Record Seats Sell Fast On Major Exchanges
A new high price for seats was set as 8 C Goffee’s seat sold for 46500 in New York. Albert J Elias former president of the Third Avenue Railroad bought a membership for 46000. Frank B Cahn acquired a Baltimore stock exchange seat for 4500, a record price for seats there.
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Stock Exchange
New York
8. C. Goffee
Albert J. Elias
Third Avenue Railroad
Baltimore Stock Exchange
Frank B. Cahn
Potatoes Used to Wipe Pens in New York Hotel
A New York hotel uses a bushel of potatoes each year as pen wipers. Every morning a large potato is placed in the pen box, and after 24 hours the potato is replaced. Pens in holders are stuck into the potato, six at a time, creating a porcupine look.
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New York
Hungarian duo claim 60000 words per hour telegraph system
Two Hungarians, Messrs Polak and Virag, announced a rapid telegraphy method. They say it can transmit 60,000 words per hour and print them in ordinary characters on a sensitized paper slip at the receiver. The slip is ready to be pasted onto a form for delivery.
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Messrs
Polak
Virag
Lyons Firm Captures Silk Web Embossed Effects
A Lyons France firm uses shortened cotton fibers under caustic potash to create silk webs with cotton threads at fixed distances. The chemical causes the cotton to shrink while the silk stays the same length, forming tiny folds and varied patterns in the embossed fabric.
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Lyons
France
Owl Found Hidden in Bethlehem Church Organ
After fruitless searches for a squeak in the Sheboygan Wis pipe organ a large pipe yielded a live owl during a recent overhaul. The bird is now with organist J. W. Piel. How the owl entered the organ remains a mystery to solve.
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Bethlehem Church
Sheboygan
Wis
J. W. Piel
Monarch Butterfly At Sea Attracts Scientist’s Note
A city scientist recently observed a Monarch butterfly near a ship at sea. The fragile insect hovered for days, matching the scientist’s expectation that it would linger, as butterflies sometimes do around vessels.
Longest Lightning Conductor Claimed On Zugspitze
Bavaria claims a record lightning conductor extending five and a half kilometers from the summit of Zugspitze down to Hollenthal. The structure rises above the meteorological station and descends to the valley where water runs year round.
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Bavaria
Zugspitze
German Empire
Hollenthal
Visitor finds Paris exposition flawed by local reach and hype
An American visitor says the Paris exposition failed to meet expectations due to lack of localization and overwhelming features that tired attendees. He cites the telescope claim as exaggerated, noting the event devolved into a Sunday afternoon parade rather than a grand spectacle.
Reading the curved pages strains the eye
The note argues that curved pages in ordinary books require constant eye focusing and strain the oscillary muscles. It also notes uneven light across pages. It suggests printing lines parallel to the binding to improve readability.
Youngest NY manuscript reader is 16 and grandson of publishing partner
The New York manuscript reader is the 16 year old grandson of a major partner in a large publishing house. For three years he has read manuscripts mainly boy's stories and his judgments are validated by the success of the books he has accepted. Other houses do not submit such works to boys. Most readers are new.
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New York
Garden of Eden
Palestine
Ploration Society
Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar
Heilprecht
Pennsylvania
Far East
Jerusalem
Dead Sea
Sodom
Gomorrah
God
Heaven
Temple
Jeremiah
Christ
Suburban trolley cars carry on board telephone gear
Cars on a St Louis area electric railway feature a complete telephone outfit enabling crews to talk with headquarters. Each car has a telephone set and a jointed fishing rod with wired sections. A flexible conducting cord with a plug at the rod tip fits a socket in a car vestibule, adjacent to the trackside telephone line.
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St. Louis
Telephone
What Is Your Occupation The Call To Steadfast Life
Dr. Talmage warns against religious gadabouts seeking constant change and vacillation in beliefs and careers. He urges seeking divine guidance for a fixed, purposeful life, citing Jeremiah and examples from history of perseverance, tempering ambition with duty to family and church, and choosing a calling aligned with one’s temperament and God’s plan.
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Talmage
Homely
Egypt
Assyria
Babylon
Pharaoh
Jacob
Charles Goor
Iberian Railroad Policy Abolished Aims Fast Settlement
A fragment mentions abolishing a penal policy and accelerating settlement of vast plains by farmers, alongside a promotion for Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy for indigestion, biliousness, and flatulence. The text is garbled but centers on policy change and a medical advertisement.
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Riberian Prinens
Miss Shadyside Parody Sparks City Conversation
Fragment from Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegram quotes Miss Shadyside joking about societal seating at events. The remark suggests men grant seats to age as well as youth, reflecting social attitudes of the era. The source preserves a witty exchange without graphic detail.
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Norther
Rea
Miss Shadyside
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph
Palmer's Lotion touted as cure for throat maladies
An advertisement extols Palmer's Lotion as essential for quinsy sore throat and throat ailments. It cites Chicago resident C W Rosenbach praising the remedy after ten years of trouble, and invites readers to request a sample and Ion Soap from Solon Palmer in New York.
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Palmer
C. W. Rosenbach
31St Street
Indiana Avenue
Chicago
Illinois
Solon Palmer
Pearl Street
New York
Suspect humor undercuts Count Von Squint inquiry
Mrs Leo Hunter questions Count Von Squint in a playful exchange about cross eyes. Mr an note the joke lands crookedly as the pair banter.
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Leo Hunter
Count von Squint
Mr. An
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Quinine Tablets
Remedies promise quick cure with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, refund offered if ineffective. Advertisement notes cost 25 cents and cites a Cincinnati Enquirer anecdote about a rescue and speedy marriage as a humorous aside.
The Best Prescription for Chilis and Fever Tonic
An old notice touts Gxuever's caer Cust Tonic as the cure with iron and quinine in a steleas form. It claims no cure no pay and markets a remedy for fever and chills to readers.
Breach of Etiquette Sparks Citywide Comment
A fragment from the Philadelphia Bulletin notes a public exchange about manners and behavior in Uptown districts. The terse quote references vulgarities and stalled money, signaling social tensions and local discourse on decorum.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
Cure for uterine misery touted by Pinkham’s remedy
Widely circulated testimonial claims Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cures an inflamed cervix and related female ailments. The sketch features Mrs Williams of Englishtown New Jersey, praising the treatment and urging women to write for free advice in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Westport Woman Recovers After Thirteen Years Of Headaches
The case of Mrs. Lasher of Westport New York is presented as proof of Dr Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. She suffered chronic headaches for thirteen years with head bones described as opening to the brain. After nine years of medical care with no relief she claims recovery within a year of using Nervura.
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Fred. C. Lusher, Jr
Westport
N. Y
Dr. Greene
Greeee
Greene
West 14Th St
New York
Ane
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