Evolution of the U S lighthouse service and its aids to navigation
A detailed overview of the United States lighthouse service including its history, organization, and major navigation aids. The story covers fog signals from cannons to compressed air sirens, lens technology, flashing and occulting lights, submarine bells, and the use of light vessels. It notes districts, depots, records of fog hours, and the role of lighthouse tenders in maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Long Island
Sandy Hook East
United States
United States Lighthouse Service
Washington
Bureau of Lighthouses
Boston
Boston Harbor
Makapuu Point
Oahu
Hawaii
Hawaiian Islands
Navesink
N. J
New York Bay
Sandy Hook East Beacon
Seguin
Lighthouse Service
The Kitchen Cabinet Jewel Of A Woman In Verse
A fragment from a 1923 The Kitchen Cabinet page presents a speaker exalting a beloved woman as priceless as jewels with wealth rivaling seas of pearl. The tone is romantic and shows early 20th century newspaper verse.
Food For The Family Dishes And Preserving Tips
A compact guide offers simple warm weather dishes and preserves. It covers chicken croquettes with parsley and white sauce, Franconia peaches with gelatin and nuts, decorative fruit servings, canned red peppers with vinegar syrup, and a maple sauce with cornstarch and butter.
Decoration Elevates News to Pleasurable Reading
A note on journalism as art, stating that providing pleasure to readers is the chief duty of decorous reporting. The idea emphasizes style and presentation as essential to engaging an audience.
Summer Entertaining Menu for Seventy-Five Guests
Practical old fashioned recipes for a large summer gathering. Includes Fruit Punch with pineapple and citrus, Long-Keeping Zwiebach using eggs and sugar, a Summer Salad with gelatin cucumber onion pineapple lemon, and Baked Salt Mackerel with milk or cream.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed by Forties Woman
St Paul resident Martha Hooker reports relief from hot flashes nervousness and headaches during the change of life after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad urges women aged 45 to 55 with similar symptoms to consider the remedy and requests a free copy of the private text book on ailments peculiar to women from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
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St.Paul, Minn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Martha Hooker
College Avenue
St. Paul
Minn
Such a Question Mrs Mulcahy An Ironic Classroom Moment
A comical exchange shows Mrs Mulcahy chiding a teacher for keeping Mickey after school to quiz him on George Washington. The teacher reveals Mickey could not name the first U S president, highlighting a gap in knowledge and a puzzled reaction from the aunt.
Castoria Endorsed By Physicians For Infants
The advertisement promotes Fletcher's Castoria as a safe remedy for babies over 80 years. It markets Castoria as a harmless substitute for narcotic tinctures and teething drops with proven directions on every package and physicians recommending it.
Douglas Fir Replaces Teak in British Battleships
Advices from the Department of Commerce indicate that in one of two large British battleships under construction Douglas fir has replaced teak. The change is said to be due to Douglas fir being much lighter yet strong.
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Department of Commerce
Parrot Says Hello Then Quips Line's Busy
A man who attempted to teach a mute parrot to say Hello finds the bird awakens and retorts Line's busy after listening to the repeated greeting. The tale from Stray Stories showcases a comic clash between human overconfidence and animal wit.
Then and Now Judge Quip About Marriage and Food
Witty exchange frames a judge’s joke on marriage. Wife recalls liking his cooking after their wedding while the husband quips he had no dyspepsia then. A compact humor item from a bygone era.
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Aperican Shoal Lice Station
Alligeeotliowse Depot
Stazrew Island
Robert H. Moulton
Franisco Light Vessel
Weaterp Newspaper Union
Mrs.Hooker
Doan
Iowa
Herman Petergon
River Gide
Sabula
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
Bellans
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