Powderless gun demonstration at Brooklyn factory tests bullets
Frederick Bangerter unveiled a powderless, noiseless gun in the loft of the Standard Meter factory at 245 Robinson Ave Flatbush. Ten shots per second, powered by a seven horsepower electric motor, riddled three pine targets 60 feet away with three eighth inch bullets, producing no smoke or explosion.
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New York
Standard Meter Company
Robinson At
Flatbush
Frederick Bangerter
Bedford Ave
Sevral Mechanical
Jangerter
Bangerter
Will English be a universal tongue in future?
An excerpt from the July Century discusses English as a potential world language, arguing it has growing reach and two strong national bases. It compares English, French, and German, cites Grimm, and notes English literature’s rise while noting historical predictions and poetic reflections.
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Maarten Maartens
Joseph Conrad
Antony Hamilton
Grimm
Gallani
Jacob Grimm
Bananas and Street Safety Turn Midday Walk Into Farce
A New York Times piece recounts a walker noting banana peels repeatedly left on a Manhattan sidewalk in front of a drug store. He retrieves them, later witnesses a pharmacist tending a wounded man, and the scene spirals into a quip about local candidates and newspaper play.
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New York Times
Manhattan
Department of Street
Hank
Pamne
Washington
Jaya
When Heat Prostrates
Heat prostration and sunstroke are caused by excessive heat. For a red hot face apply cold compresses and seek a physician. give water. For sunstroke with pallor and fever below normal, rub the body, keep warm with a hot water bag, and use small stimulants until a doctor arrives.
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New York Herald
Insurance of Bete and Lloyds in Hogland
An analysis of how insurance is viewed in Hogland with Lloyds as a model for underwriters. The piece traces Lloyds origins from maritime risk sharing to a broad association. It notes American practice and compares historical customs with present uncertainty in insuring various risks.
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Bete
New York World
Hogland
Lloyde
Georgou
Lloyds Coffee House
Abehurel
Jane
Abeir
Kingland
Etand c
Etand c (Ook Out Insurance Agaiont Vain
Lloyds
Lowng
Gas Meter Prank Nets Cheating Claim. Inspector Delighted
In a San Francisco tale Captain Watt relates a club joke about blowing down gas meters to lower bills. A man follows the advice nightly and, at month end, the gas company owes him 34.17 after the inspector reviews the figures.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Watt
Lusitania
Mee
Congarnt
Profitable Salute and Tales of Billing in Trade
An old discussion contrasts careful payers and debtors among prosperous shoppers. A financier warns that small unpaid bills accumulate, risking ruin, while a clever shopkeeper in an English tale leverages misposted charges to chase up customers and salvage profits.
Farm mortgage interest weighs on values at stake
Parmer Hedge asks what is hardest to value and Parmer Biucka cites interest on farm mortgage costs. The text also mentions a claim about blind people among the Kpantirds compared with other Horopear Face groups.
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Parmer
Parmer Biucka
Thackeray and His Substitute in The Virginians
Col John H B Latrobe told how John P Kennedy wrote the fourth chapter of the second volume of The Virginians after a London dinner with Thackeray and friends. Kennedy claimed to know every foot of the ground and produced an accurate topographical account of George Warrington’s escape from Fort Duquesne to the Potomac.
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D. KE. Janowics
Lippincott
Thackeray
George Warrington
Fort Duquesne
Potomac
John P. Kennedy
John H. B. Latrobe
Kennedy
London
Anthony Trollope
Wilkie Collings
The
Virginians
Mr. Kennedy
Electric marvels at Hotel Astor mark world’s busiest house
Frederick A. Muschenheim, Hotel Astor proprietor and Stevens Institute graduate, describes the hotel’s extensive electrical system. The Astor runs 112 large motors plus numerous minor units to power elevators ventilation ice making washing and more with automatic fire alarms and corridor detectors. Chief Justice Fuller’s Bath visit recalls Maine association meetings with Blaine and early type graphic society founders.
