Greatest airship station on American continent at Omaha
The United States government builds a vast airship and balloon experiments station near Omaha Nebraska. A steel balloon house worth nearly 100000 and a 1 million dollar investment establish Fort Omaha as the aeronautic headquarters with Colonel W A Glassford in command. Gas works and dirigible tests planned for September promise unprecedented American experiments.
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Omaha
Neb
United States
Great Plains
Washington
Great Steel House
War Department
Aero Department
United States Army
Fort Omaha
Fort Crook
Aeronautic
W. A. Glassford
Ort Canaha
Ford
France
Germany
Italy
England
River Inn
U Ren Trust
Norway
Hvgidrsno
Omaha Post
America
Ambidexterity as a Cause of Insanity Debate
London reports Sir James Crichton Browne leading a campaign against ambidexterity movements at Eton. He argues right-handedness stems from cerebral organization and warns that widespread ambidexterity would strain lunatic asylums and contradict evolution. He notes a pupil’s left-hand writing method and mocks the practice.
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London
James Crichton Browne
Eton
Browne
Sir James
James
Mis Business Confidences Rise in Turbulent Years
An undefined speaker voices urge for reform as a long turbulent decade in a preacher and engineer dominated discourse surfaces. The fragment hints at a public figure or city life facing calls to change.
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Stritiser
Notable Orator Horatio Brooks Stirs Crowd
The speech by Horatio Brooks at the talk event drew a large audience as he recited verses and delivered remarks on rhetoric. Brooks emphasized eloquence and the power of speech, echoing classical forms.
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Horatio Brooks
Tennyson
Woman tennis in sun to tan then cover for class
Silas Scrubbs questions why a woman trains in intense heat for a tan and then spends hours before the evening class trying to cover up.
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Silas
Get the Hook Origin Traced to New York Gallery Stage
The New York World notes the origin of slang phrase gets traced to a 1903 Miner's vaudeville setting in New York City. Amateurs auditioning for weekly shows faced approval or disapproval with hooks, the crowd shouting le croc and get the hook to force performers off stage.
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New York
H. Clay Miner
France
Senate
New York City
Lsten
Origins and usages of race track phrases and slang
A survey of idioms and origins including Runs for Sweeny and plugh, with notes on betting practices, early track superstitions, and slang from stages and streets. It mentions Morgans office and Jelmonts as rumored numbers, a 1882 St Nicholas anecdote, Roosevelt, and various terms for dismissing or demeaning people.
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J. B. Morgans
August Jelmont
Get the Hook Becomes Stage Legend at Miner's Bowery
An inept amateur at Miner's Bowery Theater drew groans until Tom Miner and Charles Guthinger used a crook-handled cane tied to a pole to pull him off stage. A later failed Edwin Booth impersonation met a boy's shout Get the hook and the audience approved.
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Miner's Bowery Theater
Tom Miner
Charles Guthinger
Dience
Edwin Booth
Richard Mansfield
Lloyds Gambles in Insurance Across Odd Risks
Lloyds Insurance group backs unusual policies from Black Hand outrages to racehorse losses. Members subscribe 25.40 dollars each to cover wide risks. agents insure weather bets, rain days, and even a king’s life for business stability.
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William Jennies Bryan
Ittovds
Engtish Association
Lliovds
Lloyd's
London
Maria
Stockholm
Lloyds
Liloyds
Marine Insurance
Bryan
Lloyds Agency
Home Office
Kentucky
James RK. Keene
Highball
Leyds
Suis
Wuderewski
Wubelik
Curso
Britain
King Edward
Victoria
Wall Street
Roosevelt
Victory Through Bitter Defeat in Metropolitan Magazine
A speaker reflects on training and struggle turning bitterness into resolve. He recalls past battles and victorious peers, vows to endure and fight harder, believing that ultimate triumph will redeem lost efforts and lay bare the essence of triumph.
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S. Ho Jsemper
Magazin
Sun Dial Lit by Night Powers Millionaire’s Garden
In a Bohemian piece a boastful millionaire touts a garden feature a sun dial surrounded by electric light. A listener notes day usefulness, while the owner insists his dial shines at night, claiming the illumination makes it superior.
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Pye
Millonaire
Hat of midsummer charm with pink chip and hydrangea trim
A large hat theme features a vivid pink chip color and clusters of white hydrangeas with foliage. A soft black ribbon bow trims the piece as the crown droops, nearly hidden by the decoration.
Varied List of Good Recipes: Stuffed Egg Plant and More
Ancient home cookery fragment lists stuffed egg plant using mushrooms anchovies and parsley with butter and bread crumbs baked 26 minutes. Also covers home made syrup creamed mackerel digestible beans potatoes au gratin and baked bean tips with soda.
Whichever wind blows in Caroline Mason verse
A reflective poem where the speaker trusts a Higher Will to guide a small craft through storm and calm. Winds, seas, and peril are weighed against faith that the bark is sailed by a divine hand toward sheltering haven. The author Caroline A. Mason asserts acceptance of any breeze.
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Tiis
Delicious Dessert Tips and Quick Bakes From Old Texts
A compact set of dessert suggestions outlines methods for whipping cream with unconventional aids, cherry pudding with custard, minty snow pudding, and a peach pudding variant. It includes eggy mixtures, flour blends, and a basic custard sauce, with notes on chilling and serving with whipped cream.
Arm of Anna Haverland Inspires Germania Statue
A Dresden obituary notes Anna Haverland the German tragedienne died recently and recounts how her arm served as the model for the Niederwald Germania statue holding the imperial crown. Sculptor Schilling identified her arm during a Thusnelda performance after years of search. Also mentioned is a Hungarian washing machine using electrified water.
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Anna Haverland
Dresden
Niederwald
Germania
Sehillnis
Thusnelda
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Sweeny
Rail Birds
St. Nicholas
Plugh
Leer Prusgis
Howard
Caroline A. Mason
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