Hart Reopens Jones Body Claim From Paris Burial
Charles Henry Hart of Philadelphia questions General Porter’s 1905 Paris discovery of John Paul Jones remains. He cites Houdon bust measurements and archival data to challenge the identification, noting prior busts, expert analyses, and Madison’s praise as part of the dispute that drew international attention.
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General Porter
John Paul Jones
Charles Henry Hart
Philadelphia
Paris
Horace Porter
France
Sigsbee
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Hart
Jéan Antoine Houdén
Voltaire
Washington
Jones
Houdon
Busis
Porter
Paul Jones
Marquis de Biron
Trocadero Museum
James Madison
Papillault
Laboratory of Anthropology
Ebcole Des Hautes Etudes
Blanqui
Dalou
Franklin
Louvre
United States
Ships Planned for Canal Inaugural Line
Six large fast steamers to serve a new Valparaiso Chile to New York line at canal opening. Pan American union notes a new era of U S Latin American communication. South American Steamship Co to start building, with bids from American shipbuilders.
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Valparaiso
Chile
New York
Panama Canal
Pan-American Union
United States
Western Hemisphere
South American Steamship Company
Electric chair for cats and dogs planned by Newport refuge
A Newport Rhode Island animal refuge plans to install an electric chair to end the lives of stray cats and dogs. The proposed device mirrors execution chairs used for murderers and aims to control the stray animal population.
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Newport
R. I
Great Grandmother at 47 Heads Family With Early Marriages
Hazel Conklin of Denver, age 47, is a great grandmother as the fourth generation in her family, headed by her granddaughter Lydia Rauch. Conklin married at 14 in Memphis and her daughter Mildred Ferguson married at 16, now a grandmother at 34, with Lydia married at 15.
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Conklin
Hazel Conklin
Denver
Lydia Raneh
Barrett to Tour the Americas Eight Months
Jon Barrett director of the pan American union plans an eight months tour of Latin American republics leaving Washington around May 1. He will visit all twenty republics that are members of the union.
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Barrett
Americas
Jon Barrett
Pan- American Union
Washington
Union
The Case for Cosmetics in Female self View
A physician argues cosmetics help women conceal defects, boost confidence, and improve social and mental well being. He cites shy, troubled girls and actresses as examples, insisting makeup not obvious is justified and beneficial if used to improve appearance.
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Ufe
A Unique Party Hurdy Gurdy Dance Gains Popularity
A hostess at a summer resort invents hurdy gurdy music for dancing guests. The Italian musician travels with his instrument, plays continuously from dusk to dawn, and replaces elaborate live bands by keeping perfect tempo. Youth revels in its simple charm and spontaneity.
How to Make Barbe Duc Jam From Currants
Instructions describe steming currants, weighing, and using three pounds of sugar per pound of fruit. It directs cooking preserved currant juice with sugar, adding whole currants, then returning and boiling the syrup. The mixture is strained, cooled, poured into glasses, and sealed with paraffin.
How to Reduce Gas Bills
Gas bills can be lowered by regulating the meter. Light gas jets as usual then turn them on full and adjust the meter turning off as much as possible while keeping a strong flame. This reduces pressure that makes the gas blow. The same method applies to the gas range meter.
How to Select Goggies in Optics
Instruction outlines checking goggles for irregular lens refractive distortion by moving them before the eye to observe any visual distortion.
Potatoes in U S Trade and Production Snapshot
A bureau of statistics report details US potato imports totaling 22 845 654 bushels worth 10 985 770 dollars over ten years and exports of 10 900 566 bushels valued at 8 413 675 dollars. New York leads US production at 44 500 000 bushels in 1910, with Michigan 35 000 000 and Maine 28 000 000.
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United States
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
Canada
Mexico
Bermuda
America
Scotland
England
Ireland
Germany
France
Europe
China
Australia
Canary Islands
West Indies
Central America
Cuba
Panama
Central American
Hongkong
British Guiana
Philippine Islands
French Oceania
North Africa
South America
Spain
Russia
Austria
Hungary
Great Britain
New York
Michigan
Maine
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Ohio
Iinois
Iowa
Minnesota
New Jersey
Monster Mail Package Sent From Seattle Post Office
C L Lynch Seattle post office superintendent says a vast package sent to Melbourne Australia may be the largest mail ever handled. The wooden framed bundle measures 5 by 0.5 by several inches, weighs 82 pounds, carries 40 one dollar stamps and other stamps totaling 40.82, and likely contains a large printed item not disclosed by the sender.
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C. L. Lynch
Seattle
Wash
Melbourne
Australia
Silk Cultivation Effort Aims at Philippine Silk
The Philippine Bureau of Science is advancing a program to introduce silk production in the islands. The goal includes expanding overall productive potential and supplying silk for existing industries.
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Philippines
Philippine Bureau of Science
Islands
Dr. Rupert Blue Named Head of Marine Hospital Service
Dr Rupert Blue appointed surgeon general of the Marine Hospital Service succeeding the late Dr Walter Wyiah. Blue, born May 30 1867 in Scotland County North Carolina, has served since 1892 and led yellow fever work in Honolulu and bubonic plague campaigns on the Pacific coast. He is a brother of Commander Victor Blue.
