Steel Letter Boxes Spark Demonstration and Debate
The piece discusses post office plans to supply street letter boxes for four years with nearly one million in use and potential bulk orders for steel boxes. It notes steel could be cheaper and more durable and harder to break, recounts a tale of a four minute box break and suggests theft risk influenced early thinking, and reports officials have not studied steel boxes despite past robberies and informal practices to break boxes with hammers or stones.
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New York Tribune
Wanamaker
Post Office
Post Office Department
The
New Yorker
Sam Eocecnl
Washington
A Visit to N Gandu by Captain Hinde
Capt. Sidney Langford Hinde recounts a visit to N Gandu the capital of Gongo Sutete noting brutal execution methods where torn apart by crowds and knife and drum head courts, a population of 10000 to 15000, double ditch palisade and skull pavements with over 2000 skulls at one gate.
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N’gandu
Sidney Langford Hinde
Gongo Sutete
Tippoo Tile
Congo
Oregon Prune Orchards Hit Big Acreage
Oregon features 25 000 acres of prune orchards used with bread and tea for supper. Young ladies learn to pose with a prune grin that softens into a bread and butter smile for visitors or photographs.
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Oregon
Great Changes New Name Plate Prompts Improvements
The New York Advertiser notes a new name plate and asks what improvements have been made. It requests that changes be confirmed in a brief follow up, highlighting any notable updates or adjustments.
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New York Advertiser
Suggestions for a Model Kitchen in 1897
A detailed guide on kitchen design emphasizing plumbing, woodwork, and fixtures. It argues for iron pipes, seasoned pine floors, proper sink size with draining shelves, ample ventilation, and easy cleaning. It warns against cheap floors and worn furniture and recommends two tables, a rocking chair, and practical storage features.
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Co-Operative Building Plan Association
The Sheep of Lebanon and Fatting Silk Industry
The article by Harry Fenn describes Lebanon’s silk region with mulberry cultivation and cliff planting by boys, then details Syrian sheep fattening with mulberry leaves. Women lead, feed, and clamp the sheep’s mouth to fatten them for winter meat harvest.
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Strasburg
Harry Fenn
St. Nicholas
Cedars
Lebanon
Mr. Fenn
Local preacher seeks grace amid mixed sentiments in England
A West of England local preacher recently offered a singular prayer asking that the spark of grace be watered with the dew of blessing from on high. The remark appears in a Saturday Review item reflecting on religious discourse.
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West of England
Saturday Review
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