New Reflector Aims To Improve Street Lighting
New York section of the Illuminating Engineering Society notes Dr Clayton H Sharp's device using paired parabolic mirrors to direct lamp rays toward streets. The system claims to provide continuous illumination with better light use than existing spot lighting.
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New York
Illuminating Engineering Society
Clayton H. Sharp
Thrifty Glasgow Worker Hoards Cotton Waste in One Room
A Glasgow working woman stored cotton waste from floor to two feet below the ceiling in a single room. The waste weighed about twenty tons and yielded £7 7s 4d when sold. She said she stored it while unable to work, with an employer in fringe and tassel making allowing her to take away waste beyond her weekly wage after she cleaned up on Saturdays.
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Glasgow
French investigator cites animal reasoning and cats imitation
A French investigator notes domestic animals show reasoning and reflex actions and can infer from what they eat. He observes cats imitate voice and movements of their masters. He mentions old watchdogs barking with intonation resembling their owner and that cats use cry patterns to signal what they want.
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Fie
The King's Daughters Aid Tent Workers in New York
The King's Daughters organize to aid the evangelic committee of New York by supporting tent work. For a year they maintain neighbor circles at nearly every tent center, provide water and tent repairs, visit homes, and invite women to attend meetings. They assist scantily clad youths, aid mothers with rents, and help find employment for the unemployed.
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King’s
Evangelic Committee of
New York
Watson Baker’s Remarkable Third Set Of Teeth Emerges
An elderly man named Watson Baker, 83, reports growing a third set of teeth. He notes two new teeth appear doubled, all due to excellent health and long habit of chewing corn on the cob.
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Watson Baker
Eeroudly
Mr. Baker
Fragmentary Natural History Note on Bird Ears and Beaty Flap
A brief, garbled observation describes bird ear structure with back ears hidden and feathers covering a small opening. It notes the absence of outer ears and mentions a so called Beaty flap and its surprising implications for flight or balance.
New York delegate John B. Allen dies in city
John B. Allen aged 96 years and six months, who helped steer a Lincoln nomination as New York delegate, died in New York City a few days ago. He backed Lincoln while the delegation chair named William H. Seward as presidential choice.
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John. B. Allen
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Pawan
Lincoln
William H. Seward
New York City
Artcraft Institute to Establish Educational Farm in Chicago
The Artcraft Institute of Chicago, active since 1900 and aiding over 600 unskilled women to gain self sufficiency through home and occupation training, plans to expand by creating an educational farm. The institute functions as a blend of school, club, and workshop reaching from home to business.
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Artcraft Institute
Chicago
Unclear excerpt from historic report notes inmate interaction
Fragmentary OCR text records a librarian style remark from a superintendent and an inmate. The dialogue mentions a superintendent walking near a unit and an inmate comparing him to others, with a brief exchange about being “one of us.”
Notable English Foundling Names and Places of Birth
Historic cases of foundlings in England show naming by location with examples such as Tom from Newark-upon-Trent later known as Dr. Thomas Mangus ambassador. At Bethnal Green a child was termed all the World and at Bisham another was christened Thomas Trash.
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England
Tom
Newark-upon-Trent
Thomas Mangus
Bethnal Green
Anp
Bisham
Thomas Trash
Tailor Creases Recall Old Chicago Dress Shame
In a reflection on tailoring history readers note that creases in trousers once signaled ready made garments and buyer prayers for ironing sparked memories of eras when such details held social stigma.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Narasaki Port: Japan's oldest port and top trading hub
Narasaki claims oldest port status in Japan where Portuguese merchants first landed 326 years ago. It ranks among the five most important ports, with a 76,000 population. Its harbor can accommodate the largest vessels in the world.
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Narasaki
Japan
Oldest shot tower tale tied to Bristol invention
Swedish inventor outlines a method referencing an old Bristol shot tower built by William Watts in 1760s. It describes a hole in floor centers and a cellar setup, framed as a historical context for a new plan. The fragmentary text cites archaic construction ideas and non-illuminating details.
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William Watts
Bristol
England
Obscure 19th Century Notes on Livestock and Transport
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Palestine sheep with heavy tails and weights, mention a London motor omnibus and various transportation ideas, plus references to violin wood, meat curing plants, leather factors, and other seemingly unrelated terms.
Care of the Hair by Experts in The Woman's World
An expert overview discusses scalp health and dandruff as the root of hair loss, opposing harsh brushing and stressing medical cleansing, proper washing every three weeks, and avoiding contaminated tools. It advocates cool air, hats or no hats, and patience, noting tonics require continued use for lasting results.
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Katherine Bibby
Good Housekeeping
Fashionable tailored suits for autumn
Grace Margaret Gould notes in Woman's Home Companion that autumn tailoring shifts to slim lines with little fullness. Skirts remain short and closely cut while Paris presses extreme four yard skirts, provoking questions about practicality for American women.
