A Flying Machine That Will Fly Hints at Public Interest
A Bath Newark report credits Charles Oscar Jones with perfecting a flying machine, rivaling the Wrights and prompting talk of selling to a foreign government or promoting real estate as a future aerial bus line. The item blends speculation with local political jabber and transit notes.
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Mo cocktails on press trip mix with malaria cures
A fragment notes drinks served on a hunting trip and mentions old whiskey used medicinally to ward off malaria and treat snakebites, reflecting era views on remedies and recreation.
Trusts and Monopolies Spread Through Industries
A midwest report claims the steel trust plans brick manufacture for self use and is inquiring brick firms about selling. The piece argues trusts could expand into stone quarries lumber yards paint factories and furniture works, potentially controlling housing and food supply and echoing Bellamy’s Looking Backward.
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Middle West
Steel Trust
Bellamy
Grand jury finds fault with report on infirmary
The grand jury examined the infirmary report and found roughly equal fault with the report's makers and others. The Republican News is urged to attempt another report.
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Grand Jury
Republican News
Blank Vote Shapes Fourth Ward Council race
A Democratic committee chose not to favor a Republican convention and left the Fourth ward councilman ticket blank, signaling a protest or procedural stance in the race. The move underscores tensions within party alignment and voting strategy for local government.
Philosophy Notes Under Pineapple Skies? Not Quite
A quirky column riffs on daily living and belief, touching on heaven, neighbors, and the art of making. It cites epitaphs and Adam’s lateness, then pivots to tobacco craft and British manufacturing as keys to success, mixing humor with opinion.
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Heaven
Adam
Buugalow
Eden
Virginia leaf fuels British tobacco export tale
A Springfield Republican item notes Americans seek Virginia and neighboring leaf for premium Diceaut in England. It mentions a London maker with international brands and contrasts local sources with imports, highlighting tobacco trade reach.
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Springfield Republican
England
Virginia
Richmond
Loddon
London
President Can Prove an Alibi
The piece notes the president may need to show an alibi as fears rise that the stock market will not recover during the president’s long seclusion. It suggests other unidentified causes are at work beyond the market downturn.
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Boston Herald
Mr Root as a Traveler Travels Quietly for Country
The New York Sun notes Mr. Root travels without fanfare yet accomplishes his missions to the satisfaction and credit of his countrymen. The piece highlights his discreet approach and effective service abroad.
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Mr. Root
New York Sun
Conquering The Alps and a Matterhorn Railway Project
A planned cog-wheel railway to the Matterhorn summit aims to open the peak to tourists within four years at about 1.25 million dollars. The line from Viege station to the Matterhorn hut will connect via a 7650 foot tunnel to near the summit, with an oxygen chamber for mountain sickness and upper rock rooms.
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Lord Douglas
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Zermatt
Powerful Calcium Reducing Agent for Welding and Alloys
English chemist Dr F M Perkin notes metallic calcium newly produced commercially as a stronger reducing agent than aluminum in thermite and for preparing chromium ferro silicon and other metals. Five churnings with ferric oxide ignite violently but controllably when mixed with calcium fluoride or calcium oxide. calcium is silvery white, about as hard as aluminum, half as heavy, and reacts with air.
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F. M. Perkin
Watches for the Blind Offer Timely Aid
A foreign firm and M. Pierre Tissot Bersof introduce devices aiding blind users to tell time. One watch uses relief symbols for hours from 1 to 6 repeated to 12, enabling quick reading without precise watches. The other model translates hours and minutes into Braille figures for accessibility.
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M. Pierre Tissot Bersof
Magnet Used to Save Eye Sight by German Oculist
Dr J Hirschberg has used the magnet in 347 eye particle removals over 27 years. In the eight years ending 1903 he did 64 operations with good and permanent vision in 36. Iron removed from the vitreous in 9 of 36, from the retina in 27. Twenty two of 64 cases required eye removal due to large iron pieces or infection. In four cases the magnet failed.
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J. Hirschberg
Swordfish blow pierces ship timber in bold demonstration
A ship repair report describes a swordfish strike showing the fish pierced a one inch sheath, a three inch plank and four and a half inches of solid timber. The punch is likened to 25 pound hammer blows driving an iron bolt the same distance.
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Pacific
A Sermon for Today by Reverend William Carter
A sermon outlines today’s opportunity and responsibility delivered by Rev. William Carter of Madison Avenue Reformed Church in New York. The address emphasizes moral duties and practical guidance for contemporary listeners.
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Madison Avenue Reformed Church
New York
Admonition on Ends of World Warns of Modern Responsibility
A preacher urges readers to use present opportunities and tools wisely. He compares Moses’s rod to modern assets like bankbooks and ballots, stressing personal duty across business, politics, and motherhood to shape a righteous future. He emphasizes deeds now carry historic weight and urges starting with small, doable acts. Also notes local items from the week including illnesses, trials, and community events.
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Corinthians
Moses
Egypt
Israel
County Court Dates Set for Butler and Surrounding Areas
The Butler county terms open January 9 May 7 and October. Darrtown residents consult William Mudd Co on a natural gas subscription plan to test gas in the county, hoping funds allow immediate operations. George Bosch of Middletown dies. his widow receives a Clinton street house and $10 monthly, each child $5 monthly. Nicholas Graf named executor to settle claims and oversee a Lemon township two story brick house.
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Darrtown
William Mudd & Co
George Bosch
Middletown
Clinton Street
Nicholas Graf
Lemon Township
Racial tensions in railway mail service and Navy drill details
Washington dispatch reports increasing black applicants for railway mail positions amid racial prejudice in the service. Also covered are navy yard repair schedules to meet December 1 readiness deadlines and Dr. Harvey Wylie’s warning on long cold storage meat and other foods becoming unsafe after extended ice preservation.
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Post Office Department
Civil Service
Harvey W. Wylie
Uncle Sam
Cleveland
Wylie
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Dr. Wylie
Fresh Oysters Daily at Heib's on Court Street
Daily oysters offered at Heib's 217 Court St with raw or stewed options. Prices listed as 30¢ a quart and 15¢ per serving, valid starting September 13.
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