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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1906

Page

40

Marion's Nonresistance Fashions Lockless Home Tale

A social scene recounts Marion and Dick embracing nonresistance and abandoning locks and bars at their apartment. Guests discuss her past fasting, mysterious missing belongings, and a shared belief that faith and natural forces govern fate. The tale spans multiple neighbors and a healer, ending with questions about trust and loss.

Gray Marion Jeff Maren Nineteenth Street Manon

Flight of Birds Imitated by the Wright Brothers Aeronauts

The article traces early aviation efforts from Lilienthal to the Wright brothers, detailing their experiments with kites and box-kite designs. It describes the first successful trials on a beach, with the Wrights using a belly-mounted pilot and two-propeller setup, achieving multiple hundred feet of sustained flight and guiding principles drawn from bird flight.

Catahoula Lilienthal Gilienthal Wright Brothers Galina Cape Hatteras Wrights North Carolina

Wild hogs of Catahoula outpace bears and wildcats

Special Correspondence recounts Louisiana Bayou Country where wild hogs dominate canebrakes near Lake Catahoula. The tale follows a hunter and his dog in a bear and hog encounter, detailing the brutal fight, hunter’s knife uses, and the unique Catahoula hog dog method to corral and dispatch the game.

Washington Post Orange Tex Dec Lousiana Champ Lacnette Bayou Funny Souls Cataboula Parish Lake Catahoulath Foresta Louisiana Washack Lake Catahoula Dow Davei Catahoula Sam Uim

No-Lockers and Public Tax Institutions Stir Conversation

A dialogic vignette features Marion and an older man discussing long-running hobbies, trust, and theft fears. The talk touches on keeping keys, independence from possessions, and a critique of public institutions funded by taxes, noting steam heating and comfort as factors.

Marion Ling

Secretary Shaw Advocates Silver Recoinage Into Sub Coins

Secretary Shaw proposes Treasury permission to reconvert part of the 500 carloads of United States silver held by the government into minor coins. Only silver dollars free fromcertificate backing could be re minted, with profit if abrasion is not excessive. The bullion value of standard dollars nears their face value, while minor coins vary below 50 percent of face value.

Shaw New York Times United States Treasury Ghaw Treasury Department

Christmas charity at Bide-a-Wee Home for Friendless Animals

The Bide-a-Wee Home on West Thirty-eighth Street hosted a Christmas tree event with gifts for children, dogs, and cats. The Salvation Army supplied the children while the R ide-a-Wee volunteers prepared food, collars, and care items. Pets and waifs mingled under festive decor as volunteers praised kinder treatment for animals and urged broader humane outreach across New York City.

Washington Post New York Mra. Kibbe Animal Kingdom East Side Pete Efe

A Woman's Plea for Pockets in Leslie's Weekly

A satirical piece laments pocketless fashion and the loss of practical pockets for women. It mocks handbag fragility and theft risks while imagining a future invention that solves the pocket problem with a secure porous-plaster purse idea.

Wo Fraser Leslie

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