Electric Station in War Era Power Plot
A fictional account depicts a government power station near Washington and New York facing a wartime rush. An inventor Atsins plans a new annihilating apparatus aided by an invading army of electricians, as Congress stalls and the War Department races to act. The plan advances with a deadly concentrator ready to install.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Washington
New York
Atsins
United States Army
Congress
War Department
Bhod
Montro
The Wireless Fleet Saver
General Montrus and Atsins avert a naval disaster when Curtis fails to locate the hostile fleet. Atsins activates a enhanced concentrator sending destructive power to wipe out the invaders, saving Washington and earning praise, while Atsins retreats to work on further improvements.
Staircase to the holy Taishan peak in China
Pilgrims ascend Taishan using a staircase described as the world’s highest. Coolies carry climbers up about sixteen miles for thirty cents. Atop a vast plateau temple complex honors the holy mother, whose bronze statues overlook heaps of coins left by pilgrims. The Dowager Empress takes the largest share of offerings.
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Mount Washington
China
Taingan
Kingdom
Confucius
The
Holy Mountain
Public Reader In West Indian Cigar Factories
A public reader is employed in Cuban cigar factories across the West Indies including Key West and Tampa. The reader sits in a high seat and reads newspapers magazines and novels aloud to the cigar-makers as they work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
Key West
Tampa
The Decider in Department Store Sales Flirtation
A columnist exposes the Decider, a saleswoman persona who guides indecisive shoppers to purchase by feigning mutual desire with the item. Through chiffon velvet dresses and fur boa temptations, the Decider steers the wife toward buying items by leveraging social pressure and perceived stylish necessity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli Gant
Fine Indian Photographs and Major Moorehouse Work
An illustra tion of Indian Twins was credited to Major Lee Moore house of Pendelton Oregon. He has one of the Northwest’s best collections of Indian pictures. His Cayuse Twins image is widely recognized and he issues an album with more striking photos. The Last Outpost of a Dying Race shows a tepee with a dark landscape and extreme suggestion. Moorehouse photos drew attention at the Lewis and Clarke Exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Lee Moorehouse
Pendelton
Oregon
North West
Major Moorehouse
Moorehouse
Don’t Be Fat Obesity Food Claim Ad
An advertisement touts a home food product that supposedly enables full assimilation of meals without starvation. It promises rapid weight reduction by converting excess fat to muscle and improving body functions while claiming immediate wellbeing after the first day.
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Byc Sraymona
Curtis
Kiel
Z Curtis
Montius
Montrus
Capitol
Hesilate
Moentius
Atlantic
Curt
Atsina
Curtia Acain
Aising
Mantrus
Mantius
America
Alestes
Old Dewey
Aisin
Gibsonian
St John's
Penanna
E. N. Corneau & CO
River Street
Chicago
Clevetend
Rockefellers
Carnegion
Angle Manufacturing CO
Meurray ST
Renmerk
Gascianell
Remington Typewriter
Breedey
London
Arthur Applin
Penn
Loera Arthur
Ving Vais
Nation Army
Clare
Soina Ting
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