The Haunted Room by Clarissa Mackie
A Long Island house hosts a haunting rumor in the east room As Esther and her cousin Ida discuss a ghostly sleep less night The mystery shifts when John Pelham stealthily investigates from the roof and later becomes Esther's fiancé, inspiring a famous painting of the inlet and shore
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Miss Carow
Esther
Aliss Carow
Fairhaven
Ida
Aunt Fannie
Miss Caron
Long Island
John Pelham
Mrs. Jones
Pelham
Mss Carew
Fannie
Future of light airplanes and the glide era
A British bulletin on aviation traces the shift from motorless gliders to light engines. It notes early Wright glides, German experiments, and German expansions into gliders after peace treaty restrictions. Small engines, new designs, and prizes push toward universal flying at 40 50 mph, with potential low costs and safety questions.
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Ely Aviation
Wright Brothers
Lilenthal
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Call for Gun Filnts and Flint Supplies
During the Continental Congress session on July 4 1776 a resolution empowered the board of war to hire as many workers as needed to manufacture flints for the continent. It directs seeking skilled individuals and locations of suitable flint stones with samples, through state assemblies and local inspections.
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Harry
Continental Congress
Board of War
Handcrafted Church Candles Still Made in Europe
A European shop employs a large crew of men and women year round to craft church and cathedral candles for Christmas and religious use. Christmas candles are produced by machinery. Some church candles reach ten feet in height.
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Europe
Sleep-walker speaks after leaving theater early
A London Tit-Bits item records a quarrel over a theater exit with a defendant claiming sleepwalking as the cause. The exchange centers on responsibility for leaving before the curtain call and attributes the action to the speaker rather than a deliberate choice.
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London
Two contractors discuss collapsed houses in wind
Two builders joke that both used identical woodwork and mortar yet one’s row of new houses blew down in last week’s wind while the other’s remained intact because his houses had been papered.
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Foulllar
Billerton
Ove
First two way telegraph line talks via outside wire
On October 9 1876 Dr Bell inventor of the telephone and his assistant Thomas A Watson spoke successfully over a private telegraph wire two miles long between Boston and Cambridge marking the first two way talk over an outside wire.
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Dr. Bell
Thomas A. Watson
Boston
Cambridge
Saint-Saens Early Genius and Enduring Influence
A 1921 obituary recalls Camille Saint-Saens as one of modern music’s most interesting figures. A child prodigy, he began piano at two, entered the Paris Conservatoire at seven, gave his first concert at ten, and by sixteen wrote a symphony. He composed diverse works across genres, earning Europe’s raves and shaping 20th century music.
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Saint- Saens
France
Caruso
Paris Conservatoire
Halevy
Benoist Inorgan
Charles Gounod
Europe
England
Soot Explosive Uses Cartridges From Liquid Oxygen
A historical note describes soot prepared with liquid oxygen as a new explosive. Finely divided lampblack absorbs oxygen, triggering instantaneous combustion when placed in a hole. Each cartridge holds two ounces of soot, absorbing seven ounces of liquid oxygen. It can be made on site, is safe until the oxygen is poured, releases no poisonous gases, and becomes inert after about twenty minutes once the oxygen evaporates.
Nile Floods Define Egypt as an Irrigated Valley
Africa depends on irrigation and new water methods. Herodotus called Egypt the gift of the Nile. Lyons’ observations show White Nile rains matter little. Nile floods arrive June to August, then recede until Blue Nile floods from Abyssinia. Egypt is a long irrigated valley, narrow beyond the delta.
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Africa
Herodotus
Egypt
Nile
Lyons
White Nile
Abyssinia
Delta
Girdles Through History Highlight Myth and Ceremony
The Westminster Gazette traces girdles as a symbol of civilization linking utility and ornament. It notes their role in myth with Venus and Juno, Roman social lines from matron to maid, and bridal rites. Bernhardt wore eight girdles in Theodora, inspiring comment from Burne Jones.
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Westminster Gazette
Helen of Troy
Venus
Juno
Rome
Bernhardt
Theodora
Burne Jones
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Easton
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