Electrical Inventions Telegraphing Through the Air to a Flying Train
Special correspondence reports on W Wiley Smith Thomas Edison and E T Gilliland testing telegraphy by induction aboard a Staten Island train. The system sends Morse code through the air to car roofs acting as condensers, enabling the operator to read signals without interfering with standard lines. Also described is Henry Guy Carleton s fire damp detector using linked balances to warn the mine office of gas changes, potentially improving miner safety.
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New York
W. Wiley Smith
Thomas Edison
E. T. Gilliland
Edison
Staten Island
Canada
United States
Seaman’s Friend Samuel Plimsoll Visits America
The British reformer Samuel Plimsoll known as the seaman’s friend is touring the United States with his wife. Once a member of Parliament he helped pass a law marking the load line on ships to prevent overloading and protect sailors. He plans to invest in Florida land upon arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Plimsoll
Plim
California Millionaire in Protracted Suit Over Promised Marriage
The New York Star reports Lucky Baldwin faces a long court battle with Louise Perkins who claims five years of perfidious attentions and sues for 500000 dollars. She calculates the value of time at 285 dollars a day, or 8700 dollars per month, while Baldwin allegedly treated romance as a market affair guided by mining shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
California
Sharon
Sarah Althea
Perkins
East
New York Star
Morrison and Campbell Dinner Quip Report
Morrison invites Campbell to dine and discuss the bill. Campbell, a Gotham statesman, says the menu is good enough for a starter in response to what he should begin. The remark appears in the New York Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
Tim Campbell
Campbell
Statesman
Gotham
New York Tribune
My true love hath my heart and I have his
A compact line from Sir Philip Sidney describing mutual possession of hearts and entwined affection. The speaker asserts that love binds them as one, with carded claims of shared thoughts and loyalties, highlighting the depth and unity of early modern romantic rhetoric. The verse centers on mutual devotion and inseparable selfhood through love.
The Tattooing of a Japanese Described in Detail
A New York Clipper account explains how a Japanese craftsman applies ink and cinnabar to create a full body tattoo. The method uses a wooden needle tool, rapid punctures, and color shading with a brief feverish reaction and skin peeling after three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Farm and town properties with flexible terms offered
Listings cover multiple farms from 40 to 160 acres with cultivation and hay land, water rights, fencing, and houses three to seven rooms. Town properties include 7 room houses with fenced lots and artesian water. All properties may be bought partly on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Loveland
Tof Platte
Corona
Bayonets Fail Test At Aldershot Feed
Aldershot reports show bayonets failing tests in the Lancaster battalion where 223 of about 600 were unfit for service. Seaforth Highlanders fared similarly with 168 of 700 defective. Officers and men express disgust at the arms being issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldershot
Lancaster Regiment
Seaforth Highlanders
Aldershot Cor
London Telegraph
Grapes Painted by Gus Snobberly Mock Up in Studio
A New York artist visits Gus Snobberly, denouncing his painting as a bunch of grapes. They debate Apelles and ancient Greek birds, with Gus claiming American birds are smarter and birds may not peck since he is painting. The comic dialogue lampoons amateur art and classical comparison.
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Assembly of Friends
Old
Thebes
David Swing
New York
Gus Snobberly
Gus
Apelles
Greece
Texas
Compound telegraph wires reverse metal relation in England
Telegraph wires use copper deposited on iron and steel. A new wire is claimed with steel surrounding copper, drawn from a hollow ingot of steel filed with copper. This innovation reverses the traditional compound metal arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Boston
Vice President Hendricks Inkstand Gift
Mrs. Hendricks has received from the United States Senate officers the large iron inkstand used by her husband in his private room at the capital in Washington. It is a handsome and unique work of art valued at least 390 dollars.
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Hendricks
United States Senate
Washington
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Henry Guy Carleton
Victor Durand
Life
Henry Irving
New York Times
Humphrey Davy
Scientific American
Carleton
New Orleans
Oshkosh
Fool
Mr. Carleton
S. H. Horean
Sir Philip Sidney
Mayence
Felix L. Oswald
Berlin
Clincgman
Haas
Clingman Tobacco
Clingman Tobacco Cure CO
Durham
WN. C
U.S. A
J. J. Reithman & CO
Denver
Colorado
ER. R. Thayer
Real Estate and Loans
Isatle
Union Bank Block
Ey Earn Joyce
Maple Street
Colo
T. C. Morley
Main
Walnut
Pine
Alfred T. Bacon
Bb’ Hizeo R’s
Old Reliable Drug House
J. F. Fezer
Abbott & Miner
Oasis
Goth Street
7Th Arve
Greenlee & CO
Denver, Colorado
FOR
Ee. Brooks
Parker
America
Gorova
SS. Shcrist
Randolph, Kansas
Inkstand
Castoria
H. A. Ancugr
M.D
Oxford
Brooklyn
N. Y
Tus Cerravn Company
Fulton Street, N. Y
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