Hughes Basks in Philadelphia Welcome as Republican Claim Gains
Charles Evans Hughes spoke to a packed Metropo litan Opera House praising the Republican record as progressive and sound. He criticized Democrats for broken promises, excessive spending, civil service betrayals, and claims of reform in child labor and Mexican policy while urging arbitration in labor disputes.
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Philadelphia
Charles Evans Hughes
Pennsylvania
Metropolitan Opera House
North Broad Street
Hughes
Pittsburgh
Willam E. Crow
David Lane
John Gribbel
Union League Club
Republican Party
Party of Progress
Democratic Party
Republicans and Monetary Commission
Huerta
Clockless tower haunts Londo parish with twofold reason
An 1800s London church tower lacks outward clock signs due to aesthetic and financial pressures. The clock was deferred, as a bell chime mechanism was hidden in the belfry to avoid altering the tower’s proportions and exposing a dial.
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Pearson
Flint Pebbles Drive Coastline Labor by Havre to Dieppe
Flint pebbles mined along the French coast from Havre to Dieppe employ many women and children. Pebbles near Havre are chosen for spherical shape and used in cement production and copper ore grinding. The same pebbles also serve crushing in paint manufacture and porcelain making with sources from Fecamp to Calais.
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Havre
Dieppe
Fecamp
Calais
Philadelphia Press
Friday Ship Folklore Ends in Silent Voyage
A skeptical Massachusetts captain aimed to disprove Friday superstition by naming a ship Friday and scheduling all milestones on that day. The keel was laid, launch, loading, and sailing occurred on Fridays, and the ship, later dubbed Friday, sailed to the West Indies. No news of the ill fated vessel ever reached port.
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Ichusetts
Republic
Sle
Cook
Iriday
West Indies
Spectral Presence of Sodium in Everyday Air
Lommel notes that a minuscule three part in a million salt particle can color candle flames yellow and reveal sodium lines in the spectroscope. Sodium chloride dust is so ubiquitous in air that almost every spectrum shows sodium lines, illustrating the spectrum test's extreme delicacy.
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Lommel
Genuine Durham Bull Discussed Between Guests
A visitor questions whether the painting is a Landseer, but the host asserts it is a Durham bull. The exchange highlights the animal’s proud stance between the horns and distinctive color and curl on the forehead, claiming the piece is a genuine Durham.
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Landseer
Balky Machine and a Ride Offer
A boy asks if the machine should eat the car while Mr. Chuggins agrees. If it starts and runs away, don’t stop it. The boy jokes about overtaking it for the first ride in hours. The fragment intermingles with quotes about wisdom from Washington Star and Talmud.
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Mr. Chuggins
Washington Star
Kindness of Nature Quotation Fragment
Fragmentary quotation notes nature as wondrous while humorously referencing waste and teeth. It contrasts human folly with a vague helper Lam poon and quotes Horace Greeley on stupidity, all within a stray newspaper snippet.
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