Americans Crest Debate Advocates Herald's Office In Washington
Mr McAllister proposes a federal heralds office to regulate armorial bearings and tax them as a revenue source. He argues coats of arms suit fashion, aging wealth, and social status, noting many colonists and their descendants bear arms while some early settlers rejected them. The piece describes anecdotes from Gordon Hamersley and Colonel Thorne and discusses American taste for titles and distinction.
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England
McAllister
American Herald
Federal Aire
Washington
New York
Gordon Hamersley
Colonel Thorne
Jauncey
Europe
Paris
America
West
South
New York World
Fahrenheit and zero as temperature concepts in history
A concise abstraction traces how Fahrenheit defined zero as the freezing point and the scale's adoption across England, Holland, and America. It contrasts Fahrenheit with Baumer and centigrade systems and notes calls for a decimal, universal temperature scale. The piece ends with a Russian proverb on prayer.
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Gabriel
Dan
Beersheba
Palestine
England
Holland
America
Russia
Germany
France
Fahrenheit
New York
Bissell To Receive A Custom Postmaster General Chair
Washington correspondent reports Mr. Bissell will occupy the post of postmaster general in a chair custom built to his specifications. The oak seat will be 30 inches wide with 8 by 4 inch legs and weigh about as much as the desk, replacing the old Wanamaker chair deemed too small for him.
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Bissell
Post Office Department
Wanamaker
Bisse
Washington Cor
Baltimore American
Miraculous rescue at Lewiston mill from hair caught in gears
A young woman in Lewiston Maine was saved from almost certain death when her hair became entangled in a slowly turning cogwheel. As her head neared the fatal wheels she screamed until a man cut her hair free with a knife, averting tragedy.
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Lewiston
Practical Doll Show at Chicago Exhibit Highlights Nursing
A Bloomsbury Homoeopathic hospital display at the Chicago show features dolls illustrating nursing care and surgical appliances. One doll wears a nurse’s uniform in a dark blue dress with white apron and cuffs. A line of tiny doll invalids lies in beds with splints simulating living patient positions. The Boston Journal calls the exhibit practical and likely to attract medical attention. A separate note reports Clue Poy, a Chinaman, died by his own hand in New York, said to be the first such act by a person of his race in the city, attributed to love.
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Homoeopathic Hospital
Bloomsbury
London
Chicago
Boston Journal
Clue Poy
New York City
Look and Style Parade for Ladies Accessories
An advertisement showcases a new stock of fashion items including dressmakers' findings, wrappers, ladies waists, corsets, hosiery, underwear, and a full line of ladies' kid gloves with fitting service. The store announces a cash card system and invites local patronage.
Happy Man Becomes Realistic Symbol of Joy and Loss
An elderly man with a paralyzed brain and a lifelong optimism clings to a perpetual Saturday as a happy memory after a stroke. His condition, like a living daydream, prompts questions about the fine line between happiness and mental balance. In another vignette, a former Wall Street high roller now relied on strangers’ coins as brokers reflect on his past wealth and influence.
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Miss X
X.’s
Atlantic Monthly
Martha A. Rice
Sudbury
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Henry M. Rice
Rebecca
Aaron Hunt
Charlies Gerry
George
Daniel Smith
George Goodnow
Luke McCann
Joseph Smith
Jesse A. Wiles
Henry W. Tinker
M. Rice
Edward 8. Hosmer
Rice
Ellen F. Rice
Ednah C. Rice
English hospitals beds per thousand compare cities
The teeming millions of London can count only one hospital bed per 1 000 people. Glasgow Newcastle Wolverhampton have 3 beds per 1 000. Edinburgh 34 Dublin 6 Norwich Belfast Brighton Liverpool Manchester Bristol average 2 per 1 000. Exchange.
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London
Great Britain
Glasgow
Newcastle
Wolverhampton
Edinburgh
Dublin
Norwich
Belfast
Brighton
Liverpool
Manchester
Bristol
Exchange
What Indeed Hunker Do You Propose to Marry
Spotts questions a marriage proposal while Spatte defends the plan in a witty exchange. The dialogue reads as a playful social moment.
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South Acton, Mass
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