Clearviewit Failure Ends Thrilling Railway Test
In a tale of invention and misfortune, Harry and Farrington Forder perfect a wireless viewing device called Clearviewit to spy on train cars. A daring jewel theft plot is foiled, but a derailment damages the apparatus beyond repair and ends the century’s greatest invention for the railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farrington Forder
Teven
Forder
Sam Weller
Pickwick Papers
Mr. Weller
Harry
Clearviewit
Eastcross
Houdini
Cheerio
George
Southbourne Limited
Clearview
Farrington
Duchesse de la Nive
London
Denise
Duchesse
Tess
Chatter and Smiles Cut from a Village Page
A string of comic vignettes captures a businessman debating debt collectors, a lazy clerk losing his job to a whim, a printer stray hired briefly, and a village tale where a flat two shilling coin leads to a humorous misunderstanding. In brief scenes locals react with irony.
Whiffs of Wisdom Readings and Maxims
A fragmentary collection of aphorisms on self improvement and work ethic. It urges reading to learn and being worthy of success. The tone favors practical advice and caution about criticism and debt.
Home Chemistry and Tart Recipes for Daily Use
Practical guidance on safe storage of household chemicals and a collection of tart recipes. Covers labeling, storage of lysol carbolic acid and bleaching powder, dust bin sanitation, and a sample menu of banana orange lemon passion fruit and meringue tarts with step by step pastry tips and fillings.
Doubling London transmitters signals westward lift
The London broadcasting station increases power and moves to a higher Oxford Street site. The change should improve reception east of London while not doubling range. The piece explains transmitter controls, studio to control room magnification, and monitoring for distortion, plus a rust prevention tip and a few quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Oxford Street
Air Ministry
Admiralty
Kingsway
Whitehall
Appeas
Apple Cinnamon Tart Recipe Note
Short pastry lines a tin with thin apple slices. Sprinkle sugar and ground cinnamon and bake until the apples are soft, about 20 minutes. Delicious hot or cold, served with boiled custard if desired.
A Ghost Bride of Camperdown Lodge in Newtown
A faded 19th century tale from Newtown Sydney tells of a retired East India Company judge and his daughter. The bride awaited a bridegroom who vanished on the wedding day, leaving a locked breakfast room and a lonely life. She died May 25 1886 and rests beside her father. the grave bears a hidden inscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camperdown Lodge
Fitzroy Street
King Street
Newtown
Sydney
East India Company
St. Stephens’ Anglican Church
Wringer tips advise gentle handling and oil on bearings
Advice warns four wringers to avoid shumps and hot water, limit pressure, and not leave rosary on when finished. Emphasizes using a little oil on bearings as the magic to maintain function.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Amam
U'Loits Choudini
Huiow
Hman
Clerc
United States
Jica
Canada
Sam
Parrington Forder
Farrington Forder Sud
Billkins
Flere
Fraight Road
A. R. Burrows
Harley
Dean Inge
Lord Tredegar
Australia
Lord Dewar
Up Farine
Charles Shaw
Treworth
Sydney Womans
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