Propriety Crumbles as Bohemian Night Reunites Couple
A married pair confront rigid social codes in a tale of disguise and longing. Peggy secretly rebels with a midnight train dash to join her husband Owen in a bohemian house, where she discovers his secret kitchen improvised supper and a vow to start anew with less formality and more fun.
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Owen
Turner
Woodcote
Mr. Vansittart
Peggy
Vansittart
Mrs. Vansittart
Wardrobe of King Edward VII Revealed
London report details Edward VII wardrobe costs with annual spending on trousers suits frock coats and overcoats. The king owns 100 naval and military uniforms and a tailoring bill of five to six thousand dollars yearly. He prefers plain navy blue serge and can change outfits rapidly.
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London
Edward VII
Edward
Telemetry target marks rifle shots by hammer actuated dial
Col George A. Peters of Toronto invents a rifle practice target with hammers behind the plate that close circuits to an indicator dial. The swinging target adjusts for range and bullet weight, recording each shot within overlapping 6 inch circles. fallen disks show exact hit location.
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George A. Peters
Toronto
Canada
Man Seeks Father’s Blessing After Joining Church
A young suitor, summoning courage, asks a father for his daughter's hand. The reply seeks future plans and the man reveals he joined the church last winter, signaling commitment.
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Chicago Daily News
Street Singers of Paris in the Streets of Paris
The piece notes the rise of street musicians in Paris dominated by barrel organs and live singers who perform on violin guitar mandolin and harp. A white haired 85 year old woman known as Le Bon Vieillard plays the harp and a white haired man leads with multilingual songs.
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Paris
France
Russia
Wohman
Darkest Hour Myth Spars With Night Owls
The Houston Post cites a quip suggesting the belief that the darkest hour precedes dawn arose from tales of men who stay out late and struggle to find their way home.
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Houston Post
Letting Herself Out in a Domestic Dispute
A humorous exchange features Mrs Newwife denying gas cooking caused her husband’s illness with a playful gag about gastritis. The dialogue notes she always cooks on a coal range and never uses gas.
Tiny gold and steel engine awes readers abroad
A Toronto watchmaker created a four grain engine model from gold and steel. The London Globe reports that 120 such engines weigh an ounce, 1,920 a pound, and 3,840,000 a ton. Prof. Chant estimates 6,000 RPM and 1 498000 hp. Cylinder bore is 3 100 inch and stroke 1 32 inch.
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Ontario
London Globe
Chant
University of Toronto
American Shoes in Germany Spark Brand Confusion
German manufacturers report high demand for American made labeled footwear. They market goods as American made to capitalize on U S style perception while supplying local markets.
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Germany
Occupant in Top Floor Room Speaks Freely Over Phone
A top third room occupant on the top floor vented strong sentiments via telephone prompting a switchboard interruption. The girl at the switchboard protested “I don’t want to hear such talk as that” as the janitor joined the conversation.
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Chicago Tribune
Controversial Exchange Cited by Hobbs Wife Actor
In Cassell's Journal a dialogue records Hobbs saying he is an entertainer and his wife a lecturer. The reply notes the wife’s public appearances while the husband adds he stays home to entertain their baby.
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Hobbs
Cassell
Letters by Rocket Postman on Tonga Island Mail Route
The piece notes an unusual mail delivery method on a Tonga island where a mail steamer uses a skyrocket age postman to carry messages, highlighting an unconventional early system for dispatches across the waters.
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Tonga
New Word for Heavier-Than-Air Flight Declared Aeronet
French aeronautic authorities approve the term aeron et to designate aviation apparatus heavier than air. The categories include the helicopter propelled by rotors, the aeroplane lifted by surfaces, and the orthopter or mechanical bird with beating wings.
Music and Caterpillars Alarmed by Vibra tions
Caterpillars react strongly to musical vibrations and descend from trees when sound rises, suggesting a method to combat Sypsy moth and other caterpillar plagues.
Catgut String Strengths for Musical Instruments
The tensile strength of catgut strings is 60 000 psi and elongation at rupture ranges from 15 to 19 percent.
Look to America for Cotton
Lancashire cotton spinners dispatch a commission to visit world cotton growing regions. The report stresses the United States must remain the main supply, Egypt and India underperforming, and the southern states expected to lead the industry for years.
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America
Lancashire
England
United States
Egypt
India
Radium Rays Change Color of Diamonds and a Sapphire
Radium emanations affect gemstones differently. Colorless diamonds exposed to radium turn yellow and stay, while others remain white. A pale blue sapphire darkened to yellow after two weeks of radium exposure.
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