Graphophone Invades Boston with Talking Recording Machine
Boston Advertiser describes the graphophone by Prof. Charles Sumner Tainter. The device records speech on wax cylinders and pasteboard sheets, reproduces voice with tone, and can store long dialogues. It promises legal deposition use, news interviews, music, and personal messages for centuries.
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Boston
Fatti
Edwin Booth
Hannibal
Charles Sumner Tainter
Boston Advertiser
Opening an Account The Savings Bank Debacle
A Boston Herald extract humorously portrays a teller's patient battle with a volatile depositor Sophronisba Katherine Simpkins who supplies evasive answers and errant details while trying to open a ten dollar account. The exchange exposes bank inquiry rules and patron frustration in a comical, clipped dialogue.
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Soem
Simpkins
Sophronisba
Katherine
Sophonisba Katherine Simpkins
Louis Hero
Boston Herald
Summer attire and drinks advice from Dr. Cyrus Edson
Dr Cyrus Edson discusses hot weather wear and drinks in Epoch advising dark clothing to absorb heat and heat radiation. He favors thin flannel shirts next to the skin and cold water as the best summer drink, warns against excess lemonade, and notes soda fountains can be used with caution for thirst.
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Cyrus Edson
Theo Black
Arctic
Epoch
Frugal Groom Proposes Two Dollar Justice of the Peace
A frugal young man argues money cannot measure love while suggesting a second cousin who is a justice of the peace will marry them for two dollars. The banter references a minister father and the bride’s view of parental fees as indicators of worth.
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Papa
Justice of the Peace
Chicago Tribune
Log Cabin Remedies and Rural Cures Foreground Frontiers
A provincial reminiscence recalls a camping party on an island near Lake Nipissing returning by sailboat seven miles to port as dusk falls. An Irish guide vows to row them through, recounting a near death from lung illness and a grandmotherly cure with balsams and herbs. The piece lauds natural remedies and mentions Warner’s Log Cabin cough and consumption remedy. It also notes a tax cut by the State Board of Equalization and advertises Bucklen’s Antica Salve for skin ailments with a money‑back guarantee.
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Gtent Lake Nipissing
Canada
States
America
Warner
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