A Century-Old Atlantic Cable Dream Comes Alive
Seventy years ago next August the first transatlantic telegraph message sailed dire warnings and cheers followed Cyrus Field. The 1858 failure retry yielded success with Victoria sending a greeting to Buchanan. A tale of storms splices and perseverance across depths and seas.
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Atlantic
England
America
Queen Victoria
Buchanan
Cyrus W. Field
Atlante
Atlantic Telegraph Company
Peter Cooper
Chandler White
Moses Taylor
Marshall O. Roberts
Cyril W. Field
Telegraph Usage Across Nations In 1906
Figures from the German imperial post office show England sent about 4,000,000 telegrams in 1906, with the United States at 65,500,000 and France 58,000,000. Russia sent 100,000 including Asiatic possessions, paying 20,675,000 while Germany spent 8,750,000. American companies earned about 29,000,000. England’s lead is attributed to cheaper rates and better service, aided by Europe’s telephone expansion reducing telegraph reliance in America.
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Imperial Post Office
England
United States
France
Germany
Russia
Spain
Europe
Cleaning Zinc with Sulphuric Acid Steps and Warnings
A historical guide explains cleaning zinc with sulphuric acid under careful supervision. It instructs washing with soap and hot water, drying, and using two mops to apply a diluted acid solution, then rinsing with fresh water, ammonia solution, and finishing with dry whiting. It warns to add acid to water, not water to acid, and to avoid contact with skin.
Marinade and Larding Techniques for Tender Meats
The article explains marinade as soaking meat in a mixture of vinegar oil pepper and salt to improve flavor and tenderness. It notes larding uses a needle and fat bacon strips placed through the meat with ends left exposed and suggests keeping fat cold and choosing lean dry meat or game for better results.
Grangers Pie Dough and Molasses Crumbs
A recipe outlines Crumb or Grangers Pie using four cups flour one cup lard or butter half cup sugar two thirds cup first mix with molasses hot water soda flavoring. reserve three fifths cup of first mix to top with crumbs before baking.
Porch Basket for hanging flowers on porch
Use an ordinary round half basket with side handles painted green and hung by heavy chains. Place a small flat box at the bottom to reduce weight, then add soil and geraniums with downward foliage for a pretty effect.
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Niagara
Agamemnon
Newfoundlay
Ireland
Ike
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Dolus Bay
Killarney
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Gulf of St. Lawrence
Cape Ray Cove
Cape North
Liverpool
New York
Plymouth
Midocean
Queenstown
London
Trinity Bay
Theriumph
Victoria
Dixbury
Plegrape
Cyrus W
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