Attendants at Library of Congress Reading Room
Washington Post notes the Congressional Library reading room as a cheery, well supplied hub attracting both locals and visitors. Librarians show multilingual skills, with Solyom speaking ten languages and handling cataloguing in Chinese and Turkish. Reading room patrons include historians, genealogists, students, and a growing interest in hypnosis and theosophy, while long-time patrons sustain a quiet, old-maily culture.
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Washington Post
Congressional Library
Washington
North America
Justus Frederick Karl Hecker
Gibson
Dick Johnson
Paris
Johnson
Frank Reynolds
Latin America
Louis Solyom
Babine
William Woodville Rockhill
Palf
Lbrarian of
Conto
Liquid Air Fallacies and Dewar Storage Explained
London Globe summarizes Dr Carl Linde on liquid air. He debunks hype, explains energy cost of cooling, states small-day uses for dining rooms, and describes the Dewar vial design with two bottles, vacuum insulation, and a mercury mirror to minimize heat.
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London Globe
America
Cold Storage Association
Carl Linde
Berlin
Prof
Dewar
Linde
Dr. Linde
Farm Egg Prank Ends With Eight Hundred Eyes
A city visitor to a Kansas farm is tricked in a rural egg story. Country boys plant two hundred eyes in nests and faces, repeating the gag until Miss Meade hauls home eight hundred eyes, then leaves amused and puzzled by the hens’ supposed egg yield.
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Nebraska State Journal
Miss Meade
Career of Edwin A Abbey A painter tied to royal commissions
Washington Times profiles Edwin A Abbey, detailing his lineage from Roswell Abbey and William M. Abbey, his meticulous craft for historical accuracy, early drawings for Oliver Optic and Harper's, and his rise to royal attention. It notes his coronation painting for King Edward and a notable interview with King Oscar of Sweden.
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Washington Times
England
Edwin A. Abbey
Edward
Abbey
Pennsylvania
Lfe
Mr. Abbey
Roswell Abbey
William M. Abbey
Philadelphia
Broad Street
Europe
Gloucester
Anne
Amphortas
Brittany
Oliver Optic
Our Boys and Girls
Adams
Young Abbey
Harper's
New York
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Ned Abbey
F. Hopkinson Smith
Morgan Hall
America
Royal Academy
Oscar
Sweden
Academy Council
Catherine
Alleged boodler Kelly charged in St Louis bribery case
Charles T. Kelly faces bribery charges in the St. Louis boodle cases. He fled after indictment and was arrested in Philadelphia on his return from Europe.
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Charles T. Kelly
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Europe
Christmas Celebrations Across Time and Tastes
The New York Evening Post contrasts rich festivity with Puritan restraint. It traces Christmas customs from royal gifts to Santa Claus origins, mentions Saint Nicholas legends, and recalls German Kriss Kringle practices. The piece notes ongoing human desire to celebrate, endure, and find joy through holidays.
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New York Evening Post
Elizabeth
New York
Rome
Santa Claus
Nicholas
Myra
Germany
Christ Kindlei
Coleridge
Reindeer Queen of Alaska Rules Vast Eskimo Herd
Mary Makridoff, called the Reindeer Queen of Alaska, now holds her late husband Sinreck Charlie Augensook’s vast estate. She owns a large herd valued around 200 dollars per deer, with an annual income from transportation hires, meat, skins, and garments. The enterprise includes shipping, parkas, and mucklucks crafted from deer skins for sale toward Nome, reflecting an up-to-date industrial approach among Eskimo businesswomen.
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New York
Esquiman
Mary Makridoff
Alaska
Sinreck Charlie Augensook
Sinreck Charlie
Mary
Sam
Nome
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