Weighing the mails in four year contract cycles
The article explains how the U S railway mail service weighs mail across four year contract cycles. Weighing districts run in parallel with divisions centered on Chicago Cleveland and Cincinnati. Weighing uses adding machines to replace large tabulating sheets and cut clerks needed, with the aim of finishing reports after weighing ends.
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United States
North Central States
Chicago
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Carle
Hungerford
Mr. Hungerford
Jawn
Beauty versus Style and Global Standards of Womanly Form
The article contrasts true beauty with shifting fashion, noting modern women distort figures for style. It cites Greek ideals and global practices: neck rings in Malacca, elongated ears in Pornes, drilled teeth in Pacific Islanders, and skull teeth in Copan, as evidence that beauty is culturally constructed and often painful.
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Worassee
Malaces
Odan
Pacific
Copan
Pornes
Monotony in Homes as Americans Seek Original Furnishings
The essay argues Americans mimic fashions in home decor while craving true originality. It notes crowded styles from green drawing rooms to red libraries and Rookwood lamps, predicting a shift toward individuality and hand crafted pieces as demand for factory furniture wanes.
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Washington Times
Ulsas
Countess Poteckas
Gibson Girl
Sargeant
Hosea
Rembrandt
Benjamin Esten
Ethel Barrymore
Pullman
Cape Cod
Orient
Public Utility Commissioner Discusses Prudent Appointments
Martin S. Decker of New Paltz, a member of New Yorks Public Utility Commission, warns that the bodies work must be done with utmost prudence. He cites a cautionary tale of a hotheaded school superintendent to illustrate dangers of haste.
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Wrone
Martin S. Decker
New Paltz
Public Utility Commissioners
New York
Decker
Nolse
Rome
Romantic entanglement tests an artist by the sea
Richard Filby battles a seaside love triangle as Flossie Burnett rehearses a delicate letter to reveal Jack Preston's existence and end the betrothal to Freda Whithers. The frustrated painter contemplates art and folly under a warm shore sky.
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Flossie
Terda
Richard Filby
Seaborough
Arther
London
FilBy
Freda Whithers
Forest Hill
Flossie Burnett
Coast Guard
R.A
Academy
Mr. Filby
Jack Preston
Flossie A
Mystery of the cliffside love triangle unfolds in Scarborough Inn
A coastguard recollects a suicide off Scarborough cliff linked to Fleasle Barnett and her flirtation with artist Filby. After a dramatic night, Flossie discovers the truth, while Filby flees to London only to return later with a burning note and a risky ruse that collapses under pressure.
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Coast Guard
Filby
Coastguard
Scarborough Inn
Barnett
Cape Town
Jack Preston
England
Flowie
Mr. Filby
Fleasle
Flomsle
Flossie
Fercely
Bell
Miana
Munrda
Mina
Seaborough
Tom
Plersie
Arlet
Fleanie
Cnast
Hia
Uwe
Mises
Richard Filby
West Kensington
Floresle Barnett
Flossle Barnett
Olghe
R Richard Filby
Flossie Barnett
Mise Barnett
Longest Telegraph Circuit From London to Teheran
The ind o European Telegraph company operates a 4000 mile London Teheran circuit using Wheatstone automatic transmission. Ten automatic repeaters exist between London and Teheran with Manchester and Liverpool traffic handled directly. silent operators are largely replaced by repeaters and batteries at each station.
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London
Taherane
Martin’s-le
Tite
Manchester
Liverpool
Teheran
Brainsagin Ha'r and the Williams Campaign
Misalasipp native Samp Lamp Giddings travels from West Virginia to plead with John Sharp Williams for influence in Washington. Williams relays Lamp's persona to McKinley, leading to a Philippines campaign and pension chatter. Lamp returns years later to demand attention, coining Brainsagin Ha'r as a political buzzword in a famed Mississippi debate held July Fourth.
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John Sharp Williams
Misalasipp
Washington
Lawn Shawp
Yatso
Saya Frederick Palmer
Col- Hers
Occansensity
Giddings
Samp
Williams
Jackr
McKinley
Lamp
War Department
Philippines
John Sharp
Yankee Senate
Vardaman
Isaac
Mississippi
Cecilian Waltz Promises Refined Dance Reform
The article reports on a proposed Cecilian waltz as a new season innovation. It describes side-by-side partnering, a flanking movement, a face-to-face transition, and four bars of plain waltzing in a sixteen-bar cycle. Teachers note pupil interest improving despite veteran protests.
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J. Woods
Lote
Amerion
Moe
Ssna McAnure
Fragmented OCR Note About Explorers and Women
Garbled text fragment mentions explorers and a feminine group with unclear context. No clear event dates names places or organizations are readable to form a factual summary.
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Jim
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Jack Rabbit
Texas
Beauty VS. Style
Jawa A. Tile
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Wiley Hewapaper
Francisco
California
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Ecannor
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