Manufacturing giant telescope lenses in secret with heated crucibles
The article describes the long, secretive process of making large telescope lenses. It details heating and stirring in crucibles, controlled cooling to avoid brittleness, and the final shaping and polishing steps. It notes the scale, costs, and the rarity of obtaining large pure glass blocks for lenses.
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Botees
Edo
Daosteli
Bane
Leven
Air Hells
Atte
Optician
Pearson
Philosopher’s Quip About Teeth and Mood Echoes Hazy Chat
A fragmented exchange from an Indianapolis Journal column features a philosopher speaking of a toothache and mood. The dialogue blends casual slang and archaic phrasing, hinting at light conversational humor rather than a formal debate.
West Side Mule Outwits Abusive Driver in Vengeful Payback
A West Side mule refuses to budge a heavy wagon as a driver belittles it. After repeated beating, the mule is freed and the driver is punished by a coordinated caravan of bystanders, with the animal finally delivering a striking act of revenge.
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Belibered
Perhapa
Indy
Lee Heela
Wren
Oriental Street Life in Constantinople A Vivid Sketch
A vivid self culture magazine excerpt describes Constantinople street life with a porkish cafe, coffee sellers, kebab vendors, street criers, shoe hawkers, and a Turkish barber. It paints a bustling open air scene where vendors shout, passersby haggle, and trades mix under a bright sky in a kaleidoscope of ordinary urban life.
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Etarinis
Paradise
Self Culture Magazine
Old Fashioned Dinners Preferred Over Eight Course Feasts
Readers are advised to value simple meals of roasted or boiled beef with two vegetables and a pudding over elaborate modern dinners. The text criticizes overseasoning and reliance on preserved foods, urging slower cooking of vegetables to enhance natural flavors and warning against chemical extracts and excessive condiments.
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Journal
Portunate Indeed And the Wee Baby Comes
A teacher asks a girl why she is late to school. The child explains a new baby arrived at home that morning, with the father away in Edinburgh and the mother at home, a proud moment unseen by many. The scene echoes a local sense of family change and quiet rural life.
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Abe
Edinburgh
Gin
Tate
Fae
St “Andrews
Gazette
Vehement Declares End of Contact After Concert Night
A speaker insists she will never speak to him again if he fails to take her out. The crowd at the concert reacts with fear and fainting as tensions flare. The Times Herald notes the dramatic moment and public reaction.
Perceval’s Manchester Mystery at Walden Hotel
A mysterious English visitor at Walden hotel in Walden, New England, raises suspicion about swindlers linked to a Manchester estate. Dora Barrows and Miss Wheeler uncover the tale as the town arranges a Boston detective to confirm if Perceval is the suspected con man and to arrest him upon arrival.
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Tuts
Tor
Psaiah Currows
Bogushimia
Barrows
Manchester
Perceval
England
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Ile
Merntine
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Therm
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Old Jones
Paul
Bart
Dersanre
Todi
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Dora Barrows
Miss Wheeler
Rin
Dora
New England
Boston
Perceviel
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Beccause
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Excursion Tickets to Philadelphia for Republican Convention
On account of the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia June 19 the Pennsylvania Railroad will offer excursion tickets from all stations on its line at one fare for the round trip minimum rate 50 cents Tickets are valid June 15 to 19 for outbound and returning June 26 inclusive Wright
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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Ameaster
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Maytown
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Hinkletown
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First National of Lancaster
Farmers’ Nationalot
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Lancaster Connex National
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People's National Bank Oes
Keystone National of Alay
Columbian National Bank
Christiana National Bank
Conestoza National Bank
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Kirst National of Columbia
Mount Joy
Gan Nation
Varryville National Bank
Patel
Central Columban
Lincoln National Bank
People's Trust
Lancaster and
Fruitville
Lititz
Lancaster and Williams
Lancaster and Manor
Eee
Lineaster and Manheim
Marietta
New Holland
Big Spring
Beaver Valley
Bridgeport
Horseshoe
Columbia and
Cheatnut Hill
Washington
Narryville Railroad
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Reading and Golonda
Vostock
Lane
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Stevens
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Clumbia Gas Companys
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Southern Market
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Ancaster
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Ane
Mt. Joy
Elizabethtown
Susquehanna
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Padenrama
Deven & Townsend
Chestnut Street
Phil
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New York
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Owe Afalison
Opel
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Milwaukee & St. Paul
Lehigh’ Coal &Navigation Cooda
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Northern Pacific
Liverpool
London
Hilo Coe Beeves
Supreme Court orders action against Dr. Clarks Foot Powder
Supreme Court justice in Butlato orders a permanent injunction with costs and accounting of sales against Paul B Hudson and a Brooklyn dealer to stop selling Dr. Clarks Foot Powder as an imitation of Foot Ease. Allen Olmsted of Le Roy New York owns the Foot Ease trademark and similar suits will target other infringers.
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Supreme Court
Butlato
Costa
Paul B. Hudson
Dr. Clark
Brooklyn
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