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Newspaper
The Progress
Location
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1893
Page
2
A noisy miscellany covers European politics with Britain India and Germany, noting cholera in Europe and New York, commerce strains between Kaiser and Czar, and a Scottish monument to Lincoln in Edinburgh. It touches on schooling punishments wood lists and a French name joke amid restless Cairo gossip.
A male narrator recalls a domestic comedy in a London townhouse where a niece’s search becomes entangled with a maid, a half sovereign, and a mistaken accusation. Voices echo through the hall as relatives clamor, while a servant’s gossip and a drunk roommate complicate the narrator’s bid to clear his name.
A vocal plea for safe soothing bedtime stories urges parents to avoid frightening personifications and nightmares. It argues stories should comfort and calm, weaving gentle images of fairies birds and flowers to ease children into restful sleep while preserving imagination.
The piece notes Europe produces about 1 850 208 square yards of mirrors, reflecting light via silver or tin amalgams. It explains reflection losses and that thicker glasses yield less sharp images, with the value tied to glass thickness though thicker panes are structurally stronger but optically poorer.
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