Niagara Power Transmission Exhibition Triumph
A historic electrical show debunks claims that copper limits blocked Niagara to New York power transfer. It highlights Tesla’s early feat, outlines transmitting 462 miles, with the cataract’s water as a symbol of progress. The exhibit promises messages flashed undersea to Europe and emphasizes the educational impact.
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National Electrical Exposition in New York to Feature Niagara Power
A 1896 article details The National Electrical Exposition from May 4 to 31 in the New York Industrial building. It describes Niagara Falls power models, long distance transmission, lighting of landmarks, and educational lectures led by notable figures including Edison and Bell.
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Tesla
Edison
Westinghouse
Thompson
New York
National Electric Light Association
Lexington Avenue
Forty-fourth Street
T. Comerford Martin
Dr. Park Benjamin
Edward Lind Morse
Niagara
Tom
New York Harbor
Western Union
Fire Island
Barnegat
Exposition Hall
Exposition
Levi Ps Morton
Brooklyn
Tessa
Roentgen
Frank W. Hawley
Chicago
Boston
Mr. Hawley
The
Telegraph
Gen. Eckert
Western Union Telegraph Co
A. S. Brown
Louis Duncan
Johns Hopkins University
W. A. Anthony
Park Benjamin
T. B. Crocker
Columbia College
Elihu Thompson
Lynn
Mass
P. B. Delany
Herbert Laws Webb
Howard Leonard
Hoboken
N. J
Alexander Graham Bell
Dexter Marshall
Maine Trappers Stranded In Frozen Camp Plagued By Floods
George Adams and Fred Drake, winter trappers near Bald Mountain on Bear Brook, were incapacitated by a foot wound and fever. With floods in March their shanty flooded, supplies swept away, and they endured weeks without fire or food as animals howled nearby until poachers found them near death.
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B. G
Great Britain
British Guiana
Orinoco River
New Forest
United States
Diggins
Venezuela
West Indies
England
Crespo
Maine
George Adams
Fred Drake
Bald Mountain
Bear Brook
Drake
Adams
Pittsfield
Philadelphia Times
Enormous pie planned to mark repeal of corn laws
Denby Dale residents prepare for a giant commemorative pie of ten feet by six feet six inches by one foot deep. The idea honors the 1846 repeal with a August first celebration. Committee to approve oven plans and pre dish. boiler makers may be invited to craft the dish then the work begins.
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New York
Trinidad
Georgetown
Philadelphia
Yo’ Vo
South America
Denby Dale
Huddersfield
Westminster Gazette
London
Potatoes in Old Times Mentioned by Shakespeare
Gerard knew the potato as a delicacy and records show tubers roasted and steeped in sack or baked with marrow and spices, even candied. Shakespeare mentioned them, though he treated them as curiosities.
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Gerard
Shakespeare
A Romanian Fleet Appears Off Sebastopol
Roumania has surprised treaty powers by forming a small Black Sea fleet. It includes one fast cruiser named Elizabeth and fifteen smaller ships. The Russian government has recognized the Roumanian flag and salutes were exchanged as the fleet appeared off Sebastopol.
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Black Sea
Elizabeth
Sebastopol
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