Wireless wireless telegraphy for moving trains builds safety net
The article reviews early wireless telegraphy trials on the Lackawanna and Buffalo Limited lines to improve rail safety. It explains engineering challenges, tower placements at Scranton and Binghamton, and how Hertzian waves travel through ground and air to communicate with distant stations. Trials show promising relief calls and passenger bulletins, with future plans for ontrain telephony and broader deployment.
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Irblwss
Buffalo Lmited
Delaware, Lackawanna and ‘Western Railroad
Wirelaas
Lackswanna
Binghamton
Lackawanna Railroad
Scranton
Marconi
Eternal Youth Adorned by Madame Patt and Global Quirks
Madame Patt pursues eternal youth by daily outdoor exercise and a ritual of inhaling at an open window. She cherishes the mezuzah and collects stuffed sangster birds and live parrots at her home. In Western Australia, Esperance hosts large salt deposits mined by a company, producing about 18,000 bags monthly for export.
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Madame Patt
Western Australia
Esperance
Jackson and Horseshoe Bend War’s Turning Point
One hundred years ago General Andrew Jackson assembled 6,000 troops near Fort Strother with several hundred friendly Indians. He raided the Creek country, waited for supplies, and then fought Horseshoe Bend, the bloodiest battle of the war that shattered Native American power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson
Fort Strother
Jackson
Horseshoes Bend
Unclear dialogue amid stray phrases and product mention
Fragmentary OCR text shows splintered quotes about hot water at home a bromide product and a character named Graspian. Mentions GROVE look for a cold, a jest about an undertaker and a wag, with limited coherent narrative or identifiable event or persons.
Fletcher's Castoria Ad Claims Eight Decades Use
An old advertisement urges parents to use Fletcher's Castoria for infants and children, noting over 80 years in use and urging readers to trust the product as a safe remedy. The message emphasizes familiar signature and child appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Howells Praises La Rochefoucauld At Boston Dinner
A Boston dinner marks tercentenary tributes to La Rochefoucauld. William Dean Howells quotes the French sage noting folly as a measure of wisdom and portrays his character as gay and gallant. Also appears an advertisement for Wright’s Indian Vegetable Pills and a brief comic vignette Geordie and His Wheelbarrow with a vicar encounter.
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William Dean Howells
la Rochefoucauld
Boston
Mr. Howelie
Geordie
Easler
Geordia
Eczema Healled After Cuticura Use in Child Case
In Roxbury Ohio a two week old boy’s eczema spread across his cheeks arms and scalp causing itching disfigurement and sleepless nights. After trying a prior treatment the mother reports the child's eczema cleared following nightly baths with Cuticura Soap and applications of Cuticura Ointment. Ad signed by Mrs John White dated March 13 1913.
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Roxbury
Ohio
John White
Peatcard
Dept. L
Boston
Wet Paint on Fresh Complexion and Finishing Touches
The fragment notes a fresh complexion and a witty aside about the missing argh typical of such matters, suggesting a light humorous tone in a casual remark.
Kidney Trouble Sufferer Praises Dodd's Pills in Letter
A letter from R M Fleenor of Otterbein Indiana recounts a 25 year kidney ailment that worsened into bladder inflammation. After using two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills he reports a complete recovery and recommends the remedy to others. Advertisement also promotes free pamphlets and music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Fleenor
Otterbein
Ind
A.M
Dodd
Fileener
Dodd's Medicine Co
Buffalo
Kamverzay
Eni
One Dry Spot and Wit at Princeton
The article recalls Henry Ward Beecher visiting Dr. Alexander at Princeton University. Beecher jokes that a dry spot would remain in a flood, reflecting his wit as the Presbyterian president shows a cabinet of sermons from his New York ministry. The piece also mentions ads for Desn's Mentholated Cough Drops and Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Dr. Alexander
Princeton ‘University
New York
Beecher
Dr Alexander
Alexander
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