Antique oak and its unglazed truth in furniture
Special Correspondent Geo E Blake explains how antique oak furniture is made from American white oak. He contrasts plain and quarter sawn logs, shows how medullary rays create figure, and details aging methods from ammonia fumes to staining. He notes price gaps with English oak and argues for native quarter sawn beauty.
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New York
Ohio
Kentucky
Indiana
Anumonia
Geo
E. Blake
Georgia's Scientific School Opens at Atlanta
Special Correspondence from Atlanta reports Georgia establishing the Georgia School of Technology in Atlanta as the Empire State of the South. The two-building campus, valued around 150000, will educate over 200 students in science and industrial arts with a European-inspired method adapted to the South. Atlanta funds and site won the location over Macon Athens and Milledgeville.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Georgia School of Technology
New South
Macon
Athens
Milledgeville
Technological School
State University At
University of Georgia
Augusta
Dahlonegaan
School of Technology
Europe
F. J. Cooxe
Memory and the role of memory in modern civilization
The text argues that despite abundant books and newspapers memory remains crucial. It asserts memory is used more than in ancient times as knowledge expands and civilization advances. It concludes that overall intelligence grows and memory shares in that progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science Monthly
Causes of Colds Tied to Street Gases and Smoking, Doctors Say
A New York Times interview highlights doctors blaming street fumes and cigarette smoke for cold prevalence. Dr Sayre, Dr Ruppauer, and Dr Robertson cite polluted air, damp climate, and poor dress as key factors, noting rising catarrh and throat troubles among city residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis A. Sayre
Anthony Ruppauer
New York
Sea Mirror
T. 8
Robertson
Dr.Sayre
Ruppauer
Broadway
Forty Second
Boston
Delmonico’s
New York Times
Rain Gambling in Bombay Monsoon Sees Public Morals Questioned
The Bombay rain gamblers bet on rainfall amounts in sutta saloons near a police station during the monsoon. Two rain gauges serve as the only implements, while shroff bankers settle disputes and the activity is described as a picturesque but morally troubling form of betting in an Indian Monte Carlo scene.
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Bombay
England
India
Sutta
Inc
London Standard
Trade secrets and the western haymakers
A Boston Budget note critiques business secrecy in manufacturing. A shop owner fears exposing methods to rivals, yet history shows western competitors often improve on hidden techniques. The piece argues openness leads to greater innovation and progress in production.
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Boston
Epitome of juvenile literature praised by readers
Harper's Young People lauded for its attractive juvenile content and rich pictures and stories. Reviews from the Boston and Brooklyn papers call it a weekly feast of good reading for boys and girls in every family.
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Harper's Young People
Kirke Munroe
W. O. Stoddard
Waxland
R. K. Munkittrick
Nels Thurlow
J.t.trowbridge
Three Wishes
F. Anstey
Brander Matthews
Howard Pyle
Felix L. Oswald
Sophia B. Merrick
Dickens
Margaret F. Sangster
Oston Courier
Brooklyn Union
Christian Advocate
The Living Age literary promotion offer
Foremost Living Writers extols The Living Age periodical as indispensable in literature and thought. The notice promotes weekly publication at $8 yearly plus free 1888 issues, with club rates including The Living Age and Harper’s Weekly or similar monthlies for $10.56 per year postpaid.
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Europe
Great Britain
Our Times
Christian At Work
New York
The
Churchman
Presbyterian
Philadelphia
New York Observer
the Watchman
Boston
Philadelphia Inquirer
New York Triine
Alb
Nashville
Canada Presbyterian
Toronto
Montreal Gazette
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Harpers Weekly
Bacar
Littell & CO
Notice for Publication Not Lacatic
Public notice page advertises subscription details for illustrated articles on electricity and deep mining. It lists prices for a year's subscription, numbers for 1889 and 1888, and states materials will be issued by Charles Scribner's Sons at 743 Broadway.
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Scribner's Magazine
Thomas l. James
Robert Louis Stevenson
Ballantrae
J. F. Millet
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Walter Scott
Secon
James T. Fields
Ceres Cook
EK. H. Blashfield
Austinson
John Trowbridge
Charles Scribner's Sons
Broadway
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OUR
Hecrames
Georgia’s Scientific School
South
Georgia Institute OF Technology
Mance
Charles A. Vogeler Co
Balto., Md
Harper’s Young People
An Illustrated Weekly
Harper & Brothers
Littell
Story
Kent
Adams
Sparks
Prescott
Ticknor
Bancroft
HIS Pafer & Son
Rprustee
Kaftin Bennett
Weld County
Colorado
Weld
Alfred T. Bacon
Ay Court House
Greeley
Towit
Greeley Tribune
T’ruster
Whieanas
Rufus J. Lyman
Ada V. Parker
I. J M. Wolaver
King Irrigation Company
J. M. Wolaver
Shreiff
Denver
District Court
Dallas Lee
Sone
South Range
John Spitz
Theodore Spitz
William Tews
Pine Bluffs
Wyo
T. M. Jones
Grover
Colo
F. J. Mott
Ss. J Gilmore
Larimer Street
P. A. Box
SLES
Platte Land Company
S. J. Gilmore
Oppenheim, & Co
Columbia St
N. Y. City
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