New Year Day Buzzes with Washington Diplomats
The article describes January 1 as the busiest day for foreign diplomats in Washington. Ambassadors and ministers, plus their staffs and families, endure a day of elaborate dress, a White House reception at 11, and a long round of ceremonial calls to vice presidents and cabinet members, ending with many formal dinners.
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Philan
Washington
Uncle Sam
United States Army
White House
Baron Mayor Des Planches
Italy
House of Representatives
Army
Navy
der Knox
Ruskin and Rose La Touche a Tragic Love Story ends in separation
In 1858 the artist John Ruskin begins a friendship with Rose La Touche that deepens as she grows from a child to a 19 year old woman. By 1872 she demands shared faith before marriage, and Ruskin refuses to pretend belief. She dies soon after, leaving him heartbroken.
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Rose la Touche
Surrey
Seon
God
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Howard in War and Prayer
Brigadier General Howard, famed for prayer before battle, urged soldiers to seek guidance by surrendering their will. Known as the psalm-singing soldier, he faced ridicule from outsiders yet earned respect for duty, cleanliness, and fearlessness. His West Point temper and later revival show a fighter who prayed before joining action.
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Eleventh Army Corps
Howard
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West Pointers
Havelock
Stonewall Jason
Primitive corn mills in Brazil use mojello grinders
Vice-Consul De Young from Santos notes a primitive method for making cornmeal in the Brazilian interior. A mojello uses a hollowed tree trunk and falling water to drive a pestle that pounds corn. Some modern grinders exist but a small, inexpensive device could replace the mojello where flour mills are scarce.
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Brazil
Consul de Young
Santos
Onion Tale Turns Sour in Desertion
A sad divorce tale centers on an onion loving husband who deserts his wife and their onions for a festive maiden. The man yens for a new life while the wife endures the loss and wonders at his change from onion feasts to absence of onions and presence of new affection.
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