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FAMED KALORAMAWAS INCLUDED
Initial Use Was Route Between Georgetown Bladensburs
With Half Laid Out Before District Came Exence
Homes of Nourse Stone and Schneider Families in Area

keep it in the face Of good offer,
and so in 1907 he sold 1t to Joel
Barlow for $4,000.
Barlow was distinguished diplo-
mat and poet, and was glad OF the
opportunity to purchase Kalorama,,
where he could entertain, which his
means permitted him to do, and it
was while living here that he wrote
his famous poem "The Columbiad."
After taking possession of the
property he made many improve
ments, acting upon the advice of
Labcte, the architect, and Robert
Fulton, the inventor. Fulton was
for a while his house guest, and
some say it was during this time
that he tried out the model Of the
Clermont on Rock Greek, nearby.
AS matter of fact, there is not the
slightest real evidence to prove this
statement, although it is undoubted-
ly true that he did give demonstra-
tlons In Rock Greek in 1909 before
members OF Congress of his inven-
tlons OF harpooning and torpedo
attacks. During Barlow's ownership
President jefferson was a frequent
guest, as was afterward President
Madison. Noah Webster, one of his
schoolmates, also came to visit him
here, and in 1924, when Gen. La
fayette visited Washington he par
plcipated in its hospitality.
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Surrounding this old homestead

Surrounding this old homestead
are beautiful trees, along which Is
one in particular which is mis-
named the Treaty Oak" because
of a fable that a treaty was once
signed beneath its enormous limbs
by the white man and the aborigines.
Just to the south of Temple
Heights, in the block bounded by
Nineteenth, Twentieth, S streets
and Florida avenue, was Holmead's s
Cemetery and not far south of this
were Henry Douglas home and
gardens, his florist place being op-
posite the Treasury.
One of the earliest and finest
residences erected north of Florida
avenue was the home of Commodore
David Porter, built upon a tract
of land embracing ITO acres and
carved out of the large estate of
Robert Peter. The purchase was
made from Washington Bowie No
vember 10. 1916, and the latter re-
ceived title from Thomas Peter,
executor OF Robert Peter, jr, on
November IL, 1911.
Reverses caused Commodore Por-
ter to dispose of his property, and
in 1929 the mansion and grounds
were leased by John Quincy Adams
upon his retiring from the White
House. BY this time it may be
assumed that the property had sub
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Barlow changed the name of the
estate from Rock Hill to Belair, but
later on, considering the number Of
places then bearing that name, he
decided upon the name Kalorama,
from the Greek, meaning fine
view" From the first Kalorama was
spelled with &C." but the present
form has been in use for many years.
In 1901 Barlow was sent as Min
lister to France in the hope of pre-
serving peace, our country then be-
ing apparently on the verge of war
with that country, and the premises
were leased to M. Serurier, the
French Minister. After nine months
OF diplomacy he was invited by Ma
poleon, then absent from Paris on
his Russian campaign, to meet him
at wilma, Poland, where the treaty
would be signed. Barlow set out for
wilma, but upon reaching this place
found the French Army In full re-
treat on that town from Moscow.
Becoming involved in the memora-
BILE retreat, he was overcome by cold
and privation and died in Poland
on December "a, 1872. His body was
never brought back to this country,
although his name appeared on the
tomb which stood until 1892, where
is now the intersection Of Massa-
chusetts and Florida avenues.
What is now Columbia road a
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hundred years ago was Taylor's
Land road, and to the west OF this,
where is now the property known
as Temple Heights, was the Nourse
property, bought by Col. Michael
Nourse In 1909. The purchase was
made of Anthony Holmead, and the
tract included at that time l6 acres.
Col. Nourse evidently erected the
original part Of the building on
Temple Heights, which, no doubt,
has had several additions made to
1t since. Nourse sold the property
IN 1885 and moved into the city.
This was done, we are told, because
1t took him too long to get to the
Treasury Department, where he was
chief clerk to his brother. His chill
dren were also responsible for his
giving up this fine old place, because
they claimed 1t was too far out in
the country.
Some years after 1t was given up
by Col. Nourse (probably after the
Civil War; it became the property
of Thomas P. Morgan, at one time
major and superintendent of police,
and later Commissioner of the Dis
trict of Columbia, 1879 to 1888. Maj.
Morgan called 1t Oak Lawn, and
added to and improved the building.
