Messages from Elsewhere and Oddities in a Turbulent Year
A compilation of miscellany including English and American letters, jokes, and anecdotes. Notes on a British offer in South Africa, courtroom wit, pushed repairs and a tale of an inundation report from Hartford. Egg trade and local commerce in Winston cited with figures, plus health debates on kissing and a political push for Gov. John Phelps in Missouri.
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South Africa
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Coty
Peribera
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Errors in School Teaching and New Sewing Machine Ad
The article critiques modern schooling stressing overdone exams poor reading aloud spelling and geography teaching along with ill focus on translation and classical texts. It notes pedantic philology a sewing machine ad praises the Family Shuttle Machine as a domestic revolution priced at 25 dollars and reliable for varied stitching. It also mentions Mrs. Lockwood's breakthrough admission to the US Supreme Court and discusses President Hendricks on negro suffrage.
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Family Shuttle Machine CO
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New York
Instant photographs prove wheel top faster than bottom
The article cites Scientific American photographs showing a wagon wheel’s top moving faster than the bottom during motion. It notes blurring at the upper spokes and rim while the lower wheel remains sharp, and discusses gun making and military plan coverage in other era notes.
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