Adventurous steeplejack recounts perilous Ridgewood rescue
The narrative follows a veteran steeplejack who, after a dangerous December shift on the Ridge pumping station chimney in Ridgewood New York, faces a violent windstorm. He frees himself from a tangled scaffold 450 feet up, descends 1300 feet on a half inch rope, and survives the harrowing ordeal with engineers alerted below.
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Ridge
Long Island
N. Y
Brooklyn Water Commissioners
United States
Ridgewood
Cat
Making of Matches Through History and Technology
The article traces the evolution of matches from ancient fire methods to friction and lucifer matches. It notes key inventors like John Walker, Alonzo Phillips, and the rise of safety and parlor matches, plus details on production, monopoly, and vast usage estimates across nations.
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John Walker
England
Vienna
Walker
America
Springfield
Mass
Alonzo Phillips
Sox
Canadian Commons and Ottawa Parliament Compared
The piece contrasts Canadian and American parliamentary culture noting all night sessions in Canada start at 3 PM with prayers, desk seating, and Hansard reporting. It describes committee work, decorum, bowing to the Speaker, and the Anglo influence, plus Quebec’s fixed seat count and provincial legislatures handling local taxation and municipal powers.
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Canada
House of Commons
Congress
la Follette
Wisconsin
Joe Cannon
House of Representatives
Chaplains
Washington
London
M. P
Luke Hansard
England
Oratory
Hansard
Mttewa
Commons
Senate
House of Lords
Peragn
Quebec
New York
New York City
Ottawa
Highest Peak in Canada Mount Robson Aims for Summit
Two Canadian climbers Dr. Coleman of Toronto University and Mr. Kinney of Victoria plan to reach Mount Robson's virgin summit this summer. At 13 700 feet, it rises 10 750 feet above the valley and sits near the Arctic Pacific divide. The route of the Grand Trunk Pacific may bring trains close to the massif making access more feasible for experts.
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Canada
Coleman
Toronto University
Mr. Kinney
Victoria
B. C
Mount Robson
Kinney
North America
Arctic Ocean
Pacific
Canadian Geological Survey
James McEvay
Milton
Cheadle
America
Grand Trunk Pacific
Edmonton
Yellow Head Pass
Upper Fraser
Great Mountain
Ummit
King Frederick's Free and Easy Way
King Frederick and Queen Louise are beloved in Denmark though the king sometimes seeks popularity by informal actions. Early in his reign he invited passersby from the castle yard for chats and, with the princesses, walked at evening to a busy area near his summer residence known as the Danish Trouville to speak to people at random.
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Frederick
Louise
Denmark
Dinner at Virginia Farmhouse Inspires Tough Chicken
A Washington man recalls a dinner at a Virginia farmhouse where a notably tough chicken was the centerpiece. The farmer’s two young sons and other guests, including Washintonians, teased through their portions as the youngest boy murmured in a quiet moment about Dick’s ache.
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Washington
Virginia
Tom
Harper's Magazine
Imperial cook Perski ends royal service joke
The Emperor of Austria paid his cook Perski $19 000 yearly. Perski once served Count Rheingaum and, years ago, a boar’s head joke led to a packing case arrival at Schoenbrunn with Rheingaum’s compliments. The case contained Perski, returned unharmed, and he remained the royal chef afterward.
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Perski
Persal
Jewish world Jewry count far exceeds European centers
The New York Jewish community accounts for 10 percent of world Jewry and dwarfs major European centers as Vienna Budapest Berlin Vilna Amsterdam Lemberg and London. It is ten times France's Jewish population twenty times Italy's and fifteen times Syria Palestine. A man in love feels foolish in return.
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New York
Vienna
Budapest
Berlin
Vilna
Amsterdam
Lemberg
London
France
Italy
Jerusalem
Syria
Palestine
Czars at Home Tsarskoe Selo Peterhof Life and Children
The article describes Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra at Tsarskoe Selo and Peterhof. It notes their preference for informal life, healthful country surroundings, and relaxed court etiquette. It highlights family routines, children's education, and the emperors' hobbies and companions.
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Peter-Paul
Winterras
Czar
Tsarskoe—Selo
St. Petersbucg
Alexander II
Tearskoe-Selo
St. Petersburg
Catharine II
Alexandrovski
Peterhof
Oranienbaum
Cronstadt
Peterhoff
Peter the
Catherine II
Versailles
Gatchina
Tsarskoe-Selo
Nicholas
Russias
Tsarshoe-Selo
Winter Palace
Tatians
Didjulin
Komaroff
Prince Orioff
Count Heyden
Drentelin
Prince Orloff
Islatas
Czarina
Alexei
Elier
Olga
Tatiana
Maria
Anastasia
Quote on men knowing women from Chicago Daily News
A cynical bachelor quips that only men who claim to understand women never marry, as quoted by the Chicago Daily News.
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Chicago Daily News
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