Marvelous astronomical finding due to woman's sweet disposition
Garrett P. Serviss recounts how Mrs. Pound a patient widow allowed her nephew James Bradley to fit a telescope through her house. Her calm temper enabled his work to reveal the aberration of light and the later discovery of the wobble of the earth's axis, marking a landmark in astronomy.
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Garrett P. Serviss
Mrs. Pound
James Bradley
Mia Pound
Bradley
Widow Pound
Thia
Rair
Earth
Elizabeth Willams
Miss Celestine Hitchcock to wed Julian Peabody at Aiken
Special to The Washington Post Miss Celestine Eustis Hitchcock of Westbury L I and Aiken will marry Julian Peabody of New York in a quiet ceremony at Villa Men Repos. The bishop Henry B Northrop will officiate. Attendants include Helen Hitchcock and Louise Hedlen with Frank Hitchcock as page. The couple plan a summer abroad.
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Washington Post
Aiken
Celestine Eustis Hitchcock
Thomas I Hitchcock
Westbury
T. I
Julian Peabody
Charles A. Peabody
New York
South Carolina
Henry B. Northrop
Charleston
Hitchsack
Villa Men Repos
Hitchcock
Helen Hitchcock
Louise Hedlen
Washington
Frank Hitchcock
John DL. Peabody
Celestine Eustis
Nightingale of Balkan War Speaks of Lady Lowther
London reports that Alice Atherton Blight of Philadelphia will accompany her English husband Sir Gerard Lowther on a major diplomatic mission. Speculation hints the next British Ambassador to Berlin may become Lady Lowther, famed as the Florence Nightingale of the Balkan War, noted for relief efforts during the Constantinople siege.
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Spevia
Washington Post
London
Alice Atherton Blight
Philadelphia
Halp
Berlin
Gerard A. Lowther
Constantinople
Washington
Lady Lowther
Florence Nightingale
Turkey
Atlantic
Lowther
America
William
Sir Gerard
Lord Lonsdale
England
Queen Gray Hair Restorer Claims Instant Natural Color
An advertised liquid hair product promises to restore natural hair color with a single application. It can produce any shade from the same package, leaving hair soft, fluffy, and non sticky with lasting color. Sold for 50 cents to $7 at O Donnell's and Peoples Nervg Stores nationwide.
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O'Donnell's
Teople
Washington alumni group to meet at Montague home
The Washington alumni of Mary Baldwin Seminary will hold a business meeting at 1021 Vermont avenue on Tuesday March UW at 3 o'clock. All former students and association members are urged to attend. Other events include Monticello Chapter DAR reception at 207 G street NW with Mrs Horton and the national board as guests.
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Washington
Mary Baldwin Seminary
L. W. Montague
Vermont Avenue
Monticello
G Street
John Miller Horton
Buffalo
N. Y
National Board
Mary (. Beach
Kirk
Swift
Carmody
New York
National Library For the Blind
H Street
Catherine Camnon
James Young
Mise R. Louise Young
Mordecai
Alfred Mordecai
Congress
Brasillo
Ellen M. Stone
Macedonia
Balkans
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Fairmont
Thirteenth Streets
Anthony League
W. E. F. French
American Woman’s Republic
Works
Senator Clapp
Minnesota
United States Monitor
Kit Carson Post
A. F. Hunter
Post
John MccElroy
Corsets Shape Easter Costumes in Bon Ton Line
The corset acts as the Easter costume base with Bon Ton models praised as superior. Visitors are guided to the third floor parlors where experts fit new models to personality. Adjusto reducing corsets feature adjustable bands from one to five inches without removal, backed by medical and fashion authorities and sold worldwide.
Army and Navy Gossip on Scouting and Fuel Plans
Navy and Army officials discuss cooperation with the Boy Scouts, streamlined communications, and a new naval appropriation act. Improved fuel storage capacity is to be built at multiple stations including Pearl Harbor, Guantanamo, and Boston, with funds allocated for tanks and heater coils after a successful test at Bradford.
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Navy
Bradford
Rhode Island
Norfolk
Charleston
8. C
Key West
Fla
Pearl Harbor
Hawai
Guantanamo
Cuba
Boston
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Palais Royal
A. Lisner
Eponge
Voile
Batiste
Linda
Paris
Copenhagen
Asaloves
Shepherd
Japan
Art Needlework Department
Aliza
Tomers
Ube
Sears
Army and Navy
Boy Scouts of America
Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Bureau
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