First Telegraph Message at Morristown and Vail’s Role in Early Telegraphy
A Youth's Companion correspondent recalls the 1898 Morristown exhibition where a two mile wire linked battery and paper frame to translate a note written by a lady, with Alfred Vail’s system gradually moving from a bulky dictionary to letter-based signaling by January 24 in New York. The first message read by Vail was "tention the universe, by kingdom at wheel." The piece also notes deaths and local notices including Mrs. Guttrar, Mrs. Larson's 90th birthday, a barn door incident at Ft. Dodge, the death of former Congressman B P Birnzall, a 5 percent wage hike at Burlington railroad, and a new Elks cadet corps in Ottumwa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Yatt
Morristown
New Jersey
Val Hyed
New York
Speedwell Tron Works
Vail
Professor Morse
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Alfred Vail
Uke
Vatl
A. Gutttar
County Bluffs
Christian Larson
Sheriff Larson
Waukon
Ft. Dodge
H. L. Nelson
B. P. Biridzall
Clarion
Burlington Railroad
Webster City Commercial League
Crooked Creek
Ottumwa Elks
Elks’ Cadet Corps
Evolution of Paper Making From Rags to Wood Pulp
The article traces paper history from rag and plant fibers to modern wood pulp. It describes rag processing, pulping with caustic soda, beating, bleaching, and the shift to wood fibers after discovering wood pulp could be produced under high pressure. It highlights civilization’s progress enabled by this shift.
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Boston
Hernid
Seance Predicts Balkan Royal Assassination Tale
The piece recounts Eleanor Calhoun later Princess Lazarevich Hrebelianovich, a theater actress turned writer, who describes a 1903 British seance attended by W. T. Stead. The medium, claiming a seal from a king, eerily foresees the assassination of King Alexander of Servia and his queen, a tragedy unfolding years later.
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Eleanor Calhoun
London
James Russell Lowell
United States
Lazarevich Hrebelianovich
W. T Stead
Mr. Stead
Alexander
Servia
Rodin’s Sketching Method With Live Models
The article describes Auguste Rodin’s habit of engaging a model in unrelated conversation to calm her and provoke natural poses. He watches intently and signals the model to hold an unstudied pose once a spontaneous expression appears, then begins sculpting.
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Rodin
Hia
M. Rodin
Doubly Criminal Mr Grimes in Gossip Column
In a sharp exchange marked by indignation, Mr Grimes declares he is done with Skinner, calling him a bad one with a lying tongue. Mrs Grimes sympathizes, noting Skinner’s wife recently mentioned his false teeth.
Public opinion means nothing to me remark
A self described intensely self concerned person states health is his priority while Uncle Eben replies in a pun about water and a mule, reflecting stubborn humor from a Washington Star style column.
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Eben
Washington Star
Innocence Abroad in Baltimore American Interview
A youthfully candid exchange with a young actress questions the makeup van that pens fiction stories for the paper. The interviewer solicits a specific insider view on the newspaper’s creative process.
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Innocence Abroad
Baltimore American
Fragments Reflecting Aged Quips And Errors
Exasperated quotations and garbled lines show a reader’s frustration with misheard phrases. The dialogue hints at misattributed beliefs and mistaken names, suggesting a fragmented page with noisy OCR. The tone remains terse and puzzling, revealing errors in transcription and confusing attributions.
Massacre at Goliad shocks Texan war memory
Pittsburgh Telegram reports the Goliad massacre during the Texan war of independence. James D. Fannin commanded Brazos volunteers, delayed retreat to save civilians, and after surrender 850 men were executed by Urrea on March 27. Santa Anna cited orders as justification. Remember Goliad became rallying cry for Houston forces.
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Goliad
Tex
Methanea
James D. Fannin
Georgia
Texas
Brazos Volunteera
Austin
Alamo
Sam Horaton
Victoria
Fannin
Coleto Creek
Urrea
Santa Anna
Houston
Pittsburgh
Arnold Hartman
New Market
Lee Electric Company
Clarinda
Pig essay reveals pupil views on pigs and rhubarb
A British weekly reports students asked to describe holidays or observed things. One pupil chose the pig, writing that pigs are dirty and will eat anything but rhubarb and have little ambition for themselves.
Bookkeeper in the spotlight amid downtown walk
Finchdub and ombat discuss a man seen downtown as they go to work. Finchdub mentions the fellow is a bookkeeper and nothing more, while the Louieville Courier Journal notes the remark with local color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finchdub Toombat
Louieville
Difficult Stunt in Legal Circles Sparks Debate
A Louisville Courier Journal note quotes lawyers as needing remarkable restraint in offering favors until a buyer willing to pay arises, reflecting tension over professional conduct and compensation in the legal field.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Disputed Marital Oath and Local News Notes
Richmond Times notes a dispute over marriage vows and the impossible promise to love honor and obey. James Gibbons dies at Jesup aged BA years. Atlantic votes 330000 city hall. Le Mars claims oldest paying state Iowa. Keokuk announces dollar day marriages May 27. Jess Willard fined for speeding at Boone. Three Belle Plaine residents over 80 die within a week. Seventy snakes plowed up at Thurman largest five feet. Frank Shultz of Grinnell, 45, commits suicide due to rheumatism torture.
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James Gibbons
Jesup
Atlantic
le Mars
Iowa
Keokuk
Jess Williard
Boone
Belle Pinine
Thurman
S Blua Tager
Frank Shultz
Grinnell
Breezy Point Scene Recital Warbles on Lake Michigan
Stage notes depict a sitting room scene featuring Ruth Althouse Margaret Althouse Mary McMannis and Edith Blom as storm clouds over Lake Michigan. A seventh and eighth grade recital includes Gwendola Law and Loretta Henig performing Rossini Kukel overture.
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Uhiang. Ln
Ruth Althouse
Margaret Althouse
Mary McMannis
Edith Blom
Lake Michigan
Gwendola Law
Loretta Henig
The Millionaire Janitor Cast Of Characters
A fragmentary list of names and roles from a theater piece titled The Millionaire Janitor including Herman Schmaltz Beary Kruse Prof Flogg Francis McMannis John Madison Jenninga Heralds father Joseph Hansgerald Jenninga future U S Senator Horatio D Algier Floyd Fahey Francis Thornton Fubbs Herold’s chum Leo Lamm Skinner William Honig Reynolds To wy Stanley Jacob Rogers Gilbert MaMannis James Keough Cyr McGough Redmond Charles Homan Fenda Clarence Reichmeier Diploma Waltz Gregory Thornton George Althouse James Keough Dorothea Jacob Mary McManus Eight Grade Diploma fee Samm Henry Kruse Gladys Carroll Rev M Meagher Willy m Henry Margaret From Teta Agata Lawton piano entry by Mr Beagh.
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Herman Schmaltz
Francis Thornton Fubbs
Herold’s Chum
Leo Lamm Skinner
Pees
William Honig
Floygg's School
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Relief for Aches
A user testimonial touts Sloan's Liniment for sore muscles and overexertion with quick, clean counter irritation. The note claims lasting relief from aches, praising the product over others like mus tard, and notes a purchase of a 22 ounce bottle.
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Stoan
Sloan
Alf Deuggista
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Old Black Joe
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Meagher
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Teta
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Siang
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Euwen
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NAT
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