Wireless Telegraphy Advances and Global Power Trends
A survey of early wireless telegraphy work cites Chicago researchers Freeman Forrest Smith and others claiming a system surpassing Marconi for sending and receiving signals using capacitors instead of induction coils. It notes electric railway plans, Edison heat to power generation, and American industry’s global rise with European imports, tariffs, and consumer goods competition. Consuls report on cotton yarn use, population density, celluloid manufacture, acetylene propulsion, and snow friendly wire laying, alongside health risks from zinc dyed hosiery and new life-saving buoy tech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encage Reais
Chicago
Clarence E. Freeman
Axmour
L. Os Forrest
Tate
Hartford
Edwin H. Smith
Western Electric Company
Marconi
Freeman
de Forrest
Mr. Smith
Adirondacke
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Edison
Berlin
America
Mason
Elarm
United States
Confectionair
Cnn
Basher
Mtg
Europe
Grant
England
London
Contention on Kidney Health and Stuart's Gin and Buchu
A vintage health note explains kidneys filter blood and disease stems from poison in blood. It promotes Stuart's Gin and Buchu as a permanent cure, claiming rapid symptom relief and renewed energy, with advice to obtain from drug stores or by express shipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sverre
Bright
Stuart
Juart
Mertess
Antidotes and Inventions in Mosquito Fight and Wall Street Power
A report mixes a German device for generating gas light with an anti mosquito treatment using naphthalene, then shifts to Henry Clews on Standard Oil’s dominance. It cites Guenther on a cheap, portable gas light unit and Voges’s naphthalene remedy, followed by a discussion on Wall Street’s quiet, vast power and a Los Angeles sun motor project inspired by Ericsson, detailing sun mirrors concentrating heat to drive a small boiler and motor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Guenther
Guenther
Frankfort
Voges
National Board of Health
Buenos Ayres
Paraguay
Standard Oil
Wall Street
Henry Clews
Saturday Evening Post
Jay Gould
Commodore Vanderbilt
Los Angeles
Cal
Aome
John Ericsson
University of Lund
Costly Kitchens Across Monarchies and Noble Houses
A scan of wealthier households shows kitchens as a major expense. The duke of Wellington’s Apsley House, Lord Shrewsbury, the Earl of Derby, Windsor, and the czar’s Winter Palace kitchens reveal vast fittings from silvered ranges to copper and spice boxes valued in the thousands. Royal chefs salary scales, numerous assistants, and monumental kitchen fittings mark annual outlays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apsley House
Duke of Welington
Lord Shrewsbury
Earl of Derby
Windsor
Diver
Aulver
Pacxara
Spenish
Jomo Bavint
Eftane
Bersia'e
Teheran
Wien
Free Money Puzzle Promises Large Cash Prizes in Ads
An appeal from Robinson Publishing Co offers $1,000 rewards for solving a puzzle spelling three city names. It urges readers to mail in the solution to 24 North William Street, New York, claiming vast cash prizes and urging urgency and personal effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United
Attes
Canada
Leigh
Rey
HSMF
J.M. Laohlti
Twenty-shirt Street
Pittsburg
B. Ackermann
Wense
Atunson Street
Mochester
George Corbett
Five Islands
Hove Scotia
Haye
Wisconsin Avenue
Columbus
Knoe
Addree Robinson Publishing CO
North William Street
New York City
Bright side of the picture in Plunkett essay
SARGH PLUNKETT reflects on public mood as strikes, education, labor, and church adjunctions shape society. He argues organized labor preserves order against fanaticism, while adjuncts threaten church authority, yet a future renewal of faith and harmony may emerge behind clouds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mi and
Brown
Bac
France
Imbor
Reagan
Wes
Geor‘gia
Clome
Appi
Sargh Plunkett
Beard Like Uncle Edward's Beard Proves Kaiser Monarch Clue
The Chicago American notes the Kaiser nearing a beard shift as officers trim moustaches to imitate imperial hair. Analysts see partial resemblance to Emperor Frederick and compare him to an older bearded uncle who now leads Britain. Public curiosity grows over whether memory of the father influences the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Edward
Chicago
Bertin
Frederick
British Empire
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Germany
Siegel, Cooper & Co
wWe
Geners
Hanaver
Nisfort
Cologne
Hughes
Coburg
Socrete Generale Pour la Fabrication Des Matteres Plastiquer de Paris
Barisal
Duplark
la Panne
Dunkirk
Aii
Mediterranean
Grout
Malta
Syracuse
H. Janssen
Mont Blanc
Mount
Aetna
Consul Hughes
Adolph Jones
Vienna Medical Society
Jones
Marth
Ees
Mexico
Japan
Great Britain
Spain
Belgium
Sweden
Portugal
Gree
Rusela
Rman Empire
Austria
Aweita
Mat Wen
Cox
Thore
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Roth
Atlanta
Chattanooga
Bowehardn
Rogte
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Golorado
California
Pryor Street
J. N. Merrill
General Southern
Atlanta, Ga
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