Electric shocks and new motor carriage innovations
The article explains how powerful electric currents disrupt heart rhythm and respiration, with experiments by Dr. R. H. Cunningham showing fibrillation and asphyxia risks. It describes a France motor carriage combining an oil engine with a secondary electric motor and a novel fire escape device that can be used from a window bench. It notes Siberian ice bubble eruptions and several other small inventions such as a closet disinfector, a perpetual calendar, a heat resistant hair dryer comb, and a new street sweeper with a drum mechanism.
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R. H. Cunningham
Cunningham
France
Social Conduct Rules Govern Washington Officials
Society at the Capital outlines an unwritten official code of precedence for officials and their wives at social and diplomatic events. The system, based on a 1886 act, orders dignitaries from the President to assistant secretaries, with wives following similar ranks, and features notable historical episodes involving Hay, McKinley, and Pauncefoot as context.
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Marguerite Matthews
New England Home Magazine
United States
Harrison
Mr. Foster
State Department
Secretary of State
Secretary of War
Navy, Interior and Agriculture
States of the Union
Supreme Court
Associate Justices
Washington
Foster
Mr. Olney
Cleveland
Olney
McKinley
Hobart
Sir Julian Pauncefote
Hay
Sir Julian
Stevense
Thegress
IS LIKE NAPOLEON Hattie Goes Wrong with Him in Sootrica
A vivid discussion traces St Helena as Napoleon’s famous exile site. It recounts discovery by the Portuguese in 1601, Dutch and English control shifts, and the island’s role as a strategic stopover. It notes Napoleon Bonaparte’s 1815 arrival at Longwood and his death in 1821 on Jamestown’s foothills.
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Paul Kruger
St. Helena
Napoleon
Africa
India
Portugal
Thomas Cavendish
Tsland
British West Indian Company
Teland
Cape of Good Hope
South Africa
Bt. Helena
Cape Colony
Transvaal
Kruger
T. Helena
East India Company
Sland
St Helena
Napoleon Bonaparte
Longwood
Jamestown
Pie Cutter Invention Of Pennsylvania Genius
A Connelsville, Pennsylvania inventor has devised a novel pie cutter. The device uses a flat triangular blade slid under the crust and a vertical knife blade operated by a scissor-like mechanism. Both blades have cutting edges, enabling easy slicing of hard cake or delicate pie crust.
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Pennsylvania
Connelsville
Cheaper light in sight in German gas use
In Germany researchers report that low candle-power illuminating gas with incandescent burners yields very good light, sometimes surpassing richer gas. The incandescent mantle usage is widespread, and in cities like Magdeburg there is a proposal to gradually reduce gas candle-power.
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Germany
Magdeburg
ALL Settler. She Have you seen my father Life
A fragmented quotation shows a character asking about a father while another states a lawyer has checked his standing. The text suggests a legal or familial inquiry within a dramatic exchange. The source provides sparse context with no clear event, date, or names beyond generic terms.
It Isnt Safe to Start Out With Pocketful of Pennies
A House member recalled a field anecdote from Virginia about thirty eight years ago. A young boy returned a five cent piece amid a tale of candy and memory, noting the coin would not buy much now. The Washington Star report frames a humor anecdote about value and time.
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Army Line
Virginia
Washington Star
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Champaign Daily News
Peter
Champaign
Illinois
Siberia
Yellowstone Park
Ernest Seton Thompson
Peabody Institute
Public School Teachers’ Association
Mr. Thompson
Noble
New Mexico
Geome
Mr Thompson
Isabelle DU Bois
Washington Society
Senator Martin
Capital Society
Marie Bagley
Ensign Worth Bagley
Paul
Helena
Hattie
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