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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1902
Page
6
A lyric passage questions the valley of perfect rest as the speaker urges a loved one to stay for one last dream. It speaks of bright dawns, long summers, brief winters, and laurels for grief, while describing a difficult, dim journey beyond the hills.
In a tense family mood a Colonel and lawyer discuss a possible marriage between Lila Bradlee and Billie Reed. Despite mutual affection and a past hint, both families resist matching their children, leading to a dramatic confrontation and a warning of disownment. The scene ends with Lila and Billie secretly hoping for a later chance.
A Paris born concept reaches St Louis where portable school buildings on wheels ease overcrowded classrooms. In use since Milwaukee first adopted them, St Louis now operates twenty seven portables 26 by 36 feet with indirect furnace heating and movable joints. Buildings cost about 850 dollars and can be moved to any neighborhood in need.
Billie and Lila elope through a back gate to the church study on Carver street after obtaining a special license. The groom’s father and Colonel Bradlee reconcile over the chessboard as the couple returns home, their wedding approved by both families.
The birthplace of Maria Mitchell, the first American woman astronomer, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where she spent her early years and made her initial observations, will be preserved in her memory.
Vassar College first to add astronomy in its curriculum. Miss Mitchell joined as professor and director of the observatory in 1865 and served twenty three years until her death, shaping early women’s higher education in science.
The article recounts Maria Mitchell's pioneering telescope work and discovery of a telescopic comet named after her. It notes honors from Frederick VII, election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and her lasting impact as Nantucket's Mitchell family home becomes a museum with a library gift to a local library in her name.
The article describes a rapid shoe fastener with a single-hand operation to secure the uppers around the ankle. It emphasizes speed for men in a hurry and previews the new fastening device shown in an accompanying drawing.
A spring metal fastening device attaches to each shoe edge with projecting studs and a telescoping slide. Grasping and pulling the outer section lifts inner parts from bottom to top, drawing edges together as they rise. Inventor John F. Hawkes of Jersey City explains the mechanism reduces ankle bind and avoids lace or button shoes.
A copper tube life raft with airtight ellipse shaped compartments, fins, and a three foot deep rope netting carries a wooden slatted bottom. It includes lashings for oars, signal flags, a water breaker, and food boxes. muslin cover protects the copper tube.
The description touts a cork sheathing craft two inches thick covered with canvas and watertight. It is non capsizing and non sinking, offering a safe refuge for shipwrecked persons. Two sizes weigh 225 and 525 pounds, with capacities for 15 and 45 people respectively.
An illustration shows an apparatus for decorating woodwork aimed at interior house ornamentation including doors friezes skirtings floors and cabinet furniture. The inventor claims the process yields a rich and handsome finish.
The process uses kerosene varnish on wood, then a sanitary paper with oil colors is moistened and pressed onto the wood with a hot iron to transfer the design. If a heavy roller is unavailable, a smoothing iron works. After drying, sizing with Russian glue precedes varnish or wax finish. Inventor is Henry Smith of Kew Victoria Australia.
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