Early efforts in flight traced from Da Vinci to airships
A historical survey of the evolution of flight describes Leonardo da Vinci's early wing ideas and traces progress through nineteenth century experiments. It highlights Lilienthal, Pilcher, Chanute, and pioneers Sir Hiram Maxim and Professor Langley, noting engines, screws, boilers, and experimental gliders that advanced aerial navigation.
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Coney Inland
New York
Leonardo da Vinci
Jobert
Lilienthal
Pilcher
Octave Chanute
Bir
Hiram Maxim
P. Langley
Maxim
Hiram
Langley
The Need of Education for Russian Peasants
A historical note on education in Russia, arguing literacy boosts peasant prosperity. It cites Zemstvo efforts cutting illiteracy from around 70 percent to under 30 percent in some districts, while noting economic and social barriers to schooling and low pay for village teachers.
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Moscow Zemstvo
Zemstvos
R. BE
C. Long
Pilarin
Booth Tarkington Keeps Drawings Hidden From Publishers
The novelist sketches his stories in pictures before writing and keeps drawings private even from close friends. His publishers urged using his own drawings for book promotion, but he resisted. He later allowed one Vanrevel sketch to be read too late for inclusion, yet it appeared in the supplementary autograph edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth Tarkington
Vanrevel
Productive Power of Money and Franklin’s Legacy Suit
Descendants of Benjamin Franklin sue Philadelphia and Boston to recover 1000 pounds left to each city to aid printers and artisans starting businesses. They claim the will’s provisions were never carried out and seek principal plus interest. The thrifty printer’s £2000 has grown to about $400,000, illustrating the power of small savings.
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Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Boston
Franklin
Bishop Coleman Returns From Annual Vacation Trek
Bishop Taighton Coleman of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Delaware has completed his yearly vacation tramp. He walked about 200 miles through the mountains of Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. Incognito, he slept wherever convenient and mingled with a wide range of people during the journey.
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Taighton Coleman
Protestant Episcopal Church of
Delaware
Wilmington
Orchard Wealth Touches East and West Across Farms
A Brockport orchard owner Fonter Adolt sold 15000 dollars worth of fruit this year. In Kansas, Judge Wellhouse runs an orchard near Avenworth spanning 1600 acres with profits that may reach 825000 dollars. he has already sold about 1000 dollars.
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Fonter Adolt
Brockport
Comey
Avenworth
Kan
Judge Wellhouse
Autumn gowns from Paris and fashion notes
The article describes two stout-wodied gowns from Paris with gray wool and green dot patterns, detailing bodice, collar, flounce, and embroidery. It also notes fur hat accents, baby coats in silk or cloth with warm lining, white color guidance, and care hints for cleaning lace, pillowmaking from gloves, and perfume methods for hair on fashion pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Bazar
Jaceéu
Mme. Modjeska
Rain Proof Materials For Styles In Hats And Coats
Rain proof materials offer tailored options for women to custom fit garments. The piece notes varied textures such as zibiline and vicuna in rough and finished styles, plaids altering salt designs, and flat trimming becoming standard for fall and winter hats. Beavers and velvet tones appear, with silk plush seen as indelicate. Color themes include black green reds browns and blues with feather trimming and quill accents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anya
Washington Times
How to Effect a Full Skirt in Fashion
A guide on creating fuller skirts using velvet border bands that widen at the base and taper to the knee, and on skirts finishing with a flounce featuring a plain or tab front with slanted sides to narrow at the waist. Also notes on gore patterns with matched front seams and lace dresses in Parisian styles with painted trims.
Garniture of Gems in a Pari sian Evening Gown
A beautiful model from a famed Parisian house showcases jewels as circus embellishment. The gown features white crepe de chine with a flounce of Venetian paint spark lending diamonds, a white velvet sash clasped with diamonds, and a Swiss velvet belt fastened with a diamond clasp.
Great French Dressmakers Gowns Describe Plaited Skirts and Lace Yoke
The article details two gown styles from Great French dressmakers. One features a wood brown cloth skirt with plaited panels and a tunic front, trimmed with wide cloth bands and an applique, a plaited blouse, vented opening, and a draped girdle. The second showcases a hip yoke in white lace or embroidery, a box pleated skirt with fan shaped plaits, a box pleated blouse with cloth bands and dented points, a decorative yoke, and violet velvet girdle with a silver buckle.
Banking Leaders to Succeed at NY Clearing House Meeting
George F. Baker of First National Bank ends his second term as president of the New York Clearing House association. James Stillman of National City Bank is expected to succeed him at the upcoming annual meeting.
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May Ratire
George F. Baker
First National Bank
New York Clearing House Association
James Stillman
Natonal City Bank
Defiance Boarch and Dr Thomas Oz Claims
An ad discusses choosing Defence Boarch over Dev Rance for 16 ounce value, promising no cooking and health benefits. It praises Dr Thomas Electric Oil for sore throat cough and cough relief. A Belgium labor stat cites 600,000 workers with 85,000 men 25,000 women and 15,000 children under sixteen working over eleven hours daily.
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Belgium
Kansan City Gateway Fast Night Train to Saint Louis
Passengers bound for St Louis should travel via the Kansas City gateway to take the Chicago and Alton fast night train. Departs Kansas City at 9 p.m. and arrives in St Louis at 7:08 a.m. Chair cars and sleeping compartments included. Contact L C Cooper, Traveling Passenger Agent, Chicago and Alton Railway, Kansas City, MO, for lowest rates.
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Besumas
ST. Louis
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New York Press
M. de Saintaignon
Martinique
Anyae
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Nature
Avery
Wreanaras
Uber
Hull
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Y. Douglas
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Tromery Ward & Co
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