Edison eyes new aid for the blind using the fluoroscope
Thomas Edison, exploring X ray vision, tested two blinded Newark men with his fluoroscope hoping to reveal where the eye is blocked. He found mixed results and said only a highly intelligent tester who can describe sensations could advance the discovery, suggesting future work may occur in Europe.
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Whomas
A. Edison
Mr.Edison
Mr. Edison
Jacob Mahrbacher
Otto Kallensee
Newark
Mahrbacher
2Ison
Kallensee
Ivan
Edison
Son
Tanoh Malkbacher
Otto Ratienete
Sam
Anrthine
Iere
Enidle
Guee
Germany
San Francisco
France
West Orange
Insurance for nonemployment in Cologne society
Germany offers nonemployment insurance for Cologne workers aged over 18 with two years residence. Members pay a weekly penny subscription. If no work during a dull season a daily allowance of half a crown is paid to married members and one and sevenpence to singles.
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Germany
Cologne
Jesuit Work in South America Praised as Civilizing Force
The article credits Jesuits as pioneers who fostered humane treatment of natives and advanced development across the region from the Amazon to Brazil. It contrasts their legacy of durable missions, aqueducts, and churches with later settlers who brought slave labor and conquest, leaving ruins and burden.
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South America
Lippincott
Amazon
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Bahia
Goyaz
A Tough Mushroom and a Misunderstood Supper
In a Swiss village an innkeeper who spoke only German failed to understand Dumas request for mushrooms. The elder Dumas drew a charcoal mushroom on the wall to communicate, then the landlord returned with an umbrella, suggesting a mistaken arrival or misunderstanding at the inn.
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Dumas
Gormar
Switzerland
Boston
Triumphs and Cakes From Royal Weddings and Paris Wheels
A column of curious notes covers bicycle talk in Paris including Arabs and poetry, a anonymous Parisian benefactor hosting artists for summer, a Queen’s Jubilee cake towering at 13 feet and 1560 dollars, royal wedding cakes weighing up to 300 pounds, Britannia and royal emblems, and a tiny three inch doll cake priced by the ounce.
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Prince of Wales
England
Britannia
London
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