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Newspaper
Athena Press
Location
Athena, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1895
Page
4
A Chicago Tribune note describes Dr. Bylesius D. Cashman as a figure in a fictional history who asserts he anticipated hell in the discovery of the telephone.
An aged inventor named Dr Cushman, long involved in telephone claims, faced an injunction by American Bell Telephone Co against his American Cushman Telephone Co. He described his theory with a wall display showing a telegraph and unique magnet arrangement linked to a grounding setup. The narrative recounts earlier litigation and his insistence on being the original inventor while detailing visual aids and a dramatic weathered figure in his Wisconsin office.
A fragment describes experiments with a glass box and magnets to transmit sound over a wire. It recounts early talking boxes used for groceries and notes Dr. Cishman’s claim that Bell’s instrument embodies the same principles. It also tells of a whisky wall hiding a quart bottle in a New Jersey church.
State area figures have shifted due to revised boundaries and unsettled land rules. Census records show Connecticut gaining and several states losing hundreds to thousands of square miles between 1870 and 1890, with Florida increasing by about a thousand and New York dropping around five hundred.
In Sofia, Stamboulov, once a cobbler’s apprentice, rose to prime minister and appointed his former master as prefect to honor the craftsman's tough discipline and keen eye for dogging. The odd career arc highlights a ruler paying tribute to his humble beginnings.
Princess Sibylla of Hesse is linked by gossip to a possible marriage with a Russian heir. Her family eyeing the match faces concerns over blindness and dynastic alliances. Brothers and relations face health and tragedy, while reports place her at the Danish queen’s circle. The piece also mentions Col. Richard W. Thompson of Terre Haute in Panama Canal circles.
Chauncey M Depew profiles Richard W Thompson born in Culpeper County Virginia and outlines a long career from Indiana state politics to Congress secretary of the navy under Hayes and a noted author Known as the Ancient Mariner of the Wabash Thompson helped raise regiments in the Civil War served as provost marshal and judge and left a legacy of writings including The Papacy and the Civil Power and History of Protective Tariff Washington and Terre Haute figures are referenced with 19th century dates and roles
A correspondent recounts birds displaying sympathy and clever predation, including a buzzard dislodging crows from a dead chick en on a fence and sparrows extracting a swallowed object from a distressed peer. The piece closes with notes on boiler plate coffins designed to thwart grave robbers, discussed amid Washington chatter.
Mrs H M Peck wife of Judge Peck Tracy California writes of relief from dyspepsia heart trouble and poor health after using Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills. She credits the remedies with renewed strength and improved well being in a testimonial to friends.
Citizens acquire the new burial coffin described as fire and burglar proof built from boiler iron bone spruce bark and leather with internal locks and automatic bolts. Some models include torpedoes to explode from inside vaults and a travel arm that can cut to the top. Price per pound and estate payment terms are noted, tracing origins to Ypsilanti Michigan amid grave robbing fears.
The Northern Pacific Farmer of Portland Oregon promotes its twenty first year, describing a large weekly edition with 16 to 82 pages of agricultural and market content. It offers a free year for subscribers who advance payment to The Press, urging readers to join and not be without the paper.
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