Wasteful Methods Waste Water And Steam Loss Compared
The piece compares waste from a dripping tap to steam and coal losses. New York fines taps leaking two dollars each and saves 40 million gallons in two years. Indiana university’s Dr Foley estimates locomotives burn 2,434,026 tons of coal annually for whistle steam and suggests minor whistle changes could save over a million pounds yearly. It also notes cinder waste retains 50 to 70 percent of heating value.
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New York
Doctor Foley
Indiana University
United States
California Fig Syrup praised as dependable laxative for children
A Western mother lauds California Fig Syrup for curing her constipated child Roma Lucile and improving her color and energy. The ad notes a long history of use and warns to seek the genuine product by the California label.
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California
H. J. Stoll
Valley P. D
Nebraska
Roma Lucile
West
Odd Cemetery A revelation at Milan church uncovered
Workmen in a San Bernardino church in Milan accidentally opened an underground choir loft revealing skeletal remains of monks seated in the stalls, a custom where monks were buried upright in the choir seats near their monastery.
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San Bernardino
Milan
Heat of Red Peppers for Rheumatism Relief
A physician advises using heated red pepper preparations for rheumatism claiming almost instant relief. The note links pepper heat to pain alleviation and suggests practical usage.
Senecas seize prisoners in a perilous westward march
Jeems and Toinette are captured by a Seneca war party led by Tiaoga after a staged escape. Jeems speaks in Seneca to gain trust while Shindas vows aid. Tiaoga assigns a grim path toward Chemussio, with Toinette chosen to accompany as Silver Heels as Jeems stands accused of lies and bravery. The group treks a long forested route, with 26 scalps taken, amid looming danger and a central promise of fate in the Hidden Town.
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Odd
Jeems
Toinette
Teems
Hepsibah Adams
Tiaoga
Lussan
Shindas
Chemussio
Silver Heels
Baron Dieskau
William Johnson
Tinoga
Job Application From Shanghai Worker Found in Paper
An applicant named Ah Foo-st aged 20, with go down and wharf experience, applied for a vacant position in a Shanghai firm. The envelope was addressed to Mr. Partnership, Esq., and found in a newspaper office. He cites clerk experience with Chinese Eastern Railway Yang Ka-doo wharf and language skills.
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Shanghai
Ah Foo-st
Great China
Wah Wah
Chinese Eastern Railway
Yang Ka-doo
Mr. Partnership
Method for Rearming Torpedo Tubes on Submarines
The procedure starts with opening the outer torpedo tube door allowing water to fill the tube up to the inner door. To reload, the outer door closes, the inner door opens, and the water in the tube drains into the bilges to be pumped out.
Who Was Who Casey Jones and California Joe
A biographical sketch traces Casey Jones the railroad engineer who died in the Vaughan Miss collision of 1900 and Moses E Milner known as California Joe a frontier scout and miner. The piece notes Jones’s heroism and Milner’s rise from Kentucky to West Coast frontiers ending with his assassination near Fort Robinson Neb.
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Casey Jones
Vaughan
Miss
John Luther Jones
Cayce
Casey
Tenn
Jones
Ilinois Central
Jackson
Lewis
Roundhouse
Slim
Wallace Saunders
Ero
California
Joe
George A. Custer
The
Plains
Custer
Moses E. Milner
Kentucky
Montana
Black Hills
South Dakota
Milner
Virginia City
Mont
Fort Robinson
Neb
The Bloomer Garment and Its Rough Path to Modern Dress
A historical overview of Amelia Bloomer and the bloomers as a symbol of women’s emancipation. The piece notes the garment’s rise amid controversy in Lowell Massachusetts and its lasting influence on later feminine attire despite a decline in prominence after 1865 due to practical concerns.
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Bloomer
Amelia Bloomer
Hair of the Dog Origin Explained
The phrase hair of the dog that bit you comes from an old belief that a drink linked to the trouble can cure its effects. It notes the notion traces to burnt dog hair as an antidote and cites a Washington Star passage.
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Washington Star
Bayer
Voices From the Past and a Cardinal Manning Quip
A hearing showcased phonographic preservation with Cardinal Manning’s message audible, along with parts of H. M. Stanley’s speech and Lord Tennyson’s Charge of the Light Brigade. The living recorder recounts Manning’s remark to her about witch burning if she had lived a century ago.
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Cardinal Manning
H. M. Stanley
Lord Tennyson
Light Brigade
Eggs and candy purchase contrasted with Pills Advertisement
A storefront dialogue features a boy requesting candy and eggs at 45 cents a dozen while a storekeeper offers a prompt, then an advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as original liver pills. The copy ends with a note on time and toil as elements of success.
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Sonny
Dr. Pierce
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St. Jacobs
Boston Transcript
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