Tesla foresees wireless vision and world system
Nikola Tesla announced a patent enabling wireless voice calls free from static with a plan to link New York to world exchanges. He envisaged telephone secrecy and transmitting pictures, using a world wireless system to connect subscribers globally. A second item notes $2,000 set for a lost cat Boyse in Massachusetts, now missing.
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New York
Nikola Tesla
Long Island
Arlington
Mare Island
Pearl Harbor
Telephone Central Exchange
New York City
Korn
Munich
Chicago
John H. Warder
Boyse
Massachusetts
Wilson and Cabinet Prayed at Cabinet Meeting
Bishop William F. Anderson told Indiana Methodists that President Wilson led his cabinet in prayer after arriving solemn at a recent meeting. A United States senator heard the account from a cabinet member who prayed with the president. The president urged belief in prayer saying, Let us pray and ask the help of God.
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White House
Indianapolis
Wilson
William F. Anderson
Cincinnati
Indiana Methodist Episcopal Conference
United States
Anderson
Mudholes for Living Charged as Auto Aid Trap
Missouri road bulletin accuses motorists in many communities of nurturing muddy holes to profit from pulling cars out. The claim follows a Callaway county farmer forcing a payment of 25 dollars to free Mrs. James Houchin's automobile from a creek bed.
Thirteen Explains Defeat In California Sheriff Primary
Washington county comptroller T J Underwood cites superstition of thirteens for his sheriff primary loss. His name contains thirteen letters and his campaign car bore number 113 as he travelled with another candidate who also failed. He also notes the 113 signers on his petition.
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California
T. J. Underwood
Washington County
Tom J. Underwood
Can Run Truck Farm and Yet Use No Land
Cleveland Ohio drugstore manager J A Smith claims to grow corn in absorbent cotton with a chemical diet. He also reports tomatoes thriving in washed lake sand and says he can tailor feeds for most plants. He proposes service stations to commercialize the method and offers to grow carnations in lake sand.
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Cleveland, O
J. A. Smith
Mr. Smith
Rattlers Fangs Miss Him and an Odd Travel Tale
Jefferson City report of a farm hand escaping a five foot rattlesnake with a corn knife after fangs pierced his overalls. In Glen Easton a man aged eighty three drove 400 miles with a thirty six year old horse to Wilmington to see his children after forty six years, returning by rail in sixty one days.
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Jefferson City
Glen Easton
W. Va
George W. Grant
Wilmington
Del
Mr. Grant
Delaware
Man Seeks Perpetual Motion Ends in Quiet Burial
John Laney aged ninety three dies after a seventy year quest for perpetual motion. The Scotch born stonemason read Bacon, Shakespeare and Wordsworth, destroyed failed contrivances, and kept faith that perpetual motion would one day exist. He spoke of hidden links and predicted railroads, telegraphs, and horseless carriages before his death in Minneapolis.
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Minneapolis
Minn
John Laney
Crystal Lake
Laney
Bacon
Shakespeare
Coleridge
Wordsworth
Lizzie Welton
St. George Guards
St. George
New Brunswick
Notice of Sheriff Sale in Chelan Foreclosure Case
Public auction to satisfy a judgment of $2,086.25 plus interest costs and fees will occur September 28, 1915, at 10:00 AM at the courthouse in Wenatchee. Property includes Lots 81 and 82 in Block 87 of Great Northern Plat Wenatchee Chelan County Washington.
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Charles C. Livingston
Minnie Livingston
Lerne Tice
Connie F. Tice
James E. Keane
Wenatchee & Rock Island Warehouse Company
Wenatchee Lumber Company
State of Washington
County of Chelan
Superior Court
Chelan County
Charles O. Livingston
Washington
Charles ©. Livingston
Towit
Great Northern Plat
Wenatchee
Cilas
Kenyon
Wash
A. V. Haff
Rabid Dog Triggers Police Call In Danville
A rabies afflicted dog in Danville Illinois indirectly summoned the police after its rampage. The animal overturned furniture scared the servant and knocked a desk with a telephone, causing the receiver to fall. The operator heard the howling, suspected danger, and notified authorities.
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Danville
Ill
Police Department
Louis Smith
Central
Babe travels in basket to care for motherless babe
In Eagle, Arizona, R. E. Hiatt carried his month old infant in a clothes basket on a journey to Sidney, Iowa to place the baby with its grandmother after the mother’s death. A train volunteer assisted, and the child arrived safely.
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Eagle, Ariz
R. E. Hiatt
Eagle
Sidney
Man Claims Land Owns Eight Acres For Twelve Years
McMinnville Oregon reports Josef Henrich bought eight acres of state school land twelve years ago and paid taxes while living on the property. N W Smith recently bought thirteen acres nearby and found Henrich had lived on and taxed another tract one mile south. Henrich built a home on Smith land and cleared timber during the period, while his own tract remained largely untouched.
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McMinnville
Ore
Josef Henrich
N. W. Smith
Henrich
Smith Place
Behan seeks absolute divorce and property decree in Chelan
Cornelia M Behan sues Samuel V Behan in Chelan county Washington for an absolute divorce and a decree that the east half of the NE quarter and a nineteen rod strip across the east side of the NW quarter of SE quarter in section 21 township 24 north range 18 EWM be decreed as plaintiff separate property. The action asks for costs disbursements and attorney fees. Dated September 17 1915. L J Nelson attorney for plaintiff Leavenworth Wash. sept 17oct22
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State of Washington
Chelan County
Cornelia J. Behan
Samuel V. Behan
Chelan
Washington
E.W M
A. D
L. J. Nelson
P.O
Leavenworth, Chelan Co
Wash
Dissolution of Thomas and Hannan Law Partnership
Notice declares dissolution of the law partnership Thomas and Hannan at 207 Plough Ridge Wenatchee Washington. G. G. Hannan will manage unfinished business at the former office and assumes all partnership debts. Debts owed to the firm may be paid to either partner.
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Wenatchee, Wash
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Viola Palmquist
Wenatchee Avenue
Court House
City of
Chas. Kenyon
A. V. Huff
County of
R. Rebecca Wishart
Mad Dog
Babe
Echo Office
Lamb-Davis Lumber
Leavenworth, Wash
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Leavenworth
Peach Blossom Flour
Wenatchee Milling Co
Harrington
Missouri
Leavenworth Mercantile Co
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