Pension plan urged for United States Life-Saving Service
A proposed retirement and pension system for Life-Saving Service surfmen is urged in Congress. The plan aims to reward service and disability, aid recruitment, and recognize the service as essential, noting the service's size, danger, and the value of lifesaving operations along coastlines and Great Lakes.
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Congress
United States
Coast Patrol
Sam
Lves
Ife
Uncle Sam
Paf
Jersey
Pegasto
Berch
New Jersey
United
Newell
Morter
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
Wa‘ter
Entertaining at home Brain exercise for boys and girls
On a cold winter evening children can solve math puzzles for amusement and instruction. The kit of problems includes finding numbers multiplying to seven, arranging fours fives to make six and a half, and other arithmetic conundrums with provided solutions.
Child spills ink on pink frock in curious note scene
An elderly speaker recalls a seven year old girl who talked of Nell and gave a surprising account. The child writes notes and spills an ink bottle on her new pink dress, creating a vivid, if minor, domestic moment.
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Nell
Silver Coin Jump Trick With Conical Wine Glass
A reader describes a classroom magic trick using a conical wine glass and a silver dollar with a silver quarter beneath it. Breathing on the dollar causes it to rotate upright while the bottom breath makes the quarter jump across the table, then the dollar returns to its horizontal position.
Beasts and Bees in Ancient Siege Tales
A historical anecdote describes Themiscyra using bees and wild animals from a city menagerie to fend off a siege. The article notes Chester later employed overturned bee hives to repel Danes and Norwegians, illustrating unconventional warfare in ancient and medieval times.
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Themiscyra
Asia Minor
England
Chester
Hasta
Columbia Team Driven by a Dog's Courage in Ithaca
In 1905 at Ithaca Columbia trailed Princeton but rallied after halftime. Captain Fisher inspired players by comparing Bill the white bulldog mascot to the team’s nerve. Bill bravely bit a red hot poker, yelping from the sidelines spurring Columbia to a 12 to 6 victory.
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Ithaca
Carnell
Columbia
Princeton
Bill
Bil
Morley
Fisher
von Saltza
American Magazine
Early Ice Skates Emerged From Necessity Not Fun
The New York Evening Post credits the invention of skates to practical needs and highlights Holland as the origin point. Danish historians cite skating in 1134, with bone skates used in northern Europe and England. In twelfth century London youth improvised by tying animal bones to feet and pushing off the ice.
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New York Evening Post
Holland
Friesland
England
Fitzsteplen
London
Skate Bodies of Aluminum
Aluminum skate bodies are being produced in Cleveland, claiming lighter weight without sacrificing strength. The Popular Magazine notes the metal’s craft potential for improved skating equipment.
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Cleveland
Skates of Aluminum Show Blade Inset Design
A blade of steel about five percent inch wide and one sixteenth inch thick is inserted in aluminum skates. Illustrations depict the body before finishing and a completed skate with blade positioned.
Playing Lady in a Dream Ballad Fragment
A fragmented verse describes a young woman with ribbons in her hair and a long skirt, declaring she is grown up for a fair. The scarce text presents a stage or costume image rather than a full narrative.
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AOL
Brain
Themiscyraeans
Columbia Squad
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