Margaretta Drexel Captures London Society Attention
New York socialite Margaretta Drexel, daughter of Anthony J. Drexel Jr., stands as London’s star fashion and beauty amid a season of royal encounters. Her wealth, musical talent, and poised charity work fuel a life of lavish events at Carlton House Terrace and a planned Grosvenor Square mansion, with King Edward and Queen Alexandra among future guests.
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Lonnon
Margaretta Drexel
Anthony J. Drexel, Jr
New York
Philadelphia
London
Drexel
Jean Reid
Whitelaw Reid
Anthony d. Drexel
Miss Drexel
Anthony £. Drexel, Jr
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Carlton House Terrace
Mrs Drexel
Prince Francis of
Teek
Cowes
Queen Alexandra
Yael
Grosvenor Square
Mayfair
Lord Caledan
Edward
Europe
Smith
Cholera and the Ganges in Hindu Pilgrim Practices
A discussion of cholera and the Ganges notes revolting pilgrim customs such as bathing by healthy and ill pilgrims and drinking water from bathing places, challenging the water’s famed reputation among Hindoo millions in India.
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India
Ganges
E. H. Hankin
Jumna
The
Indian Review
Hindoo
Curious marine growth called miniature spirit tree
Visitors report a coral base with sheep wool sponge attached to a rock ledge in Mayor Wing's office. A central tree like growth rises 18 inches, black and tree shaped with long branches ending in downward tentacles. Natives warn the plant’s blooms are actually deadly grasping tentacles, echoing Polynesian spirit tree myths.
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Polynesias
Yietlin
Small Midlands Lockups Described As Dated Prisons
The Midlands villages Breedon Worthington Smisby and Ticknall retain old parish lockups described as tiny stone or brick prisons beside the roadside or pound. Breedon has an 18 foot high stone lockup with heavy oak door and iron fittings. Worthington has a seven sided brick building. ventilation is via iron plate holes. Similar structures exist at Smisby and Ticknall awaiting restoration.
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Midlands
Sheffield Daily Telegraph
Breedon
Leicestershire
Derbyshire
Worthington
Smisby
Ticknall
The Big Noise in a Dog Fight Attention
In Yonkers Statesman humor, a debate on why the underdog in a fight should receive most attention. The quip attributes the attention to the underdog doing all the galping.
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Bill
Jil
Yonkers Statesman
Building a Lead Storage Battery Cell From Gravity Cells
A detailed 19th or early 20th century guide explains constructing a lead storage battery cell using two plates, a lead cup, and a lead pipe assembly. It describes materials, acid mixtures, wax sealing, and a method to charge the cell with gravity cells in series, detailing mounting, paste preparation, and charging times.
Electric trumpet heralds new signal device in Germany
A German invention, the electric siren, uses a magnet armature and a solid alloy membrane to emit a powerful sound. Several units can be linked from a central button, enabling rapid, clear signals for fire alarms, railways, mines, banks, automobiles, ships, and building annunciators.
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Germany
Deutsche Celephonwerke
Berlin
Lightning Arrester From Brass and Wood Assembly
A described lightning arrester uses two brass pieces A and B cut from 1-16 inch thick stock and a central brass piece C, arranged with small clearances and bound to a wood base. Connections run from line wires to the two upper binding posts and from Tower posts to the Instrument, with C grounded via its third post. Heavy lightning charges are diverted to ground through the brass teeth, protecting instruments.
Insulator Tests Point to Rising Transmission Voltage
The piece notes a trend toward higher voltage lines from 11 12 thousand to 60 75 thousand volts and up to 160 thousand volts with projects of lines hundreds of miles long. It highlights insulator manufacturers expanding offerings from 1000 to half a million volts and mentions a major test at Victor New York as a world leading potential insulator test.
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Vietor
N.Y
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