CAPITAL AUTOCRATS AND THEIR POWERFUL SHADE
A St Louis Globe-Democrat review of federal officials reveals the strong autonomous authority of top Washington civil servants. It highlights the first comptroller of the currency, post office censorship by assistants, and the agriculture bureau chief who can order slaughter of livestock, with checks and governors unable to block such actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Secretary of the Treasury
Grant
White House
Taylor
General Grant
Postoffice Department
Kreutzer
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Animal Industry
Bureau
Territories
District of Columbia
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Wire Reinforcement Strengthens Copper Steam Pipes In Navy
The Italian navy adopts winding copper steam pipes with one or two layers of coiled wire under tension to strengthen straight tubes. The wire carries the full steam load with about 14 tons per square inch tension, applied in two or three spirals with ends fastened to the flanges.
Dialogue Turns To Sleep Talking Orders In Humorous Quote
A light anecdote from Music and Drama notes Mrs. Newed-Dick urging her partner to follow orders. The scene focuses on a night of sleep talking about buying chips and kindling, highlighting a witty domestic exchange.
Humors of Bann Panning Announcements of Marriages
A London Tit-Bits item recounts humorous interruptions during banns of marriage in Scotland. Examples include a couple misnaming each other, a parish beadle correcting a misstatement, and a query about charges for repeating banns. The anecdotes highlight clerical confusion, local humor, and the cost of publishing banns in past times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larkhall
William Wisher
Wiliam Wisher
Mary Williams
Benedict
Arbroath
Alexander Spink
Fisher’s Loan
Elspeth Hackett
Burnwynd
Beadle
Sanders Spink
Fisher
Lang Sanders Spink
Smiddycroft
Alloa
London
Milord and the smoking carriage tale in London
A London Spectator tale recounted a Frenchman in a smoking carriage with a British milord and a Skye terrier. A British miss sat opposite, silent as the milord offered a non smoking option. She ignored him, the milord lit another cigar, and she flung the dog from the window, prompting quiet astonishment. Both exited at the next station without speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milord
London Spectator
A Metal That Hardens Steel
A German discovery of a crystalline iron tungsten compound explains why tungsten in steel hardens it so much that it can scratch glass and topaz. Tungsten is a brittle heavy metal and the iron tungsten crystals are silver gray and brilliant. When alloyed, the compound forms in the steel and markedly increases hardness, unlocking value for a metal once considered practically useless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
New York Times
One of His Tricks Normal Dinner Confidences
A Chicago Tribune style exchange features Mrs Chugwater prompting dinner company and Mr Chugwater explaining a friend cannot come, revealing domestic satisfaction at a simple meal. In another snippet Mrs Fangle pressures Mr Goslin about lodgers, Goslin denying seeking lodgings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Chugwater
Samantha
Mr. Chugwater
Chicago Tribune
Frogs Eat Wasps in Garden Rockwork
A London Spectator note by R. EH Bartlett describes small frogs in a garden tank devouring wasps raiding fruit. The piece details frog swallowing, occasional wasp returns, and the vigor of this unusual diet, citing a tiny frog consuming three wasps in succession. It also compares parliaments, noting Britain with 670 Commons and 553 Lords, and other nations’ chambers for context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. EH
Bartlett
London Spectator
House of Commons
France
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Spain
Congress
Cortes
Reichsrath
Germany
United States
London
Temptation to Self Destruction Explored in Ruthless Passage
Raphael recounts a haunting moment of intent to die with another. He describes feeding cords around the boat and lifting the partner to cast both into the sea, sensing the pallid head and the sinking body as he prepared to leap. The New York Times attributes the quotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raphael
New York Times
Mystery of a Yachting Cap Sparks Social Talk
In a New York Weekly item, Clara and Timewit discuss a proposed evening engagement. Dora notes their politeness resembles others, while curiosities arise about a yachting cap and a hidden kiss, hinting at social intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara
Dora
New York Weekly
Women Patents and Fleet Lore Highlight Landmark Items
The article notes patents by women for folding bath and dish holders aboard ships, artificial eye improvements, whistle sounding with bellows, and a slow combustion fireplace regulator. It recalls Queen Victoria's 1854 naval review, a five mile fleet with 300 warships and 40,000 seamen, plus various curiosities on ether exergy, Hawaiian warrior spirits, Boki’s legend, a Hampton Court vine, and Bank of England note stock measured in boxes and miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Victoria
Bank of England
Lake Route to World's Fair via Mackinac travel
The Detroit Cleveland Steam Navigation Co offers two new steel steamers on the Upper Lake route costing 300000 each. They promise grandest fastest service with 20 mph speed and under 50 hours between Cleveland Toledo and Chicago. Four weekly trips linking Toledo Detroit Alpena Mackinac Petoskey and Chicago, July August daily Detroit Cleveland, daylight Lake Erie ride, Put-in-Bay service, first class staterooms and low round trip rates. Pamphlet available from A A Schantz Detroit Mich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Cleveland Steam Navigation Company
Lakes
Cleveland
Toledo
Chicago
Detroit
Alpena
Mackinac
Petoskey
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Jewett
Pittsburg Exposition
the Pickett Hardware Co., Limited
Warren
Pennia
Cnre
Busonle Verinic
Warren Pa
Noyes Brag
Siegfried & Co
Tagmera
YFER
LBING
Sapolio
Brown & Friend
Henry Friend
Moon
Warren, Pa
Humors OF Bann Publishing
Bay OF Monterey
Bay
Monterey
Sarah L. Stillwell
Overland Monthly
Honolulu
Boki
Tahiti
Hampton Court
Earth
Sheridan
Johnson & CO
Custom House St
Boston
Masa
Everi
10H & CO
Augusta
U.S
C.a.snow &Co
Keystone Watch Case Co
Philadelphia
Ronne
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