Inventions Parade New Household Labor Saving Devices
A late list of innovations includes a draining rack for dish drying to hang beside a dishpan, an even temperature melting pot for glue, a street manhole cover secured by a patent, a paint reservoir and embossed roller for surfaces, a water heated dynamite kettle, a lawn seed sowing machine, a one turn letter stamper, a double hinged frying pan, a high speed projectile chronoscope, a combined electricity and steam range, and a shoe salesman's stool with side mirror privacy for customers.
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Iowa
A Dainty and Practical Dress Sketched for Ironing Ease
A dress sketch presents two styles a dainty and a practical design. Features include 11 underarm buttons that can serve as decoration or function when edges are buttonholed. Materials like lawn or dimity are suggested for a best dress.
Electrically Powered Innovations Highlight Early 20th Century News
A survey of modern tech features notes BYARKS ELECTRIC in New York showcasing an electric hearse and a quarter inch meter. It cites a 12 inch fan running ninety minutes on a cent’s electricity, Mars signaling needs, and Patent royalty figures for moving pictures. It mentions Chicago elevated traffic, New York elevators, fast Chicago Board of Trade elevators, a planned 16 million tunnel project in Boston, and electromagnets for sunken cargo in the Mississippi. Television is described as a new form of distant visual communication. Army and naval tech references include the South Dakota battleship’s vibration-free Curtis turbines and fire control mast.
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Mars
Thomas A. Holigan
Chicago
Board of Trade
New Haven
Boston
Mississippi River
Battleshio
South Dakota
Curtis
Food Fight Turns Fatal in Busy Lunchroom
A chaotic scene at a quick lunchroom ends with a young man nicknamed the Iron cheek dead after an oat meal shower. The bizarre incident follows sharp exchanges with a waitress and a musician, as patrons recall the odd confrontation.
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Belinds
Sonny
Screech neighbor's singing at open window startles man
A vivid scene unfolds as a neighbor named Miss Screech sings at an open window, prompting alarm from a man who complains there should be no open window for Screech in their home. The odd moment underscores tensions between residents and a quirky household.
Fragmentary Local Quip From The Flats
A brief, garbled exchange quotes a young woman singing in the key of C and a child from the flat above responding. The coarse phrasing suggests a lighthearted street remark reported in the Lowls Star.
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Johnny
Ut. Lowls Star
Too Much Competition for the Consolation
An editorial line remarks that the current scene is crowded with rivals for consolation, noting the high level of competition and the difficulty of securing relief or recognition amid many contenders. The text argues for a tempered perspective and practical expectations in the face of abundant effort.
Ghosts, mediums and miracles at City Temple debate
George Spriggs, former medium and now head of the Psycho-Therapeutic Society, argued that spirit communion is real at a City Temple Debating Society meeting. He described seances in Cardiff and Melbourne with phenomena including weight shifts on scales, apples and grain appearing, and ink transferred to a forged form, while skeptics noted no ink on the medium.
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G. Herbert Masters
Charles Stracher Davidson
University of California Mining College
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Davidson
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Masters
Thomas A. Graves
Olean
David Unkern
Norman Stein
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Psycho-Therapeutic Society
Byaervatory
Rees Lews
Cardiff
Father Butcher
David Jones
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Mueller
Motherwell
A Tinge of Suspicion in Local Commentary
A fragmentary quote shows Palmer Countosnel noting a speaker begins by outlining what the country needs and proceeds with his own suggested path. The remarks hint at skepticism toward prescriptive rhetoric in public discourse.
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Palmer Countosnel
Desperation Over Turgler Weekly Subscriptions
Suburban readers of Turgler's Weekly vote to halt delivery, offering publisher $500 to stop the paper. A fractured humor piece features an elevator joke and a comical toothpaste ad misprint, followed by a jewelry store exchange about a watch that fails to keep time.
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Worthington
Turgler
Aharm
Tragedy and Comedy Clash in Odd Exchange
A fragment shows Hi Tragedy declaring death to the star tragedian while Love Comedy counters that he is a low comedian and mimic, always imitating someone else. The dialogue hints at satire on performance personas and artistic pretenders.
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Love Comedy
Literary Inpiration and Quirky Conversational Fragments
A collage of quoted remarks from the Washington Herald features remarks on literary inspiration tied to advertising notices from publishers. The passage includes dialogue about parrots and slang, plus a home-grown philosopher advising beginnings, and a witty reply about navigating a river.
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Washington Herald
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