Hints for Hostess Book Party Inscriptions and Parties
A 1905 feature describes an up to date hostess guide with book party inscrip tions, a Dutch supper, a left handed party, and a girl’s tenth birthday Rainbow Party. It includes prize ideas, menus, and venue decor tips with concrete examples and quotes from visitors.
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Hall Caine
Rome
George Washington
Owen Wister
Augusta Evans Wilson
Connor
van Dyke
Kipling
William Norris
Clara Morris
Corelli
Edna Lyt
Indiana
Booth Tarkington
Jerome
Silk Voile Blouse and Invitations Guidance
Silk voile blouse described with yoke, ribbon trimming, straps, lace, and pleating details. Sewing materials listed. Also guidance on accepting invitations with formal phrasing and the importance of committing rather than a conditional yes.
The Chaperone Etiquette Advice Passage
A fragment discusses chaperone manners and respect in courtship. It emphasizes showing courtesy, recognizing a chaperone’s sacrifice, and introducing friends to the girl's mother. The tone urges refinement and mindful behavior in social gatherings.
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Chep
Explosive Rock Collapse at Hillgrove Mine in New South Wales
English engineer M. Jacquet describes a December 15, 1904 blast at the Hillgrove mine that shattered rock over about 100 by 30 meters, with a shock reaching 2 to 3 kilometers. He notes such spontaneous explosions are common and feared, possibly increasing with depth, with various theories cited from gas to tension in the rock.
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M. Jacquet
Cosmos
New Hillgrove
New South Wales
Australia
Jengath
Nature
Derbyshire
Straham
Hillgrove
New Far Speaker Aids Phonograph Voices
The auxetophone attachment by C A Parsons and Horace Short boosts phonograph sound using a small valve and compressed air. Described as an air relay, it increases power and tone fullness. on calm days it can be heard 2-3 miles away and individual words clear at about 500 yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Parsons
Horace Short
Scientific American
Strength of Elephants Sets New Load Record
Report notes two elephants pushed a marker to 8,200 pounds with one animal at 7,200 pounds. The pair equates to the strength of 76 men or six horses, while two camels managed 2,000 pounds. Antwerp remains a major port, fourth globally by vessel tonnage after London Hong Kong and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
London
Hong Kong
New York
Remarkable Burgenstock Lift Erected In Switzerland
A new electric elevator at Burgenstock Swiss resort climbs 3 200 feet from the mountains to the summit, lifting six or seven people to offer views of Lake Lucerne and the Alps. Built by Wust & Co with Loeple & Co. engineers, it features a grotto entrance and a 380 foot iron tower. The article also notes early iron pot manufacture by Joseph Jenks and references Shanghai Chinese newspapers costing four cash.
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Burgenstock
Switzerland
Hammersehwand
Lake of
Lucerne
Alps
Ure
Unterwalden
Messrs. Loeple & Co
Wust & Co
Zurich
Joseph Jenks
Massachusetts
Trio of Amusing Tricks for a Daring Illusion
The article describes stage tricks using a metal tipped gas burner and a handkerchief, then shows making bullets stick together by cutting and pressing metal parts with a knife and screw action. It concludes with another trick from the Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Chicago Inter Ocean
How to perform a gas flame and apple trick for spectators
The manual describes tying a handkerchief around a gas burner and lighting it to show a non burning handkerchief due to heat loss through the metal tip. It then instructs producing two leaden bullets and performing an apple skin trick by slicing the fruit and moving a skin strip to mimic a bird pecking at food to amuse friends.
Trade in War Time Horse Trading Tale
A Georgian Union supporter, harassed by Confederate neighbors, outsmarts them by trading horses with a captain during a Union foraging advance. The tale ends with the forthright boast of never having sold a horse without complaint in forty years. Also notes the First Colorado Cavalry serving a year without pay before regular muster in 1862.
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John Smith
Confederacy
Smith
Red Shirt President Lincoln Memoir Anecdote
Schuyler Hamilton recites a wartime tale of President Lincoln in a red flannel shirt disturbed by Gen Scott five times nightly in 1861 at Rich Mountain. The telegram announcing Union victory prompts Lincoln to joke about passing it over his shoulder. A vivid incident from Lincoln's Civil War years is recounted with humor and cordial rivalry.
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Schuyler Hamilton
United States Army
Litcoln
Scott
Little Mack
Rich Mountain
W. Va
Tom
Gen. Scott
Lincoln
United States
Gen
Traded Shoes With Dead in Civil War Tale
An interview excerpt from the Chicago Inter Ocean recalls soldiers trading shoes with dead comrades after Perryville and the emotional impact on a young trader who later discovered his shoes bore his family name. The piece notes a later tale of a Parisian girl witnessing Dresden under Napoleon and hints at miscellany from the era.
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Louisville
Perryville
Kentucky
Chicago
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Mark Twain
Connecticut
Delft
Kalf Soep
Gehak Ballen
Gebraaes
Ellye Howell Glover
Ipustr Eg
Switserland
Burgen Stock
Hood
First
Colorado Cavalry
Colorado
Washington
Inter Ocean
Linenoln
Courier
Dresden
Julie Ascher
Lobostis
Bohemia
Napoleon
Dorn
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