Observers Weigh Universe Depth and Future Telescopes
Professor Aaron N Skinner of the Naval Observatory discusses whether the universe extends beyond known nebulae and whether multiple universes may exist. He outlines ongoing star cataloging near 14 to 18 degrees south and notes the need for photographic methods and funding to expand observational capacity.
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Aaron N. Skinner
United States Naval Observatory
Post
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Sprce
Skinner
Bonn
Terung
Washington Institution
Washington Naval Observatory
Europe
Naval Observatory
California
Yerkes
Military Tactics In Chinese Schools Examined
An Eastern correspondent describes a scene at a magistrates yamen courtyard where Chinese youths train in uniform under a drill instructor. He notes their attire, the mandarin observer, and references to ancient lineage while pondering population ideas and other digressions.
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Yamen
Empira
Soot Fallout Chokes Big Cities As Citywide Study Totals Eleven Roof Tests
A scientific investigator reports that soot in Cincinnati averages an eighteen ton daily deposit downtown, with 348 728 pounds monthly per square mile and several pounds per resident. Suburban exposure reaches 404 grains per square foot in thirty days. central city areas record 22 550 grams per square foot. The study warns grime coats trees and blocks sunlight, contributing to health concerns. A smoke abatement league seeks tougher laws from the next legislature.
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Ben
Cincinnati
Nest
Titteberg
Fragmentary postwar note on burial timing and kinship
A mangled excerpt discusses duties after a death in China and mentions poor relatives and a reading of burial timing. The text is garbled, with names and phrases unclear, but flags concern over logistics and kin obligations within thirty days after a death.
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Chines
China
Hon James Bryce Chosen British Ambassador to United States
Hon James Bryce selected as ambassador from Great Britain to Washington. He declines a title and serves as secretary for Ireland, praised for reform work and democracy. Bryce, MP for Aberdeen since 1885, ex under secretary for foreign affairs and Board of Trade president, born 1838, former Oxford civil law professor author of The American Commonwealth.
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England
United States
James Bryce
Great Britain
Washington
Georne
Air
Bryce
Public Service
Te Bryce
Pri Out
Ireland
Connent
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Republic
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Board of Trade
Oxford University
Legal Information From a Historic Michigan Text
A compilation of archaic legal principles covering inheritance by stepchildren, liability for damage from hens, surface water drainage rights, and marriage license rules in Michigan. It also notes ad substantive points on adultery, guardianship, probate, insanity, and nuisance actions, with defaults on property and creditor rights.
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Michigan
Iatian
Endless Trail Story From Concordia Reporter Davies
Comer Davies of Concordia recounts a tale of a wordless man with a wooden leg denied as the subject. Davies notes the man returned home after a late night excursion around 1 o clock, when a peg leg was seen and he fretted about a vole, believing he was going home.
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Comer Davies
Concordia
Davies
Uyrning
Kansas City
Reform Through Conversion Says Heron In Debate
An argumentative man, Uy, asks what reform is. Heron replies the world weary answer that reform is simply converting a wan to stop doing things their way and make them do them yours, a view cited from the Washington Star.
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Heron
Washington Star
Monument to Commodore Perry Victory Monument at Put-in-Bay
A copper bronze monument to Commodore Perry's victory near Put-in-Bay rises on a twelve foot stone pedestal. The ten foot statue, set on a battlement wall, includes a parapet, balustrades, six glass-topped pillars, and a peristyle approach with a twenty foot deep area and thirty foot front. Subscriptions fund most of the over two thousand dollars.
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Put-An-Bay
Putin-Bay
Commodore Perry
Popwiar
Alphonse Telzer
Gounre
Fire Risk of Skyscrapers Says Modern Office Building Threatens Life
A translated Literary Digest excerpt warns that very tall steel framed skyscrapers may be unsafe for occupants. It argues fire spread and trapped stairway egress endanger workers in upper floors, that Grecoproof claims are false, and that office materials create substantial fire fuel.
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Singer Galiding
New York
Lenis the
Journal of Fire
Wen
Baltimore
San Franccisco
Literary Digest
Law of ten hour workday in New Hampshire 1547
Early instance notes a 1547 law proposal in New Hampshire setting a ten hour workday. The article contrasts this with family dialogue about memory and a remark about forgetting. It references the Philadelphia Telegraph and a law for Hoare of Work.
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New Hampshire
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