Greenwich Time and the 250 Years of the Royal Observatory
A retrospective on Greenwich Royal Observatory and its role in precise time and longitude. The piece outlines Flamsteed’s founding, the building of the observatory, and how Greenwich time became the world standard, with notes on later astronomers royal and the modern timekeeping apparatus. It highlights how longitude and time shaped navigation, maps, and global reference.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Greenwich
Greenwich Observatory
St. Paul's Cathedral
Grinridge
Old Royal Observatory
Greater London
George
Queen Mary
International Astronomical Union
Man
Indian Ocean
Western Avenue
Chicago
Madison Street
le Sieur de Sainte Pierre
Isle
Sainte
Derby
Royal Society of London
Jonas Moore
Ordnance
London Tower
Charles II
Sainte Pierre
John Flamsteed
Charles
Greenwich Hill
Sir Christopher Wren
Tilbury Fort
Royal Observatory
Flamsteed
Edmund Halley
Halley
Bradley
Frank Dygon
Seven Seas
United States
United States Naval Observatory
mid-Pacific
New York
Denver
San Francisco
Sitka
Alaska
Honolulu
Manila
Apia
Samoa
Melbourne
Tokyo
Peking
London
Washington
Frank E. Ross
F. B. Littell
Peary
Old Farmer Fumblegate Recalls Golden Days
A Kansas City Star quote features Farmer Funter and Farmer Fumblegate recalling Shanley’s restaurant in New York. They discuss nostalgia for a bygone eatery, a red headed waitress, and the charm of tipping rituals from earlier days.
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Shanley
New York
Farmer Funter
Adrian
Farmer Fumblegate
Kay Lee
Kansas City Star
Handkerchief Washing Advice Ad Appears
A brief ad explains washing children’s handkerchiefs with soap and clear water, then rinsing in water tinted blue with Red Cross Ball Blue to freshen them.
Suit Seeks 3000 From Railroad Over Water Incident
Robert M. Seebree sues Missouri Pacific for 3000 damages claiming a station mistress at Nearman Missouri threw a bucket of water from the station door. The water allegedly frightened a mule and caused a chain of events leading to a wagon accident and a broken leg. The railroad contends the water was dishwater and not used for cleaning.
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Robert M. Seebree
Missouri Pacific
Nearman
Seebree
Cuticura Ad Promises Pimples Clear Skin
Pimples and blackheads can be removed by applying Cuticura Ointment and washing with Cuticura Soap and hot water in five minutes. Daily use is advised to keep skin clear, and Cuticura Talcum is also recommended.
Handy Vehicle Extension Platform Patent For Scaffold Work
A patented vehicle extension support provides a mobile platform on wheels that can be raised or lowered and steered to inaccessible elevations. It remains operable by hand or electric power, collapses when not in use, and occupies little space.
Canton Mahjong Pricing Sparks British Viewpoint
A visiting gentleman in Canton saw mahjong sets offered at five dollars each. When he asked the cost for 250 sets he was quoted six dollars per set. The rationale given: producing 250 sets is more troublesome than producing a single set.
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Canton
First Woman Baptist Minister in Great Britain
Miss Annie D. Lodwick has been ordained as pastor of Pisgah Baptist Church in Cresswell Quay Pembroke Wales becoming Britain’s first woman in the Baptist ministry. At twenty six she leads a church of 130 with six deacons after a ten day mission.
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Great Britain
Annie D. Lodwick
Pisgah Baptist Church
Cresswell Quay
Pembroke
Wales
Miss Lodwick
Hen Surges Ahead as Nation’s Leading Food Producer
Dr. L Dakin, an Ohio poultry expert, notes a rapid rise in hens from two per person in 1880 to nearly four today. He says the lowly egg-laying hen is the fastest increasing farm animal and the greatest food producing animal in the country.
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United States
L. Dakin
Ohio
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