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An advertisement promotes Christmas magazine gifts including A Woman's Home Companion Success American Magazine and Metropolitan Magazine. It offers subscriptions at various prices with discounts for prepayment and long terms, plus an option to choose from a wide list of magazines and a Shenandoah deal for two or three years in advance.
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A Woman’s Home Companion
Success
American Magazine
Metropolitan Magazine
Shenandoah Willey
Protracted Meet in Brucetown Church Began Sunday
Rev. H V Wheeler and Rev. William R Hardesty opened a nightly protracted meeting at Brucetown church, with Rev. C H Potter and local Rev C H Bitner among speakers. The village school plans a December 20 entertainment, while Sunday school will stage a small program December 22 due to the meetings. Several residents return home from visits in Washington and California, with minor notes on travelers and local conditions.
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Brucetown
H. V. Wheeler
William R. Hardesty
C. H. Potter
Winchester
C. H. Bitner
Randolph Macon
L. Rosa Purcell
Washington
Virginia A. Wade
Los Ange
Bees Exhibit Mathematical Behavior In Hive Construction
Al Netter reports to the Paris Academy that bees use geometric proportions in cell building and arithmetical rules in tasks like honey collection and worker distribution. He argues still that all bee movements are reflexive, not conscious, akin to instinctive eye closure.
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al Netter
Paris Academy of Science
Revue Scientifique
M. Netter
The Earth's Development and Nebular Theories
The article discusses shifting views on world formation, noting early spiral nebula hypotheses questioned years ago and later revived by the idea that planets detach from parent nebulae due to centrifugal rotation. It cites photographic evidence of detaching masses and suggests many nebulae show rotating cores likely to form solar systems like ours.
Snow Costs London Big Fortunes For Clear Streets
After the January 1895 snow storm, St Pancras surveyor Nisbet Blair said £2472 was spent on snow removal. With London’s 28 boroughs, the total nears £70,000 and nearly £100,000 overall including the City. A half hour of rain at that time would be worth its weight in gold if not followed by frost.
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London
Nisbet Blair
St. Pancras
Agility of Hares and Rabbits
Reading from J G Millais When running at ease hares stride about four feet but under fear leaps reach ten to twelve feet. Some say hares can jump ten ditches 20 to 2 feet wide and scale five foot walls while six foot walls baffle them. The cabbit stride is about two feet and maximum height for a rabbit is about three feet with stones aiding.
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J. G. Millais
Electricians Demonstrate High Voltage Sparks
Reported experiments by electricians fuse a high voltage storage battery with condensers to produce a four foot spark. They claim insulation fails even in vacuum tubes, illustrating the futility of insulating a lightning rod. The device allegedly yields over a million volts, implying a mile long flash would approach a thousand million volts.
Notable Shoemakers Named Across History and Fame
A reflection traces shoemakers famed for intellect and impact. It cites German captain Koepeniek and lists figures like Cloudesley Shovel Gifford Bloomfield Carey Admiral Mynss George Fox John Kitto and Sturgeon as illustrious shoemakers, noting a long list of notable names.
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Germany
Koepeniek
Cloudesley Shovel
Gifford the Terrible
Bloomfield
Carey
Admiral Mynss
George Fox
Society of Friends
John Kitto
Sturgeon
Fa Ipto
Winter Goods Purchases Highlight Baltimore Trip
Mr. W. W. Gleisner spent several days in Baltimore acquiring a stock of winter goods. A separate incident in Winchester left Mr. Kemiper Moulden robbed of a pair of felt pads school pocks and clothing on his way home, with damage reported to the village.
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Les
Cal
Gertrude Frasher
Los Angeles
Ashland
Leslie Owens
Pennsylvania
Carsumm
Vrier
John Hiett
W. W. Gleisner
Baltimore
Kemiper Moulden
Dugsy
Winchester
Hay Baler and Engine Repaired by Coleman Dunn
Mr. Coleman Dunn reports his hay baler and engine have been repaired. The work required nine loads of stone and two loads of gravel and dirt to restore it to good condition.
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Coleman Dunn
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