More recently it became the Dean
property and was owned by that
estate when 1t was sold to the Ma
sons,
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bered among their stalwarts Moran,
Mann, Evers, Connolly, Gather,
Whitted, Schmidt, Gowdy, Maran-
vile, Deal, Rudolph, James, Tyler,
Devore and Gilbert. The Athletics,
who long had been unbeatable, had
in their lineup Murphy, Oldring,
Collins, Baker, McInnis, Strunk,
Walsh, Barry, Schang, Lapp, Ben
der, Wyckoff, Plank, Bush, Shawkey
and Pennock.
twenty-five years ago the newspa-
pers would carry a story about 4
farmer in Nashville, Tenn, who dis
played a sweet potato weighing 4
pounds, and In Elizabeth, N. j., an
apple tree would have a second crop
of blooms in October, owing, it would
be thought, to the dumping of mash
used in an illicit distillery on the
ground near the tree.
President Wilson was to issue his
neutrality proclamation, the Ger
mans were to overrun Belgium and
Northern France, only to be stopped
at the Marne; clergymen were to
denounce the new feminine fashions,
well-dressed men would wear cloth
topped button shoes and high "cho-
kers," the boys at the bar in the
corner saloon would say "they won't
ever be able to put over prohibi-
tion," and Battling Levinsky would
hand a defeat to Jim Flynn in 10
rounds.
And by the way, 1914 was to be a
great boxing year, with such fighters
as Carl Morris, Johnny Kilbane, Joe
Humphries, Jack Britton, Mike Glib
bons, Sam Langford, Frankie Mad
den, Leach Cross, Young Ahearn,
Willie Ritchie, Jim Coffey, Gunboat
Smith. Joe jeanette, Freddie Welsh,
Harry Wills, Charlie Weinert and
Sam McVey in the spotlight. And
on June ~ one of the greatest
boxers of all time, Jack johnson,
was to defeat Frank Moran in q
20-round battle in Paris.
In 1914 the newspapers would be
full of the great Colorado coal mine
strike, which had begun in 1918 and
continued for many months at great
loss Of life and property. At a Fed
eral inquiry John d. Rockefeller, jr.,
would say that the company would
spend the last dollar" rather than
recognize the union, and the United
Mine Woekers Of America would
spend 100000 In the epochal
struggle.
The war was to Affect the publ
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stantially passed out of the hands
Of the commodore, for there was
surely no love between him and
Mr.. Adams, and no apparent rea-
son which would have warranted
the former In leasing 1t to him,
especially since the ex-President
had upon one occasion, when
Lafayette was visiting this city in
1924, deliberately and cruelty
snubbed Porter, who, 1t seems, had
enlisted the aid OF the marquis in
his behalf to try to straighten out
a difference between the two men.
Lafayette had been granted an
interview with the President, with
permission to bring the commodore
along, and the latter was to make
personal explanation. The time
was set for IL O'Clock, and, true
to promise, Mr.. Adams was wait
ing for the French visitor and the
commodore; but when they aighted
at the door of the Executive Man.
sion, the President, 1t is said,
stepped forward and shook hands
cordially with the marquis, took
his arm and left the commodore
standing under the front portico,
without taking any notice of him
whatever. This gratuitous insult to
both Lafayette and Commodore
Porter was not explained, nor was
the matter referred to while the
interview lasted. It would seem
as If the President wished to teach
the commodore a lesson in diplo-
macy, or intimate to the Nations
guest that he must not meddle
with what did not concern him."
Between Mr.. Adams and his sue
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row Wilson, wife Of the President,
was to pass away.
Literally new lease on life was
to be given It. Charles Becker,
the New York police officer who was
the central figure In one of the most
famous murder cases in American
history. In 1914 he was granted a
new trial; eventually he was to go
to the electric chair. But Becker's
gunmen, the notorious "Gyp the
Blood" Whitley Lewis" Lefty
Louie" and "Dago Frank" were to
go to the chair on schedule, despite
a sensational attempt to delay the
execution by the smashing Of a
dynamo at Sing Sing Prison.
Early in the year ground was to
be broken in Washington for great
memorial to Abraham Lincoln-and
many who protested against the de-
sign were later to admire its beauty
IN its perfect setting in Potomac
Park.
