Black Silk Dress Scheme Upsets a Small Town
Deacon Elnathan Phibry schemes a charity drawing for a Ladies Aux iliary prize. His wife Mellie Peevy, obsessed with winning, appeals to luck and family. The hat drawing ends with a confession and a comic will that funds a perpetual black silk dress while promising a half prize if the executor shares the blame.
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Deacon Phibry
Mellie Peevy
Abigal Bunker
Phlibrys
Auxiliary
Deacon Philory
Iika
Philory
Gauler
Elnathan Phibry
Phibory
Elnathan
Enon
England Skating Titles Decided at Lingay Fen
Albert Tebbit loses his 15 year hold on the amateur England mile and a half title to F W Dix of Rounds in a final run of 4 37 2 3 seconds. Dix previously beat Tebbit in heats and set a new Lingey Fen mile time record of 4 19.
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England
Lingay Fen
Cambridge
Albert E. Tebbit
Tebbit
F. W. Dix
Rounds
Northampton
Dix
C. F. Morley
H. Searle
Hudson
Mortey
Morley
Fred Ward
Walpole
Joseph Bates
Lehigh
Lancashire
Walter Housden
S. Greenhall
Sandbeach
Housden
Bates
Ward
National Skating Association
Lingey Fen
WF. W. Dix
CG. I. Morley
G. Page
Tottenham
R. A. Hell
Putney
Men Chosen for Cable Chess Play
Five members of the American chess sextet to play Oxford and Cambridge on March 21 were picked by the cable match committee representing Harvard Yale Columbia and Princeton. The players selected are W H Hughes L J Wolff J T Black H Blumberg and K S Johnson. A sixth member will be chosen from G E Jefferson Yate and L Williams in a decisive match at Princeton.
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Oxford
Cambridge
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Princeton
W. H. Hughes
University of Pennsylvania
L. J. Wolff
J. T. Black
Cornell
H. Blumberg
K. S. Johnson
G. E. Jefferson
Yate
L. Willams
Wonderful record by a young pitcher Moore in extra innings
Paul Moore of the Peoria Three-Eye league staff set a world mark by pitching three extra inning games in two weeks totaling 55 innings. He started with a 22 inning win over Clinton on July 25, followed by a 15 inning victory over Clinton and an 18 inning loss to Cedar Rapids.
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Paul Moore
Peoria
Moore
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Stauffer
NEARLY LOSES STAR CATCHER
The Detroit tale of star catcher Jimmy Archer almost losing his form. Early spring training had him struggling as he crouched and rushed throws, sparking worry from Jennings who urged a steadier stride. Archer persisted, returning to his crouch and soon regaining smooth throws. He is expected to be a star next year.
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Detroit
Jimmy Archer
Jennings
Archer
Jimmy
Hughie
Jeems
Aatar
Do It Yourself Silver Plating Method
APopular Mechanics recipe explains dissolving eight silver quarters with nitric acid and salt to form silver chloride, then washing and dissolving the precipitate in potassium cyanide and sodium hypochlorite solution to create plating bath. Items can be plated by immersion in the solution for 10 to 20 minutes after cleaning.
Folding WashstandPatent Idea for Small Bathrooms
A folding washstand designed for baths and lavatories folds against the wall above the tub when unused to save space. The wash basin sits on wall pivot brackets with a hose attached to the spigot supplying water.
New Anaesthetic Stovaine Described by U S Expert
A report to the Washington Bureau of Manufactures details stovaine a new anaesthetic by F W Malvin of the United States at Nottingham. It causes paralysis below injection and loss of limb sensation enabling a patient to witness surgery while remaining conscious. The name honors discoverer Fourneau who rendered it as stove with a final ending.
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F. W. Malvin
United States
Nottingham
Bureau of Manufactures
Washington
M. Fourneau
Fourneau
Experiments With Mirror Puzzle At Armenian Shoemaker’s Shop
A trick sign is read as English by placing a frameless mirror across the script. A friend tries to decipher, sees only the reversed text, and may stop after the first letter as his hand appears to be blocked by the reflection.
Mirror Illusion Experiments on Writing and Shell Optics
A detailed description explains how mirror inversions affect writing and perception. It outlines a paralyzed writer tracing with a pencil, then an egg shell experiment to induce a convex illusion in the shell when viewed through a hole. The effect varies with distance and eye position, and can be undone by separating eye and shell.
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Scientific American
Land for Boys and Rest
A reflective piece laments the need for a place where boys can sleep undisturbed, dream, and rest away from turmoil. It imagines an island retreat, contrasts with parental pressure, and muses on change, luck, and the value of simple solace in life.
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Jimmy
Bounding Deep
Parisians Study Voices Find Bass Requires More Effort
Dr Marage reported to the Academy of Medicine in Paris that bass voices demand 17 to 18 times more work than baritone or tenor to achieve the same effect. He noted men tire more quickly than women or children and that bass voices fatigue men most.
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Marage
Academy of Medicine At
Paris
Acorns Fetch Four Dollars A Bushel For Planting Use
A Tennessee farmer ships acorns north earning as high as four dollars per bushel during sustained trade. The goods move in and out of New York Harbor with shipments passing near many travelers. In the prior year the harbor handled about 2,957,828 passenger movements outside the steerage.
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Tennessee
New York Harbor
Atoamera
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Feil
Adam
Capt. Dray
Science
Gustav Michaud
Script and Translation
Bill
Wwe
Horace
Ovid
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