Smallest Electric Motor Worn As Scarfpin In Texas
A jeweler from McKinney Texas presents what is claimed as the smallest electric motor. Weighing 1 pennyweight 8 grains, its front is polished gold with gold commutator segments. The field magnets use two sheets of No 22 iron, gold screws, silk wire, and a four pole armature with No 86 wire. A tiny copper brush and a compact gold switch sit on a black rubber base for lapel wear. A small silver chloride battery powers the device, whose high speed produces a noticeable hum.
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D. Gordin
McKinney
Tex
New York Times
Proverbial Exchange On Professions From Galway Lady
A Manchester Guardian writer recalls a Galway proprietress who rents out property. A tenant farmer lamented choosing farming over a learned profession. The proprietor and her guest discuss payoffs varying by profession and the risks of work. The farmer ends with a quip about time and careers. The conversation highlights themes of value and security across jobs.
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Manchester Guardian
County
Galway
Son
St. Patrick
Heaven
Hell
Witty quips and social jests amid midland sermons and votes
The text blends comic exchanges about shoe store pumps and a pun on boots, alongside anecdotes from The Cornhill Magazine and Indianapolis Journal. It touches on gender discourse in fiction, woman suffrage, a moral tale about a country rector, and a western judge's knot tying wax joke, ending with a cautious laugh at the Wax knot.
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Fogg
Fenderson
Brown
Boston Transcript
Midlands
Cornhill Magazine
Sal
Inventor and maker of Shults Safety Whiffletree Coupling
Two years ago a La Grippe attack left me with a weak heart and flesh wasted to skin and bone. I could not sleep due to smothering spells and palpitations but after using Dr Miles Heart Cure the pains lessened and stopped. I gained fifteen pounds and feel better. Dr Miles remedies sold by druggists with a guarantee. Book of heart and nerve diseases free. Elkhart Indiana address. M C C Shults Wintersat Iowa.
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Shults
Whiffletree Coupling
Farmers see prices rise while buying costs fall
The article argues that farm product prices have risen since mid 1896, countering free coinage claims. It cites Bradstreet data showing higher prices for farm outputs yet cheaper inputs, listing specific items like nails, coal, phosphate rock, lumber, steel rails, quinine, and cloth, with New York market context and notes Chas Cornell and Roy Mullendore traveled to Columbus to hear Sousa's band.
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Chas. Cornell
Roy Mullendore
Columbus
Sousa
Franklin
The Great Dane and the Portable Hospital Telephone
A mix of brief notes on dogs and devices. The Great Dane passage praises the breed’s size and temperament, then shifts to early 20th century medical evidence about portable hospital telephones aiding communication in infectious rooms and homes. Additional items mention a London cook earning by tasting dinners, a Masarwa bushman’s bulb for food, a long history of puppet shows, and innovations in glass for dentistry and church bells.
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St. Bernard
London
Philadelphia Ledger
South Africa
Insurance and Real Estate Offers at Washington and Fifth
An advertisement promotes insurance against fire and weather losses, accident and sickness benefits, and real estate loan offers. It mentions rentals and property acquisitions, urging readers to watch for bargains and promising prompt, attentive service from the Office at Corner Washington and Fifth Streets.
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Washington and
Fifth Streets
Advertising sample circulars from Romanza Agency
Raspy ad fragment sells seaweed and a 18 inch item at ten cents postage with 6 pounds weight and a regular price of 1.0. It offers 6 percent commission to agents and promises a free sample plus subscription circulars. Address Romanza Agency 719 Sycamore St Cincinnati.
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Men & Womn
Romanza Agency
Sycamore St
Cincinnati
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Silverman
Amale
Ura
Pat
Indianapolis Journal
Paul Leicester Ford
Peter Stirling
LaGrippe
Miles
Chicago
Mr. Bryan
Bradstreet
Pittsburgh
McConnelsville Cok
Penn
York Market
Jan
Duey i
the Great Dane
Pearson’s Weekly
A Lordon Cook
Dolla
Francis J. Ziegler
Harper's Magazine
Philadelphia
W. HH
Sharp
Jackson
Michigan
Arnold & CO
Wellington Street
Evening Star
W. W. Lambert
Attorney AT Law
Trwin's Bank
J. F. Cox
Aveporney-At-Law
Cramp's Block
G. W. Cooper
C. B. Coop
Cooper & Gogper
First
National Bank Building
Pittsburg
Columbus Fuel & Ice Co
Wash. Sf
U.S
Washington
U. S
G.A. Snow & SO. Org
Patent Office
Noblitt’s Drug Store
Washington Street
Funkhouser
6Th and
Winans Grocery Store
Kinney & Kinney
Thal Estate
Dofmestic
Wabash Ave
Mechanic Sts
Boyers
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