New Device Detects Air Impurities The Efflumeter
Inventor Joseph Brucker debuts the efflumeter a wall hanging device about the size of a calendar its face bears colored paper strips saturated with acids to signal specific gases in poorly ventilated homes A orange strip signals carbonic acid gas turning reddish while white strips indicate ammonia gas red or pink and purple or lilac shades warn of acid gases Humidity causes blue to violet or red changes
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Joseph Brucker
Brucker
Inextinguishable Fire Rumored by Inventor John Floyd
The Cincinnati Enquirer recounts John Floyds claim of a paste like compound that remains harmless when quiet but ignites with slight friction. The flame burns blue and intensely, resists water, and cannot be stamped out or killed by known means. Floyd withholds ingredients citing public safety risks.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
John Floyd
Silk From Spider Web Prompts French Silk Venture
French capitalists plan Madagascar spider silk production after naturalist Cambolle reports early thread yields over 100 yards per hour rising to 150 yards or more. A winding machine will collect thread directly from spiders raised in large numbers, with thread comparable to mulberry silk. A medicine glass with a middle partition and pleasant pre-dose flavoring is also described.
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Madagascar
M. Cambolle
Boston Journal of Commerce
Brick Street Pavement In Indianapolis Wears Thin 1891
News notes report Indianapolis brick street pavement laid in 1891 with severe wear. Ottawa brick used on older section shows ridges and uneven surface while later pavements with better brick and stricter specs fare better. Also noted are a German Agricultural Society power driven plow prize and Columbus Central Street Railway freight service to Westerville using conduit road ideas from Washington and New York. Electric street railway origins traced to Cleveland in 1884.
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Science and Industry
Indianapolis
Ottawa
German Agricultural Society
Columbus (O.) Central Street Railway Company
Westerville
Washington
New York
United States
Cleveland
White House run around leaves visitors hopeful and puzzled
Walter Wellman reports in Washington on how congressmen and senators swarm the White House seeking offices. In a crowded big room President McKinley chats with each group, offering encouragement and closing with hopeful promises, though most leave convinced they will be rewarded.
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White House
McKinley
Pur
Demmnr
Mr. Smith
Promi
Senator Platt
Exsert
Smith
Mr. Jones
Mr. Brown
bUever
Walter Wellman
Half Cent for a Baby Cough Cure Sold by Lee Allen
An old advertisement touts Carters Cough Cure at half a cent per dose claiming it cures whooping cough and other coughs when given in time. The note suggests the medicine could prolong a baby's life by decades and lists Lee Allen as the seller.
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Lee Allen
Bove Will Be Boys and Traveling Ailments Advertised
A vintage ad copy notes boys will become men through trials and promotes Blarter's Herbal Ointment for skin issues with instant relief at 5 cents, sold by Lee Arlen. It also hawks Carter's Cascara Pills for travel indigestion and a torpid liver, touting daily use at 25 cents, sold by Lea Allen.
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Blarter
Lee Arlen
Carter
Lea Allen
Wabash Introduces Through Sleeping Car Service
The Wabash Railroad with partners announces a through first class and tourist sleeping car service from Chicago at 10 50 a m via St Louis to Little Rock Malvern Hot Springs Austin San Antonio Laredo El Paso Los Angeles and San Francisco. The route connects for City of Mexico and prints matter available from ticket agents C 8 Crane and F A Palmer with addresses in St Louis and Chicago.
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Wabash Railroad
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway
Texas & Pacific Railway
International & Great Northern Railroad
Southern Pacific Railway
Southern
Chicago
St. Louis
Little Rock
Malvern
Hot Springs
Austin
San Antonio
Laredo
San Francisco
Wabash
Crane
F. A. Palmer
Asst
S. Clark St
Electric Bitters Endorsed for Elder Health
Advertises Electric Bitters as a tonic and alterative for old people needing bowel and kidney regulation. It claims to aid digestion, strengthen stomach and bowels, and support natural functions without alcohol. Price fifty cents per bottle at Lee Allen's drug store.
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Lee Allen
Winter Vestibuled Sleeping Cars From St Louis to Los Angeles
The Wabash Railroad and its allied line announce a new vestibuled sleeping car service between St Louis and Los Angeles with weekly departures on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 4 15 p m. Cars arrive in Los Angeles at 6 05 p m on Saturdays and Tuesdays. Contact Wabash ticket agents or Crane G P T A St Louis for details. The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad offers two daily vestibuled trains between the north and south and through sleepers between Chicago and New Orleans via Gulf Coast with Mardi Gras special rates. Contact local C E I RB R agents or C L Stone G P L T A Chicago for particulars.
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California
Wabash RB. R
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Cal
St Louis
Chicago
Toledo
Detroit
Wabash Ticket
Crane
New Orleans
Chicago & Eastern
Linvis
Florida
Gulf Coast
C. L. Stone
Wabash California Flyer Offers Fast Vestibuled Service
The Wabash railroad in partnership with the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe announces the California Flyer. Vestibuled sleeping cars run through to Los Angeles with no change and claim twelve hours faster from St Louis than rivals, with similar gains from other origins. For details contact a Wabash ticket agent or C S Crane in St Louis.
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California Flyer
California
Wabash Railroad
Atchison, Topeka
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Wabash
C.S. Crane
Big Four Route Promotes Winter Travel To Florida
Those planning a winter trip to Florida should choose the Big Four Route for its geographic and practical advantages. Trains with Wagner sleeping, buffet, parlor, and dining cars run daily from New York and other cities to Cincinnati, then via Queen & Crescent to Jacksonville, with through Pullman sleepings from many points. For details, contact the Big Four Route agent or E O McCormick at the postalAd address.
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Wagner
New York
Boston
Buffalo
Clevland
Columbus
Sandusky
Chicago
St. Louis
Peoria
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Central Union Station
Pullan
Jacksonville
Queen & Crescent
Louisville & Nashville Railway
Big Fur
E.O. McCormick
Martin
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Cesaary
Axe
Hoopes, Bru. & Thomas
Maple Avenue Nurseries
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Chester
Drs. Overmeyer
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G. W. Overmeyer
C. S. Douglass
Real Estate and Loans
Savage Building
South Side Square
Covington
Indiana
Henry Schulenber
Merchant Miller
John Wedderburn & CO
Washington, D. C
Masonic Temple
McMaster
J. Ll. Townsley
Sie Squires Covington
Public Square
Ind
Alex Hetfield
Troy Township
H.A. Tritt
Mnd
John L. Weber
Revere House
Attica - Ind
Reliance
Gendron and Reliance
Gendron Wheel 'Co
Ohio
Josephine Webb
Cosmopolitan
Bestia
Arteun Beselu
Wte
Cosmopolitan Magazine
rvington-Gitna-Hudson
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