Edison Fluoroscope Aims to Help Blind See
Edison tests X ray light through closed eyelids to help the blind. Jacob Mahrbacher and Otto Kallenses from Newark undergo the device in West Orange lab. Edison notes intelligible reaction and warns test subjects must describe sensations clearly for progress.
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Thomas A. Edison
Mr.Edison
Mr. Edison
Jacob Mahrbacher
Otto Kallenses
Newark
Newark, Walked Into the Laboratory. Mr. Edison
Mahrbacher
Friadensee
Edison
Otto Retheneee
Deleht
Germany
San Francisco
France
West Orange
Insurance for Cologne workers offers nonemployment aid
In Cologne Germany workingmen aged over 18 with two years residency may join a society. The subscription costs a penny per week. If a member remains unemployed during a dull season the fund pays half a crown per day for married members and one and sevenpence for single members.
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Germany
Cologne
Jesuits in South America Civilizing Force, Says Lippincott
The essay lauds Jesuit pioneers in South America as prudent and industrious, establishing permanent missions with wealth and advancement. It contrasts them with fortune seeking settlers who enslaved natives and ravaged the land, noting Jesuit ruins and churches as lasting monuments from the Amazon to Brazil.
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South America
Lippincutt
Amazon
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Bahia
Goraz
A Dumas Mushroom Misadventure in a Swiss Inn
The elder Dumas faced a language barrier in a Swiss village inn while seeking mushrooms for supper. He drew a charcoal outline of a mushroom on the wall to communicate, then heard footsteps and opened the door to find the landlord entering with an umbrella.
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Switzerland
Dumas
Boston
Dumass
Wheel triumph sparks debate in Paris across Soudan
In French Soudan reports the bicycle gains fame among locals, provoking opinion from a Muslim deputy who doubts the Moron would swap fine horses for the wheel. The piece notes Arab romance with horses and the wheel’s appeal as a European import.
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Paris
Europe
Muhammedan
Chamber of Deputies
Graceful Act and Royal Cakes From Paris to London
A Paris patron funds housing for Beaux Arts students to study summers. a London firm created a 13 foot high jubilee cake weighing a quarter ton valued at 1560 dollars. Wedding cakes at royal events rise in size with Britannia imagery. tiny doll cakes for children priced at 80 cents per ounce illustrate lavish tastes.
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Paris
Pcole Des Beaux Arts
France
London
Prince of Wales
England
Britannia
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