Testimony challenges gypsy stereotypes in Boston discourse
Valley Stanley son of Somerville gypsy chief defends his people against long held myths of theft and kidnapping. He cites honesty in trade and ties to English and Baptist communities while scholar Mr. Sinclair corroborates a lack of child abductions and defends Roma culture.
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Somerville Gypsies
Valley
Stanley
Boston
Worcester
Somerville
Everett
Lynn
Valley Stanley
Bill Stanley
Bristol
Sealey
Hungary
Russia
Poland
Sinclair
Baptist Church
Russian Central Asia
Peary
North Pole
Great Willoughby Chest linked to Elizabeth and Willoughbys
The great Willoughby chest a priceless heirloom tied to Queen Elizabeth and Lady Margaret Willoughby passes through generations to Theodore Raymond of Springfield Massachusetts. The chest with a tablecloth embroidered in the tower era and other relics chronicles the Elizabethan lineage from William Willoughby to the Raymonds Lyndes and Griswolds in New England.
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Willoughby
Theodore Raymond
Springfield
Mass
Elizabeth
Bess
England
Tower of England
Margaret Willoughby
Raymonds
New England
Lyndes
Griswolds
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Elizabeth Woodville
Edward IV
Lady Margaret
Colou
Walter Raleigh
Willoughbys
Col
William Willoughby
Francis Willoughby
Portsmouth
William
Kent
Laconia
John Mason
London
New Hampshire
Little Harbor
N. H
Richard Raymond
Winter Island
Salem Harbor
Salem
Norwich
Conn
Saybrook
Manhattan
Raymond
Block Island
New London
Mercy Raymond
Joshua
Richard
Great Willoughby
Home of Stephenson to be marked with tablet at Gloucester Square
London officials plan a commemorative tablet at 34 Gloucester Square Hyde Park the former home of locomotive inventor Robert Stephenson who lived there from 1847 to 1857 and died in 1859 at age 56 The London county council historical department notes Stephenson built major projects worldwide and served as MP for Whitby while residing in the residence now held by others.
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Olis
Gloucester Square
Hyde Park
Robert Stephenson
Stephenson
Montreal
Alexandria To
Cairo
England
Royal Border
Tweed
Christiania
Lake Miesen
Whitby
Iles Walcott Elected Secretary of Smithsonian Institution
Iles D. Walcott has been chosen as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, succeeding prior leadership. The election signals a shift in administrative direction for the famed research and museum complex in Washington.
Walcott Elected Secretary at Smithsonian Institution
In Washington Charles D Walcott director of the geological survey has been elected secretary of the Smithsonian Institution by the board of regents. It is likely that Dr Walcott would have been elected to the post earlier.
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America
Australia
Europe
United States
Asia
Little
Egypt
Washington
Charles D. Walcott
Geological Survey
Smithsonian Institution
Board of Regents
Walott
Walcott Reassigns To Smithsonian Then Geological Survey
Dr. Walcott, a noted geologist and paleontologist, will leave the Geological Survey director post for the Smithsonian secretariat at Roosevelt's urging. He holds LL D degrees from Hamilton, Chicago, and Johns Hopkins, and serves as Carnegie Institution secretary since 1902. Salary rises from 6000 to 7000 annually. age about 57. Based in Washington and Chicago areas.
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Roosevelt
Geological Survey
Walcott
Europe
Hamilton College
University of Chicago
Johns Hopkins University
Carnegie Institution
National Academy of Sciences
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Wasntagion
Fine Altar and Baldachino of Westminster Cathedral
Describes Westminster cathedral’s altar of Cornwall gray granite and a lavish baldachino in marble decorated with lapis lazuli and mother of pearl. Eight Veronese marble pillars rise to a canopy, with inlaid panels and a floor of iridescent light. The height reaches 40 feet, creating a figure of monumental elegance.
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Westminster Cathedral
Cornwall
St. Peter's
Rome
Brescia
Good and Bad Points of the Afghan Race
Angus Hamilton in the London Chronicle portrays Afghans as handsome and athletic yet cruel and treacherous, praising their fearlessness and hospitality but noting vendetta violence. Afghan women are described as pale and secluded, with ornate dress. Kabul is noted as a modest capital with a stagnant cityscape. Habibullah, born 1872 in Samarkand, is depicted as the cautious, affectionate yet jealous ruler with four wives and many concubines.
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Kabul
Angus Hamilton
London Chronicle
Samarkand
Russian Turkestan
Abdur Rahman
Shir Ali
Amir Dost Mohammed
Habib
Relay saves current in weak lines and fire alarm use
The article explains a low current relay method using a SE n Se sentinel graph sounder or similar armature to close local circuits when no current flows. It notes relays common in telegraph and fire alarm lines and suggests battery call telephones. It also reports on a two horsepower gasoline engine winded electric light plant for a fifteen room house with about 50 lamps, costing few cents per hour for 1816 candlepower lighting.
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Kanlas
Cape to Cairo Telegraph Project nears completion
The longest telegraph line in the world, a Cecil Rhodes dream, is within 1000 miles of finishing after eight years of perilous work. The route covers 5600 miles through jungles and deserts with many obstacles, including steppes and elephants, while wireless relays may reduce costs and wire damage continues to challenge progress.
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Cecil Rhodes
Stegies
Electric steels and stone rules in 1900s notes
The article surveys building stone fracture directions and cautions against relying on natural grain alone. It reports on the Hercult electric steel process in Remscheid, producing purer, stronger steel from scrap in a 1.5 to 2 ton electric oven. It mentions plans to transmit Victoria Falls power to the Rand with 150000 volts and 30000 horsepower, plus a Mount Greylock telephone line, and a German portable wireless unit for military use.
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Germany
Hercult Electric
Remscheid Hasten
Victoria Falls
Pretoria
Johannesburg
Rand
Colossus of Telescopes and Nile Current Notes
A Los Angeles citizen donates 45000 for a 100 inch reflecting telescope to Carnegie Solar Observatory on Mount Wilson. Glass disk from St Gobain France ordered. four years to make and grind it. Hale foresees no insuperable mounting difficulty. 60 inch mirror nearly done. Nile at Assouan dam drives a 60 ton boulder into masonry. Also snippets on humor and auto hunts with bunked cars.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Carnegie Solar Observatory
Mount Wilson
St. Gobain
France
George E. Hale
Solar Observatory
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