Fragmentary Love Verse Echoes In Table Talk
A damaged excerpt expresses longing and loss with archaic diction and personal names. The speaker laments absence and fading affection, invoking imagery of moons and dreams while noting Susie’s place in Table Talk.
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Roi
Witty Naples Couple Flavia and Ernesto Contrast in Love
In Naples a brilliant countess Flavia and Marquis Ernesto Carafa defy conventional romance. Their sharp wit and mutual detachment drive a public intrigue as they toy with marriage while avoiding sentimentality, meeting often at balls theaters and promenades, spectators marvel at their staged partnership.
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E. Cavazza
Perfume Industry Persists Despite Condemnation
The passage notes that although many condemn perfume as vulgar, it will endure because of wives sisters daughters and sweethearts, ensuring continued industry growth and demand.
Washington's State Dinner Recalls Historic White House Meal
The New York Herald describes a Washington era dinner with President and Mrs. Washington at the center, the two secretaries at ends, and guests including Mr and Mrs Goon en Bassett and Lee Lewis. The room was warm and chatter scarce until after the meal. The president toasted the company and the ladies retired early.
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Maxim Airship Concept Explained by Hiram Maxim
In McClure's Magazine Hiram Maxim describes the airship as a giant kite with a large top surface and multiple smaller wings. He proposes using a railway track and steam driven propellers to test lift and propulsion in calm air before test flights in wind.
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Steamship Shaft Indicators
A New York Sun report explains a marine device for twin screw ships. A fine water tube runs along the internal shaft near the hold to sense heat and detect shaft trouble, allowing engineers to slow or stop one engine if the external shaft malfunctions.
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New York Sun
Elastic Social Functions In Spokane Society
Spokane Chron icle notes that receptions are highly adaptable social events in Spokane society. They can transform into a grand ball concert banquet or prayer meeting depending on the crowd weather or political situation.
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Hoyle
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Farmer’s Bequest Follows Tragic Exit in Judgment
A Washington farmer unable to marry a chosen girl left her his money in his will and then killed himself. The San Francisco Examiner quotes: his apparent belief in her good judgment warranted the bequest and recognition.
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Government Plans Large Electric Light Plant at Capitol
The federal government plans a major electric lighting installation for the Capitol and Congressional Library, with an estimated cost around 200000 dollars. The plant will power the Library, the grounds, and future adjacent buildings, with about 19000 dollars yearly maintenance.
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Star Photography and Prolonged Plate Exposures
Star photography requires long plate exposures that may last hours. The telescope and plate must track the star to keep the image stationary. Exposures of sixteenth magnitude take about two hours, and only one star image can be captured at a time unless adjacent stars are the same size.
Crown Prince of Siam Listed as Boy Author
The crown prince of Siam is highlighted among the world’s boy authors. He has written several stories for English children’s magazines and can write fluently in three European languages.
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Crown Prince of
Siam
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