Compass on MIT roof reveals magnetic ship corrections
On a Boston roof the MIT engineering department tests naval method to correct ship magnetism. A rotating deck supports a standard compass as magnets and iron bars produce deviations, with azimuth sun readings guiding adjustments and a Binnacle on a turnstile simulating deck conditions.
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Boston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bey
Kipling
Philadelphia Lines
Trinity Church
Institute of Telechnology
Navy
His First Vacation Autobiography in the Outlook
In spring 18. a Boston Tuskegee fundraiser meeting led Francis Garrison and others to fund a Europe trip for Mrs. Washington and Booker T. Washington. Despite fear of public perception and leaving his school, he embarks after long labor, finding relief aboard the ship and hours of sleep as he crosses the Atlantic.
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Boston
Tuskegee
Hollis Street
Bishop Lawrence
Paul Lawrence Dunbar
W. E. B. du Bois
Europe
Francis J. Garrison
Garrison
Henry L. Higgingson
London
Heaven
Mrs. Washington
Mr. Garrison
17 000 Miles Each Day McGowan Praises City Street Cars
Hugh J. McGowan, president of the Indianapolis Street Railway Company, notes that city street cars run 17 000 miles daily excluding Interurban cars and that the system handles heavy traffic with surprisingly few accidents. He praises the modern rebuilt curves and paving at Illinois and Washington streets and describes the busy corner as an impressively orchestrated rail traffic hub. The piece portrays the public’s eye on the construction and the relentless work maintaining service, even during peak hours, while detailing the scale of the city’s street railway operation portrayed through McGowan’s observations.
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Hugh J. McGowan
Indianapolls Street Railway Company
Linois Street
Washington Street
Mr. McGowan
Illnois
Washington Streets
Street
Littl
McGowan
Indianapolis
Illinois
Local shop touts self built car for interurban lines
A depot representative boasted about a pride of work, claiming their own shops produced a finer car than any in the nation. He said they built several units for Interurban companies and did so at lower costs than rival factories.
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Job
Hfe
God
Fashions in Hosiery in Chicago Evening Post
The article notes a spring shift to bright hosiery, with colors like purple and red, openwork, embroidery, and clocked patterns, driven by shorter skirts and low shoes. It traces hosiery origins from Anglo Saxon garters to royal and literary references, and recalls where stockings were knit at home, ending with modern sentiment on black stockings remaining common and the persistence of white stockings in memory.
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Chicago Evening Post
Countess of Salisbury
Edward III
Henry VIII
Spain
Edward VI
Elizabeth
England
Montague
Shakspeare
Prince Henry
Poins
Andrew Aguecheek
Malvolio
Petrachio
Stow
Earl of Pembroke
James I
Pepys
Duke of Gloucester
New England
York State
Pete
What is a billycock hat as described in Philadelphia Record
In a town visit Lady Francis Hope mentions her husband wearing a gray raglan and billycock hat. A young man asks for a definition and hears four differing answers. One insists it is a small-brimmed derby, another a soft round felt hat, a third a fedora, while a companion finally defines it as a military slouch like the English Tommies wore in war.
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Philadelphia
Francis Hope
Weill
Forgotten Night Ride in Ainslee’s Magazine Verse
Crickets fill roadside grass as two others join the speaker on a dusky road. The man and a girl from another day share memories, perfume rising through darkness, while the speaker recalls shared tunes and fears. If encountered there you’d say I fared alone.
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Arthur Ketchum
Ainslee
Blessing of Affliction From the Late D. D. Babcock
The sermon by the late Malthbie D. Babcock of Brick Presbyterian Church in New York extols affliction as beneficial discipline. It reflects on suffering, patience, sympathy, and usefulness, citing biblical and historical examples, and argues trials deepen faith and character.
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Malthbie D. Babcock
D. D
Brick Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue
New York City
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Chicago Optical CO
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God the Father
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