Wireless phones on battleships mark progress in navy science
The navy department has installed wireless telephone on several North Atlantic squadron battleships. Range reaches five to eight miles, with Chesapeake Bay tests achieving two to three miles via a raised aerial wire. A 1898 joke about wireless telephony warns against jesting at scientific progress.
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Navy Department
North Atlantic
Chesapeake Bay
Spain
Marconi
Washington
School House Bonds Election Rally Encourages YES Vote
The message urges readers to vote YES in the upcoming election on school house bonds tomorrow. It highlights Tom Howard and Ben Batts as leaders guiding the campaign.
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Tom Howard
Ben Batts
Boston’s Role in the Nation’s Music and War Song
The piece traces Boston’s influence on American song from Yankee Doodle’s colonial use to Glory Hallelujah sung by Prof Webster’s regiment at Fort Warren in 1861. It notes Boston’s public performances on the Common, spread to New York, and rise as a famed war song.
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Boston
America
Robert Treat Paine
Webster
Fort Warren
Boston Harbor
Joly Brown
New York
South Carolina
What Other Newspapers Say Everyday Philosophy
A garbled collection contrasts editorials from the Florida Times Union and American Magazine. It cites social and domestic opinions on wealth, genius, marriage, and etiquette, then pivots to bedroom ventilation and sleep comfort inspired by Florence Nightingale.
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Florida Times Union
Architect Fred G Mueller Enjoys European Trip
Word reaches us that architect Fred G Mueller reports a fine time traveling through Europe and sharing impressions from his journey.
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Fred G. Mueller
Europe
Largest puff ball found near Elk Creek in Middletown
Clarence Neuninger a Middletown bartender at Eddie's Place found a huge puff ball fungus in woods on Elk Creek on Tuesday. The specimen weighed 1 pound and is likely the largest of its species ever collected in the area.
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Elk Creek
Clarence Neuninger
Eddie
Middletown
Carriage and Buggy Prices Rise Ahead of Dealers Convention
Advancing prices of materials used in carriage and buggy construction push manufacturers to raise product prices. The Tri State Vehicle Dealers association will hold its annual convention at the Grand hotel in Cincinnati from October 28 to November 2, where a ten percent price increase will be enacted, varying slightly by item.
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Tri-State Vehicle Dealers’ Association
Grand Hotel
Cincinnati
Savings Bank Uses Song Title in Ad Display
A New York City savings bank adopted a song with the peculiar title Every Little Bit Added to What You Got Makes Just a Little Bit More for its display. An official bought the bound sheet after seeing it in a Broadway music store window and placed it prominently in the bank.
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New York City
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Digestive Relief
An advertisement explains that stomach and liver discomfort from stressed lifestyles is not the cigar but indigestion. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets aid digestion with natural enzymes and herbs, claim to restore function without creating a habit, and are sold nationwide. Free trial available.
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Stuart
Notice of Bond Sale for Hamilton School District Bonds
The Hamilton Ohio Board of Education invites bids for twenty three thousand dollars in bonds dated November 1 1907. Bonds pay four percent interest semi annually and mature with final payment November 1928. Bids due November 1 1907 with certified check 5 percent. bids opened noon that day at Hamilton High School Building. The Board may reject any bid.
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Board of Education
Hamilton
Ohio
State of Ohio
State of
Board of Fatieation
De Miracle Hair Removal Claim Promises Results
An ad touts De Miracle as the sole scientific method to destroy hair on the face neck and arms. It claims physician and journal endorsement, guarantees money back and mails a booklet free, with sales through New York based De Miracle Chemical Co. and the Mathes-Sohn gen Co.
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Eck
de Miracle Chemical Co
1609
Park Av
New York
Lairdressers
Mathes-Sohngen CO
Song Said to Bring Bank Deposits Gain
A bank official credits a framed song title page at the receiving teller’s window for a noticeable rise in deposits. He claims the song’s “good advice” drew customers and increased business since it was hung there.
Alfred Ayers Injured at Work in Machinery Accident
Alfred Ayers of Black and Clawson's sustained a right ankle injury Thursday after catching his foot in a machine. He received on site first aid and was reported resting at work.
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Alfred Ayers
Black & Clawson’s
Inquest Held Over Deaths of Leavill and Marcee at St. Charles
An inquest this afternoon examined the deaths of William Leavill and Ben Marcee found in their bed at the St. Charles hotel several weeks earlier.
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William Leavill
Ben Marcee
Leavill
Marcee
St. Charles
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea Promotes Fairness
The Radcliffe Drag Co. at High and Second Streets and 231 High Street advertises Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claiming it makes women fair. The piece invites readers to try the product amid the social scene described.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Radcliffe Drag Co
Cor. High
Second Sts
High St
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