George Sand Remembered as Prolific Writer and Lovers
Elizabeth Drew notes in Letters of George Sand that Sand was a pioneer for women’s emancipation and a popular novelist in her time. Today her novels are largely unread and public fascination centers on her romantic affairs with Musset and Chopin.
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Jane Austen
George Sand
Elizabeth Drew
Alfred de Musset
Chopin
Exactness Carried to Extremes in Japan
A French visitor in Japan had his ruined dress suit replaced by a tailor who offered an exact reproduction. The tailor explained that a grease stain complicated the work and led to a slightly higher charge, with the final suit matching the original stain precisely as described in Pathfinder Magazine.
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Japan
Pathfinder Magazine
Warmth of Brickwork and Wall Construction
The bureau of standards notes many brick tile and frame wall types. Differences in workmanship affect warmth. When two wall types are described one can compute which is warmer from tests. Roof doors and windows appreciably reduce wall effects so heat needed to heat well built ordinary houses varies little by wall type.
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Bureau of Standards
Ink stain removal method using tomato juice guidance
Spilled ink on clothes should be treated immediately. If wet, press with blotting paper, rub fresh tomato juice in a circular motion from edge to center, let sit a few minutes, then wash as usual. If traces remain, repeat the process.
Pipe Organ Main Parts and Air System
The main components are wind supply, pipe work, and action. Wind comes from bellows pumping air into wind boxes that support the pipes. Air admission creates sounds. Large organs can have thousands of pipes up to 350 feet tall, with display pipes often being only a small portion or even dummy pipes.
First Grade Mystery: Little Girl Names Father Brown
Virginia Brown, six, started school and answered questions with gusto. Asked for her father's first name she said Mr Brown. The teacher pressed, asking for the daddy's first name, and Virginia fretted she did not know. Then she revealed her mother calls him Dear, a nickname she understands.
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Virginia
Brown
Holland's Canals Describe Life on Dutch Waterways
The inland canals of Holland are almost as populated as China’s waterways. Thousands of Dutch families live and die on canal boats. Barges carry freight at the bow while the owner and family reside in the stern. Winter freezes boats in place. summer sees constant movement.
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Holland
China
Social Notes From Homesville And Nearby Areas
Florence Mack visits Homesville near Columbus while Mrs Wilbert Mack and son Warren return from Shelocta. Various locals travel to Windber Johnstown Camp Harmony and Hooversville for visits and speaking engagements. A planned long tour through Chicago Northwest Alaska Canada includes many stops and lasts about four weeks.
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Samuel Mabon
John W. Huston
Indiana
Harl McGuire
Harl
Shirley Mae
Newport
Robert Brendlinger
A. J. Boyle
John McDowell
Johnstown
Edna Huston
Chicago
Iil
Chicagoland North Western
Union Pacific
Northwest Coast
Alaska
Canada
Omaha
Nebr
Granger
Wyoming
Pocatello
Idaho
Weat Yellowstone
Columbia River
Portland
Oregon
Tacoma
Wash
Mt., Ranier Park
Seattle
Canadian Steamship Co
Juneau
Sitka
Fort Wrangwell
Taku Glacier
Skaguay
Bore
Klondike
Bolivar residents travel and town notes fill week
Dr Ray Alexander and daughter Miss Margaret Alexander of Bolivar left Sunday for West Baden Springs Indiana for a vacation. Several townspeople were out visiting and shopping with notes of callers and travelers throughout the week. A visiting film star comments she rides horses and is fond of them, reflecting casual local chatter.
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Ray Alexander
Margaret Alexander
Bolivar
West Baden Springs
Ind
Harry Johns
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
Ralph Brett
King and Family
Uniontown
Fannie Pierce
Burnside
Clark Bartlebaugh
Virginia Ferrier
Emeigh
Helen
Sterner
Mansberger
John Kerr
Anna Brant
Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Rowley
Abrams
Punxsutawney
Mead Botings
Berringer
Erma Treese
Indiana
Alice McClinsey
Beulah
Ehensburg
Ray Buterbaugh
Longnecker
Leonard
Clymer
K. Rank
David Buterbaugh
Bradford
John Right
Richardsville
Ford Treese
Sunnyside
Wm. Norman
Arcadia
London
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Pennsylvania
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Asseta
Union Central Service
Medical Department
John B. Desantis
Philadelphia &J. Indiana
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Globe
Hetrick & Wilson
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