Public clocks in St. Louis defy standard time
The Globe Democrat reports street clocks in St. Louis lodge inaccuracy and inconsistency, with daily drifting and misalignment. Horologist A. G. Wiseman notes varied readings, urging reliance on Washington University standard time to achieve true accuracy. Private firms and depots also signal time, but public clocks remain unreliable.
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Globe-Democrat
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Time accuracy and Maria Mitchell remembered
An editor laments clock reliability in St Louis and highlights the observatory network guiding world time. It profiles Maria Mitchell, noting her early astral work, comet discovery, and leadership at Vassar College. The piece outlines an endowment plan to fund the Maria Mitchell chair and observatory at Vassar.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Harper’s Bazar
B. F. Johnson & Co
Richmond
America
The Caves of Luray and Niagara Falls excursion notes
Exploring the Luray Caves in Virginia, with electric lighting, vast formations, and landmarks such as the Washington Pillar and Ball Room, alongside an August excursion by train to Niagara Falls and Toronto. The article highlights visitor numbers, cave features, and regional tourism.
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Shenandoah Valley
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Niagara Falls
Watkin’s Glen
Natural Bridge
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Pluto’s Chasm
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Tower of Babel
Mohammed
Oberon’s Grotto
Peter Ruffner
Ruffner
Europe
Kentucky
Adelsberg
Timekeeping innovation at Saint Louis observatory clock
Astronomical observations test a hack clock that drifts a hundredth of a second. The observatory’s two other clocks reveal an infinitesimal error, which is corrected or recorded. A special double beat system lets the downtown clock hear the observatory’s beats, enabling thorough checks despite low local subscription.
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Observatory
University
Dow
Recipe for a Sensational Tale Ends with a Nose Nip
A fragment describes crafting a lurid love story with a fresh heroine and spicy melodrama. The prose mocks sensational fiction by detailing high heat, sugarcoated virtue, and flourishes while a boy’s prayer devolves into a comic interruption as a bird nips a nose.
A Hanging Road Proposed on Mount Pilatus in Switzerland
Cantonal authorities consider a new mountain road linking Oberhaupt to Klim sennhorn to ease north side ascent for tourists from Hergiswyl. The plan envisions six independent wire cables with light pulleys and an eight-car omnibus suspended on a rope pulled by a steam engine at the Oberhaupt.
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Switzerland
Mount Pilatus
Berne
Oberhaupt
Pilatus
Klimsennhorn
Hergiswyl
Half Fare Harvest Excursions by Chicago Line
The Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway offers half fare round trips on select dates from Chicago to Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, the Indian Territory, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Dakota, and parts of Iowa and Minnesota with return valid within 30 days. Similar trips via the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway to Northern Iowa, Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana, Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska on August 6 and 20, September 10 and 24, and October 8 1889. Contact ticket agents for maps and rates. A. W. H. Carpenter, Milwaukee.
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Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway
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Nebraska
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General Penger
St. Louis
Arkansas
Texas
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