Thames House Boats: Luxury on the River for Leisure Seekers
Describes the rise of Thames house boats as floating homes with cabins, dining saloons, and verandas. Notes varied sizes from twenty to thirty feet, powered by horses or poling, often renovated canal barges. Some are lavish, some affordable, with white roofs, bright name lettering, and national colors on the towpole.
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Slow office boy learns from mess at desk
A patient employer gently teaches a lax office boy. One morning the office was untidy and papers lay under the desk. The boss asks if the mess suggests anything and the boy calmly answers that it indicates a careless person has been there, earning a rebuke.
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Frank
Detoit Free Press
Blifkins Wrote Balloon Stories and Got Fired
A managing editor dismisses Mr Blifkins for writing balloon stories claiming they are full of wind. Blifkins denies the claim and asks for clarification as the editor insists the accusation is correct. The exchange ends with the editor reaffirming the dismissal.
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Blifkins
A Goddess of Liberty Ambitious Girl
A New York Weekly excerpt portrays a spirited dialogue about female independence and marriage as a path to self-sufficiency. A daughter rejects dependence on her father, while a mother warns of subservience under male employers, concluding marriage as a supposed route to freedom.
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New York Weekly
Cornell Opens Naval Architecture School in Revolution for Marine Growth
The article covers Cornell University inaugurating a school of naval architecture and marine engineering, the first in the Western hemisphere, with two year core and possible fourth year for senior mechanical engineering students, plus admission for students from other technical schools. It details first year topics on ship resistance propulsion wave motion construction and marine machinery, and second year advanced design and machinery studies under supervision.
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Cornell University
Cornell
Europe
France
Paris
Government School of Naval Architecture
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Coral Sea Wonders Off Terra Australis Coast
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Terra Australis
Great Barrier Reef
Coral Sea
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