Expensive Social Season Highlights Washington Life
The piece notes a relaxed capital amid vacations with Taft Morton Cortelyou and Wilson in casual mood. It details Elkins plans to open hearings on railroad rates April 17 and pursue constitutional opinions on delegation of rate fixing, aiming for summer work and possible June fishing.
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Ashington
Washington
Hitchcock
Interior
Taft
Philippines
Panama Canal Strip
Morton
Cortelyou
Wilson
Moody
Enator Elkins
West Virginia
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Elkins
Congress
Supreme Court of the United States
Allegheny Mountains
Glad When Season Ends for Diplomats and Debutantes
A social season summary notes many junior diplomats and courtiers endure constant galas and entertaining duties. Officers and clerks in the diplomatic corps face high costs, tight budgets, and hidden living arrangements as they juggle society obligations with modest allowances.
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Airlcnes
Diplomats Needed and the Cost of Ambassadorships
The piece argues US diplomatic posts are hard to fill due to stagnant salaries and high living costs abroad. It cites ambassador pay at 17 500 dollars yearly, noting figures like 50 000 to 60 000 dollars annual expenses in Paris Berlin and St. Petersburg, and says only wealthy individuals can maintain appearances at these posts.
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Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Europe
Whitelaw Reid
London
Edward
Paris
Berlin
St. Petersburg
Mysterious Scribbles Spur Twenty Dollar Bet
A playful exchange in Chicago News imagines counting microbes on a $20 bill. McPhoolish offers help while McPhake insists the key is the bill itself, setting up a humorous scheme about attaining fame through a trivial challenge.
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McPhake
McPhoolish
Chicago News
Colds and how to catch them from exposure to cold air
In this article by David H. Reeder, the causes of colds are explained with emphasis on exposure, bodily responses, and the role of activity. It notes that cold air contracts surface vessels, pushes blood inward causing congestion, and that sudden temperature changes and overheating indoors raise risk.
Home Health club notes and reader remedies
Dr. David H Reeder reports weight loss and discusses his daughter's anemia and uric acid. Readers share home remedies including pine pitch plasters for rheumatism and inhaling sulphur fumes for whooping cough. The column encourages further health questions and urges readers to pass on useful remedies.
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Granada
David H. Reeder
Laporte
Ind
Home Health Club Department
Washington
A. B.G
David H Reeder
Kuropatkin’s Departure Hint on Peace in Tokyo
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat recalls Gen. Kuropatkin’s warning as he left St. Petersburg to command in Manchuria that peace would be dictated in Tokyo and cautions against boasting before the arsenal is loaded.
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Kuropatkin
St. Petersburg
Manchuria
Tokyo
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
England Faces Fate of Sea Erosion 12184 Claim
A Frankfurter Zeitung correspondent predicts England will be swallowed by the sea if current erosion continues, stating the catastrophe could occur in the year 12184. The remark reflects sensational forecasting rather than scientific consensus.
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England
Frankfurter Zeitung
Yuha Desert Curiosities Reveal Ancient Shell Monuments
A Los Angeles Times described Yuha Desert formations as eerie relics of heat and drought. The area features fossilized shells and fossilized dumbbells formed by wind and water, with graves marking tragedy and a vast field of stone resembling cabbage patches and dinner plates.
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Colorado Desert
Los Angeles Times
Yuba
Yuha
Lesser Hill
Czar and Royals in Peculiar Facts and Fables
A compilation of assorted anecdotes about European rulers. The text notes the king of Italy loving English, Victor Emmanuel III recording life in English, and a wishful clock maker ambition for Prince Arthur of Connaught. It mentions disgruntled peerless deaths and Belgrade palace refurbishment, with a playful vignette of Grand Duchess Olga.
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Waener
Prince Arthur
Connaught
Belgrade
Servia
Konak
Peter
Paris
Vienna
Italy
Victor Emmanuel III
United States
Washington
Olga
Peterhoff
Invar Alloy Redefines Watch Balance Technology
The alloy invar, a steel nickel mix of about 36 percent, remains nearly constant in volume with temperature. Swiss watchmakers adopt it for balance wheels, delivering superior temperature compensation and reducing Denys error caused by non linear elasticity of the hairspring.
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Dent
Youth
Womanilook at stage heroine and neighbor couple
A quote from Atchison Glabe contrasts women's reactions to a staged embrace with a real wife kiss goodbye. The observation notes dramatic applause for fiction versus skepticism toward real romance and lasting relationships.
Varied Facts From A Far Flung Page
A collection of brief notices covers volcanic South Africa and salt scarcity in Central Africa. It notes Kansas City clerks’ families receive five dollars extra per child born, the common housefly’s dual eye types, Iceland’s eiderdown trade, and English artist George S Elgood hailed as a top garden painter with fifty watercolors praised for high impact.
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South Africa
Kimberley
Kansas
Central Africa
Iceland
Copenhagen
George S. Elgood
Hatchet Faced Quip Sparks Personal Feud
In a sharp exchange from the Chicago Tribune cartoon page Esmeralda derides a foe as hatchet faced while Gwendolen taunts back that she would rather be hatchet faced than hammer tongued.
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Esmeralda
Gwendolen
Chicago Tribune
Honest Confession A Doctor Apologizes For Food Bias
An eminent Texas physician recounts his biased stance against advertised foods and shares his turning point after trying Grape-Nuts in Corpus Christi. He reports improved strength and digestion, no eructations or fullness, and says the food agrees with him better than any prior option. The notice mentions Battle Creek and the Road to Wellville book.
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Texas
Corpus Christi
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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M.D. la Porte, Ind
Yuha Desert
Atchison Glabe
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