London Sewers and Subways Revealed as Hidden Network
A British piece extols London’s vast underground system from 12 mile main drains to 2000 mile smaller networks, noting the Strand shaft, 55 million construction cost, and 14 per thousand London death rate after 1870. It highlights sewers, the Fleet, subways beneath Solborn Viaduct, and bustling underground life with pumps, pipes, and relic collections.
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Italy
Rome
London
St Paul's Cathedral
Telegraph
Strand
St. Mary’s Church
Hammersmith
Bow
Barking
Crossness
Paris
Edinburgh
Farrington Street
New Bridge Street
Tudor Street
Thames
Blackfriars Bridge
Ludgate Hill Station
Stonehenge
England
Solborn Viaduct
Water Board
Hydaulic
General Post Office
St. Martin le Grand
Health in Deep Breathing Practice and Daily Discipline
The article urges deep breathing as a simple health rule and argues most people underuse air. It contrasts gym based training with integrating breathing into daily tasks, advising deliberate deep breaths during dressing, stairs, work, and rest to improve energy and nervousness.
Help for budding writers in the national capital satire
A critical look at aspiring American novelists aiming for the great American work set in Washington. The piece mocks formulaic plots featuring a Russian villain, southern belle, oily senator, diplomats, and a dance at the British embassy, ending with a senatorial scandal.
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Parnasian Heights
Virginia
Washington
White House
When the Pope Left the Vatican
A London writer notes the pope often avoided public view on private missions. Leo XIII reportedly left incognito to retrieve papers, visited his dying brother Cardinal Pecci, and once used a covert route past the mint with guards saluting as he passed.
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Vatican
London Daily Chronicle
Leo XIII
Palazzo Falconieri
Giuseppe Pecci
Leo
Via Della Fondamenta
Monument to Guilmant To Be Erected in Paris
A monument in Paris is planned to honor Felix Alexandre Guilmant, famed organist of his era. The American committee seeks 5000 dollars via subscription, reflecting his fame from performances in Chicago at the world’s fair, subsequent tours, and a 40 recital stint in St. Louis.
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Felix Alexandre Guilmant
Paris
America
Festival Hall
Chicago
Golf Plant Winking Hazards in Fiji Grooves
The Golf field hazards are patches of mimosa pudica in Fiji. The plant leaves droop and close where touched by a ball, effectively signaling the ball’s location to the golfer. The text playfully suggests Fiji as a destination where vegetation is highly perceptive for golf.
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London
Bucklersbury
London County Council
Fiji
Well Directed Effort Advice on Focus and Diligence
This passage urges choosing a single aim and directing all effort toward it. It argues many waste time pursuing many tasks, and insists true satisfaction comes from doing one thing to the best of one’s ability, regardless of outcome.
Four on Grayback Peak A Mountain Dawn Trek
A foursome including the Tall Girl the Book Girl the Ordinary Girl and the Man ascend Grayback in a bright morning mood. They travel with three burros then reach Bluejay canyon witness sunset colors and reach the summit to greet dawn on a vast desert valley panorama.
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Grayback
Old
Jerusalem
Fritz
Epaminondas
Epamirondas
Yucaipa
San Bernardino
Vivian
Mill Creek
Bluejay Canyon
Buckthorn
Manzanita
Old Baldy
Baldy
San Jacinto
Revealed Stolen Articles From Abington Home
A girl in Abington Pennsylvania found a silver teapot stuck in sand at a streambed aiding police in recovering most of a theft from Walter E. Herring of Philadelphia. The girl and a friend endured a severe headache after the roadside walk.
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Abington
Walter E. Herring
Aete
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