Snowsheds of Concrete Ready for West railways
Engineer Henry Gruber notes Western railways will replace fragile wooden snowsheds with massive concrete structures this summer to block repeat disasters from heavy snowslides. He cites Cascade and Rocky passes on Northern Pacific and Canadian Pacific lines as prime upgrades to curb passenger deaths.
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Henry Gruber
Northern Pacific Railway
Washington Post
Northern Pacific
Cascade
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Pacific
Shee Fen
Clean Washing Promise With Easy Task Soap
The advertisement says only clean soap like Easy Task combines cocoanut oui borax and naphtha as natural cleansers and sterilizers to protect hair fabrics. It claims it halves washday work and offers a quick money back guarantee if the results are not as advertised.
Origin of Mellisun Dust and the Meteor Shower
A Chicago Tribune article explains meteors as shooting stars delivering an endless shower of microscopic dust. It describes their fiery entry, vaporization, cooling into tiny spherical particles, and distribution by upper air currents reaching Earth as a continual invisible veil.
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Earth
Chicagoa Tribune
Roosevelt's 15 Month World Tour Ends in New York
Ex President Theodore Roosevelt and party completed a fifteen month journey through Africa Europe and the Middle East. The expedition yielded thousands of animal specimens and marked by honors from kings emperors and universities. Roosevelt and Kermit were greeted by jubilant crowds on their return to New York.
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Isis
Coleus
Fyules
William
Mr. Roosevelt
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Tuere
Victor Emmanuel
Kermit
R. J Cunninghame
Leslie J. Taunton
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White Nile
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Italy
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Vienna
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Paris
Sorbonne
Praresident of Prance
Brussels
Amsterdam
Copenha- Lacey
Chrisania
Nobel Prize Commission
Berlin
Edward
Cambridge University
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Ethel
New York
Indelible Ink Recipe From Boston Post
A recipe to create an ink that cannot be erased without destroying the paper is given. Mix strong Prussian blue dissolved in distilled water with good gall ink to produce a writing fluid that writes greenish blue and then turns black. Mrs. J A Whaley cites the Boston Post.
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J. A. Whaley
Boston Post
Meat patty recipes from Washington Star style note
A minced rump steak mix with parsley and gravy is pressed into patty tins lined with pastry. Each patty is topped with pastry, a small vent is cut, brushed with egg and baked for about thirty minutes.
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Washington Star
Cream Straw Perry Pie with Whipped Cream Topping
A recipe from Harper's Bazar describes lining a pie plate with puff paste, filling with strawberries, sugaring thick, adding a top crust brushed with butter to prevent sticking, baking to a light brown, then lifting the cover to add a generous cup of whipped cream under the top crust before serving dusted with powdered sugar.
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Harper's Bazar
Marshmallow Fudge From Old Washington Star Recipe
A Washington Star recipe describes making marshmallow fudge. Boil two cups sugar and one cup milk, add one and a half squares grated chocolate and two tablespoons butter, simmer ten minutes, then cool until stiff but pourable. Break marshmallows in pieces in a dish and pour fudge over them.
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Washington Star
Improvised Cooking With An Electric Iron
A Boston Post excerpt explains using an electric iron as a quick lunch aid by placing it upside down or over a zinc to fry meats eggs toast coffee and bake potatoes with careful arrangement. It also covers a meringue-like confection from the Washington Star with sugar whites and melted chocolate folded in and baked into kisses.
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Lucy Lee
Boston Post
Candied grapefruit peel recipe from the Washing ton Star
Peel five grapefruits and brine overnight then boil in fresh water. Repeat boiling steps twice more, then cook with two cups water and two cups sugar until tender. Roll in sugar while hot to crystallize for a delightful afternoon tea treat.
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Washington Star
Cleaning Tips and Household Hints from a Historic Page
Instructions cover removing stains from linen with oxalic acid or lemon salts, rinsing and sun drying. Advice on wiping gas stoves with turpentine weekly. Notes on Irish lace fashion, lemon rind flavoring, and caution about long walks tiring growing children.
Fashion Hints Dress Back View Noted For Distinctive Details
The back view of this little dress is described as exceptionally attractive with a jackety tab at the waist and a knot of the girdle that creates a distinctive feature. In front the overskirt ends in a deep point, forming a notable silhouette.
Lawyer Questions Seacoast Witness About Flounder
The defense counsel pressed the principal witness for Ur prosecu tion asking if he lived on the seacoast and if he knows salt water fish then queried how a flounder swims vertical or horizontal prompting the judge to call the witness aside.
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Weikem
Skybo
Seacoast
Sksto
Chieseca Tribune
Relieves tired eyes and eye aches product pitch
An OCR fragment mentions relievers for tired eyes and eye pain, with references to Howard Bros Buffalo NY and a joke about a Cleveland baseball figure Napoleon Lajoie. It includes an anecdote about a retired umpire and a Mrs Winstow soothing syrup claim. The text is garbled.
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Howard Bros
Buffalo, N.Y
Napoleon Lajoie
Cleveland
Napoleon
Baseball misreads and a two base hit miss
A garbled game fragment mentions a sun glare at the first baseman and a pitcher ignoring distractions before delivering a fast ball that the batter turns into a two base hit. The text is corrupt with unclear names and actions.
Dime Found Restores Cheer Among City News Boys
Two newsboys discuss a missing dime found in a pocket and its power to lift a glum mood as they exchange small talk about their day in the bustling city streets. The exchange turns playful as one cheers the other with the recovered coin.
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Growitor
Bill
Toma
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