Earth From Venus A View Of Our Globe From Afar
The piece speculates how Earth would appear from Venus at distances around twenty five million miles. With a 1000x telescope Earth would fill 25 000 miles, revealing continents oceans mountains forests deserts seas and moving clouds. It imagines observers mapping Europe Asia Africa the Americas and Australia and tracking storms and eruptions.
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Earth
Venus
Black Sea
Caspian
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
North America
Florida
Carolina
Gulf Stream
Atlantic
China Sea
Karakatoa
Mont Pelee
Plainfield maidens march for husbands in bold crusade
In Plainfield Indiana and aboard the White Star liner Baltic, women defy shy courtship and announce a quest for husbands. Plainfield’s 300 woman procession parades in old fashioned dress bearing flirtatious slogans while emissaries in the Baltic vow to seek mates in America.
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Plainfield
Indiana
Plainfield Belles
New York Harbour
County Tamerick
Erin
Barkis
Willin
Pittsburg
Henry Pewbury
British Columbia
United Kingdom
Shy
Rheumo touted as Rheumatism cure by New Plymouth plumber
John Abbott of New Plymouth writes July 6 1907 praising Rheumo for rheumatic pain and rheumatic gout, claiming it cured wine acid caused rheumatism. He is a longtime resident and offers his recommendation to others. Rheinaro sold by storekeepers at 2s 6d and 4d. During holidays Mellor's sells durable footwear at cut prices.
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John Abbott
New Plymouth
Noy
Plymouth
Loss of church attendance not vital says Glasgow pastor
The Rev Dr John Hunter of Glasgow laments that modern people have abandoned family tradition of churchgoing. He notes a shift in the past decade from duty to genuine belief, arguing that those who attend now do so with real intent rather than habit.
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John Hunter
Glasgow
Fashionable Thinness a Danger and False Ideal
A writer in the Queen argues against thinness as the beauty standard. He cites fashion plates and novelists, notes Venus de Milo as proportion rather than slender, and warns that extreme dieting and patent medicines harm health. He urges fat as natural protection and beauty while condemning risky practices and drug habits.
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Venus Dé Milo
Rubenes
Gilbert
England
Sly James Crichton- Browne
Santo
Cherry Pectoral Recalled as Family Remedy Legend
A quotation recalls a family tradition spanning decades as a speaker credits Ayer's Cherry Pectoral with saving a life when they were very young and notes the long presence of the remedy in the home.
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Ayer
University Senate Advances Scholarship Committee Agenda
Wellington January 24 The University Senate resumed proceedings with the main action the appointment of committees to handle university matters. A motion by Mr G Horden to award separate senior scholarships for botany zoology electricity and magnetism magnetism and heat solid and light was referred to the Scholarship Committee. Members have been invited to Trentham for Saturday’s races.
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Wellington
University Senate
G. Horden
Trentham
Amateur Athletic Association delegates urge internal leadership and rule changes
Wellington delegates at the Centre meeting instructed the conference delegates to recommend electing president and vice president from Council members. They urged amending Rule 6 to abolish the wooden bar for the bread jump and substitute a chalk mark, and to back deleting the rule linking officials to professional bodies.
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Wellington
Amateur Athletic’ Association
Sugar King Henry Havemeyer Dies at 60 Near Commack
Henry Havemeyer president of the American Sugar Refining Company known as the Sugar Trust died at his Merrivale country home near Commack Long Island after a sudden illness during pheasant shooting. He left an estate valued around 15 million pounds with 750000 set for education and philanthropy. His death ends a century of Havemeyer influence in sugar refining and biotech style business, leaving a vast but centralized legacy in the industry.
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Henry 0. Havemeyer
American Sugar Eaning Company
Ugar Trust
Merrivale
Commack
Long Island
New York
Labour Party
Roosevelt
J. D. Rockfeller
Carnegie
Steel
Duke
Tobacco
Havemeyer
Havemeyers
Germany
Greenwich Village
Frederick Havemeyer
Henry Havemeyer
Sugar Trust
Trust
Haremeyer
Havemeyar
Flo
The
Sugar ‘Trust
Engar
Commodore ‘Vanderbilt
Louise
Nice
Kinrope
Havemeeyers
Vcice
Bayberry Point
Long, Island
Venice
Lna
Ciuela
Fogless London scheme to clear fog by aircannons proposed
Inventor M. Maggiora presents a plan to the Public Control Committee of the London County Council to use six mile range projectors to create air currents over London. Tests in Milan reportedly dissipated clouds and hail. If installed, 10 or more devices could lift fog within 20 minutes, at a construction cost around £600 and 7d per explosion.
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London
Public Control Committee
London County Council
M. Demetrig Moggiora
Moggiora
Milan
Italy
Parliament
M. Mopgiora
Daily Mail
M. Maggiora
OkO The Great Cough Care Remedy Featured
Storekeeper stocks OkO The Great Cough Care described as the greatest remedy the world has ever known, touted as a universal cure and urged for purchase.
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Oko
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Friedlandhr Bros
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Kozie
Manchester Bros
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Robinson's Patent Groats
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Sor
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Bank of N.Z
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Sedi
Med
Toas
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Triangle
Eralumo
Mellor
Niga
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Athletic
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Westport ‘Coal Co. ‘Ltd
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Sugar Kings
New “Zealand
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Potter
Saddler
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Brown and Son
Addington
Timaru—Mill and Co
Timaru
Friedlander Bros., Ltd
Invercagill
Ward and Co
Invercargill
Tuasday
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