Fighting Fires in Skyscrapers Weighs Safety Limits
Special to The Sun New York Oct 17 fire officials debate skyscraper fire limits and new apparatus while noting standpipes from below, water pressure upgrades, and dirigible systems could keep fires from spreading. Some argue the fire department cannot cope above ten stories, others see innovations that may conquer high flames.
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New York
George W. Babb
New York Board of Fire Underwriters
Building Codes Revision Committee
Babb
Fire Department of
Fifty-ninth-st
Baltimore
International Assocition of Fire Engineers
Musham
Chicago
Brophy
Boston
New York Fire Department
Rise of Deaf Education Led by Volta Bureau in Washington
Washington report details the Volta Bureau in Georgetown founded from Bell’s Volta prize funds. Helen Keller helped inaugurate the building, which houses vast deaf education statistics, with the United States leading in deaf work ahead of Germany, Britain, and France. The piece also notes rising congenital deafness, a family tree of the trait, and the bureau’s broader international correspondences.
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United States
Germany
Great Britain
France
China
Cochin
England
Japan
Bureau
Justice Gaynor Defends Reform Over Judicial Obstruction
New York judge Wm J Gaynor, nominated by three parties, warns the judiciary against thwarting reforms. He urges judges and lawyers to discuss the trend of striking down legislation, cites gas rate cases, and argues courts should adapt common law to progress without becoming obstructionist to reforms.
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New York
Supreme Court
Wm. J. Gaynor
Brooklyn
Pennsylvania
Boy and Girl Cured of Sores by Cuticura Remedies
Mrs. Rose Floss of Chicago recounts successful use of Cuticura products to treat her boy’s facial sores, her daughter's facial and body sores, and a domestic mosquito bite case. She cites two to three months of use, photos, and gratitude to the Cuticura line.
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Cuticura
Rose Floss
Madison ‘St
Chicago
Ill
Poultry Queen of California Achieves Record Fairs
Sacramento based Mrs. O. H. Burbridge earns at least $5,000 in a four month capon season. She began with her first batch of eggs five years ago and has since won more ribbons and cups than any other in the state. Her work aims to prove that poultry raising is a woman’s field, with hotels as major buyers.
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Sacramento
Cal
O. H. Burbridge
California
Signs of Greatness in Herbert Spencer Tales
Rosaline Masson discusses Herbert Spencer's color sense in Cornhill. Anecdotes describe him paying a boy to ink light carpet spots and covering book titles with drab curtains. The piece notes women rarely exhibit such quirks and questions if that limits their reach to greatness.
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Rosaline Masson
Cornhill
Herbert Spencer
Inventor Bell and His Kite Flight Experiments Across Two Hemispheres
The article details Dr. Bell's laboratory near the Volta bureau in a vine covered red brick building. It notes his early wax cylinder phonograph impressions and his shifting focus to flight by studying kites. Bell splits time between Nova Scotia in summer and winter work near Fort Myer on the Virginia side of the Potomac.
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Bell
Japan
Volta Bureau
Dr. Bell
Nova Scotia
Virginia
Potomac
Fort Myer
Opinion on marriage and women's economic freedom
Mrs Elbert Hubbard asserts marriage will fail until women gain economic independence and men and women become interdependent. She credits the women's clubs and notes that much of women's standing as individuals comes from their civic engagement, aided by bicycling.
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Elbert Hubbard
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