Berlin editor’s plan to speed trains with steel shell locomotive
A Berlin technical editor Arthur Kirchhoff proposes a streamlined steel shell for locomotives and cars to cut air resistance and power waste. The design envisions a continuous tube from engine to cars, wedge front, no exposed spokes, and 12 wheels. A three cylinder compound engine with central high pressure cylinder would drive a mid axle crank, aiming for a 75 mph express on a military line next year.
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Magen
State Department
Arthur Kirchhoff
Zoasen
Kirchhoff
Cara
Maine
Women Betters at Saratoga Show Vivid Betting Scene
A New York Times feature describes Saratoga races where nearly all attendees bet, focusing on the bets of Vanderbilt family members and other women. Commissioners tally wagers from glove to gown wearers, many indebted or ahead by small margins. A rich woman boasts she won $30 after borrowing $15 and paying a 10 percent commission, illustrating high stakes and social contrast.
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Bae Ae al
Electric Railway Surveyors Reach Wilhoite North of Nashville
Lewisburg Tenn Aug 14 The surveying corps on the Nashville and Wilburg Electric Railway have reached Wilhoite on Duck River thirteen miles north of this place. The survey will be completed within a few days.
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Lewisburg
Tenn
Nashville & Winburg Electric Railway
Wilhoite
Duck River
Why We Are Socialists in a Noted Wealth Jump
A Nashvi l le American note quotes that John W Gates earned 11 million dollars in one week, comparing it to six months of his usual income. The piece suggests the wealth surge prompts reflection on socialism.
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John W. Gates
Conflicting Contracts Block Prof Ford School at Athenium
At a Board of Education meeting the proposal to let Prof J Ford teach his boys in an Atheneum building faced strong objections. The city owns the Study Hall and is bound by Capt Smith’s lease restricting rentals to private schools. Ford’s rental of the Atheneum space may require legal action and the board narrowly rejected the plan, though not against Ford personally. Ford seeks alternative rooms while Smith aims to resolve the matter with the board.
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J. Td Ford
Athenium
Capt. Smith
Ford
Nasium
Actuat
Atheneum
Serique
Gleason Forms Fruit Growers Association in Weakley County
A Gleason meeting organized the Gleason Fruit Growers Association with forty members and plans to grow to one hundred. Each member will devote up to one acre to fruit, as interest in rating fruit rises. The rural community anticipates benefits to Weakley County from organized fruit growing.
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Gleason
Gleason Fruit Growers’ Association
Weakley County
South African soldiers seek aid amid embassy tensions
London reports disillusioned South African soldiers failing to receive promised support from the United States embassy. British and American officials weigh response as veterans request relief amid ongoing conflicts.
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London
Trent
United Stans
Szysli Sante
US Turkish Policy Strains US Porte Relations
The United States and the Porte face strained ties as unresolved settlements provoke delay. Ambassador Leishman demands full carryout of existing terms before discussing new matters, warning of a possible American reminder. In New York, Gustav Grunwald, 13, died while fishing when a heavy sinker struck him behind the ear. the incident occurred on a Hudson River pier as his father and brother watched. The fisherman responsible fled before arrest.
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Constantinople
Wee Thenes
United States
Porte
John G. A. Leishman
New York
Hudson River
Gustav Grunewald
Grunwald
Bartholyst ry Mystery Deepens as Suspect Faces Custody
Chicago reports reveal Edward Counselman, close associate of William Bartholin, held on charges of being accessory after the fact in the Minnie Mitchell and Mrs. Anne Bartholin deaths. New testimony and a rival witness bolster police claims of Counselman’s guilty knowledge, while a note seeking money and threats to his wife surface amid resumed inquest proceedings.
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Martholin-Mitchellimurlee
Edward Counselman
William J. Bartholin
Quinn
Minne Mitchell
Anne Bartholin
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Bartholin
Minnie Mitchell
Cownselman
Allen
Coduselman
Alelen
Codnselman
Bartholly
Counselaman
Counselman
Aflen
Crmsehnan
Tarvey
Kensington
Connselman
Conselman
Tarthelli
Counselmit
Grant
Senator McMillan Estate Bequest Distribution Probed
Detroit August 19 probate filings reveal the late United States Senator McMillan left an estate valued between six and ten million dollars. Bequests include 1,000 each to Grace Hospital Home of the Friendless Worm An's Hospital and Foundlings Home and Little Sisters of the Poor, 60,000 to Jefferson Avenue home, life interest in Engle Head property for widow, 1,000 to each child in law and siblings, 5,000 to three former confidential aides, 250 to all Detroit office employees, 100 to family servants, rest to wife and surviving sons as trustees until all children die.
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Mich
United States
McMillan
Lt! Continus
Friendless
Worman's Hospital and Foundlings
Children’s Free Hospital Association
Little Sisters of the Poor
Grace Hospital
Jefferson Avenue
Te Engle Head
Manchester by-the-Sea
Mass
George M. Black
Charles Moore
Richard Rice
W. C. McMillan
Philip McMillan
Francis W. McMillan
Gasoline blast injures four at Old Salem Chautauqua
In Peoria Illinois on August nineteenth four people suffered serious injuries during a gasoline fueled pyro display at the Old Salem Chautauqua. Col W F Merriam of Williamsfield Illinois lost a thumb and two fingers. Harry Levering the Chautauqua director lost three fingers. Arthur McDavitt of Auburn inhaled flare and smoke and is in critical condition. Lyle Watkins of Auburn was badly burned but may recover.
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Old Salem Chautauqua
Col W. FE. Merriam
Williamsfield
Til
Harry Levering
Chautauqua
Arthur McDavitt
Auburn
Dow
Lyle Watkins
Aburn
Roosevelt Sh Weds Him How An Ol Western Guide
Tribble, hero of a desperate hand to hand with two bears near Rifle Col, escaped with his life due to a visit by President Roosevelt two years earlier. Roosevelt reportedly showed Tribble how to kill a bear with a knife, and Tribble later dispatched another bear in a similar manner. He was wounded but crawled to his horse and rode to camp, losing consciousness.
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W. E. Tribble
Troosevelt
Roosevelt
Tribble
Peach ship ments close with 65 cars this season
Rogers Arkansas reports that peach shipments from the point closed Saturday totaling 65 cars for the season. Benton county shipments are expected to reach 150 cars, the largest ever recorded.
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Rogers
Ark
Benton County
Cancer Cured by Electricity in Australian Journal
An article describes an electrotherapy method for cancer using two needle points inserted into tissue. A 40 to 50 volt current runs for one to two seconds, is interrupted, then reversed for another one to two seconds. Immediate visible tissue changes occur, then needles are withdrawn and reinserted to continue treatment.
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