Columbus Memorial Plans and Roosevelts Mississippi Trip
Washington letter details a Columbus Memorial plan funded by Congress and favored by a central figure of Columbus, with debates over size and design. It also outlines President Roosevelt's proposed Mississippi River voyage with inland water ways commission, plus stamp inscription ideas and recent honors in baseball.
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Columbus Memorial
Columbus
Delafare Avenue
United States Capitol
Talon Station
Roosevelt
Mississippi River
Middle Ilinois
Iowa
Memphis
Inland Waterways Commission
Oyster Bay
Canton
McKinley Monument
Mississippi
Vast gamut of global trivia and industry notes
An aggregate of curiosities and reports covers agriculture wealth and Cape Colony vineyards, Spanish coinage, a Bavarian dressmaker, antique tankard auction, energy in walking and heavy loads, Cuban copper history, Lancaster legal ruling on newspaper theft, Santiago laundry, English jewel setting, Cuban mining, Canadian express regulation, London tokens, a Waldorf waiter incident, Budapest journalists’ parliament plan, Montreal restaurant supply trust, a cold storage warehouse, Bert Trim the blind whist player, Ellen F. Palmer at Bunker Hill, Major Gibson in Europe, German meer schaum decline, Ruhla employment legacy and Eski Scehir mines.
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Cape Colony
Spain
Rhomberg
Paris
London
Cuba
Lancaster
H. M. Wolcott
Santiago
England
France
Canada
Board of Railway Commissioners For Canada
Paul Beyer
Waldorf- Astoria Hotel
New York
America
Budapest
Francis Joseph
Hungary
Montreal
United States
Ellen F. Palmer
Somerville
Mass
Bunker Hill Monument
Boston
General Warren
William W. Gibson
St. Petersburg
Sweden
Herman J. Koehler
West Point
Europe
Gibson
Koehler
Ruhla
Thuringian Forest
Eski-Schehir
Miss Annette Kellerman Champion Woman Swimmer of the World
Australian aquatics star Miss Annette Kellerman is praised for endurance and long distances. The article notes her forty long distance contests from one to thirty miles and near English Channel attempts, while recounting how she adopted a form inspired by Fred Lee and began her career after an early start in water sports.
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Australia
Annette Kellerman
Miss Kellerman
English Channel
Captain Webb
Fred Lee
Self Consciousness and the Pitfalls of Vanity
The piece critiques vain and self conscious behavior among girls, arguing that excessive worry about others thoughts is foolish and harmful. It promotes accepting criticism, learning from faults, and striving for genuine happiness over imagined slights. Cinderella is used as a cautionary example of triumph over vanity.
Tips For Traveling Abroad
Esther Brook notes in the Woman's Home Companion that European pensions offer good value with meals included. She cites boards from one dollar daily, with many at 1.50 dollars, and urges travelers to apply careful judgment in choosing and bargaining.
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Esther Brook
Woman’s Home Companion
Moving into a New House Do’s for Papered Halls
When new house papering is done avoid touching hall and stair walls until furniture moved in. Movers struggle with heavy bureaus and beds on square staircases and may graze walls. If walls are papered hang sheets to protect paper. Do not lay hall carpet until moves finish. other carpets go down before family effects arrive.
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Jeast
Earnest Filer News
When Fatigued Do Not Take Cold Baths
When the body or brain is fatigued a cold bath is harmful and exhausting. A warm bath aids recovery, and the longer a tired body remains in a bath of moderate warmth the calmer the nerves become and rest follows.
Dyeing protects rugs but not natural skins from moths
The article explains that dyed rugs including dog and goat skins resist moth damage because curing and dyeing involve insect poisons. In contrast natural skins such as polar bear tiger and leopard are more prone to moth attacks despite heavier preservatives in curing, than dyed equivalents.
Toweling for Baby Care and Towel Sizing Tips
A crash towel is too harsh for a baby and washed smooth cotton birds aye diapering makes a soft towel. Choose the widest width and make it long enough to reach near the bottom of the mother's skirt when pinned to the waist, then use it to roll the baby up after a bath.
