Dr Price's World's Fair Award and Pennsylvania Lines
The notice extols Dr Price's Cream Baking Powder as World's Fair highest award and promotes Pennsylvania Lines routes to major Atlantic coast resorts and northern Michigan attractions. It lists travel from New Jersey to Newport and Bar Harbor, plus mountain resorts and Lake Region sites with schedules and contact for F Van Dusen. Also includes an advertisement for Williams Indian Pile Ointment and a local dealer in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocean Resorta
Atlantic City
Cape May
Asbury Park
Qovan Grove
Long Branch
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Newport
Narragansett Pier
Cape Cod
Martha’s Vineyard
Nantucket
Chenaneake Bay
Maine
Cresca
Bedford Springs
Elinsburg
Altoona
Alleghenies
White Mountains
Adirondacks
Watkine Glen
Mt Desert Ieland
New York
Vermont
New Hampshire
Lake
Mackinac
Stoskey
Charlevoix
Mt. Clemens
St. Clair
Muskegon
Traverse City
Mackindw City
F. van Dusen
Pittsburg
Ohio
Dr. Price
The Telephone Idea and Early Cushman Innovations
A long reminiscence recounts Dr Cushman of Racine and his role in early telephony and telegraphy. It covers his 1851 transmitter, lightning arrestor experiments, frog‑croak signaling, fire alarm invention, and a ten year Bell patent dispute culminating in a Boston trial.
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Thoes
Racine
Wis
Iorsator
de. & D. Cushman
Chicago
Bell Telephone Company
Tegal
Fr. Cushman
Far West
Qushving
Erie & Michigan Telegraph Company
Cushman
Morse
Bell
United States District Court of
Boston
Cushmann
Virginia
Horace Greeley
Ohio
Artificial Silk From Wood Pulp Promises New Industry
The New York World reports a new fabric made from spruce wood pulp and alcohol developed by Dr. Lehner of Switzerland. England and Newfoundland firms plan factories to produce artificial silk, spun by a simple machine creating continuous thread and adjustable thickness. The material dyes well, rivals Chinese and Indian silks in softness, and could cut costs in brocaded fabrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thies
Dr. Lehner
Switzerland
England
New York World
de. Lehner
Samme
Bradford
Fortunes by Natural Bounties and Wealth Sources
An essay argues real community wealth rests in natural bounties and easy exchange. It traces fortunes to monopolizing resources and taxing others, then cites modern examples from electricity and health tonics to illustrate wealth creation and public effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Edward Meulynan
Donahoe
Pierce
New Gambling Wrinkle Uses Electric Fans as Bets
A quirky gambling game spreads in clubs and bars using six bladed electric fans as wheels of fortune. Six players place dollars in the pot while each spins the fan, the blade nearest the bottom wire stopping determines the winner. The setup echoes poker stakes but with pure luck and no house take.
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Board of Trade
Washington
Long Ao
Italy
Tonsa Nua
Nix
Smokejacks and chimneypots in New York city discuss draught
A New York citizen notes an observable rise in chimneypots and smok e jacks on city roofs. He questions whether growing building height and air currents affect chimney draughts and reflects on urban sightlines and illumination created by these devices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uiy
New York
Imereado
Lon-don
Traive
Redox and musical musings mix with regional water loss
A garbled page mixes music critiques of Hecthovens Sennia Op 8 and Liszt Rhapsodies with remarks by Dela about difficulty tied to the moment, notes on Iowa lakes fading, and a satirical exchange about happiness and life in Oklahoma.
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Narmoutel
MM. Diemer
M. Plante
Lbalackheit
MM. Pfeiffer
Liszt
Tausig
Atkan
M. Dela Brode
Himars
M. de Berlot
Iowa Lakes
Sunler Lakes
Iowa
Humorous Excerpts From Early 20th Century Cartoon Wit
A collage of quips and exchanges from various papers including Chicago Mail and N Y World satirize politics education and social life. Jests touch on bi metals trimetallists hammer throwing wedding wit dance invitations and a crying pipe joke.
Eyldemic Era Warns of Deadly Plagues
A shortened clipping notes smallpox and yellow fever as two of the worst scourges sweeping populations, with a stray hint about trolley cars in Chicago. The fragment reads like a caution on disease and urban transit risks.
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Tommy
Chicago
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CosHocton
Finley
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Finley & Wernett
Dentists.& Coshocton
Firth Treets
Coshovton County
Walnue Street
Caoxhoctan
Emanuels
B.K. McClelland
McClure
Board of Examiners
Francis E. Clark
United Soc
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Kood Trent
Smith
Imstance
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Hickory
Sixth Streets
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Lanton
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Coe
Pries
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the Age
New ‘York Tribune
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Wm. Carnahan
Ead
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Forbes
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Sellar's
Elegant
Anderson
Madras
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Allegheny, Pa
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Gazette
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Cleveland
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New York Weekly Tribune
United States
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Mula Abdul Aziz
Mason
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North America
National Museum
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Impormat Informatics
Medical Department
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Grand Avent
Brooklyn
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Tre Aae
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Biles
Haya
Oklahoma
Chicago Mail
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Farmer Jones
Elder Berry
Mra. Berry
Rider Berry
N. Y. World
Phe de Jarre
de Jarr
Mr. de Jarr
N. Y
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Mia Jones
Mr. Henpeck
Thanitieas
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Hawke Hicksville
Ee Hood
Pitts
Neue
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