Major Squier Solves Telephony Across the Wire
Major George Owen Squier of the U S Army Signal Corps announces a device for multi plex telephony using the earth as a circuit conductor. The invention allows several messages on one wire and aims to make telephony nearly free. Squier notes he is from Michigan, West Point graduate, and serves as assistant chief signal officer.
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George Owen Squier
Signal Corps
United States Army
Thomas A. Edison
Major Squier
Michigan
West Point
Wise Uncle Joe on reform and self improvement
In Washington a dinner setting Uncle Joe Cannon praised old wisdom. He quips that a young man seeks to reform the world while an old man would be glad to reform himself.
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Joe Cannon
Washington
California's New Senator Judge John I Works
Judge John I Works, elected to succeed Frank D Flint as United States senator from California, backs popular elections for senators. A Civil War veteran and former Los Angeles city council president, Works was 62 and previously served on California's supreme bench. He moved to California in 1883 after being admitted to the Indiana bar and authored several law texts.
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California
John I. Works
Frank D. Flint
United States
A. G. Spalding
San Diego
Tenth
Indiana Cavalry
Indiana
Lingo of Prohibition Era Slang Cited by Manning
Powell T. Manning in Puck uses a flow of slang terms to mock modern speech from the prohibition era. He lists words for drinking and social behavior such as dope talk slang and booze fighting gink to illustrate how language shifts with culture.
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Kelly
Powell T. Manning
Speed Machines and the Typer Boast in a Smoky Saloon
In Harper's Weekly a boastful man argues over a machine's speed and cost of repair. A stranger arrives claiming a corker for speed that writes three hundred words a minute, then reveals he means a typewriter. The exchange ends with a comic misinterpretation.
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Harper’s Weekly
Reilly Aims To Upset Hebner In Back Stroke Showdown
James Reilly of the New York Athletic Club seeks to defeat Chicago champion Harry Hebner in back stroke as Hebner holds the world record for 150 yards. Reilly hopes to claim international supremacy with a win. Sergeant John Walsh of New York walks to San Francisco attempting to break Weston’s transcontinental record, with a $2000 prize.
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James Reilly
New York Athletic Club
Charles M. Daniels
New York
Harry Hebner
Chicago
Mercury
Hebner
Reilly
Walsh
Weston
John Walsh
San Francisco
Edward Payson Weston
Fort Leavenworth
Boston
Mare Island
Salt Lake City
Portland
Old Gentleman Questions Vases From Herculaneum
A Museum scene features an old gentleman from upstate pressing the vendor on the authenticity of vases from Herculaneum. The attendant confirms minimal cleaning while the critic doubts the claim, insisting ready made vases were never dug from the ground.
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Herculaneum
Metropolitan Magazine
Job Inquiry in a Clay Modeler Era
A brief exchange from the Louisville Courier-Journal notes a student asking for an office boy job. The respondent questions spelling and arithmetic, recalling lax schooling while mentioning skills in clay modeling and worsted work.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
How she met her second husband romance anecdote
A Spokane Spokesman-Review quote explains a romance origin. She was walking with her first husband when her future second husband drove by in a car, knocked down the first, and so began their friendship leading to marriage.
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Spokane Spokesman-Review
All Nation Baseball Team Formed at University of Pennsylvania
The Cosmopolitan club of the University of Pennsylvania forms a baseball team with players from over twenty nations. S. T. Kim of Korea is the manager and not more than one player per country is allowed. The Chinese seek S. T. Yang to join. Curling Trophy valued at $1,200 is Toronto’s single rink championship open to all Toronto clubs, with repeat wins granting perpetual ownership. Queen City and Granites have held it in earlier years.
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Cambridge City
Ind
Mouchon Brice
Roucha
Moucheronne
University of Pennsylvania
S. T. Kim
Korea
S. T. Yang
Toronto
Queen City
J. C. Scott
H. A. Haissey
R. Rennie
Granites
W. E. McMurtry
T. Rennie
Iowans Organize to Preserve Game
Iowa sportsmen organized at Des Moines the Polk County Conservation and Sportsmen's association with aims to preserve Iowa lakes and forests restock fields and waters and establish an efficient game warden system.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Polk County Conservation and Sportsmen's Association
A Painful Situation in Night School
A dialogue in the Washington Herald depicts a man mocked for attending night school at an older age. A rich critic comments on speaking ability while a family member responds that the family is not suffering, but the butler is embarrassed by the speaker’s numerous breaks.
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Washington Herald
Sutherland Sets New Polo Record in Worcester Stop
Kid Sutherland, former Hartford roller polo player now with New Haven, set a world record with 105 saves in a game at Worcester, surpassing Big Bill Bannon of Harvard who held 96 saves in 1909.
Revolution Financed by Moving Picture Concern
A Pittsburg Post quote notes soldiers well supplied and confident, while claiming the revolution enjoys financing from a moving picture concern. The exchange emphasizes war funds coming from cinema interests and signals rising funding sophistication.
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Pittsburg Post
A Senator’s Wit on Slow and Fast Times
Senator Lafayette Young, noted for sharp remarks, warned that a certain political movement would yield slow times again, and slow times, as he said, mean fast days. The comment reflects his seasoned rhetoric on current policy debates.
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Lafayette Young
Young
Gray the Youthful Australian Billiard Marvel Sets World Records
George Gray, a young Australian billiard prodigy playing the English style in England, has broken world records in a single Nottingham match with 1,200 and 1,318 point breaks. He previously surpassed 1,000 points in eleven breaks.
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Gray
George Gray
England
Nottingham
Gyer-Young Featherly Criticized for Extravagance
The Chicago News reports Gyer-Young Featherly is accused of wasteful spending. Myer-That responds and notes Featherly spent three last week advertising for a lost umbrella.
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Gyer
Young Featherly
Myer
Chicago News
Dress Reform Meeting Sparks Tight Gown Satire
A humorous exchange mocks Mrs. Fadd’s dress at a recent reform gathering. The joke notes her gown fit so tightly she could not make a motion, illustrating the event’s lighthearted commentary.
Wireless Chess Between Liners in Mid Ocean
Two games of chess were played by wireless telegraphy between the liners the Briton and the Medric in mid ocean, with each ship winning one game. Among Briton players was Rear Admiral Bush, commander in chief, Cape of Good Hope.
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Midocean
Bush
Cape of Good Hope
Doyle Signs With Chicago Cubs Third Baseman Recruit
Jimmy Doyle, from the Louisville club of the American Association, signed a contract for 1941 with the Chicago Cubs. He is expected to challenge Harry Steinfeldt for the regular third baseman position on the Cubs.
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Doyle
Chicago
Jimmy Doyle
Louisville
American Association
Harry Steinfeldt
Chicago Cubs
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