United States War Avoided by Concentrator Victory
In a dramatic wartime scene an engineer Atsins activates a reinforced power concentrator at a Washington sending station. The device annihilates the enemy air fleet, saving the nation as Congress debates war and General Montius confirms the fleet’s destruction with Curtis’s relay. Atsins calmly returns to his shop afterward.
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United States
Washington
New York
Atsins
United States Army
Congress
War Department
Department
Susquehanna
Shod
Montrus
Mon“rus
Curtis
Kiel
Montius
Capitol
Atlantic
Mantrus
America
Old Dewey
Aisin
Molly
Owen
Soula
Relation Army
Letty — Cotpes mm Stra
Ife
Thielty
Nation Army
Letty
Alread
The Taishan Staircase to Mount Tai Holy Mountain
Travellers climb Taishan from a gate near Taian and ascend 6000 stone steps to a plateau of temples and bronze statues. Coolies carry pilgrims up and back, a trip totaling about thirty cents per pair. The main temple houses the holy mother statue, with offerings shared among temples, beggars, and the Dowager Empress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Washington
China
Taingan-fu
Confucius
The
Holy Mountain
The Decider reshapes shopper choices in department stores
An article describes a paid Decider who manipulates undecided customers in stores. She uses a practiced “sale face” to nudge purchases from chiffon velvet to furs, while investors in the act observe, and saleswomen gain new income via salary and commissions. The piece notes this persona creates a new employment path for attractive women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drapers
Gibsonian
Hus Peng
Public reader voices Cuban factory workers’ daily paper
In all Cuban cigar factories across the West Indies Key West and Tampa a public reader is employed. This man sits in a high seat and reads newspapers magazines and novels aloud to the cigar-makers as they work.
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West Indies
Key West
Tampa
Fine Indian Photographs by Major Moorehouse
Major Moorehouse of Pendleton Oregon publishes an album of striking Indian pictures including The Last Outpost of a Dying Race. His Cayuse Twins photograph has gained wide recognition and his work drew attention at the Lewis and Clarke Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Lee Moorehouse
Pendelton
Oregon
North West
Major Moorehouse
Moorehouse
Obesity Food Claims Quick Weight Loss Through Diet
An advertisement touts a home food that allegedly enables unlimited eating while converting excess fat into muscle and normal weight. It promises relief of a large stomach, improved heart and lung function, and natural kidney and liver operation. A coupon invites immediate mail order.
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A Cortesy Technica
Ihapters Cc
St. John’s
Ube
E. N. Corneau & Co
Dept
River Street
Chicagg
Cleveland
Rockefellers
Carnegies
Angle Manufacturing CO
Murray ST
Crowth
J P
Poso
Cincinnati
Ohio
Remington Typewriter
Remington Typewriter CO
Broadway
London
Arthur Applin
Duke of Marford
Baston
Orien
Congress Street
Besten
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