Constellations In Sight This July Night Sky Overview
This July sky offers detailed star positions and planetary times. Draco hovers near Polaris while Cepheus lies east and Cassiopeia above, with Boötes Hercules and Ursa Major nearby. Lyra Vega and Aquila Altair feature prominently with Antares in the southern heavens. The Moon on the 8th at 4 12 p.m. Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mars have set or risen times, and the Sun rises early with day length shrinking from 15 hours 14 minutes to 14 hours 20 minutes by month’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draco
Cepheus
Cassiopeia Beow
Bootees
Hercules
Ursa Major
Lynx
Auriga
Mars
Worthy Charity Seeks Support for Child Health Fund
The children's health fund expands summer work to aid poor and sickly children with board stays, outings, and picnics at low costs. Since its start, over 4300 children have been helped. donations to treasurer G W Averell at 36 Bromfield St Boston Mass are urged, and volunteers may offer free boarding for a child.
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Children’s Health Fund
G. W. Averell
Bromfield St
Boston Mass
Flashes of War and Civic Sentiment Across Papers
A collection of sharp quotes discussing war effort and perception. The Salt Lake Herald notes Cuban army strength tied to its cause, the Pittsburg papers mock or praise civic loyalty, and a summer girl appears aligned with both military branches.
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Salt Lake
Pittsburg
Vacation of Sampson and Sehley described in brief
Philadelphia Times notes Sampson and Sehley may have little to report this year while Cervera predicts no outing. Omaha Bee questions how Roosevelt's Rough Riders could enter the bull ring in Havana if they cannot go to Cuba, implying a clash of plans for shows or appearances.
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Sampson
Sehley
Cervera
Philadelphia Times
Roosevelt
Cuba
Havana
Omaha Bee
Mary F Nixon Author of With a Pessimist In Spain
Mary F Nixon daughter of Rev J H Nixon D D long serving pastor in Wilmington Delaware.
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Mary F. Nixon
Spain
J. H. Nixon
D. D
Wilmington
Del
Lemon juice service replaces sliced lemons at tea
Afternoon tea venues shift from offering lemon slices to serving lemon juice in a small cup with a silver spoon. The change keeps the citrus flavor while simplifying presentation and reducing waste.
Mrs Charlotte Perkins Stetson Plans Move to New York
Mrs Charlotte Perkins Stetson, long resident of Hull House in Chicago, intends to relocate to New York to continue her work.
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Charlotte Perkins Stetson
Hull House
Chicago
New York
Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath A Sunday School Lesson
Commentary on First Kings chapter seventeen focusing on Elijah confronting Ahab, living alone with God, and trusting divine provision through the widow of Zarephath. Elijah obeys without question, ravens feed him, and the widow's meal and oil miraculously endure until rain returns, proving God’s sustaining power.
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D. M. Stearns
Israel
Elijah
Ahab
Paul
Cherith
Jordan
Jesus
Nazareth
Elijjah
Zarephath
Zidon
Wathering
Samuel
Red Sea
Heaven
Earth
Challenge the Schools: Self-Taught Masters Shaping Culture
C Hanford Henderson argues in Atlantic for June that many great figures in art, science, and literature learned outside formal schooling. He cites Lincoln, Darwin, Faraday, Edison, and Kipling as exemplars who mastered their crafts through self-directed study and real-world experience.
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Lincoln
America
Matthew Arnold
Arnold
Walt Whitman
Stevenson
Kipling
Darwin
Audubon
Agassiz
John Muir
Faraday
Ntumphry Davy
The Workers at Mrs Schulz’s Boarders Kitchen Scene
Walter A. Wyckoff recalls a wash day at Mrs Schulz’s boarding house in Scribner's Fortune. The scene centers on a long sink, basins, soap, towels, and workers stripping to wash, then gathering in a front room lit by an oil lamp where Mr Schulz sits with a baby, and children play on a worn carpet amid pink rose motifs.
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Mr. Schulz
Walter A. Wyckoff
Scribner’s Fortune
Polish Girls Compared to Other Allures
The writer notes Polish girls differ from French English and American peers after crossing into Slav lands. She observes distinct individuality and personality in Polish youth, likening them to Americans in one respect but resisting a single typified American girl, as quoted from Lilian Bell.
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Victor Hugo
Paris
Lilian Bell
Ladies’ Husie Journal
The Rose and My Heart in Eden’s Light
Poem lines express longing and devotion as the speaker offers a rose as a symbol of love. Imagery centers on a celestial rose and a guarded heart, with nature’s imagery of fireflies hawthorn and larkspur, and a pledge of love despite danger. The verse ends with the speaker declaring ownership of the beloved and heart.
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Eden
George E. Woodberry
Century
The Latest and Best Yankee and Tiger Rakes
A brief sports note highlights top Yankee and Tiger performance with emphasis on standout rake plays and fielding effort during recent games.
Racing stock and horse trades across the United States
Betonica stands 16 hands and weighs 1050 pounds in racing condition. Blue Bells by Jay Bird and Gold Ring have been shipped to England. Nash ville fancy trap owners prefer square gaited trotting. Ed Geers drove the in hand at Selma flower fete. Daniel Mahaney sold Idolita for 4700 and declined 5000. A Montreal dealer has orders for 2500 cavalry horses. Charles James trains at Hampden park. formerly Queen Liliuokalani’s coachman. Birdy and Colonel Neigle-setting pacer record referenced. Palo Alto sale profits exceed prior California figures by 5838. Troop A Ohio Cavalry to mount on black horses. 40 well bred in camp. Ottawa exhibit adds diving horses Powder Face and Cupid plus five racing horses. Horseman.
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Blue Bells
Jay Bird
Gold Ring
England
Nashville
Montreal
United States
Charles James
Hampden Park
Springfield
Mass
Queen Liliuokalani
Hawaiian Islands
Bob Schockeney
Louisville
Colonel Neigle
Palo Alto
Cleveland
California
Chickaimanaga Camp
Georgia
Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
Ottawa
H. Walker
Chicago
Powder Face
Cupid
Proper Time and Labor Ethic Aphorisms
A collection of maxims on time, discipline, and effort from figures such as George Herbert, Joseph Gurney, Spurgeon, Nelson, Lowell, Scott, Ruskin, and Horace Greeley. The quotes urge thoroughness in study work and play, prudent spending, punctuality, and valuing others' time.
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George Herbert
Joseph Gurney
Spurgeon
Nelson
Lowell
Sir Walter Scott
Ruskin
Ironical IFS Reflects on Risky Ventures and Fickle Fortune
If you sail with a reckless captain, or if fortune fails to turn, wealth would not soar so high. If the weather spared some, conversation would vanish. Even distant travel loses charm without a pleasing view. The passage uses clever hypotheticals to lampoon risk, luck, and perspective.
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Johnson & Son
Maynard
Richardson
Concord
Mr. Wyckoff
Emperor
NY Ch
Yankee
Thomas
Tedder
Osborne
Betonica
Selma
Ala
Ed Geers
Daniel Mahaney
Idolita
Horace Greeley
James Devane
West Acton, Mass
Glenwood Ranges
Concord Junction, Mass
Tuttles, Jones & Wetherbee
South Acton, Mass
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