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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1887
Page
2
A Boston Transcript tale contrasts a man who bungles a carpet lay with a wife who, without changing, measures, tacks, and refits the room. Fogg’s failed method yields a carpet misfit, while Mrs. Fogg completes the task neatly, proving women can be practical and capable. The anecdote deflates the idea that women are illogical and unmethodical.
The article quotes Joe Howard's Letter noting successful writers resemble other men with pets fancies hostilities and ambitions. It argues writers should develop their own personality and individuality rather than imitate others, as success comes from personal conduct and drive.
At a London meeting Professor Hughes described submerging a microphone in a public bath. Unassisted ears heard nothing, but microphone analysis revealed a mix of doors, footsteps, voices, and flowing water, illustrating water’s vibratory power and its use by German water companies to detect pipe leakage by noise. Dr Gelmes cites measuring elms in England and Boston, noting Magdalen College’s elm at five feet six inches and trunks 16 feet around.
The Vancouver Island report describes Cannibalism among British Columbia Indians as observed by Professor Jacobeen, detailing brutal rites, scars as honors, and a chilling account of a would be chief biting victims. It follows with a New York City profile of Robert McBride, an Irish immigrant who builds a tea-store empire and secures a Fifth Avenue home after a rapid social ascent. The piece also touches on domestic tastes in decor and a humorous domestic anecdote about laundry delays abroad.
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