1t was to be a big year on the
stage and in the rapidly growing
motion picture industry. In the
movies, John and Lionel Barrymore,
Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks,
George Beban, Marie Dressler, Ho-
bart Bosworth, Murdock MacQuarrie,
Charlie Chaplin, King Baggott,
Maurice Costello, Francis K. Bush
man, Beverly Bayne, John Bunny,
Florence Lawrence, Broncho Billy
Anderson were among those who
were to add to their fame and to the
steadily climbing popularity of the
films.
One notes q newspaper account
which marvels that 100000 some
times is spent on one Of these five
reel super-productions."
And what were to be some of the
colossal" pictures of the new year,
rs years ago? Well, there were
Hearts Of Oak" Mrs. Black Is
Back. "The Little Angel of Canyon
Creek" The Man Behind the
Door" "The Painted World, valley
OF the Moon,' Call of the North"
and many more. Truly, movies
were catching on, and In 1914 they
were to add nightly to their pres
tige when the great David Belasco
began filming some of his stage
successes, beginning with Rose Of
the Rancho" which he made in
collaboration with Jesse Laskey,
then a. now leading dgure IL
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the production side of the movies.
The stage was to be In the height
of glory in 1914. New York saw
nearly $50 productions, and "the
road" was thriving. Every city and
town was to get full share Of
theatrical treats; and the stalwarts
of the theater saw the movies as
cloud even smaller than mans
hand. However, while the theater
hit a high point in number OF pro-
auctions in 1914, the year as q
whole was to be less successful from
q financial standpoint.
One reason was the great number
of productions, the large number OF
new playhouses and, as one COM
mentator dolefully remarked. the
encroachment of screen shows can
not be overlooked"
But a glance at the list Of pro-
ductions which would grace the
boards in 1914 will make the thea
tergoer's heart skip beat. For
this was the year when Willard
Macks "Kick In," one Of the best
of all crook melodramas, was to
make It's bow, with John Barrymore,
Jane Grey and Forrest Winant in
the leading roles. Then Marie Tenn
pest would bring over a play called
Mary Goes First" and George Ber-
nard Shaw's play, "Pygmalion," was
to have its first American showing,
with Philip Merivale and MRS. Pat
rick Campbell in the distinguished
cast.
G. Aubrey Smith, now q grand
fixture in American movies, would
head the cast of q play called "Evi-
dence," which opened in this coun-
try instead of England because of
the war. And in 1914 Willard Mack
was to have another play, $50 Much
for So Much" in which he himself
acted, supported by Marjorie Ram
beau. Great popularity was to mark
a farce called Twin Beds" with
Madge Kennedy, Ray Cox and
Charles Judels. Still another play
which would win fame was "It
Pays to ADVERTISE" with Grant
Mitchell, John w. Cope, Ruth Shep-
ley, Will Deming and Louise Drew.
A high light Of the season was to
be Belascos presentation Of Leo
Dietrichstein in Molnar's "The
Phantom Rival" with Laura Hope
Crews and Malcolm Williams. 'The
Outcast" was to be the name Of the
play In which Elsie Ferguson would
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appear in 1914, and Lew Fields-of
Weber and Fields-was to do show
called "The High Cost Of Living"
Chauncey Olcott was to do Rachel
Crother's "The Heart Of Paddy
Whack";; Holbrook Blinn would de-
light capacity audiences in a series
of one-act plays; Maude Adams was
destined to great success in 1.-THE
Legend Of Leonora," while Florence
Reed would add luster Of her name
in the sensational yellow Ticket"
Little groups of serious thinkers
were to raise an outcry against "the
debasing of public taste by the tango
and the cinema" and to demand a
return to the sedate and ordered
glories of the Victorian age.
In 1914 motor cars were to become
more numerous, but they still were
considered luxuries and a few thou
sand miles was all anybody ex-
pected to get out of tire-and not
that without plenty of punctures and
blowouts. Too, most of the country's
roads were still deep in the mud,
and 1t was to be several years before
the Federal Aid Road Act would
start a modern highway building
program. On city streets and coun-
try lanes, the horse and carriage
were still the most familiar sight.
The little red schoolhouse was still
to hold its place Is years ago, and
many a youthful father who today
takes his youngster to school by
automobile trudged several miles to
class himself, winter and summer,
just as children had done for hun
dreds of years before.
Mexico was to loom large in the
events of 1914, and the names Of
CarranZa, Huerta, Madero, Villa,
and Zapata would become familiar
to every newspaper reader. But
there was to be more public interest,
really, in the fact that Secretary
Josephus Daniels was to Dan the
use of alcoholic beverages in the
United States Navy, and that the
Boston Braves were to beat the
hitherto invincible Philadelphia
Athletics four games straight in
the World Series, after coming
from behind in their own league
in one Of the most sensational
stretch" dashes in the history Of
baseball.
