The Next World War and the Electric Weapon Dream
Scientists warn future warfare may rely on electricity not chemistry. Tesla predicts wireless energy could guide explosive projectiles and strike distant targets, wiping armies or cities from the earth. The piece weighs moral peril, predicts naval and land battles, and reflects on humanity's arms race.
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Europe
St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
Schopenhauer
Roger Bacon
America
Asia
Africa
Bacon
Arlington
Honolulu
Nikola Tesla
Tesla
United States
Post-Dispatch Sunday
London
Krupp
Berlin
Paris
Marconi
New York
Saeoue
New Yorker
Cat Lees
TEST OF YOUTH IN MARKET TESTS AND ARTERIAL HEALTH
A fragment discusses testing tenderness of chicken breast and applies the method to human chests. It notes that elasticity in the lower sternum in older adults may indicate arteries unchanged. The piece cites Youth's Companion comparing the sternum to an ancient Roman sword with cartilage.
Local Take on Gender Views Sparks Brief Banter
A brief quote from the Indianapolis Star reflects gendered perceptions with a remark about differences between how women and men judge things. The fragment also includes a question about a woman named Alice and her suitability in a social context.
Electric furnaces promise uniform heat for steel parts
An electric furnace for heat treating steel used in automobile construction is introduced. It heats by passing current through coke on the floor, then heats the wall and dome until the entire unit becomes conductive, enabling consistent, dependable heat for automobile parts.
Undefined fragment cites congressman with locket and weapon
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a congressman, a locket, and weapons but provides no coherent event or clear details for a dated or locational news item. No verifiable entities or actions beyond scattered words are present.
Anuric Urges Hot Water Against Kidney Trouble Ad
An old advertisement urges Americans to guard against kidney trouble from rich food and uric acid. It touts Anuric as remedy when backache, cloudy urine, or rheumatism appear, and mentions Dr. Pierce products like Pleasant Pellets and Favorite Prescription with a long-standing reputation.
Cabaret Banter and Local Gaffes Stir Gentle Dinner Table
A humorous vignette unfolds with a waiter asking a guest about capers with mutton and a guest joking about inviting a young lady to cut capers. The scene shifts to a cockeyed remark about a local figure Jones Smythe being popular and a plan to elect him chairman of the house committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Smythe
Seokas Club
Coei
House
Castoria and remedies advertise widely
An assortment of vintage advertisements urges mothers to use Castoria with signatures, promotes Allen's Foot-Ease for foot relief, and touts various products and medical claims. The fragment mentions a brain fever remark and brushes by other ad copy about paper production, medicine, and financial prudence.
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Allen
Olmsted
le Roy
Freckles Get Rid of Freckles with Othine-Double
An old advertisement touts Othine-Double as guaranteed to remove freckles. It claims small amounts clear skin quickly with night and morning use and offers a money back guarantee. Also includes a schoolyard line about a boy winning marbles from Jimmie at recess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbie
Jimmie
Smith
Red Cross Ball Blue Laundry Ad
Real merit in every 5 cent package proves Cross Ball Blue makes clothes whiter than snow and delights users. Available at all good grocers. Ady.
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RED Cross Service
Cross Ball
He Dropped Ten Pounds In Weight In A Talk
A brief column notes a speaker shedding ten pounds in weight as part of a personal progress remark. The event frames the talk as a candid fitness or lifestyle update with a focus on self discipline.
Vap-O-Rub praised in Kansas City reports
Reports from Kansas City druggists detail customer trials of Vapo Rub salve for coughs colds and chest asthma. Testimonials from Mrs James Hollens and others claim relief for bronchitis asthma and infant colds. Product offered in 26c 50c and 1.00 sizes.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Vick
James Hollens
Tracey Ave
Almira Turner
B. 24Th St
T. L. Marshall
Aeome
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Constantinople
David
Achilles
Indianapolis Star
Mrs. Rawler
Alice
Adonis
Sonae
Tod Inem
Spohn Medical CO
Mfrs
Goshen, Ind
Garry Tleath
Fletcher
George
Kline
DR. Elie Company
Hed Bank
J—Rav
Kansas
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