Bell's Own Story of New Line Opens Vast Telegraphic Era
A sensational New York dispatch recalls the historic Bell telephone demonstration linking Boston to San Francisco, with Dr Bell, Watson, and others witnessing the first long distance voice. It notes the formal White House moment, the era’s engineers, and the continental line's expansion, copper wire, and phantom circuits enabling cross country communication.
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York
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Teleraph Company
Thomas A. ‘Watson
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Paina Telephony & Elegrisk Co
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Hull Company
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No Scandinavian Mobilization Rumor Spreads Through Paris
A report from Copenhagen via Paris on January 26 denies any mobilization of the Scandinavian armies amid rumors linked to the recent conference of the three Baltic states. The official notices say there is no such move planned, easing fears in the region.
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Copenhagen
Paris
Mlmo
Noted Zoologist Dead in 1901 Expedition Link
Boston obituary notes the death of Dr. Benjamin Sharp aged 16, once zoologist aboard Commander Peary’s first Arctic Expedition in 1901, formerly of Brookline and Nantucket, who died at Hean fort Ni C.
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Boston
Benjamin Sharp
Brookline
Nantucket
Commander Peary
Heanfort
Gifford Murder Trial Opens with No New Evidence
Albany January 20 The prosecution has no new evidence to bolster the circumstantial case against Malcolm Gifford Jr as Hudson Riudeut opens the trial for the killing of Albany editor Frank J. Clute. Six minor witnesses testified about Gifford’s alleged presence at the scene and return to the diner dance at Tray cut, where Clute was shot. Several witnesses were railroad and Way men.
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Albany
Clute
Postmanters Named in Presidential Nomination List
Washington Jan 26 The president sent to the Senate the nomination of Robert Emmett Seffroy of Newport Ark to become minister to Uruguay He also nominated a large number of coastmen including James P Mayne of Heuverton NC and James St Mahon of Cannoruga NY
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Robert Emmett Seffroy
Newport
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Uruguay
James P. Mayne
Heuverton
N. C
James St. Mahon
Cannuoruga
Strangura Pew Sermon Shocks West Presbyterian
The Reverend Linius J. Strock pastor of the fashionable West Presbyterian Church delivered a pulpit monologue titled The Strangura Pew after resorting to newspaper draping in a local advertising package.
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Packa Ghureh
Marion
Linius J. Strock
West Presbyterian Church
Kaffir Boys Gave Fine Concert at the Auditorium
The Kaffir Boys performed to a good sized audience in native costumes at the Auditorium. Manager Mr Bulmer said the group represented different tribes and that their exact origin is unknown, with the eldest about eighteen. The younger boys appeared eight to ten, wearing katthr and another hot tentot. Their voices and training impressed, and the accompanying lectures offered instruction.
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Voleas
Mother Jones to Visit Rockefeller in New York
United Press reports labor organizer Mother Jones, famed for coalfield activism, is invited to visit John D. Rockefeller Jr. in New York to discuss conditions in Colorado’s Rockefeller mining district. The invite followed a hearing of the Industrial Relations Committee and is slated for later in the week.
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New York
Mathen Jones
Virginia
Standard of Company
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Rockefeller Ming
Colorado
Mother Jones
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