Invention Lets Photographs Travel Over Wires
Ernest Hummel of St Paul claims a device that transmitsPictures by telegraphic wire with no distance limit. The system uses a transmitter and receiver driven by small electric motors and clockwork to copy and relay images via shellac barriers and a puncturing needle, promising rapid criminal identifications and practical uses across the country.
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Ernest 4. Hummel
St. Paul
Trummel
Hummel
Elfauls
York Worsld
Old Comparison Atost Pittiness In Wide Mountain Town
A fragmentary reminiscence places a quaint exchange on a sunlit porch in a mountain village. An elderly man speaks in quirky phrases while visitors and locals react, weaving images of wedding talk and humorous boasts amidst a noisy crowd and a distant note of trade and travel.
Towers of Silence Expose Dead to Vulture Feast in Bombay Hills
The article describes Zoroastrian practice of disposing corpses by exposure at towers on Malabar Hill Bombay. It details site layout and process from death to bone disposal, including guardian rituals, vultures feeding, and the community’s maintenance of the towers built in 1669 and 1756.
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Persia
Russia
Bombay
China
Malabar
Roode
Parker G
Malabar Hill
En- Waser
Chinvat
Lic Tower
Garvon
Frank Linn
Tonga
Wea
Link Finally Found to Claim English Estate
A long missing link in an English estate claim aligned with a New York woman who, after years of genealogical searching, discovered an old family Bible in a discarded ad prospect. The Bible contained vital birth and death records, completing the chain needed to reclaim the estate before it reverted to the Crown.
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Deerfield
New
York
Herbape
New York Times
Franges and Willard Romance Revealed in Memoir Text
Fragmented reminiscences recount the engagement between Bishop Charles W. Fowler and the late Frances Willard. The piece references a ring gift from Giehnd Pacier and notes their college days, a strong bond, and eventual separation for spiritual paths. The account includes dramatic anecdotes and stylistic flourishes from a period reminiscence.
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Chas. W. Fowler
Frances FE. Willard
Stanley
Ita
Pacific Sea
Bishop Fowler
Mist Willard
Hie Hane McGiodiat College
Meihddist Church
Giehnd Pacier
Ig Chasse
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Farm and Frame
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