Water lifts boats over the Alps in new Swiss project
The Technical World Magazine notes plans to move loaded boats between Italy and Germany using water tubes to raise and lower vessels over the Alps. Italian engineers envision a new trade artery boosting trans continental commerce. Yale and Missouri plan four year journalism programs to train reporters alongside other professions.
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Alps
Switzerland
H. G. Hunting
Technical World Magazine
Europe
Italy
Germany
National Art Gallery sets plans for collections move
National Art Gallery officials meet with Roosevelt Secretary Wal sethe and advisory committee representing the National Academy of Design the Fine Arts Federation and the National Sculpture Society to decide on distributing collections now valued at 1 6 million dollars The Smithsonian Regents agree to give up the old building for the gallery once the new national museum is ready and a Freer collection will be nearby This development draws sharp public interest across the nation according to the Boston Herald
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National Art Gallery
Sit Roosevelt
Wal Sethe
Smithsonian Institution
National Academy of Design
Fine Arts Federation
National Sculpture Society
National Gallery
Art
National Museum
Freer
Boston Herald
Omional
The Simple Life and Marital Strain in Hard Times
The text contrasts women's quiet self denial with men's harsher reaction to poverty. It cites observations by W. K. Vanderbilt Jr on marriage requiring a simple life, yet notes that even this path does not guarantee happiness amid ongoing troubles.
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Jana
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Byron Quote Highlights Play's Double Sided Fate
Henry J Byron, famed English playwright of the past, quipped that a good play attracts demand like a box of cigars, while a bad one cannot be salvaged by all the world. The remark captures stage fortunes and public taste.
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Henry J. Byron
Man Seeks Divorce Amid Refusal Over Porous Jahack
A man seeks a divorce after his wife refused to consent to a porous jahack incident. He claims grounds for dissolution and notes he would have zero recourse if the situation worsens.
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Walt
Egypt's Assouan Dam risks submerging ancient temples
The Assouan dam raises Nile water, threatening Philae and other Nubian temples. Built from granite blocks with 180 sluice gates, the structure spans 1.25 miles and rises 130 feet. Completion in 1902 created irrigation for farmlands, but moisture and shifting foundations threaten sacred monuments.
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Egypt
Assouan
Nile
Assouan Dam
Cairo
Philae
Lower
Nubia
Precautions for Disinfecting Rooms and Quick Cold Remedies
Practical tips warn against sealed rooms during sulfur disinfection and urge ample ventilation. For colds, advice includes quinine or camphor, hydration, light diet, and avoiding draughts. A potato poultice is described as a simple, heat-retaining treatment with step by step preparation.
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Thia
Unclear dialogue between Tourist and Howling Dervish
Fragmentary exchange shows two characters, a tourist and a Howling Dervish, engaging in a comic or surreal verbal clash with exclamations and mock reverence. The text hints at a performance or street encounter rather than a formal event.
New Gowns Feature Bold Trimmings and Tassels
Grace Gould notes a fashion trend of bold trimmings in summer gowns. Soutache and heavy cotton braid highlight outlines, tassels decorate gowns, and laces are paired with fabrics. Satin plaitings, sometimes in empire green, enhance silk voile and net gowns. Buttons, including fabric covered and pearl, appear on gowns and lingerie waists.
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Grace Margaret Gould
How to Sew on Buttons for Longevity and Strength
Advice for durable button sewing covers best practices for common fabrics and children’s wear. It advises placing knots beneath the button, choosing proper thread paths, and winding thread to secure the button firmly. Four hole buttons should be sewn straight across in two passes, not diagonally, to avoid center breakage.
Pinafore Style Blossoms From Paris Sketch
A Paris inspired pinafore model evolves from a Parte influence, presenting a practical chic suitable for school girls. The sketch highlights how the pinafore remains a favored, convenient bodice style that endures beyond trends.
New Salad Dressing Method From Miss Barrows
A household dressing recipe from Miss Barrows of Teachers' College blends a soft boiled custard with a hot seasoned vinegar. The custard uses milk and egg yolks, while the other part combines flour butter mustard sugar salt and vinegar. Mix cook combine and finish by boiling briefly then serve or chill for weeks.
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Miss Barrows
Teachers’ College
Emma Paddock Telford
Strawberries in Custard Dessert Recipe
Rich boiled custard made with six eggs two whites omitted one cup milk half cup blanched almonds and a lemon flavor. Layer strawberries with sugar and custard in a glass dish, repeat, garnish with large strawberry chrysanthemums and almonds, served with light cake.
Test Yeast Freshness and Household Cleaning Instructions
The piece explains how to test yeast by floating and foaming in warm water with sugar, then advises on cleaning osprey with white soap and tepid water, rinsing with blue-tinted water and drying, followed by slow oven reheating of steak pieces.
Blouse for a Young Girl Description and Materials
A simple blouse of ring veil with braces of chine ribbon edged in narrow lace. Reverses turn over from bust to waist and lace frills finish the bands. Materials listed: 1 1/2 yards veil 40 inches wide 2 1/2 yards ribbon about 1 dozen lace frills.
Street Fashion Note on Summer Garment Styles and Fabrics
The article outlines summer dress trends featuring lightweight voiles and wool, with cotton and linen yielding to pongee and rajah fabrics during peak heat. It describes short coats, border skirts, lace or Hagerie waists, and V-opening coats with three buttons, plus collar and pocket details for robe patterns and linens.
The Seasor's Little Coat Fashion Note
Describes short picturesque coatees to accompany princess and semi princess frock. Notes cutaway coats in silk velvet cloth or matching materials with sleeveless or integrated sleeves. Discusses numerous coats with sleeves extended to align with the coat body.
Simple Cleaning Method For Embroidered Items
The passage describes a cleaning technique for embroidered shirt waists, centerpieces, and doilies made for friends. It notes that many will have unfinished work and offers a method to achieve cleanliness by sprinkling the material thickly with a substance.
Advertising Conviction and Vaccination Observations
A newspaper piece warns readers to trust ads only for true claims and asks buyers to insist on exact products. A Lithuanian woman in a Free Vaccination Ward discusses vaccination, noting its link to citizenship and naturalization in a reflective exchange with a young surgeon.
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Other 19th Century Ads
An OCR fragment showcases ads and endorsements for Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio, praising internal use and testimonials. Additional lines promote Hall's Family Pills, a 5c Lewis’ cigarette, and generic sales pitches urging duty and honesty.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Alding, Kinnan & Maggin
Hall
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Help for Women
Thousands of American women suffer daily from female troubles and seek relief. Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is praised as a life changing remedy, with testimonials from Mrs F Ellsworth of Mayville and Mrs W P Boyd of Beaver Falls. The ad urges sick women to try the standard root and herb-based treatment for displacements inflammation irregularities backache and related pains.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
F. Ellsworth
Mayville
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Duke of Con
Benjamin Baker
Lord Cromer
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Paris
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