Washington Letter highlights currency wear and Navy signal changes
The treasurer cites rough handling of paper money from busy cash trolleys and urges refreshing worn notes. Capito l ventilation sees a new suction fan and temperature kept around 71 to 72 degrees. Government carriages display faint department lettering, while naval officers gain fixed letter signals replacing numbers for lasting identification.
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United States
Treat
Senate Chamber
Capitol
Army
Navy
Quartermaster’s Department
Record of world curiosities and oddities from 1904
A compilation noting diverse facts from 1871 diamond discoveries to aviation records, opium population estimates, and unusual legal cases. Highlights include the Kimberley fields, typewriter scarcity in Greece, Belgian prisoners allowed to smoke, and a Paris to Russia balloon voyage.
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Kimberley
Greece
Germany
London
Comte de la Vaulx
Paris
Russia
Relative of a King in Anecdote From Marseille Steamer
Dr. Wilhelm Kohler recounts fifty years ago Prince Oscar of Sweden aboard a Marseille to North Africa steamer. The captain asks if Oscar wore an admiral’s uniform and introduces a cousin Bernadotte. the prince reveals his lineage to the king of Sweden and the marshal. The tale ends with a bow and royal acknowledgment aboard.
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Oscar
Sweden
Wilhelm Kohler
Mannheim
Marseilles
Bernadotte
Marshal
Prince Oscar of
Care of Dogs In Winter
Advice from the New York Herald on keeping dogs healthy in cold weather. Feed meat sparingly and use salt for seasoning. Bath sparingly to avoid drafts and brush regularly. Use quinine for colds and kerosene baths to treat fleas, taking care to avoid eyes.
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New York Herald
Third degree torture and police interrogation compared in England and U S
The piece cites Charles P. Johnson arguing that forcing testimony is torture and contrasts American a police practice with the English system. It notes that England uses a scientific approach and requires guilt point before questioning, while U S police often build a case after questioning.
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Charles P. Johnson
St. Louis
England
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mississippi Seeks River Highway to the Sea
The piece retells how the Mississippi is destined to carry far more than sediment as twenty two Midwest states rise in prosperity. It echoes prophetic calls from Marquette and Joliet in 1673 for a river highway to the sea, noting a long silence now broken by national need.
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Mississippi
Middle West
Great River
Marquette
Joliet
H. G. Hunting
Technical World Magazine
New Year’s Eve at Naval Academy Armory
A New Year’s Eve gathering at the Naval Academy armory featured a taps bugle, eight bells rung by Miss Badger, and the class of 708 singing its class song as lights blazed and the band played Home Sweet Home and The Star Spangled Banner. Also notes on aluminium coated paper production and its uses, plus X rays as postmortem detectors and a quip about Wall Street losses.
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Naval Academy
Badger
Humor of the Hour and the Deodand Tale
A colonial tale recounts Powhatan Huggins of Graysville who killed a neighbor in a political feud and was executed. It then follows his son Rev. Huggins meeting the hospitable Major Hickleigh who cannot stop mentioning the father. The piece also explains the legal concept of deodand and its abolition in 1846 with examples from Liverpool and Manchester.
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Powhatan
Huggins
Graysville
Itarper
Liverpool and
Manchester
London Times
Impresario jokes about canceling opera plans in Philadelphia
The impresario smiles as he admits a plan for placing an opera house in several elites has fallen through. He notes the money saved and keeps a wry, unfazed smile in a Philadelphia Ledger report.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Quick-Hits of Wit and Iron From Dailies
A collage of quips and cartoons shows barbed humor on fashion vanity romance and public life. bits from Puck Washington Star St Louis Post Dispatch Philadelphia Press Baltimore American Chicago News mix sharp one liners about money marriage trials and the absurdities of society.
Board of Green Cloth Leases Named From Green Table
The Board of Green Cloth governs crown land leases, its name stemming from a green baize-covered table. Seals once waxed in green are now embossed on documents marked Board of Green Cloth. The board enforces strict terms and resists changes, granting year to year leases for villas near Windsor Castle to retain tenant control.
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Board of Green Cloth
Windsor Castle
London Modern
Tiety
Napkins In Scotland in Old Scotch Style
A snippet recounts a Scottish diner who wad his napkin and tossed it over his left shoulder. He explains in jest that in old Scotland they cast it to the left and forget it, contrasting with American etiquette as noted by the New York Press.
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Rachel Schwartz
Pittsburg
Irish High Court
China
United States
Cuba
Charles Fulton
W. H. Manning
New York
Brussels
France
Manchburia
Dalny
Philippines
Japan
Milan
Mount Noorah
Victoria
Nicolo Amati
Louis Dandeh
Versailles
Louis XVI
Scotland
America
New York Press
Printing Value and Profit in Quality Work
The text argues that thoughtful words and ideas must be executed properly to yield profit. It warns that good printing at a reasonable price is a sound business investment, while poor printing is costly.
Language and individuality in Thought and Expression
A reflection on how individuality shapes expression, arguing that thoughts are common but value lies in how vividly they are voiced. The author notes that many share similar thoughts, yet distinct expression separates one communicator from another.
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