That World Series Of 1914 was to
make history. The Braves mum.
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Had
Vision of Events
War Started
By Herbert Hollander.

New Year! What will 1888 bring
forth? That Is a question upper
most in the minds Of all. And in
the absence of any device to FORE
cast the future accurately, there is
no answer now.
But instead of attempting futilely
to read the future, let us turn back
the pages of history exactly IS
years, when we were bidding adieu
to the old year 1918 and were en-
Enthusiastically toasting in the infant
1914.
What a year 1914 was to be! A
year, 1t is certain, which forever
will remain fixed in the memory Of
mankind, marking the beginning of
an entirely new era; in many re-
spects a catastrophe year, and yet
year which was not without its
bright and joyful spots that many
will remember with nostalgia long
ing.
Then as now, New Year cele-
brants could not foresee what the
ensuing twelve months were to
bring. Yet today we are far better
prepared by the lessons Of the in
tervening Is years, for any eventu-
ality. On January l, 1914, few, If
any, could foresee that earth-s -shak-
ing events were just ahead.
None could have an 1nkling, amid
the gay popping Of corks and blow
ing Of horns and throwing Of con-
fetti, that on a bright June day
six months hence an Austrian arch
duke and his wife would be mur-
dered in far-of Bosnian town;
that month later a World War
was to begin; and that Is years
after America and every other ma
ton and people would still be feel
ing the effects Of that conflict,
which was to change not only the
map but the whole way of life in
the world.
There had been difficulties in
Europe, to be sure. But few Ameri-
cans paid any attention to Europe
IS years ago. Besides, how could
that possibly affect us? And, any,
way, why think about such things
on New Year Day? So the Bal
kans, Pan-Slavism "Drang Mach
Osten," Kaiser Wilhelms inflam-
matory speeches-these were far in
deed from the minds of Americans,
as they celebrated the coming Of
the new year on the night of De-
cember 81, 1918.
Yet a brief seven months after
the lighthearted New Year cele-
bration, 1914 was to bring the cat
aclysm from which the world still
reels.
But, OF course, 1914 brought more
than war. It brought many other
events, some important, some not
so important, some tragic, some
happy. And for most Americans,
1914 seemed to be a year not vastly
different from many that had gone
before. Even after the war began,
many months were to elapse before
Americans saw 1t as it was to affect
this country.
The chronicle of 1914 ranges from
the beginning of the World War to
such happenings as the birth of the
smallest of all colts in Kansas,
weighing just is pounds, and the
story of a patient in Columbus, Ohio,
who went to the operating table for
the removal of two appendices.
In 1914 the Panama Canal was to
be opened to the commerce of the
world, and a great man, Pope Plus
x. was to die. In 1914, too, Oryille
Wright was to demonstrate his
new invention, the automatic stab.
ilizer for airplanes, and Mrs. Wood
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cessor, Andrew Jackson, there was
also an unfriendly feeling, because
the latter believed Adams had
countenanced the story directed
against the name of his wife. So
on the morning OF the Sd of March,
1929, Adams left the White House
and walked out to the Porter Man.
sion and caused notices to be pub
lished requesting that the usual call
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OF 1914 WOULD COVER A QUARTER CENTURY,
New Age Was to Be
Begun With Days
of Marvels

catlOn OF DOCKS because OF the un-
certainties Of the future and the
falling of Of importations. One
critic was to remark disconsolately
that fiction In 1914, in contrast to
the years previous, was mediocre.
Several books on dancing reflected
the popular craze; while femininism
and drama continued to inspire the
book makers. Toward the end of
the year began the flood Of war
books, which threatens soon to inun-
date U.s."
