Lefty Tibet and the Heights of the Plateau
The article describes Tibet as an inhabited land with an area estimated between 700 800 and 890 000 square miles and a mean elevation above 16 404 feet. It notes loftiest peaks near 29 000 feet and valleys not dropping below 24 400 feet. In the south valleys permit rice and fruit cultivation up to 11 500 feet with major population centers at Laesa Shigatse and Gyung fe per Youths Companion.
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Tibet
Mont Binne
Loftiess
Pike's Peak
Laesa
Shigatse
Gyung Fe
Enormous Krakatoa Eruption Volume Compared to Great Pyramid
The 1888 Krakatoa eruption expelled about 14 cubic miles of solid matter. To visualize the scale, note that the Great Pyramid holds roughly 2,000,000 cubic feet of masonry, so it would take about 7,500 pyramids to equal the eruption's ejecta totals.
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Krakatoa
Strait of Sunda
Meyot
Great Pyramid
New York
Amortesa
Slome’s Home Return Sparks Card Plot Reveal
He opens a package of placards reading For Show and For One and declares he will place them on cushions around the house. She questions the plan as the couple contemplates the unusual prank and its intent.
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Phiietelphia Inquirer
Ocean Cables and Cable Diameters by Depth
The Atlantic cable diameter varies with depth and seabed type affecting movement and repair. Shore end cables are 2 1/2 inches, intermediate 1 1/2 inches, and deep sea 1 inch.
Damp-Proofing Walls With Corrugated Cardboard Method
The Architects and Builders' Journal cautions against many damp preventers on the market and presents a low cost method using corrugated cardboard fixed to damp walls with asphalt adhesive, left partially exposed at floor level, then covered with packing material and wallpaper. Holes are punched in the corrugations before mounting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Architects and Builders’ Journal
Jefferson City Honor Named From Declaration Writings
Mrs Bragley of Jefferson City muses that the author of the Declaration of Independence deserved honor not for the act but for naming their town Jefferson. Philadelphia Pres.
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Jeferson
Waal
Pansies and Uncle Zeke Recall Street Riding Feats
A rustic tale tells of Spendag Pansies and Uncle Zeke boasting about riding twenty miles on 9 xtreet kyer for a nickel. Uncle Jed contrasts with a climb to the tallest ballin in town where the cost was a mere cent.
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Zeke
Jed
Sons of Martha and Mary in Kipling and Shakespeare Text
A fragmented poem fragment contrasts the Sons of Martha with the Sons of Mary, praising tireless service and duty. It blends Kipling’s praise of workers who bear burdens for others with a Shakespearean sonnet on steadfast love, noting devotion, endurance, and blessing from divine aid.
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Mary
Crace
Mme
Martha
Rudyard Kipling
Americanizing a ranching lifestyle in New Mexico society
The piece profiles Mrs. R. Grumbles of Carrizozo New Mexico a resourceful widow with seven children who runs a ranch five miles north of town. It praises her strength grace and domestic mastery while noting fashion trends from the era including embroidered dresses Russian turbans and ornamental coats with ornate collars and cuffs.
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R. Grumbles
Garrixozo
N. M
Virginia
Carrizoxo
Sho Wre
Hat trimming fashions described in period text
The text discusses how hat brims are styled with trims. It mentions bandeau replacements, flowers, ostrich tips, rosettes of filet tulle, and satin ribbon bows as decorative elements, highlighting the ornate approach to millinery.
Trade with American neighbors shows big export gains
The United States and its American neighbors including Canada shipped about 1 138 billion in total trade in a decade, with exports rising about 200 percent and imports about 120 percent. The Bureau of American Republics helped boost relations and trade.
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United States
Canada
America
Bureau of American Republics
Anerieia
Asia
Oceanion
Africa
Noisy World Keeps Sleepless Women Awake
A dispatch on how urban and rural sounds disturb sleep for sensitive individuals. It contrasts city noise with dawn rooster cries and bells, noting morning clamor from water drips, dogs, and carts as especially irksome. The piece cites a poet's image of silence mending the blows of sound.
Intricate Nile Green Frock Described With Gold Embroidery
A detailed description of a Nile green crepe de chine evening gown featuring 48 inch prince-length train long sleeves and hawk-like pleres over shoulders. The bodice showcases gold embroidery in Greek design with a narrow gold fringe along the hem and two cloth of gold rose motifs at the front.
Genetic Color Inheritance Principles Cited By Davenport
A quoted passage discusses how hair color and general development may be inherited from two degenerate parents. It notes that children would resemble both parents and that degeneration could persist in descendants, referencing Prof. C C Davenport.
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Mason Hale
CC. T. Davenport
la Selene
Christwins gitte sachet with coffee and spices mix
A historical recipe describes blending geraulite michet with evicion geraulion leaves, ovis root, leno peel, ground vanilla, and dried coffee grounds with cinnamon cloves musk and vanilla bean. Dry thoroughly in oven to create a strong scented sachet for curtains.
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Durong
Christwins
The American Woman Expression in a Diverse Nation
The piece argues Americans struggle to distinguish types of men and women amid a complex ethnographic mix, reflecting tensions in gender and cultural identity. It notes evolving social perceptions and the need for clearer understanding of varied American life.