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Grace Margaret Gould
Paris
Americas
Diet guidelines for young children from a 1910s source
The article outlines a daily diet for young children including beef, lamb, white meat like chicken, and milk with optional cream and water mixtures. It emphasizes not overcooking beef and lamb, cooking chicken thoroughly, and introduces eggs, broths, cereals, and occasional candy or sugar as desserts.
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Sears
Jean M. D
Woman's Home Companion
How to Hang Pictures in a Childs Room
Guidance from a Woman’s Home Companion article on hanging pictures, stressing eye level, balance, and groupings. Use a central axis, place a large frame near the center, balance with smaller ones, and avoid visible wires. Two hooks recommended, avoid triangles, keep wires straight and tidy.
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Abbott Throop
Simple daily facial massage for wrinkle prevention
A Harper's Bazaar excerpt urges women to incorporate massage into every cleansing routine. The author swears by using a hot cloth to wipe the face, then applies and removes cold cream with the same massage motions, claiming long years of good results.
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Harper's Bazar
Tested Recipes Bride's Cake and Frosting
War era cake recipe with butter sugar flour corn starch and baking powder. Steps include beating eggs and milk, folding in almond extract, baking in two pans, then preparing boiled frosting with almond and vanilla. Instructions warn about frosting consistency and beating time for best results.
Recipe fragment on Bollea online var eye with ingredients
An unclear fragment lists ingredients for a recipe including half a eye with one half and a date a or vanilla and almond extract. It mentions one four of a teaspoon but the text is garbled and stray words appear such as pecans shredded coconut and chopped date.
Washington Pie Recipe From A Broken Text
A fragmented recipe describes beating yolks with lemon color and a Dover beater, then gradually adding pagers and water with lemon extract. It instructs mixing corn starch flour with baking powder and salt, folding in stiff egg whites, baking in seven inch tins, and baking in a moderate oven with sugar or crust optional.
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Washington
Corn Patties Fry in Butter With Cream and Eggs
A recipe instructs to mix grated corn with two beaten eggs one half cup of cream and one half cup of flour plus half a teaspoon baking powder. Season with pepper and salt and fry spoonfuls in butter.
Fruit Fudge Recipe From an Earlier Era
A fragmentary recipe describes making a fruit fudge using sugar milk butter vanilla nut meats dates or raisins and shredded coconut. Boil sugar butter and milk to a soft ball in cold water then cool slightly add vanilla fold in fruit and coconut and pour into a platter to cool and cut into squares.
Prepared Orange Ripening Method From Old Magazine
A historical note explains gathering oranges too soon can be improved by stove heat. Heat at moderate levels for about 30 minutes until fruit yields to the hand. Peel rind off like a glove, remove seeds and core if possible, then cut into portions. Add water and plenty of sugar.
A Reason for Insurgents and Stalwarts in Debate
A fragmentary verse by W. B. Barr argues insurgents confront stalwarts over reforms. The piece questions fairness, profits, and access to equal chance, predicting upheaval through rostrum and pen as Congress debates power and temper.
Belvidere Brooks Visits London Broadway Climes
Los Angeles Times reports Colonel Belvidere Brooks Western Union GM touring London Broadway with W L Lamb. Brooks comments on climate and a striking brunette, then Lamb teases him to stay on task while noting the Arkansas relative and damp climate joke.
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Belvidere Brooks
Los Angeles Times
Western Union Telegraph Company
New Roe
Londes Fle
Broadway
W. L. Lamb
Brooks
Ma Lamb
California
Lamb
Genla
Arkansas
Brooke
First Aid for Insect Bites and Stings in Everyday Life
A historical guide outlines immediate care for bee wasp and hornet stings, plus bites from Hemiptera. It recommends removing the irritant, applying ammonia or chloroform, and cautions against mud plasters. It notes mosquitoes spreading malaria and advises preventive measures and a field use of anti venom serum in severe cases.
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Tedhly
Hemipetra
Curing Consumption by Milk Strippings Cures
Dr B J Hendall of Geneva IL explains a milk based cure for consumption claiming nutrition, fat gain, and a diet of rich milk strippings can restore vitality and overcome bacillus tuberculosis. He advises Jersey cows, high cream content, immediate consumption after milking, and gradual daily quart goals to rebuild strength.
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B. J. Hendall
Geneva
Dr. Osler
Robert Koch
Father of Savings Banks Highlighted in Edinburg Fest
The article profiles Dr. Duncan of Ruthwell as the originator of savings banks in Scotland and notes opposition from authorities and critics like Cobbett. It traces the movement from a small two-plank chamber in Dumfries to the modern British Post Office Savings Bank and its vast national impact.
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Indianapolis
Edinburgh
Duncan
Ruthwell
Benjamin Klin
England
Chapel Street
Dumfries
Perals Cobbett
We Bank
T. P
United Kingdom
Georgia Mayor Mimics Old Time Editor in Wedding Rite
Augusta Herald reports Mayor George W. Tiedeman quipping about drafting a municipal bill hastily as he mirrors an old Georgia editor who served as mayor, deacon, lawyer, and estate agent while balancing a sudden wedding scene in a four-column editorial.
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Augusta Herald
George W. ‘Tiedeman
Ie Pashan
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