Flying Machine Problems and Other News Highlights
English aeronaut Henry Farman wins a 10000 prize for first kilometer flight in a machine heavier than air near Paris. Wright brothers noted but not publicly exhibited. Discussion on air resistance, power, and equilibrium. Black roses from Fetisoff impress florists. New York considers smoking ban for women. Germany and US youth training contrasts. Japan restricts Hawaii immigration. New York financiers selling autos. Anandering cited as a growing career. A St Louis divorce claim and jokes about weight balance close the item.
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Henry Farman
Farmer
Paris
Farm
Alexander Graham Bell
Farman
A Funny Giant Social Card Game
A humorous party trick suggests one guest impersonates a giant by placing a smaller friend on shoulders, disguising the face with burnt cork, and using a hat. A showman guides the act with playful talk, but the performance should be brief to respect the participant’s feelings.
A New Cut-Out Cut Out White Space Around the Head
A brief design note discusses removing surrounding white space around a head to create a cleaner cut-out effect. The instruction implies adjusting margins and negative space for a sharper visual focus on the subject.
Toys From Egg Shells for Handy Boys
Simple craft tale from Magical Experiments describes making a chicken toy from an empty egg shell, bread head eye tacks beak feathers legs and wire perch. A section of dialogue follows about a weary teacher and a pun on nap sack.
Morning sunstirs girl as moon lone in sky
A child rises early and greets the sun with wonder, recalling a tiny miscue of the heavens. The judge notes how people claim there is a jolly good time, yet such moments are rare.
Susie the pig who followed her farmer to town
Martha D. Taylor recounts Susie the pig adopted by Uncle Hezekiah. Thrown into a hay bed after a pig pen birth, Susie grows hungry for affection and follows her master three miles to town, awaiting forgiveness and supper at home. The tale ends with a loving homecoming.
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Susie
Hezekiah
Sam
Court House
Uncle Hezekiah
Martha D. Taylor
Detroit Free Press
Willing Fingers Sewing Convenience Card
Instructions describe making a pin cushion needlebook and emery bag from silk scraps and red flannel to resemble a strawberry or acorn. Each piece uses a ribbon tie and a safety pin to attach the item to a dress. A final quip imagines a suitor offering a daughter's hand in exchange for a pocket handkerchief.
San Francisco Moves to Build Angel Island Immigrant Station
San Francisco plans a major Angel Island immigration complex with a 300 by 200 foot administration building and four wings including hospital and housing for European and Oriental entrants. A $300000 appropriation plus $200000 sought will fund two boats and expanded facilities to screen and hold arriving migrants.
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San Francisco
Panama Canal
New York
Golden Gate
Angel Island
Ellisa Land
New York Harbor
Metcalf
Immigration
Sargent
Ellis Island
Medical Department
Medical Inspection Department
Pacific Street
Laying a Cement Walk for Long-Lasting Paths
Guidance from House and Garden on building durable cement walks. Use a brickbat or cinder foundation at least 12 to 18 inches deep for drainage, compact ground, and let it settle. Create a two course mix with a 1 4 3 5 ratio of Portland cement to sand to stone, finishing with a one inch layer. Plan work after frost leaves the ground and before spring gardening begins.
Greed of the Benefactor Explores a Selfish Patron
A. C. Benson writes from Putnam about a wealthy influential man who helps others not to aid but to gain credit and power. He uses time and money to entangle friends in obligation, prompting resentment as he demands return favors and resists other interference. Chateaubriand cautions that prompt repayment is not true benevolence.
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A. C. Benson
Putnam's
Chateaubriand
Planets and their Inhabitants as Seen by Oliver Lodge
Sir Oliver Lodge speculates Venus hosts lizards and primitive life analogous to Earth's carboniferous age with steam filled skies. Mars, by contrast, offers land, polar snow, and seasons, with study to intensify by next August as major telescopes focus on the planet and its two moons.
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Venus
Sir Oliver Lodge
Earth
Mars
Society Tyranny and the Call for Sympathy Across Classes
A speaker condemns modern society for selfishness and aloofness toward the poor and sick. He warns that disdain and class snobbery erode civilization, urges less malice and more affection, and calls for direct contact and kindness across all social strata.
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United States
New York and Her Problems Capital city faces vast growth and needs planning
The article argues New York, as a capital city, attracts top scientists authors artists and leaders and must plan for a population near 10 million. It urges broad minded planning for railways docks public buildings and a strong unifying government to harmonize diverse city elements.
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Philadelphia
Boston
New York
New York Bay
Greatest Sin of the Age by Cardinal Gibbons
Cardinal Gibbons argues the social evil surpasses drinking as a national threat. He warns that education must foster serious living and personal responsibility for both men and women to ensure the nation’s survival and happiness.
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Acxea
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Goshen Daily Democrat
JOS
Goshen
Fetisoffs
Piotr Fetisoff
Voronezh
Fetisoff
Germany
National Society For the Promotion of Industrial Education
Baltimore
Tokyo
Japan
Hawaii
Kansas
St. Louis
Dottie
Dot
Gladys
New Ellis Island
WAD
Modern Society
The
Cardinal Gibbons
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