Capitol Restores Statuary Hall In Thorough Renovation
Congress funds restoration of the National Statuary Hall at the U S Capitol. Marble figures are boxed, scaffolding up, stairways rediscovered, and the men’s gallery restored to its antebellum condition. The crypt paint will be removed and the Washington statue replica by Houden highlighted alongside Frances Willard sculpture from Illinois.
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Uncle Sam
United States Capitol
Washington
Statuary Hall
National Statuary Hall
United States
House of Representatives
Webster
Clay
Adams
Calhoun
Congress
George Washington
Houden
George Washinton
Capitol
Richmond
National Gallery of Celebrities
Frances £. Willard
Illi
Night Guard and a Dark Mail Route Incident
A Capitol avenue patrolman stops a horse drawn vehicle delaying on the street at night. The driver refuses to move, claiming a corner to make first. Collector Clem Abrams insists on continuing mail collection, leaving the officer to decide on the confrontation.
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Capitol Avenue
United ‘States
Clem ‘Abrams
Wives of Ex Presidents Endure White House Life
Four widows of former presidents remain prominent figures. Mrs Garfield spends time in Pasadena with her cabinet son nearby. Mrs Harrison resides at the Indianapolis homestead. Mrs McKinley lives in Canton near her late husband’s career, visiting his tomb daily. Mrs Cleveland lives in Princeton with family and public duties. All receive government pensions.
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White House
Executive Mansion
James A. Garfield
Benjamin Harrison
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
Garfield
Pasadena
Cal
Los Angeles
Harrison
Indiana
Statesman
Indianapolis
McKinley
Canton
Buffalo
Cleveland
Land
Washington
Princeton
Washington Herald
Close Corporation Rules at Adjutant General’s Office
A F street merchant recalls the strict discipline in the adjutant general’s office. He describes having to go through the chief clerk to reach any division head and notes visitors and departures require prior permission from either the adjutant general or the chief clerk.
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F Street
Adjutant General's Office
War Department Exchange
Adjutant General
Fishermen Statesmen of Capitol Hill Angling
Senators Foraker and Proctor lead the list of officials who fish along turbulent streams seeking sport. Ohio's senator often slips from the capitol for bass on the Potomac. A C Conrad, fourth assistant postmaster general chief clerk, is a big game angler. Maj. Sylvester, Washington police chief and National Police Association president, is a noted fisherman with a wider reputation.
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Senator Foraker
Senator Proctor
Capitol
Potomac
A. C. Conrad
Maj. Sylvester
Washington
National Police, Association
Curious origin blamed for Manchester fire at telegraph office
A Manchester New Hampshire telegraph office fire is traced to sunlit heat focusing on a heavy glass paperweight. The radiant heat ignited the messages beneath it after overheating the object in a window, according to investigators.
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Manchester
N.H
Moses Called to Deliver Israel
Biblical article outlines Moses call from God to lead Israel, noting time lines from Exodus and key questions Moses faced. It discusses the burning bush emblem, objections Moses raised, God’s answers, and the miraculous powers granted. Includes historical placeholders such as Pharaohs and Midian locations.
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Moses Teft
Egypt
Ater
Midian
Moses
Sinaitic Peninsula
Mount Sinai
Red Sea
Sinia
Horeb
Sinai
Rameses II
Aig
Menephtah
Delver
Israel
Joseph
Church of Scotland
W. M. Taylor
Rameses 11
Menephtdh
Pharaoh
God
Macgregor
Terael
Alford
Hanna
Jehovah
Jethro
Agron
Silo Shapes Compared Round vs Square Construction
Hoard's Dairyman notes square or octagonal silos can be strong but round silos offer superior strength and easier building and repair. If a square silo is chosen, the article explains corner cutting to prevent sagging, with a 2x6 frame laid horizontally for maximum strength and standard ring and exterior structure.
Advice On Kind Treatment Of Cattle For Milk
Guidance urges humane care of cows to ensure health and ample milk. It warns against cruelty, dirty conditions, tainted water, long nails, barking dogs, and harsh handling during milking. Emphasizes salt lick access and civil treatment for mutual benefit.
Dairy notes on herd care and creamery practices
Do not change the feed suddenly and wash separators after use. Stir cream daily to stay uniform. Capital is needed, but ample raw material is the best capital for a creamery. Feed cows well to fertilize land and maintain cleanliness in cattle, stable, dairy, and utensils. Better cow care beats buying more cows. Buttermakers should avoid quarrels with patrons and patrons with buttermakers.
Dairying Emerges as Advanced Farming Practice
Dairying is not a frontier business, but a developed form of farming that follows pioneers. It requires more skill and knowledge than ordinary crop production.
Perfectly seine and Simply' erfect is dyein with PUTNAM
A fragment ad lists dye products and remedies including Krause's Cold Cure for head and chest, Garfield Tea for health, and Druggists 25c, with quotations and promotional lines from 19th or early 20th century ads.
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Putnam
Krause
Squaring Accounts and a Motto From Nature
A vignette describes a starving man appealing for payment by noting nature’s debt and insisting on settling accounts first. The world ridicules, replying to settle the debt of nature before any payment. Ad copy praises Kansas City Timers and Defiance Starch for home laundering and shirt stiffness without wear.
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Nature
Bctore
Kansas City
Sunshine the Great Disinfectant and Cures
A collage of ad copy and testimonial text extols sunshine as a disinfectant and warns against blocking light. It promotes Defiance Starch for laundry stiffness and includes a questionable promotional note for Hall’s Catarrh Cure with a mock oath from F J Cheney and druggists in Toledo.
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Toledo
Gy Lugas Gourty
Frank J. Cheney
Busta
Frin
HaLu
Prank J. Cueney
A. D
A. W. Gleason
Ad Dragaztuti
Whiskers the Word Through History and Slang
The article traces the term whiskers from hair on the upper lip to its use in literature and lexicon. It notes Johnson’s definition as facial hair, the brushlike origin of the term, and a seventeenth century sense describing a brazen lie or whopper.
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Scott
Johnson
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