeping probe of corruption in Nogales officials amid a thriving smuggling network Certificate A meant passage while others were turned back Investigations aim to prosecute all involved with a U S attorney assigned Hoey appointed about a year and a half ago as scrutiny widens
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Washington
United States
Arizona
William M. Hoey
Nogales
B. F. Jossey
Frank How
Clifton
Mexico
The
Treasury
Secret Service
Customs and Immigration Administrations
Treasury Department
Department
Hoey
Canning Plant Devastated as Train Plunges Through Factory
A Northwestern railroad engine and box car derailed and crashed through the newly built Janesville canning factory smashing the water tank and wrecking $100,000 worth of equipment and 30 million tin cans. The plant, cost $150,000, was to open Monday and no cannng season will occur. The crew abandoned the engine and car after the accident.
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Janesville
Wis
Boers Prepare to Fight as British Proclaim War Policy
Dispatches from Lord Kitchener cite a Boer counter proclamation and vows to persist the struggle. Skirmishes flare in Cape Colony near Uniondale as Commandant Schepper threatens Oudtschoern. Brussels reports Botha ordering hostages held if Kitchener enforces threats.
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London
War Office
Lord Kitchener
Pretoria
Indian Ocean
Brussels
Botha
Cyclist Holbein Fails Dover Calais Swim Attempt
On the anniversary of Captain Webb’s Dover to Calais swim, Holbein started from Dover for Cape Gris-Nez hoping to swim back. After two hours in rough seas he abandoned the attempt.
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Channel
London
Capt. Webb
Dover
Calais
France
Mr. Holbein
Cape Gris-Nez
Plague in Canton China Spreads Across Kwantung Province
Reports from the marine hospital service note plague epidemic in parts of Canton and widespread in Kwantung. Missionaries and American doctors cite transmission by location rather than person to person with villages emptied and markets affected.
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Washington
Marine Hospital Service
Canton
China
Kwang Tung
John M. Foster
Swatow
Nam Leng
Four Men Die as Bridge Girders Fall in South Carolina
At a new bridge over the Congaree River in Columbia four men were killed when two 14 ton girders fell during hoisting. One man died later from wounds and two were seriously injured. 75 onlookers were on the bridge. The Phoenix Bridge Co. of Philadelphia built the structure.
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Columbia
S. C
Southern Railway
Congaree River
Congaree
S. J. Castleberry
Reuben Alston
Job Debais
Jim Reese
David Stiles
A. T
Exposition plans seek more land at Forest Park site
The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. executive committee authorized condemnation of additional ground near the World’s Fair site. They found the 660 acres at Forest Park inadequate for the planned buildings and aim to secure several hundred adjoining acres by condemnation if necessary. The company has full power to condemn any extra land needed.
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St. Louis
The
Mob confronts farmer as he fends off attack in Alabama
In Decatur on August 27 a black farmer, Enoch Henderson of Moulton Heights, faced a mob of about 25 masked white men armed with a scythe. Henderson fired, possibly mortally wounding one assailant after a confrontation rooted in a quarrel with a white man.
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Decatur
Ala
Enoch Henderson
Moulton Heights
Henderson
Robbed on a Cable Car in Chicago
Nicholas Kranz a German farmer from near Aurora Illinois was robbed on a Cottage Grove avenue cable car in Chicago Monday of more than 5000 dollars in notes 155 dollars in checks and 33 dollars in currency He kept the money in a large leather pocketbook inside an inside coat pocket.
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Chicago
Nicholas Kranz
Aurora
Ill
Cottage Grove Avenue
Robbery Police Probe Missing $4000 Remittance
Havana reports money order chief E. C. Westall lost a $4,000 remittance after the omnibus ride. Two boys claim a mulatto tossed the package toward a Negro in the street as Westall read a paper. Westall remains under $10,000 bonds as investigators pursue details.
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Havana
E. C. Westall
Treasury
Westfall
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Storm
Texas
Whiteboro
Unearth Conspiracy
Wisconsin
Delarey
Cape Colony
Stroud, O. T
Stroud
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