Hygienic Pie Crust Recipe for Easy Digestive Tolerance
A simple pie crust recipe promises gentle digestion for all ages. Combine one cup flour one teaspoon baking powder one and a half teaspoons salt with a heaping tablespoon melted suet, then mix in enough rich milk to form a soft dough. This yields one large pie.
Portrait Description of a Woman in Veils and Linen
A tightly drawn back hairline and thin face are described alongside a high coiffure and long head. Gray or navy veils shade a sallow complexion beneath round hats and peaked crowns. Linen collars and cuffs frame the homely neck and wrinkled hands.
Strawberry Ambrosia: layered berry dessert in glass dish
Select fine berries and alternate layers of chopped pineapple with powdered sugar and fresh grated coconut in a deep glass dish. Pour orange juice over top and chill until thoroughly cold before serving.
Household Tips From an 19th Century Kitchen and Workshop
Instructions describe whitening and finishing wood with logwood mixtures and iron acetate solution, plus a savory paste from chicken liver and cream to spread on brown bread. Also notes earthenware cleaning with warm water and cornmeal, glycerin to loosen a tight poultice, and storing popcorn in a glass jar for freshness.
Senator Curtis in Washinton Hotel Capers
Lighthearted anecdote from Human Life recounts Senator Curtis and his wife enduring a night away from home after a door key mishap. Curtis braces through a failed latch, climbs a fence, and slides into an ash can scene as passengers in a morning car glimpse their unusual outing.
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Senator Curtis
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Curtis
Washington
Dow
Mr. Curtis
Bishop Burgess Elected Bishop After Long Fight
Bishop Burgess of Long Island, previously central to the rector Cooke dispute, was elected bishop after a grueling diocesan convention. The Grace Church Brooklyn rector was chosen as a compromise after nearly forty eight hours of ballots and fatigue.
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Burgess
Long Island
Cooke
St. George’s, Hempstead
Grace Church
the Heights
Brooklyn
Dr. Burgess
New York American
Frederick Burton from Gosport Achieves Stage Success
Frederick Burton, born in Gosport Indiana, rose to acting fame after a Knights of Pythias benefit. His company performed in Terre Haute after a three year home absence, where his father witnessed his weekly earnings firsthand and expressed astonishment at the pay.
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Frederick Burton
Gosport
Ind
Knights of Pythias
Terre Haute
Burton
Hbis
Apted
Harper’s Weekly
Printing quality as a business asset
The piece argues that good printing offers a reasonable investment value while poor printing wastes money. It links presentation to success, noting that unattractive stores, shabby wagons, and untidy clerks hurt business as much as low quality printing.
The Value of Individuality in Expression
A meditation on how individuality shapes life details and the power of expression. It notes that many share thoughts, but value lies in how words convey those thoughts, with differing expression not shared equally by all.
Boston to Lynn and Winthrop Train Schedule Changes
The Boston Revere Beach and Lynn R R issues a timetable with departures from Boston to Lynn and Winthrop beginning at 1.05 a m and continuing hourly to 5.05 a m and then at 6 85 am and every 15 minutes to 4 85 pm. From Lynn to Boston trains depart at 12.25 am and run hourly to 4 26 am and 4 45 5 15 am with 15 minute intervals to 9 45 am and 9 55 am and to 4 25 pm and 10 minute runs to 6 25 pm and 11 25 pm All trains stop at Beachmont Crescent Beach and West Lynn. Officials H L Hoyt J O G T A H A Fenno sign the notice.
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Boston
Lynn
Winthrop
Ee Lynn
Beachmont
Crescent Beach
West Lynn
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Secial
Columbus Memo Commission
Deaf
Act Congress
Christopher Columbus
Senate
House of ‘Representatives
Fifty-ninth Congress, the Secretary of State
Secretary of War
Order of the ‘Knights of Columbus
Meyer
Post Office
Franklin
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
James Hooker
Irondequoit
N. Y
Galesburg
Ill
Hooker
Det
Justice
Carl Schofield
House of Commons
Bert Trim
Woonsocket
R. L
Trim
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn RR
H. L. Hoyt
H. A. Fenno
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