Commandant Metcalf Guards Sackett Harbor Landmark
A historic profile of Mrs. Albert H. Metcalfe, keeper of the U S naval station at Sackett Harbor, the county’s only woman in that role since the 1870s. The piece recalls the fort’s War of 1812 prominence, the 1812 monument, and Metcalf’s duties preserving buildings, guns, and the battlefield amid ongoing efforts to oust her from office.
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Hen
Oeally
Sackett's Harbor
Thes
Tee
Albert H. Metcalfe
United States Naval Station
Navy Yard
Sackett’s Harbor
Sackett’s
New York
Society of the United States Daughters of 1812
Walter B. Camp
Melaner
Hon Woolsey
The
County Historical Society
Daughters of 1812
Franklin J. Roosevelt
Navy
Army
Jing
Metcalf
Sacket Harbor
Frank Ellison
J. P. McKinstry
A. C. Rhind
Albert H. Metcalf
Coracle Craft Survives in Welsh River Fishing Tradition
The coracle, an ancient single person boat used by Welsh salmon fishermen on the River Towy in Carmarthen, is described. Made from beech and ash with canvas stretched over a frame, it is waterproof with a canvas pitch finish and weighs about twenty five pounds. The craft requires balance and training, and local youths learn to handle it as part of education, with safety lines attached to seats for upset rescues.
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Britain
Towy
Carmarthen
New Racing Stables Institute at Maisons-Laffitte Opens
The new Racing Stables Institute at Maisons-Laffitte near Paris serves Finglish and American lads in the racing centre. Founded by Jennings, it includes reading rooms, a billiard hall, gymnasium, and a restaurant, with Sunday services and Bible study. Attendance growth surged from 5089 in 1911 to over 10000 the next year, and the institute funds labor bureaus and post placements for workers in stables.
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Maisons-Laffitte
France
Otigion
Maisons-Laffitte Park
4 Jennings
Jocker
Avenue de Loissy
Paris
Jennings
Europe
Buiding
Lange
Irs
Racing Stables Institute
Stxty
Institute
England
British Charitable Fund
Carnfield
London
Palmer
Maisons-Lattfitte
Reading
Paris Fashions Me Guibert Describes New Petticoats
In Paris fashion notes Me Guibert describes forthcoming petticoats to suit thin summer fabrics, including cotton crepe under skirts and Italian silk upper portions with entre deux ribbons. Moniseur de Saint Leger notes crepon gowns in silk and wool with dotted patterns and bright cerise accents for festival dresses.
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Guibert
Monsieur de Saint Leger
Passenger pigeons near extinction report and 1912 fashion note
A fragment recounts that only one passenger pigeon of millions remains and cites a 1857 Ohio Senate committee on protection. It references Dr. Hornaday's Vanishing Wildlife and links the tale to a 1912 fashion description featuring crepon and blue taffeta garments with gathered waists and pleats.
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Senate of Ohio
Dr. Hornaday
What the Athletic Girl Will Wear This Summer
The article surveys athletic summer fashion for women, detailing garments for sports like golfing, canoeing, tennis, and riding. It covers polo coats, angora and Yama wool sweaters, duck and khaki fabrics, shell and divided skirts, riding habits, headwear, and practical one piece dresses suitable for active leakage, with emphasis on comfort, mobility, and period style.
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Ebski
Milan
New York
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Great Britain
Brown
Prevost
Sacketts Flatson
Sephyr
Sacketts Harbor
Naval Station
Carmartieh
New Racing Stables Institute
Frank Jay Gould
New Nore Gael
Billiat ‘Room
Kako York Gera
Qourigh
Herek
Paris Fashions
Cincinnatiiontegical Gardens
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