In the Parks by Romer Quinn
The author muses on Sydney’s harbour beaches parks and skies, recalling skylark songs in Centennial Park and the beauty of Botany Bay’s distant blue, while urging appreciation of gardens, flowers, and the city’s verdant heritage amid urban bustle.
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Romer Quinn
Tam
Erin
Heme
Browning
England
Sydney
Centennial Park
Botany Bay
Captain Cook
Blue Mountains
Henry Parkes
Tyes
Hinom
Wade
Doctoring a Zoo and the Bronx Park Medical Staff
A detailed account by Richard Craven for The National Humane Review discusses zoo surgery and animal care at Bronx Park in New York. It outlines anesthesia practices for rhinos and elephants, hospital work by Dr. W Reid Mair and Dr. Blair, and the philosophy of keeping animals healthy with sanitary conditions, special feeding, and careful restraint during procedures.
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Surston
New York
Richard © .Craven
National Humane Review
Albany
Craven
New York Zoological Society
Bronx Park
W. Reid Mair
Blair
Aso
New York City
Oklahoma
Locomotive advances seen in 20th century research
A report from the Engineering Foundation via The American Machinist outlines continuing locomotive potential with coordinated design advances. Improvements include boilers, superheaters, firebox refinements, thermic syphons, boosters, mechanical stokers, feed water heaters, and higher steam pressures. Boosters aid starting at low speed, while three cylinder engines may be tested for heavy freight. The article notes substantial fuel savings and rising performance, with one railroad operating 598 locomotives using economical steam expansion.
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Engineering Foundation
American Machinist
New York
Othey
The Spice of Life and Laughing Tales
A collage of brief humorous vignettes and captions featuring a tailor, a stamp collector, tourists, guides, a proud grandmother, a polite child, and a connoisseur. It mixes gags about engagement, fashion, a dog and a can tail, and a Wembley amusement park quip.
Hints for the Home Cleaning Tips and Repairs
Practical household advice on stain removal and fabric care. Instructions cover removing ink from linen, restoring silverware with potato water, starching and ironing, beating eggs, lemon to lift scorch marks, dry cleaning with bran and chalk, whitening walls, and removing greasy stains from a brown coat.
Steamed Gingerbread and Christmas Puddings Guide
A home cookery excerpt detailing steamed gingerbread and Christmas suet padding with ingredients such as treacle, margarine, flour, ginger, alspice, brown sugar, and method including steaming in a jar. Also covers gelatine chocolate pudding and Christmas candy style desserts with measurements and steps for moulds, boiling, and serving with sauces and garnishes.
Health Notes on Sweating and Voice Reproduction
This article explains the body’s sweating as a vital cooling and eliminatory process. It warns against overheating rooms and gilding the skin, notes dangers of excessive perspiration, and outlines how perspiration supports temperature regulation and health. It also discusses how loudspeakers affect music reproduction and cautions testing with standard equipment.
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Pater Cate Io
Aman
Wireless Notes Loud Speakers Draw Critique
A writer complains that loud speakers in wireless posters ruin listening quality. Citing Dr. Alfred N. Goldsmith of RCA, the piece highlights four main faults including poor reproduction of high pitches, low fidelity for speech, and distorted orchestral tones, urging better usage and design.
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Gramophone
Alfred N. Goldsmith
Radio Corporation of Ameriea
Savoy Hotel's Vast Operations and Hidden Tales Revealed
A historical article surveys the Savoy Hotel's scale and daily routines. It notes 300 guests year round plus staff, 70 to 800 dinners nightly, a £40,000 silver stock, giant laundry loads, and a powerful water and heating system. A quirky anecdote recounts a bell and a mistaken fire alarm during a four night stretch.
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Savoy
London
Kent
Annia Euest
Politics alake strange bedfellows all ever stranger hoom companions
The fragment hints at shifting allegiances and unlikely alliances in a political scene. Names, places, and precise events are unclear, but the tone suggests surprising partnerships shaping policy or election dynamics.
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Jules
Tay
Ae Constant
Alice
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Virginia
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Tom
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Wembley
Health Notes
Niles
Wireless Notes
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