Quiet City Father Faces Downtrodden Wife and Daughter Plot
A urban tale unfolds where Dr Walker, Admiral Hay Denver and Mrs Westmacott collide with reform zeal and misused money. Harold Denver battles a rogue partner Pearson while Clara Ida resist and adapt. Family bonds strain under looming bankruptcy and a city broker scheme as trust and honor test the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taree
Saburban
Sociabuftr Tnies
Clara
Charles
Ida
Mrs. Westmacott
Mrs. Westmacolt
Youness Pearson
Ben
Pearson
Harold
Mra. Westmacott
Denver
Ide
Staid
Hyde Park
Throgmorton Street
Mrs Hay Demerx
John
Theodahl Boehm and the Boehm flute evolution
A historical look at Theobald Boehm and the Boehm flute. The article traces German flute attempts to improve tone through keys, Boehm’s conical to cylindrical bore shift, and his system of fingerings. It notes Paris London exhibitions, Gordon’s rival ideas, and Boehm’s lasting impact on tone, technique, and acceptance among European flutists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apollonius Micht
Munich
Bavaria
Theobald Boehm
Royal Theater
Paris
London
Charles Nicholson
England
Betken
Wicholson
Boehm
Gordon
Royal Guard
Charles X
Academy of Sciences
Savart
Boeshma
Academy
Europe
Geneva
Schafhand
Germany
Pittsburg
Mozart
Berlioz
William Guenther
Tulou
Arles Wehner
New York
Otto
Thomas Orchestra
Photos Sent by Wier The New Use to Which Telegraph Lines Can Be Put Described
The article explains sending pictures by electricity using a gelatine film and bichromite process. A photograph is transferred to a light relief film, washed to leave a relief image, then traced across to produce waves that drive a receiving cylinder to reconstruct the image. A single line conveys little until scanned across the whole picture.
Kit Carsons Pard and the Legend of the Pathfinder
James Scarborough recalls Kit Carson, elder, and his exploits from Fort Benton to New Mexico. He recalls hunts, battles with Apache and Sioux, and Carson’s small frame, fearless daring, and the claim that Carson helped Fremont gain fame as the Pathfinder. Scarborough describes battles, scalps, and a wild, perilous life among explorers and frontiersmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kit Carson, Jr
John C. Fremont
Carson
James Scarborough
Robinson Township
Kit Carson
Kit
Ned Buntline
Rocky Mountain Range
Mr. Scarborough
Montour Ran
Maryland
Deat
Ronacinnsti
Ft. Benton
Missouri River
Virginia
Eldorado
Fran
Scarborouch
Sacramento
Humboldt Bay
San Francisco
New Mexico
Scarborough
Kentucky
Arkansas
Howses
St Louis
Himes Fremont
Pacific Coast
Klamath River
Lane
Oregon
Paral
Scareborough
Envaces
Careson
Seal Among & Co
Oregon Divide
Bogota
Voyage to Victoria Station Leads to Chance Meeting
A man boards the Aviva and, amid a crowded Victoria terminus, reads a newspaper column about money lenders and cures for debt. He encounters Charles Westmacott, and they agree to pass toward Broad Street Cheapside, sharing a ride to discuss business with a small, sharp-eyed office clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuben Metara
Charles
Tam
St. Paul's
Lam
Wrest
Maccott
Melaka
Westmacott
McAdam
Poultry
West
Macott
Aviva
Victoria Station
Stalio
Amsn
Charles Westmacott
Broad Street
Cheapside
Drunkenness memoir from St Louis citizen at Keely Institute
A well known St Louis figure recounts entering the Keely Institute after a long drinking career. He stayed three weeks and was cured though doctors urged another week. In San Francisco he was drugged and robbed, hospitalised, fed whisky with boiled milk, and his urge to drink returned. He plans further Dwight treatment to avoid relapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keely Institute
St Louis
Globe-Democrat
San Francisco
Dwight
College plans and numbers at major universities in 1900s era
The report lists student counts at Stanford, Michigan, Oxford, Brown, Yale, Harvard and Penn. It notes plans for world’s fair representation, coaching by Joux Warp for Dartmouth, new engineering buildings at Yarau and Penn, faculty additions at Pacrorrom Penn Yale and Harvard, and Chicago University’s two term system. It also covers football injuries, a House of Relatives, Senate, and debates on voting in 1908 with Yale against Harvard on the Republican stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tusnew
Leland Stanford Jr. University
Conmment
Harvard
Chicago
Michigan
Oxford
England
Brown
Yale
University of
New York Nine
Dartmouth
Yarau
University of Pennsylvania
Pacrorrom
Chicago University
University of ‘Pennsylvania
Princeton
House of Relatives
Senate
Washington
Imperial Anecdotes of the German Emperor and a Guard Prank
Vanity Fair recounts two German emperor tales. He uses a torpedo boat for excursions from Potsdam and asks officers for his nickname, receiving Gondel-Willi. In a separate prank, he orders a silent march then startles the Guard Hussars by shouting aloud that the guard pratfalls on a trick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanity Fair
Spandau
Potsdam
Husenra
Wiese
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ften
the Dispatch
A. Conan Doyla
White Company
Sis
Mra Westmacott
Lem
Clara Noddenir
Paps
Mr. Westmacott
Pipa
Abe
Ae Ea
Mia. Westmacott
Clara Charming
Hoe
Rds
Ids
Lim
No. 2
Chapter
Westmacotts
Ar Aseal
Hisner
Havre
America
Gadi
Adzairal
Lana
Renee
Mr Ress
Admira
Mia
Hay Denver
Walker
Admiral
Doctor Walker
WarriEs
The
Demersseman
Heinemeyer
Och Music
Erica
Minerva
William
Wier
West Indies
Hevanne
Montour
Pioneers” Society
Pocatapt
Volcans
Aol
Ata Ag
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