Capri San Michele garden tour on the terrace
From the Great Terrace at San Michele a narrator surveys Capri, its distant Ponza Ischia and Vesuvius, and details garden progress on the hill. He describes terraces, bulbs, roses, and a water vault beneath the vineyards, pondering future development and ancient Roman influences.
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Capri
San Michele
Naples
Ponza
Ischia
Procida
Nisida
Phsilippo
Vesuvius
Apennine Range
Bay of Sorrento
Sant’ Angelo
Ravello
Balerno
Gulf
Augustus Caesar
Rome
Italy
Monte Solaro
Freesia
Castiglione
Virgil
Mme
Guelder
Ieeciamens
Givaca
Ocean Liner Metropolis Rose From The River Banks
A narrator describes an 11 story ocean liner nearly 200 feet longer than the capitol and built of steel brass bronze silver gold with teak oak and mahogany. It sits by a river as workers assemble it over two years and its vast frame appears immovable yet will float when complete.
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Capitol
Washington
Buyker Hill
Old Age Pension Debate Says Pensions Too Low
A London Opinion commentary questions the sufficiency of old age pensions and mocks the pace of reforms, noting the rising number of elderly people and ongoing concerns about welfare support. The piece reflects public frustration with pension policy.
Comic fragment on handbills and management humor
An oddly phrased comic panel centers on a quarrel about handbills and job duties. The exchange features a boss and a distributor trading taunts over tasks and timing, reflecting workplace satire.
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West Guy
Spinning Tops by Japanese Masters Display Remarkable Tricks
The article surveys Japanese top spinning with a wide range of devices and feats. It details large and small tops, windings that release flocks of smaller tops, lantern forms, and aerial catches including rope and mast tricks. It notes dexterous methods surpassing many cultures.
Parachute Toy From Indiana Men Amuses Town
Two Indiana men devised a globular parachute toy with a hinged shell and a weight ball. The catch is kept shut by a pin that lies on the ground and releases at the end of the cord, sending the shell aloft to deploy the parachute and gently descend with the shell leading for another throw.
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Indiana
A Real Handy Tree for Threaded Leaves
A tropical tree with needle like thorns at leaf tips provides ready threaded needles when pulled. The sharp leaf tip yields a strong fiber used by Mexicans for coarse cloth and sewing, making it a handy backyard plant for households with many boys.
Little James Speaks on His Father’s Teeth
In a humorous exchange a child reports to a minister that his father has a new set of false teeth. The minister gently asks what will be done with the old teeth and the boy quips they will be cut down so he can wear them.
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San Michele
Via Sacra
Augustus
Tiberius
Italy
James
Little James
Hand Can Be Held Still Pendulum Coin Trick
A party trick uses a 18 inch thread and a wax sealed coin attached to a card to make a coin swing toward a glass. When a volunteer rests her arm on a ruler and tries to stop the coin from hitting the glass she cannot, as the coin sways like a pendulum.
How to Lift Small Plate And Dancing Cork Dancer
Instructions describe lifting a plate with a glass using damp blotting paper and a saucer. Then a cork toy is assembled with a bullet, putty, tissue dress, and a pretend dancer face to make a dancing cork figure.
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Vyaver
William H. Rideing
Donegal
Seine Anse
Ithe
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