Women at Work in Washington Govern the Nation
A detailed profile of federal women in Washington holding key clerical and expert roles. The piece highlights manuscript restorers, bookbinders, currency and stamp inspectors, blind readers in the post office, artists for Agriculture, and a portrait sculptor, among others. It notes the range from routine to highly specialized tasks and lists notable positions and salaries including the land office proxy signer and the mint examiner, Mrs. Margaret V. Kelly.
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Uncle Sam's
Washington
Fair Sex
Uncle Sam
Department of State
Sam
Treasury Department
United States Post Office Department
Department of Agriculture
Otto Heldemann
Clara Barton
The
Red Cross Society
Ree Soda
Severnment Service
Aeyenr
Mrs. Leroy
Land Offce
William H. Taft
Land Office
Republic
Margaret V. Kelly
United States
Mint
Howells and Reporters Speak of Publicity and Work
The essay discusses Mr. Howells embracing publicity, recalling his newspaper days and love of book notices. It notes Stevenson’s pride in his good work, his modest presence in photographs, and contrasts Henley’s jealousy with the artist’s concern for reputation.
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Silas Lapham
Howells
Stevenson
W.E. Henley
Paying the Way Misread Dialog Stirs Local Talk
Fragments show a coin of polite exchange with a coal dealer. A tense note hints at a debt and a promise to pay soon. Residents interpret the dialogue as a social price moment or a bargain in the community.
Adjustable hinge for partitions In lavatories
A Connecticut inventor creates a box flange hinge adjustable to fit marble partitions from seven eighths to one and a quarter inches thick. The middle plate uses chevron slots and a movable side plate allows width changes before tightening screws. The free hinge to the door is spring loaded to auto close.
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Connecticut
Latest Chimney Design Promises All-Feature Construction
Designers unveil a new chimney system boasting brick inner and outer walls. The inner fire brick shields concrete from heat while the outer pressed brick allows any design, removing need for temporary forms.
New Ore Treatment Process Trial in America
A new method for all classes of ores uses nitric acid on sulphite ores to form sulphates, with nitric oxide fumes oxidized to nitrogen peroxide and driven through a quartz tower with water flow, claimed to recover 98 percent of the acid. The sulphate solution then undergoes electrochemical or chemical recovery steps to precipitate silver or mercury as chlorides, or silver on copper, and to recover copper by electrolysis or carbonate precipitation.
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America
True Mahogany or Cariniana Amahogany Lookalike Prompts Name Change
A forest service monograph says most so called mahogany in the United States is not true mahogany. The Colombian mahogany substitute is Cariniana pyriformis, a Lecythigaceae species with mahogany like grain and color. Its straight trunk averages three feet in diameter and fifty feet long, suitable for lumber and favored by cabinet-makers.
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Forest Service
Ruby Miners Wages Sparks Indian Perspective Debate
Indian observers deem low wages for Ruby and coal miners as fair pay from an Indian viewpoint. The report notes miners earning about 14 cents a day for Ruby workers and 10 cents for coal miners, reflecting local economic standards.
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India
Artificial gum from dessicated starch patent description
A French patent details an artificial gum made from dessicated starch or flour mixed with water and heated on steam rollers to form a paste then flakes. Acid or alkali is added to adjust adhesiveness, with temperatures around 110 to 120 C and small quantities of hydrochloric acid or sodium carbonate.
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Je ‘Kantorowicz
Fable chair for the baby and adult dining use
The piece is a combination chair that serves as a baby high chair and ordinary dining chair. When folded it looks like a standard chair, and lifting back converts it into a real high chair with standard height and tray. The seat is supported by a steel brace.
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Strel Sars
England Fixes Brick Size Then and Now
A historical note explains how England once taxed bricks to push loose large sizes for cellars and hidden places. The George III act and later repeal under Queen Victoria ended the tax, allowing bricks of any size but warns that changing the standard would cause substantial building disruption.
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England
Wien
George III
Queen Victoria
London
India Coal Output Tops Eleven Million Tons Yearly
An historical clipping notes India mines over 11,000,000 tons of coal annually and cites related industrial trends including asbestos near Lowell promising 100 tons daily and a Paris paving block machine.
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India
Hongkong
Lowell
Mass
China
Servia
Paris
Pennsylvania
Vermont
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ATP
Zeres Aera
LVF
EELS
Sleizps
Mr. Howells
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Fable
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