Boiler safety and licensing proposed after deadly boiler failures
The piece argues for licensing boiler owners as a safeguard after a series of failures and incompetence. It traces a tramway boiler’s long ownership history from 1878 through several parties to Benjamin Jones, then a chemical company, and notes a failure in Alabama of an internally fired Mumford boiler. The call is for stricter standards and accountability in boiler design, ownership, and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tramway Boller
England
James Hall
Beckett
Scanfeld
Partington
Thomas Cleave
Willam Boyes
Lana Inn
Nuttall
Benjamin Jones
Hope Mill
Whoenix Street
Bolton
Jones
Lancashire Chemical Manufacturing Company
Thomas Hamer
Chemical Company
Tetheridge
Ala
Oll
Halliwell
Joan Stewart
Stewart
Heaton
John Arthur Kitchen
Kent Avenue
Brooklyn Heights
Thia
Boiler Explosions Across Marine and Industrial Sectors
A historical report details boiler failures from overheating and water loss on ships and in factories. It notes collapsed chimneys, corroded plates, unsafe gauges, doctored policies, and deaths including a fireman, with scrutiny of maintenance and testing practices at multiple sites.
The Little Kindnesses and Small Change in Life
A reflection on everyday kindness and frugality. The essay argues that attention to small courtesies, words, and acts shapes happiness more than grand efforts. It warns against neglecting minor duties and petty purchases, noting how temperament and small behaviors impact relationships and finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lfe
2 000 Miles Without Wires Telegraphy Sparks Tesla Hope
New York reports Nikola Tesla admires Guglielmo Marconi for wireless telegraphy across the British Channel. Tesla predicts 3,000 miles of distance with protected conductors and complete insulation, after Marconi’s 32 mile milepost. He says his own work over two years aims to surpass that by a wide margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nikola Tealer
Sig
Tesla
Tanai
Europe
The
Electrical Review
Mr. Tesla
Malabon
Pacific
Kiteé
Manila
King
Milwaukee
8Th Army Corps
Spain
United States
Energy Transmission Through Ogrillator Experiments
Photographs of the experiments suggest that energy can be transmitted and directed to any point regardless of distance and environment, produced by perfected ogrillators with full safety. The visuals imply practical control and remote targeting of energy in these tests.
The Passing of Tennyson and Other Stars
Poetic meditation recalling Tennyson, Browning, Whitman, Whittier and David as they meet in the heavens among Mars and blazing stars. The verse contrasts celestial contemplation with earthly certainties as a sobbing sea and rain fall on a rock fortified by a golden gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Gate
Mars
Common Things Of Life In Quiet Reverence
Poetic exhortation from the Boston Transcript urging the reader to find sacred meaning in everyday life. It calls for sharing gifts with the less fortunate, remaining humble amid beauty, and using inner idealism to heal and uplift the common world rather than withdraw from it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
A Year’s Old Book Sales Draw Big Averages
A year’s overview shows English old book sales averaged about 13.60 dollars, with 37 258 lots across sixty one sales totaling around half a million dollars. The Ashiurakam Library sale alone exceeded 15 000 dollars, suggesting potential fortunes in antique volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Ashiurakam
Paris Boasts Unmatched Tree Riches Across Major Avenues
The article notes Paris has more trees than any city, with three principal types the chetnus and aca cia and lime trees. It highlights Champs Elysees Bois de Boulogne and other boulevards as leafy examples of the urban forest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Champs Elysees
Bois de Boulogne
Miss Clara Baartz Dies at Seventeen in Sheboygan
Miss Clara Baartz aged 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs August Baartz died in Sheboygan. Authorities provided few additional details as the family mourns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Baartz
August Baartz
Sheboygan
Fulgurites Show Spiral Lightning Tubes In Sand
The article describes lightning creating vertical sand tubes called fulgurites when discharges strike loose sand on mountain tops. It notes a spiral form found in a Cutler Wisconsin specimen from October 1897, compares to a Waterville Maine example, and mentions experimental artificial fulgurites and museum exhibits. It also mixes war reportage and opinions on the Philippines conflict and U S leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyervone
Waterville
Maine
Wood
The
Universlty
Cutler
University Museum
Badger Boy at Manila opening fight against insurgents
James T. Roache writes from Manila dated February 26 recounting the opening hostilities against Filipino insurgents. He describes the Jan 35, 1899 dawn assault on a Nebraskan outpost in Baco, the insurgent lieutenant wounded, and the ensuing 60 hours of continuous fighting. The narrative notes a shift to ground gains and the Feb 3 battle of Cochugan with the town captured and forces driven back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Roache
Whitewater
Philippines
Manila
Iaag
Nebraska
Baco
Taha
Cojougan
Lent and Ladies Lose Lent in New York Four Hundred
The Atchison Globe notes that the Four Hundred women abandon Lent and predict the Thirty Million to follow. It argues fashion and status drive Lent observance, with magazines echoing Four Hundred tastes and women of broader society imitating them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Millon
Atchison Globe
Painted silks return to Paris fashion as motifs bloom
Paris modistes report a revival of hand painted silks and satin evening wear. Large roses dominate the designs, with clusters and trails of smaller blooms along full skirts. Honey suckle and sweet pea elements mix, while muslin or crepe de chine tunics soften the look and hide painted garlands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Daughter of Republic Lucie Faure Servant and Adviser
Daughter of Republic Miss Lucie Faure, youngest and trusted adviser to Felix Faure, the late French president, served as indefatigable secretary on gravest state questions. Her sister married civil engineer Rens Merge. Faure married young Miss Bellnor, niece of the mayor of Ambolze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucie Faure
French Republic
Felix Faure
Rens Merge
Faure
Bellnor
Ambolze
Dorothy Reads Psalm In Hawarden Morning
A brief Victorian era scene shows Dorothy in Hawarden reading the Bible aloud. She emphasizes the Psalm one hundred twenty seventh verse about vanity in early efforts, addressing an astonished listener named Doro thy during a morning moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawarden
Dorothy
Cheap Telegrams In Chili Cost Cents Each
Telegrams in Chile run at low rates with pricing described as cheap and government controlled. The state owns all telegraph lines and charges per message, reflecting a centralized communications policy.
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Boller
Hamer
Charles Heaton
Sandy
John Stewart
Morton
Slack Lane
Alorton
Hogland
Tennyson
Browning
Cambridge
Sweet Lowell
Bhli
Walt Whitman
Whittier
David
Walt
G. H. Keuschke
Junown County
Wis
Wilpmes
Republic
Chili
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