Uncle Sam’s Latest Scientific Triumphs Big Magnet and More
The article lauds federal innovation across science and industry. It highlights a massive $1,200 magnet at the Bureau of Standards for optical work, a vacuum gauge, multiplex telephony enabling multiple messages on one wire, and the Pulmotor life restoring device. It notes government-led inventions in currency production, postage, stamp vending, automatic sorting, postal savings, and labor-saving machines, stressing public benefit and ethical use.
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Plume
Uncle Sam
Sam
Dnele Sam la
Squier
United States Army
United States Bureau of Standards
Atlantic
Major Squier
Caruso
Light Brigade
United States Bureau of Mines
Herty
Germany
United States Census Bureau
United States
Republic
Postofice Department
Postoffice
Postal Savings Bank
Greatest Play Ever Seen by Bush in 1911 Game
The narrator recalls Detroit Tigers third baseman and field captain Bush making what he calls the greatest play ever seen. In the eighth inning against the Highlanders at Highland Park, Bush scooped a ground ball to me and flipped it to avert a run, enabling a four handed double play that saved the game.
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Detroit Tigers
Bush
New York
Highlanders
Detroit
Walters
O'Leary
W. G. Chapman
Quaint Measures of Distances in New Jersey
A native humorously recounts local travel terms in New Jersey towns. A storekeeper estimates Skeeter swamp as two whoops away while another resident places Flytown about three chaws south, noting variability by the pace of the traveler.
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New Jersey
Atlantic City
Long Branch
Skeeter Swamp
Lere
Flytown
Up to Him in the Library Asked for Hand Tonight
A fragment shows Tess suggesting her father in the library could be asked, while a speaker complains about a lost five dollars and feeling deeply sore. The exchange hints at a domestic tension centered on marriage prospects and responsibility.
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Tess
Father
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