A Queen's Ideal of a Home by Carmen Sylva
A portrait of an imagined ideal house filled with light, glass cupola halls, and no parlor, where books, pictures, an open library, and music rooms define comfort. The writer insists on ample daylight, ceilings lit, double doors for heating, a country setting with verandas, and a living space organized around a vast library and art.
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Carmen Sylva
Roumania
Lke
Christ
Madonna
Moses
Confucius
Martin Luther
India
Segen Haus
Vienna
Admiral Tromp
Bismarck
Edinburgh
People’s Library
A $2300 Two Story Frame Home Proposed With Comforts
Plans describe a two story frame house on a stone foundation with a cemented cellar and a full width porch. The interior favors a spacious reception hall, parlor, library, dining room, kitchen with pantry, four second floor chambers, ample closets, one bathroom and a balcony.
Electric farming experiments spread in Germany
Berlin reports on the electric plow and light’s stimulative effects on crops. German studies indicate direct electric current and light modify plant growth, accelerate ripening, and boost yields with methods using glass, zinc and copper plates, and static electricity demonstrations.
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Indianapolis Journal
Berlin
Department of Agriculture
Herve
Mangon
Prillieux
The
Geomag
Lemstrom
Dangerous Tints and Colors That Drive Madness in Time
A 19th century brief warns that purple walls and red windows can push a person toward madness within a month. It notes purple as the most dangerous color for the brain, while blue excites the nerves and music craving, and scarlet triggers homicidal mania in people and animals.
The Octopus Invasion On Teneriffe Coast
A Chilean fishing scene aboard a Spanish steamer off Teneriffe in the Canaries leads to an eerie encounter with a giant octopus. Four men battle a huge pulp using a boathook and line, witnessing its emerald glow and twisting tentacles before the creature sinks back to the depths.
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Teneriffe
Canaries
Miguel
San Borondon
Spain
Atlantic
Dovtor
Old Miguel
Cavario
J. W
What Do You Know questions amuse a Philadelphia crowd
A Philadelphia Telegraph item suggests a versatile party feature. The piece notes trivia style prompts can spark fun among friends at gatherings and entertainment programs, offering a ready improvisation for hosts.
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Philadelphia Telegraph
Rules for Barbers New York Letter
The Board of Health announced strict sanitary rules for New York City barbers to enforce starting Sept. 1. Barbers must wash hands with soap and hot water, avoid alum in stick form, use powder form if stopping bleeding, ban powder puffs and reuse of towels, prohibit sponges, wash mugs and shaving brushes after each customer, sterilize combs and clippers by boiling water or germicide, and ensure floors and furniture are dust free with hot and cold water available. Only licensed physicians may prescribe for skin diseases.
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New York
Board of Health
New York City
Leverie
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Poe
Henry Drummond
Tyndall
Byron
Browning
Whittier
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Love's Palace
Robert Burns Wiison
Floor
Ney
Library
Forler
Ford
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Germany
Andrew Wilson
United States of America
D. T. Pierce
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