Modern Apartment Houses A solution to urban housekeeping
The article argues that modern apartment houses lessen the domestic servant nuisance in densely populated societies. It contends Britain should adopt American railway practices and larger rolling stock, while urging careful placement of apartments in residential areas with light and air. It notes the Northeastern Railway’s leadership, potential scrapping of old wagons, and expected economies from new methods. It also covers petroleum briquettes as a cleaner fuel option and reports on steel and overalls market observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nence
Tsay
Atlanta
London
Ief
Trades Review
Prac
Northeastern Railway Company
North- Eastern
Great Northern
North British
France
United States
Hilary 5
Brunot
St. Etienne
Russia
Marseilles
St. Sienne Company
Suez
Batum
Coronation Celebrations That Were Most Unique
A Western garden bears a trimmed box tree shaped as the king, to be crowned on coronation day, while a Southerner plans a 190 tree Coronation Grove spelling Edward Seven 1903. Also proposed are names, a royal fair, balloon races, and a crown gift scheme for workers.
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Westminster
Edward VII
Gloucestershire
London
England
Edward
Edward Seven
Coronatia
Somerset House
Queen Victoria
Dav
Victoria
Wreny
Victorie
St Paul Cathedral
Edward. VI
St. Paul Cathedral
Spectograph and electrified trains spark modern progress
The piece notes a French physician's Spectograph enabling visual contact over telephone, Britain weighs electric train propulsion to cut costs and boost speed, Toronto Post Office uses a stamp-canceling machine powered by electricity, and English inventors advance wireless telephony as Los Angeles boasts the world’s densest phone coverage. It also promotes eye care and features a column on Mrs. Connally of Georgia and views on opportunity and industrial unrest from Colonel Robert T. Clowry.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Wichita
Kans
Kansas City
Fulton
Great Britain
Toronto
Canada
Los Angeles
Cal
Boston Home Journal
Robert T. Clowry
Western Union Telegraph Company
Colonel Clowry
America
Clowry
Some Funeral Customs Origin and Beliefs
A Scotsman essay traces why blinds are drawn after death and lists historic bereavement customs. It notes windows kept closed to slow decay, links black attire to mourning, cites savage origins, and surveys ghost-warding practices from different cultures including gunfire, binding feet, and decoys to mislead spirits.
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T. J Mac
Scotsman
Baring-Gould
Sdda
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Monner
Wes Suydhor UO
Audpta
Rjeng
Ainslee
Ladies
Honte Dourral
Connally
Joseph E. Brown
E. L. Connally
Connallly
The
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Havemeyer
Walter Baker’s
Runkel Bros. Chocolate
Vienna Sweet
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Pieera Mi
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Schaul & May’s
Josh
Drees
Boston
W.H. Bowdlear & CO
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Boston, Mass
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Delierred
Ann Branch
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Columbia Co
Whitensill Sureev
Lele
J. Cooledge & Bhiu
Aulania
Angier Avenue
Adair Cro We
Alba
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Arcasza
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