Probing Homeric Society vs Ancient Rome and Modern Transport
The passage contrasts ancient mythic society with later eras, noting property gaps, slavery, and labor roles. It mentions Ulysses, gold artifacts from Agamemnon, rich placer diggings, and sailors, then compares Homeric travel to 19th century Lake Michigan steamers. It ends by likening Job to Homer in sublimity and human themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulysses
Agamemnon
Troy
Ithaca
St. Paul’s Day
Rome
Lake Michigan
Grand Haven
Milwaukee
Job
A Winter Camp Along the Plains
Winnipeg correspondent recalls the winter camp scene with half breed traders, Indian hangers on, and priestly camps. hunger, charity, and shared goods define camp life while strangers study aboriginal customs, language, and pantomime amid harsh winters and distant fires. February 9, 1878.
Rural Notes on Homer and the Iliad
The article discusses Schliemann's finds at Mycenae including relics from the alleged tomb of Agamemnon and uses them to question writing in Homeric times. It surveys Homeric farming life, food, housing, cooking, and social roles, noting contradictions with modern farming and kingship imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greeley
Colorado
Schliemann
Mycene
Agamemnon
Homer
Ithaca
Ulysses
Eumceus
Berkshires
Polyphemus
Penelope
Edison The Boy Who Moved an Industry to Menlo Park
The memoir recalls a young Edison who tinkered aboard a moving train and built a brass steam engine. It details his early access to old repeaters, duplex experiments, library study in electricity, and gradual rise to prominence with the Western Union, Gold Indicator Company, and the creation of Menlo Park as his famed laboratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Western Union
Fourth and
Walnut
Third Street
Stevens
Edison
Telegraph Company
Mechanics’ Library
Sixth and Vine
Johnson
de la Rue
Boston
New York
Gold Indicator Company
Newark
N. J
Perth Amboy
Menlo Park
Park
Charles Ratehelor
England
Clark Thread Works
New York Sun
Bostonian
Western Union Telegraph Office
Edison Early Career and Transport Anecdotes
The reminiscence recounts Thomas Alvey Edison’s early life in Milan and Port Huron, his first telegraphing job, and a tale of him as a peanut boy who once ran a locomotive solo when the engineer and fireman dozed, with encounters in Adrian and Indianapolis before Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Edison
Milan
Port Huron
Michigan
Adrian
Indianapolis
Revis House
Mr. Hyams
Wood's
Hyams
Edison Inventions Show Strong Telecommunication Promise
The New York Times reports Edison improves the carbon telephone by bringing the diaphragm into direct contact with the drive, increasing articulation force and allowing thicker diaphragms. Experiments between Philadelphia and Menlo Park cover 55 miles with clear results, and 185 miles via New York also succeed. The second invention, the airophone, lets words travel miles with distinctness, aiding ship captains and coast guards. Edison’s agent Mr. Adams heads to London, with English merchants offering £60,000 if applied to local telegraph wires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
Philadelphia
Menlo Park
N. J
Menlo
New York
Adams
London
Mr. Edison
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TOR. Richardson
Vine and
Jackson Streets
Tanner
Hotel DE Comfort
Main and
Jefferson Streets
Railroad Depot
Graham
Proprieto
K. L. Dunham
K. Thompson
Main Street
Platteville
J. M. Freeman
Attorney At Law
H. N. Rogerson
D. L. Dawley
DRUCS
N B. Dearborn
Justice OF Peace
J. D. Bucxey, Day and Engineer
Union Colony
Eaeee & Buckley
Union Bank
Greeley House
Greeley, Weld County
F. L. Childs
R. Bennett
Winnipeg
The
Evening Post
Ife
Thomas Alvey Edison
Edison's
New York Times
French Academy of Science
Oregon
Maine
Paris
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