Water Farm Pioneer Shaw Darts From Ordinary Agriculture
Walter B. Shaw, a former Treasury clerk, cultivates an Aquatic Farm near Kenilworth DC. Four acres yield exotic water lilies, Cabomba, and rare aquarium plants, with Egyptian and African lotuses and Japanese carp. Ponds, ledgers, and shipments to New York markets show profits and a new path for farming.
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E. L. L. le UT
Kenilworth
America
New York
Walter B. Shaw
Florida
Shaw
Spottsylvan
Treasury Department
Waldorf-Astoria
Cleopatra
Egypt
Adaegus
United States
Minnesota
Port Kennedy Figures as British Gunboat Patrol in Torres Strait
In Port Kennedy, a British gunboat the Porpoise appears offshore as pearl trade and pearling crews monitor the patrol. Aboard, officers and locals discuss naval power, trade restrictions, and the risk of official visits while the ship anchors and officials move toward the stipendiary magistrate. Captains Warstairs and Warstairs’ men are recognized by junior officers aboard.
Gallant Policeman Reclaims Lost Parasol in Busy New York Slot
A New York woman’s green parasol vanished into a Broadway trolley slot after snagging on a curb. Police Man No 147 spotted the hatchet of misfortune, alerted an inspector, and a nearby Italian worker retrieved the parasol from an underground manhole. Traffic paused briefly as the slot was cleared and the recovered umbrella stood upright, completing a brisk twenty minute recovery at a busy city corner.
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New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Chicago
London
Bobby
Broadway
Hoffman House
Fifth Avenue
One Man Defends Tipping From a College Pro Perspective
A business man and college graduate recounts his evolving view on tipping. He describes initial discomfort, later satisfaction in rewarding service, and the joy of kindness, arguing tipping should be seen as a voluntary reward rather than extortion. He urges others to consider the recipient’s pleasure in gratuities.
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White House
Anacostia
George Huster
Victoria Re
Carstairs
Fiji Boys
Carlstairr
Winchester
Buren
Framing It Up For Him Fight in Public Street Scam
Three or four boys loitered outside a downtown restaurant as two boys staged a fake street fight for bets. A bystander intervened and dragged the aggressor away, exposing the ploy to fleece observers.
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Aue
Sierra Leone
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Salien
Penobscot Bay
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Ior
Bhaw
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England
Ireland
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Jess
Corr
Mr. Shaw
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Arlee
Postofica
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Murerb
Loyprray
Ome Ft
Port Kennedy
Thursday Island
Torres Straits
Navy
New Hebrides
Vila
Bobbies
Royal Navy
Warstairs
Faulkner
Porpoise
Hamilton
Jaluit
Lieut. Faulkner
Strangways
New Guinea
Europe
Here
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Seatch
Sydney
WoulStides
Jar
Virginia
Cragle
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Lieut Faulkner
Fiji
Cronstadt
Lieut
New Guineas
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