And, speaking Of dancing, 1914 was
to witness an unprecedented popu-
larity for 1t, and the extreme"
dances, so many said, would be the
ruination Of the country. Hero and
heroine Of the dance enthusiasts
were Vernon and Irene Castle. There
would be much talk, too, Of "the new
woman" and the suf1ragists were
to become more numerous and out
spoken than ever before. But the
boys at the bar at the corner saloon
also were going to be sure that they
won't ever be able to put over wom-
an suffrage"
The new year was going to see the
passage Of piece Of bitterly con-
tested legislation, the Clayton Anti
trust Act; Toscanini would repeat
his success at the Metropolitan Op-
era House; In December the Nobel
Peace Prize Committee would an
nounce sadly that it had decided
not to give any 1914 award, and in
reviewing the European situation an
editorial writer would say, as the
year drew to close, ''It is impos-
sible to leave untouched the subject
Of the wise policy determined by our
forefathers, an adherence to which
has kept us thus far from entangle-
ment in European alliances. One
cannot view the ghastly struggle now
in progress without the thought in
truding of our own state of pre-
paredness-not to initiate but to
ward of such a catastrophe. The
question of the adequacy of our
land and water forces demands Sc
rious consideration"
But these thoughtful remarks
would get less attention Is years
ago than the report of a Westville,
Conn.,, gentleman who owned a cat
which had two noses. two mouths,
and three eyes, the two mouths hav-
ing to be fed But there was to be
mounting revulsion against the Ger
man invasion Of Belgium and the
brutalities inflicted upon the civil
ian population; and some fore
sighted men were to see dangerous
complications for America arising
out of the German use of sub
marines.
There would be a flicker Of in
terest here at the death Of Joseph
cold JOEY Chamberlain, the Eng
lish statesman whose son Austen
was making quite a name for him.
self, but whose ether son, Neville,
was working away obscurely in Bir-
mingham. And the death of Gen.
Simon Bolivar Buckner in Kentucky
and Gen. Dan Sickles In New York
would revive memories of the War
Between the States.
These things and countless more,
great and small, none could foresee
thankfully-on New Year
Day a quarter of a century ago.
Indeed, If by some divine inspira-
ton any one had been given the true
gift Of clairvoyance 1t is unlikely
that he could have gained more
than a corporal's guard to believe
his seemingly fantastic prophecies
of the record 1914 you'd write.
Now 1899 takes the stage.
How, one wonders. will its story
look as years hence?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-08-31
Vacation Hints

Unwise vacations are shortening
the lives of thousands of Americans
who would be better off to remain
at their desks. Countless persons
whose blood pressure needs watch
ing suffer actual harm when they
push themselves frantically to get
work in shape so they can 60 on a
strenuous, exciting vacation, and
then work excessively to catch up
after returning. If your blood pres
sure is high, don't: Drive hundreds
of miles at high speed to get some
place or other in a short time; gam
BILE on golf, bridge, or any other
game, climb mountains, indulge in
long hard swims, fish for tarpon,
sailfish and other big game fish
which involve long gruelling battles;
don't carry city excitement-market
quotations, prizefights, etc.-along
via radio. Unless common sense
rules are observed and moderation
is exercised in all these respects,
the average middle-aged American
would be better off remaining quiet
ly at home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-08-31
City Shares in Will

Benjamin Franklin, by his will
dated June %, 1889, bequeathed to
the cities of Boston and Philadel-
phia alike the sum of 1000 pounds
sterling, Ito be let out upon interest
at per cent per annum to such
young married artifcers, under the
age of Is years Qater extended by
the court to IS years. as have
served an apprenticeship in the said
town, and faithfully fulfilled the du-
ties required in their indentures."
The fund was to run for 100 years,
at which time Mr.. Franklin believed
it would amount to 131 1000 pounds.
He directed that $1,000 pounds
should be continued to be let out at
interest for another 100 years, and
that 100000 pounds should be 'laid
out in public works, Notifications,
bridges, aqueducts, public build
ings, baths, etc., or whatever may
make living in the town more con-
venient to it's people and render it
more agreeable to strangers resort
ing thither for health or a tempo
rary residence"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-08-31
AUCTION SALE WEST
OF STURGEON LAKE

I am disposing of my farm and
will sell at public auction to the high
est bidder, the following described
personal property at my farm about
miles west of Sturgeon Lake (on
north Denham road) and about / mile
north, on Wednesday, Sept. 6. Sale
starts at $50 o'clock sharp. Free
lunch at noon.
Livestock-Dan, black gelding,
years old, weight 1900 pounds; Shire,
black gelding, IA years old, weight
400 pounds. Flora, high grade Hol-
stein, 6 years old, to freshen Septem-
Der /; Snooty, high grade Holstein,
years old, to freshen November 20;
White Face, high grade Holstein, 7
years old, to freshen December S;
White Face End, high grade Holstein,
years old, was fresh June 2; Re-
gina End, high grade Holstein, 4