Sun Electric Generator Harnesses Solar Power Inventor claims new device
In Somerville Massachusetts George H Cove unveils a Sun Electric Generator using violet glass panes and metal plugs arranged in a window like frame. The device supposedly converts ultraviolet rays into a steady electrical output stored in a battery, enabling power generation day and night without coal or water.
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George H. Cove
Somerville
Mass
Staat
Niagara Falls
Sway
Great Lakes
George Cove
Dean's Kidney Pills Promote Kidney Health
A historical advertisement extols Dean's Kidney Pills as the cure for kidney weakness and related symptoms. It cites John B. Fries of La Crosse Wisconsin reporting relief after using the product and notes availability from dealers, with Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo as sole agents in the United States. The ad emphasizes the brand name and price of fifty cents.
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Dean
la Crosse
John B. Fries
North Ninth St
Wis
Erhart
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Dean's
Diamond Joe boats in Taft pageant
President Kavanaugh of Lakes-to-the-Gus Deep Waterways Association arranged options on the Diamond Jo liners for a river pageant accompanying President Taft to New Orleans. The Oleander will transport Taft, with fleet moves from St. Louis on the 25th. The Quincy carries a congressional group, the Dubuque a St. Louis delegation, and the St. Paul Illinois Manufacturers members. River notes report a 40,000 pound carp haul near Havana and a dredge boom breakage on the Cat tail drainage ditch.
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Kavanaugh
Lakes-to
Taft
Mississippi
St. Louis
Quincy
Dubuque
St. Paul
Illinois Manufacturers Association
Mississippi River Commission
Alton
David Tipton
Illinois River
Havanna
John H. Schulte
Cat Tail
The Sun Powers The Future Says Inventor
An inventor frames the sun as the power plant of the future and describes energy storage as an electrical savings bank for hours without sunlight. The quote highlights ongoing progress in solar energy and battery technology.
Taft Ballinger Break Foretold In Chicago Address
William Kent former Chicago alderman predicted a break soon between President Taft and Secretary Ballinger during a Chicago Commons talk on the San Francisco water problem. He gave no source for his information or details of the dispute. Kent, now in California, serves on a graft probe committee.
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Chicago
William Kent
Chicago Commons
Taft
Ballinger
Secretary of the Interior
San Francisco
National Executive
Kent
California
Home for Gold Reds? Schools for Buck Indians near Black River Falls
A U.S. Senate Indian Affairs panel, with Rep Esch of La Crosse, recommends creating a home for aged Winnebago Indians near Black River Falls and a school for younger residents. Locals push legislature to curb liquor sales to the tribe. The report cites improvidence and white exploitation as causes of care needs, and notes Indians’ reluctance to settle or farm, preferring movement along the Mississippi with traps.
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United States
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Esch
la Crosse
Senate
Black River Falls
Mississippi
Spain executes professor shot after Barcelona riots
Madrid court martial convict Ferrier was executed this morning in Montjuich Fortress after riots in Barcelona. The Exchange Telegraph dispatch from London cites the sentence and venue.
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London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Madrid
Ferrier
Barcelona
Montjuich
Neighborhood Fashion Rivalry Quirk Describes Social Teasing
A wry note on rivalries in dress among women as trends propagate. It hints at social dynamics where one person’s desire to outdo another spurs further competition, with a rare nod to male behavior as ignorance rather than intent.
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Batavian Nat’l Bank Bldg
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W. B. Stearns
J. Dubrakes
H. R. Wensole
E.engh
W. T. Tegeded
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