Observatory at Semmering Peak Aids Wireless Study
A proposed observatory at 6000 feet near Semmering in the Austrian Alps aims to shield from clouded valleys while testing Hertizan waves and ground surface guidance for wireless telegraphy. Paris Academy notes non penetration beyond eighteen inches, casting doubt on underground wireless use.
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Semmering
Austrian Alps
M. la Change
Paris Academy of Sciences
Change the Dictionaries
A Brooklyn public school teacher tests students on masculine and feminine noun forms. An 11 year old boy answers with the joke more lady. In Texas a church delays finishing its new building due to brick scarcity as no saloon is being built.
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Brooklyn
Johnnie
Texas
Wabasha News: Local Man Cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills
George Huber of Wabasha Minnesota suffered kidney trouble and backache and was very bad. Dodd's Kidney Pills cured him completely and he is now well and able to work. He calls the remedy worth its weight in gold and notes many cures in Bright's Disease Diabetes Dropsy Rheumatism and backache.
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Wabasha
Minn
George Huber
Dodd
Dangerous Sideshow Claimant Arrested At Pettivale Tavern
Puck reports a man who claimed to be a sideshow glass eater was arrested last week at the Pettivale Tavern. The sheriff deemed him unsafe to run at large amid a crowded, glass house environment.
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Pettivale Tavern
Wa-al
Puck
Twenty Day Limit Tickets to Buffalo via Nickel Plate Road
Tickets good for twenty days after August 19 for travel to Buffalo and return cost one and one third fare. Buy from ticket agent or write C. A. Asterlin T. P. A. Fort Wayne Indiana or RK. J. Hamilton Agent Fort Wayne Indiana No. 156.
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Buffalo
Nickel Plate Road
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
RK. J. Hamilton
Jabbing a Man. A Stock Exchange Bear at Home
A worried business man asks for a rearrangement of work life to be more like a stock market bear. The scene features a thoughtful exchange about balancing duties and social pressures at home and in business.
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Harry
Stock Exchange
Omitted wages prompt prompt in cookbook debate
A dialogue fragment features Bridget accusing not being paid for three months and a remark about omelet preparation. The exchange references a cookbook and a dispute over wages in a domestic setting.
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Beeswax
Bridget
Don’t Do Anything Till You See Mrs Austin
A dialogue from The Suffering Congregation features Deacon FP Parson debating sermon theft with Parson. The exchange questions moral boundaries for a preacher and hints at hypocrisy in clerical conduct.
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Parson
Nickel Plate low excursion rates to mountain cities
The Nickel Plate Road offers low excursion rates to Denver Colorado Springs Greenwood Springs Cal Ogden and Salt Lake City Utah Mot Springs South Dakota St Paul and Duluth Minnesota Tickets on sale from June 18 to Sept 10 good to return until Oct 31 Contact nearest agent or C A Asterlin Fort Wayne Indiana or R J Hamilton Fort Wayne Indiana No 965 quoted. Uncle Eben quips about weak natured men and stubborn aims.
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Denver
Colorado Springs
Grenwood Springs
Cal
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Utah
Mot Springs
S. D
St. Paul
Duluth
Minn
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
R. J. Hamilton
Mrs Austin’s New Dress Prompts City Gossip
In Berlin a skillful machine maker, with constant work, earns no more than $250.60 per annum. The remark highlights wages and fashion amid urban chatter.
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Berlin
Japan Expands Navy Shipyards With Modern Plant Complex
The Tokio yard employs about 4,000 with pneumatic riveters and six ships on the stocks, including two for Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Nagasaki builds under government steel works with 5,000,000 yens spent and 15,000,000 more voted. The Kinshin site spans 230 acres by coal fields and a port, offering steel, blast furnaces, rolling mills, foundries, boiler shops, and testing labs, with operation soon expected.
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Japan
Tokio
Nippon Yusen Kaisha
Nagasaki
Kinshin
China
Steel
Bessemer
Excursion Tickets to Buffalo After Aug 19
Will sell excursion tickets to Buffalo after August 19 at one fare plus one dollar for the round trip valid 15 days. Inquire nearest agent or C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Indiana or R J Hamilton Agent Fort Wayne Indiana No 157.
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Nickel Plate Road
Buffalo
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
R. J. Hamilton
His Prophecy and Ice Pond Dialogue
The fragment shows a dialogue about weather and the pond's ice thickness. A speaker questions if the ice will bear weight and mentions the pond owner unsure whether it will hold through the coming season.
Virginia Leads as State with More Educated Negroes
Take Mrs. Austin's advice. Virginia has more educated negroes than any other State in the South where disfranchisement for race reasons has been adopted or proposed.
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Virginia
South
August Specials to Buffalo One Cent a Mile Round Trip
Tuesday only travel deal via Nickel Plate Road offering a one cent per mile round trip to Buffalo with a three day limit. For details contact nearest agent or C A Asterlin T P A Fort Wayne Indiana or RK Hamilton Agent Fort Wayne Indiana No 146.
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Buffalo
Nickel Plate Road
C. A. Asterlin
Fort Wayne
Ind
RK. J. Hamilton
R. J. Hamilton
One Comfort Wyld De Rex Sickness
A brief quip from Brooklyn Life notes that One Comfort Wyld De Rex has been ill for a long time and suggests he can afford treatment.
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Wyld
de Rex
Dr. Doom
Brooklyn
Peruna Testimonials From Women In Minneapoli? and North Carolina
A letter from Mrs. B. A. Crosier of Minneapolis thanks Peruna for lifting her from illness to health within two weeks, noting relief from bearing down pains backache and headaches. Another letter from Mrs. Henderson of Burdular North Carolina describes severe female weakness with leg pain and says Peruna cured her completely with lasting relief.
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Peruna
E. A. Afer
Wm. Henderson
Burdular
N. C
Peruonne
Pam Gint
Free Treatment During Hot Weather by Dr. Hartman
Dr Hartman offers free treatment to thousands of women during hot weather. Patients mail nine symptoms and a brief treatment history to be entered among regular cases. The care is confidential and no charges are made, with treatment directed as needed by Dr Hartman at the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
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Hartman
Madu
Ite Hartman Sanitarium
Columbus
Ohio
Temperance societies and wages noted in a 1900 notice
The item lists 28 804 juvenile temperance societies in the British islands with 2 536 000 members. It cites wages for a jacket maker in Erzeroum about 30c a day and joiners in England about 8 51 a week. It mentions travel rates and notes advertising for stamps and printing outfits with a Fort Wayne box address.
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British Islands
Erzeroum
England
Alco
Firs
Wayne, Ind
Fort Wayne
Ind
Early 1900s Baby Remedies Marketed for Teething Pain
A fragment describes a child medicine advertised to soothe teething gums and reduce inflammation. It claims pain relief from wind colic and mentions pricing in cents per bottle. The text lacks full details but implies a popular remedy format of the era.
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Bottla
FITS Permanently Cured by Dr. R H Kline Cure Claim
An unsigned medical sales note advertises a cure for seizures and nervousness with a free trial bottle offer attributed to Dr R H Kline of Philadelphia. The fragment likewise mentions a Vermillion Ohio train stop notice and assorted products and services including stamps and printing outfits.
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Kane
R. BH. Kline
Led
Arch &J
Philadelphia
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