Love Letters of the Brownings and Everyday Affection
A 1906 appraisal by Margaret E. Sangster argues that true love letters, including Browning correspondence, avoid excess flourish. Daily family notes and wartime missives from San Francisco illustrate sincerity, practicality, and enduring warmth that outshine grand declarations.
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San Francisco
Margaret E. Sangster
Joseph B. Bowles
Robert
Elizabeth Browning
Mrs. Browning
Mary
Johnny
Fanny
Jack
Delicate Embroidery on Fine Materials and Nightdress Sachet
Description of delicate embroidery on white mousseline de soie and cambrie applied to colored backgrounds. The illustration shows a nightdress sachet with Michaelmas daisies on ivory mousseline de sole and heliotrope glace silk. Also notes embroidery on batiste with soft muslin. Then a tip to brighten false hair switches by dipping in ammonia.
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Batiste
Jerry's System and the Missing Mail Episode
In a Boston Globe style tale Jerry returns from school with a new idea about memory aids but forgets three errands. A manysided day unfolds as Solomon the tortoise causes a scare and the family jokes that no system yet works until thoughtful planning saves the day.
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Jerry
Father
Mother
Klamath
Nelson
Jery
Solomon
Mia
Susan
Boston’ Globe
Victoria Cross tale of Beresford and O'Toole bravery
A chronicler recalls Sir William Beresford winning the Victoria Cross for a Zulu War rescue scene. Beresford rode back to aid a wounded soldier, urging him to mount as Zulus closed in. Sergeant O'Toole held the foe at bay, prompting a second award shared by both heroes for conspicuous bravery.
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William Beresford
English Illustrated Magazine
Butler
Beresford
Beersford
O'Toole
Sir William
England
What is reform as asked by the impressive speaker
The impressive speaker asks what reform is and Senator Sorghum replies that he does not know exactly but says it is something everyone must advocate for whether they want it or not. The exchange appears in the Washington Star.
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Uncle Sam
San Francisco
Post
Kith
Carlyle
Annandale
Canada
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Sunday School Tale Echoes Town Council Ambition
A fragment from Tit Bits shows a child, Johnnie, saying his father is trying to get into the town council, while Johnny asserts the teacher loves everybody and the boy insists his father seeks political advancement.
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Johnny
Johnnie
Stamping Machine in German Post Uses Electricity
An improved method stamps letters by electricity in the German post office. A new machine, devised by Norwegian inventor Krag, stamps 108000 letters per hour.
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Krag
Underground Telephone From New York to New Haven Opens
A new underground telephone line extends over seventy miles from New York to New Haven. Proponents praise the reduced visual clutter and reliability, while noting higher costs. News indicates expansion may follow as cities consider burying wires to avoid wind, sleet, and crossovers with high voltage lines.
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New York
New Haven
Conn
Standard Bridge Crossings and Underground Conduits Described
The article explains the standard method for crossing short bridges using conduit pipes encased in concrete reinforced with steel rails and wires drawn through. It also details a typical street construction layout with a man hole showing the ideal underground service location used on city streets, barring obstacles. It notes growing use of electric locomotives in mines, claiming electric haulage offers efficiency and economy over traditional methods and may soon become dominant.
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Gays Popular Mechanics
Elephant power for electric stations raises odd questions
A proposal from an enterprising Anglo-Indian to use elephants to run dynamo turbines is discussed with skepticism in Engineering London. Cosmos Paris notes no data on elephant energy, suggests horse-elephant power ratios, and warns a central elephant powered plant would be a painful sight. The piece mocks the idea as impractical amid a shift to mechanical power, hoping editors spare elephants from such burdens.
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Engineering
London
Cosmos
Paria
India
Electric Lamp Light Killer and Magnetic Wells Update
A vintage note describes a ruby lamp lighting setup using a jump spark coil and a spark cell to vaporize oil, plus a safety setup to keep light from affecting the plate. It also reports on magnetic wells at US Geological Survey, seeking data on casing magnetism and object sizes. A Swiss line from Locarno to Bignasco will use 5000-volt single-phase power to run a 17 mile railway fed by waterfall power.
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Lampspark
Switzerland
Valle Maggia
Locarno
Bignasco
10,000-Ton Ore Carrier Joseph G. Butler Jr Launch
A notable shipbuilding feat on the Great Lakes saw the ore carrier Joseph G. Butler Jr. launched after keel laying, completing the build in 65 days. The event highlights rapid construction and adds to regional shipbuilding achievements.
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Great Lakes
Joseph G. Butler, Jr
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the Womans
True Love Letters
Mrs. Nelson
V. C
Sir William Beresford
Bhoskiyn
Shipping
Aren
Fudla
Popal
The
Electrical Review
United States Geological Survey
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