Two Costumes Described in Green Broadcloth and Cedar Brown Silk
The article details two outfits: a light-weight green broadcloth costume with black soutache, covered buttons, black fringe trim, lace plastron, and satin touches. The second is a cedar brown silk gown with a long trained skirt, joined to a short-waisted bodice by a brown chiffon velvet girdle, lace collar and frilled sleeves.
Proper sitting posture for spinal health and grace
The text advises a curved back and weight on the spine’s end, condemns unhealthy positions, and prescribes hips far back in the chair with the upper body held upright like a stem. It permits forward or sideways lean but warns against leaning back, noting graceful appearance even for stout individuals in a steamer chair.
Techniques for Reviving and Preserving Cut Flowers
Instructions describe reviving faded lowers by soaking in warm water and rehydrating with damp cotton under a basin. It notes preserving blossoms during transport, keeping ferns fresh, thawing frosted flowers, and using sealing methods to prevent sap loss. Sulphate of ammonia dampening is suggested for position retention in floral displays.
Fashion notes on ornate buttonholes and cloak gowns
The passage describes elaborate buttonhole work on various fabrics and shows garments such as net vaters and china silk with tucked fronts. It notes large pearls and semiprecious stones and mentions new cloak gowns that can be worn outdoors or as a princess robe in broadcloth.
Winter millinery trends shift with ribbons and bows
The article notes hat trims in fashion with satin bows under brims to reduce exposure, fewer quills than last year, abundant feather trimming, and Ottoman silk used in hats. Shapes seek less flatness, ostrich trims popular, and mums and pheasant shades appear.
Elaborate gowns hide a unified decorative harmony
The description argues that new gowns seem understated yet are richly integrated. Decorative elements blend with the gown as a single artistic whole, so only the overall costume stands out, not individual rosettes or panels.
Gold Embroidery Trends on Heavy Worsted Cloth
Embroidery on heavy worsted cloth features lines on top of flounces and around cuffs and collars. Work is brown and heavy with outlining in blank. Gold thread accents appear with black costumes, knot and scroll work in black silk, or wheat cuts in gold.
Wink and discipline in leadership echoes from history
The text discusses the value of wit and tact in leaders, urging praise of friends and patience with flaws. It cites Napoleon, Nelson, and a General Garden anecdote to emphasize focusing on results and temper, rather than nitpicking errors.
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Enid Lord Beaconsfield
Napoleon
Nelson
General Garden
Why does he display diamond rings on his fingers
The passage shows a character questioning mockingly why someone flaunts rings and a reply hints at using a shiny example to influence a purpose. The scene captures a subtle romantic tension as a woman reassures another about not giving a hint of affection and reveals missed signals.
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Lances Nee
Fred
Jeter
Hall's Catarrh Cure Patent Statement Claim
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co declares the firm will pay one hundred dollars for any case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Testimony dated December 6. J. Cheney & Co promote Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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ToLevo
Locan Coustr
Frank J. Cheney
Cenior
F. J. Cheney & Co
Tol County
State Aforeanld
Theme
Jena
Hall
Frank A. Chenry
A. D. Bag
Brat
Theatre satire quips about Mantell skinning
In a sharp theatre quip the speaker teases about Bob Mantell being skinned as a joke on acting vanity. A second character counters that wearing such skin would not fit, noting ears sticking out as a playful aside in Chicago Tribune style.
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Sig. Pubucka
Bob Mantell
Chicago Tribune
Pazo Ointment Promises Quick Pile Cure Guarantee
An advertisement asserts Pazo ointment cures piles in six to fourteen days and offers a money back guarantee if itching blindness bleeding or protrusion are not resolved.
Wine consumption per Briton dips despite population rise
The average annual wine intake stands at three pints per person in Britain. The text notes a decline over the years, with a percentage drop not specified, alongside the growth in population.
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Great Britain
eczema all over him ends with Cure by Cutleura products
A father recounts his son Clyde suffering yearlong eczema on head face and neck. After using Cutburn Soap Cutburn Ointment and Cutleura Resolvent he slept that night and six weeks later was perfectly well, as advised by a leading physician. June 11 1907. Mr Algy Cockburn Shiloh Ohio.
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Owen
Cuthara
Clyde
Phyalelane
Algy Cockburn
Shiloh
Not Much Readied for the Long Trip
A quirky exchange between a seroninot and aero nant reveals they plan only light fiction for a likely lengthy journey. The reporter notes ballast use but the seroninot dismisses it, stressing minimal baggage.
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Aeronant
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Columbia
State
Mrs. Grumbles
Detalia
Rex
Parker
Colter
Mair
Ensemble
the Thing
A. W. Gleason
Noraat Ponti
Mone
J. Cheney &Co
Toledo
C. Bold
Sli
Take Mall
Pfrench
C'S
Dr. Martel
Western Canada
Government of
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Dpes
Jackson T. Paul
lac titan lion + Netertows
Carterliver Pills
Usk
Fatr Warsing
Cc. N. U
Mewes
Beck
Sampele
Gteining Ik
Cody Company
Chicess
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