Telltale Lights Aid Navigation of Ships
Washington DC reports a new lighthouse service aid combining signals to show a ship’s distance from reefs or shoals. Twenty nine stations along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts tested the method in daylight to build mariner confidence before fog season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States Lighthouse Service
National Georgraphic Society
Atlantic
Gulf
West Quoddy Head
Eastport
Maine
Mississippi River
Cape Henry
Virginia
Poe Reef
Lake Huron
Great Lakes
Pacific Coast
Blunts Reef
California
Grays Harbor
Washington
Cape Mendocino
Pacific
Riders Fall In Hunters Centenary Plate At Adelaide
A rider took a tumble during the Hunters Centenary plate event in Adelaide Australia. The horse appeared to sit as the jockey recovered, with no serious injuries reported. Fog later obscured the station as they continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
Australia
Ulysses S. Grant
United States
Mt. Pleasant
Ohio
Grant
Jesse Grant
Ulysses
Georgetown
Profanity and the Roots of Rudeness in Language
Leonard A. Barrett examines the etymology of profanity from Latin roots meaning before the temple. He argues that true profanity stems from a lack of reverence when outside sacred enclosure, revealing a form of irreverence in speech and action.
Reverence as safeguard of morality and social order
An essay argues irreverence erodes conscience and fuels crime. It links reverence for sacred realities to personal responsibility, honesty, and social progress, warning profanity and ignoring sacred ground erode moral values and provoke wrongdoing.
Plain sewing and book slip covers in home crafts
Readable notes on plain sewing essentials for home dressmakers and seamstresses, including thread numbers, stitches, and mending hosiery. It also covers making book slip covers from leather, silk, textiles, or paper, with tips on material choices, sizing, and finishing pockets for secure fits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Syndicate
WNN Service
From Interest to a Specialty in Self Development
Dorothea Brande argues in Cosmopolitan that self assessment reveals tastes and gifts from gardening to cookery and language. Starting slow with readable courses, one can turn interest into a specialty, quit unsatisfying work, meet like minded people, and gain vitality and better character through small successes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothea Brande
Cosmopolitan
Dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds quote
Will Rogers remarks that the country needs dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds in a concise, provocative aphorism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogers
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Charles Sugkio
By Leonard A. Barrett
Knute Rockne, Jr
Notre Dame
Young Rockne
Miami Military Academy
CR Frousehold
Lydia le Baron Walker
Western Newspaper Union
Arnoli
Reight
WNU Service
Gen. Grant
Clabber
Gooch
Geoch Tatora
Tory
Yee
Mee
Gluyas Williams
Cones
Mofier
Seuntibwe Pay
Svernts Rectanay
Ths Bek
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