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Hotel Astor
Frederick A. Muschenheim
William C. Muschenheim
Stevens Institute
Astor
Fred Muschenheim
Bath
Melville W. Fuller
United States Supreme Court
Bowdoin
Maine Association
Puller
New Age
Augusta
James G. Blaine
Kennebec Journal
Fragmentary sports note hints at ball and bat gifts
A garbled line suggests Raul Diamond and three coupons could have afforded a ball and bat or a pair of dollar skates. The exact events or people remain unclear and unspecified.
Open Air Blessing in Suburban Open Air Living
The Daily Dispatch notes a growing summer trend of sleeping outdoors in suburbs with gardens and beds moved outside. It contrasts this with a broad statistic: about 180,600,000 Protestants worldwide versus 260,000,000 Catholics and 710,100,000 adherents of Greek and Oriental churches.
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Nden
Cinese and the Maid Love and Will Marry Clash at Union Station
A Chinese man known as Cinese Loo and Miss Misa Kobents faced family opposition and a public dispute over their intended marriage. Miss Kobents’ mother supported the match, citing Loo’s background and property, while the couple’s plans included travel to St. Louis for the ceremony. The incident involved a station confrontation and a returned trunk, with Miss Kobents temporarily staying at White City before being collected.
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Ave
Chis Loo
Koblents
Trun
Mra
W. Stanley
Chicago
Leo
White City
Ito
Low
Stanley
San Francisco
Baptist Churels
Mise Kolents
Montgomery
Alm
Louis
Loohis
Miss Koblents
Methodiat
Plane of Miss Edna Roblents Near Louth Report
Miss Edna Roblents, 19, from 63 South Garrivon, is involved in a plane incident near Louth on August 8. Few details available. authorities report no injuries.
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Louth
Edna Roblents
South Garrivon
John Brown's Son Gan Swim at Euclid Beach
Jason Brown, 46, son of John Brown of Harpers Ferry fame, ignored life guard warnings at Euclid Beach Park in Cleveland. He dived beyond the safety line, resurfaced after 15 to 16 seconds, and then spent an hour performing strokes and stunts, insisting no lifeguards were needed.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Euclid Beach Park
Jason Brown
John Brown
Harpers Ferry
Lake Erie
Brown
The
Bathoune
Exterminator Found For The Codling Moth
Denver reports a breakthrough addressing the codling moth damage plaguing Colorado apple orchards. Professor Clarence Gillette of Colorado Agricultural College Fort Collins explains a new spray approach, noting past methods harmed foliage and warned of toxic risks while promising effective moth control.
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Denver
Clarence. Gillette
Colorado Agricultural Colae Fort Collins
Colorado
Agia
Gillette
Alphabetical Derangement in a Frantic New York
In a chaotic scene the narrator jokes about alphabetical disorder during a panic in 1007 New York. Two men meet amid chaos while pondering misordered letters and the confusion around names and sequences in the city.
Poor Man Feeds One Hundred Free Meals Daily in New York
John Morgan, a poor working man, feeds about 100 hunger victims daily at 102 Christopher Street with soup and bread. He operates quietly after hours, drawing groups of eight to ten men who seek work, aided by his daughter Calvina and local grocers and butchers who supply provisions.
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New York
John Morgan
Christopher
Micherty
Morgan
Dau Ter
Calvina
Syenna
Too Knowing Father From the Passdeng Star
A West Adame district boy of six displays precocious thinking while hunting sparrows with a fence picket. His father interrupts the imaginary gun play, urging kindness to animals and noting God’s wishes. The next day the lad laments potential loss of fun if his father were less knowledgeable.
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West
Adame
Archie
Maud Muller Scene on a Hot May Day
A garbled portrait shows Maud Muller typing on a hot May day as a judge, Whe ty mood, and others move about. The text fragments hint at a courtroom or literary setting with scattered names and actions, ending with a flurry of incomplete phrases and names.
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Maud Muller
Antitrust Brand Registered by Tobacco Company
A small man sought a new cigarette brand and chose Ant iTrust. He sent required papers to the patent office in Reedon and soon received notice that Brand Antitrust was registered by American Tobacco Company.
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Antic Trust
American Tobe Company
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