Telegraphic world route proves feasible in Preece test
A telegram routed around the world via an extensive path could be sent in about fifty six hours at a cost of ninety francs per word, as tested by Mr W L Preece of the British post office. The route linked San Francisco New York London Hong Kong Singapore and many other points before returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Postal Service
W. HL. Preece
Preece
Foreign Department
San Francisco
New York
Vancouver
Montreal
England
Norway
Sweden
Siberia
Nagasaki
Japan
Hongkong
China
Singapore
Java
Sumatra
Australia
New Zealand
Ceylon
Aden
Cape of Good Hope
Zanzibar
Seychelles
Mauritius
St. Louis
Senegal
South Atlantic
Permambuco
South America
Buenos Aires
Valparaiso
Mexico
Daylight Meteor Over Ayrshire Stuns Observers
A daylight meteor was seen recently near Ayrshire Scotland moving slowly and shining with a brilliant light that did not leave a train. It gradually shrank and just before fading split into three or four pear shaped portions while its head remained brilliantly white and the tail showed blue crimson and ultramarine hues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayrshire
Scotland
Massey
Teaching Blind Girls to Cook at Wisconsin School
Supt. Lyman Pease of the Wisconsin School for the Blind in Janesville demonstrates that blind girls can be trained to cook appetizingly using scientific methods. They learn stove care and kitchen utensil use as part of a home economics course for the visually impaired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perse
Milwaukee Journal
Lyman Pease
Wisconsin School For the Blind
Janesville
Photographic Evidence Helps Reveal Hidden Signature in 1400 Acre Land Dispute
In Fayette county Ohio a court used photography to recover a missing Munford heir signature on a deed for 1400 acres. The Stubblefield case involved double payments by buyers after land passes through heirs and a discolored deed showed only four signatures. A photographer and court clerk examined a plate, revealing the fifth name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stubblefield
Spencer
A New Explosive Cordite From Britain
A British invention named cordite draws attention as an explosive similar to smokeless powders. Invented by Prof. Abel, it uses gun cotton bound with gelatine pressed into fine threads to control explosion speed. The process allows quick or slow combustion for mining or projectile propulsion. The cordite factory method also enables cord formation for practical use, amid a legal battle involving Alfiel Noble over dynamite patent rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Abel
Alfiel Noble
Patent rights and an expired fundamentary patent
The article notes Noble's role in modern explosives manufacturing but states the firm lost the suit because the fundamental patents had expired.
Proclamation convokes BC Legislative Assembly in 1894
A royal proclamation from Victoria convocates the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia. It orders members to meet on Monday the twelfth of November in Victoria to dispatch business and act on matters ordained by the province. Signed by Lieutenant-Governor Encar Dewpney and dated September 27, 1894.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legislative Assembly
Province of
British Columbia
Victoria
Timoporn Davis
J Aireas
Wisreor
Warness
Encar Dewpney
Notice of Application for Certificate of Improvements
Arthur P. Cummins administrator of Archibald McMurido estate intends to apply for a certificate of improvements to obtain a crown grant. Adverse claims must be sent to the Gold Commissioner and action started within sixty days from the date. Dated August 18, 1894.
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Arthur P. Cummins
Archibald McMurido
Golf Commissioner
The Flow of the River by William Watson
A dramatic poem in archaic diction about losing self as a stream seeks the sea. The speaker contemplates a son and the dull waters that will one day become silent. The poem ponders fate, doom, and the journey toward an unseen goal through nature imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Watson
A Paris Night Terror Ends With a Narrow Escape
A medical student in Paris, returning home with a bouquet for a feverish mother, is lured into a sordid dwelling by a girl and robbed by four masked men. He placates them with his valuables and a promise to secure help, but they threaten his life and prepare to kill him. He serves as his own negotiator, offering five minutes for prayers as the assailants debate his fate.
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Paris
Tima
Rome
Monsieur
Mney
Ani
Seine
Monsieur le Docteur
Thix
Malemoiselle
France
Bank of France
Femon
The
Invasio Nr
Iaspeid I
Monsieur Ees
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Port Steele
Beat
Alleash
the Golden Era Publishing Company
E. Dewdney
Canada
Provinge
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
International Mineral Claim
U. NN
N&o
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Ventor
Tion
Kingle
Goa
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