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Rupert Blue
Marine Hospital and Public Health Service
Walter Wyiah
Blue
Honolulu
Taft
Scotland County
N. C
Marion
University of Maryland
Baltimore
Marine Hospital Service
Washington
Genoa
Naples
Immigration Service
New Orleans
Pacific
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine
England
United States
International Congress of Physicians and Medicine
Buenos Ayres
Chile
Peru
California
Dr. Blue
Victor Blue
Navy
The
General Board
Celebration at Key West marks rail link completion
Foreign nations will join the United States in a January 22 celebration at Key West Florida marking the Florida East Coast Railway line connecting the mainland to the island city. Delegates from Italy Mexico Portugal Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador Guatemala El Salvador and Uruguay will attend. The Portuguese cruiser Alamda is at Key West and the U S Navy will send the Fifth Division of the Atlantic Fleet including the Washington North Carolina Salem and Birmingham to participate.
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Washington
Key West
Fla
Florida East Coast Railway Company
United States
Taft
Italy
Mexico
Portugal
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Guatemala
Salvador
Uruguay
Alamda
United States Navy
North Carolina
Salem
Birmingham
Weed Named Director of Postal Savings System
Theodore L. Weed, long time chief clerk and aide to Postmaster General Mitchcock, is appointed director of the postal savings system at a salary of $5,000 annually. He assumes duties immediately as the system expands deposits toward a million dollars weekly, prompting Hitchcock to establish a dedicated bureau. Weed, appointed to federal service from Connecticut in 1908, has aided in extending postal bank operations.
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Volaire
Theatre Francais
Cicero
Luxembourg Plaza
Diana
Catherine II
Russia
Salon
Louvre
Houdon
Charles T. Yerkes
Hart
Philadelphia
Benjamin West
Gilbert Stuart
Metropolitan Museum
New York
Don Josef de Jaudenes Y Nebot
United States
Dona Matilde Stoughton de Jandenes
Caspar Purdon Clarke
Theodore L. Weed
Post Office Department
Mitchcock
Postal Savings System
Hitchcock
Weed
Connecticut
Church 225 Years Old Destroyed By Fire At Warwick
The St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic church at Warwick Maryland near the Delaware line, a historic landmark on the Maryland Delaware peninsula, was destroyed by fire recently. Built in the time of Lord Baltimore about 225 years ago, the two story brick structure had some altar vestments and chalices saved from the blaze.
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Lord Baltimore
Warwick
Delaware State Line
Maryland
Delaware Peninsula
New Zealand Railways Expands and Considers Electrification
New Zealand now operates over 2760 miles of track and plans consider electrifying selected sections. The move signals modernization efforts across the national rail network and could affect schedules, capacity, and service quality.
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New Zealand
Little Iowa Bride Mystery Links Civil War Letters
Sergeant ODonnell of Mapleton Iowa seeks the girl nicknamed Little Iowa born near Columbia during General Sherman’s march to the sea. The 25th Iowa troops cared for her as a Confederate mother promised the youngest soldier of the regiment could wed her at age 16. Old soldiers nationwide assist in locating the girl and her family.
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Columbia
U S. C
Sherman
Iowa
Lowa
O'Donnell
Mapleton
Lttle
South
25Th Iowa
Marsh
G. A. Stone
Regient
Charleston
Monument Unveiling Marks Chestnut Neck Battlefield
An imposing monument marking the Chestnut Neck revolutionary battlefield near Atlantic City New Jersey was unveiled with exercises under the Daughters of the American Revolution. Governor Wilson former Governor Fort and other notables spoke.
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Chestnut Neck
Atlantic City
N. J
Daughters of the American Revolution
Wilson
Fort
Dilapidated rebel sharpshooter confronts victim at Spring Hill
A dilapidated rebel sharpshooter finds a dead man at Spring Hill and takes the man's doots. A comrade arrives and offers to trade for them. The comrade says, Go on now. Kill a gentleman for yourself and get a pass.
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Spring Hill
Fraternal Lodge Meetings Schedule and Contacts
Washington Lodge No 26 A F and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday each month led by W M J E Kunpath with J W Morton. Cyrus Chapter No 12% R A M meets on the second Friday. James D Glasgow H P. J W Morton noted as See. Bethlehem Commandery No 45 K T meets on the third Friday. Wyatt Marbourg B J W M Morton See. Washington Chapter meets monthly with W M and Myrtle Breaktee listed. fratres welcome.
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Washington Lodge
A. F
A. M
J. E. Kunpath
W. M
J. W. Morton
Cyrus
James D. Glasgow
H. P
Bethlehem Commandery
J. W. Morten
Washington
Myrtle Break Tee
Meritel White Sinlment Adverts Healers for Wounds
An old advertisement touts Meritel White Sinlment as a universal home remedy for cuts sprains and wounds. It claims instant action and uniqueness as a healer and references Lemmon's Pharmacy as a supplier.
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Meritel
Lemmon
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Victor
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West Chester, Iowa
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Lopges
Alpine Aerie No. 1943
Welconia
G. Fox
W. P
R. C. Dubots
Secy
Tve It. I. G. White Post
J. W. Scott
J. J. Kellogg
Adjt
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Valley Forge Camp
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North Side Square
J. G. Moriarty
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