Inventions and oddities spark in an era’s imagination
A roundup of quirky patents and tech ideas from cows to sewing machines, including an electric milker with a phonograph, a pie making machine, and an air driven lift for sunken ships. It notes advances in silicon, new lens design, smoke-to-gas tech, and a Denmark life saving impregnant. The column also parodies medical overreach and reflects on the enduring power of hope in childhood.
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Iowa
Denmark
A New Darning Method From Babinet Nets
A Philadelphia woman solves a labor problem by using babinet pieces as a netted backing to quickly darn stockings. The method involves placing the net under the hole and weaving threads across to form a neat, rapid repair as noted by the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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eGne
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Negro Baptist Conference Endorses Rockefeller Gifts
A Waco Texas gathering of a Negro Baptist conference approved a resolution stating belief that John D Rockefeller’s church gifts were inspired from on high. The action effectively asks for further financial support from Rockefeller and his Standard Oil interests.
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Waco
Texas
John D. Rockefeller
John D
Treasury counting the new Treasurer and the cash audit
The Treasury counts and verifies all money after a Treasurer change. A committee selects clerks to count hundreds of millions in cash bonds and coins in several vaults with bagged sacks and precise tallies to detect any shortfall. Charles H. Treat succeeds Ellis H. Roberts as Treasurer.
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The
United States
Treasury Building
Secretary of the Treasury
Charles H. Treat
New York
Ellis H. Roberts
Founder In Morses and Sunflower Seed Remedy
Recipe to treat founder in horses advises cleaning the feet, using turpentine heated with a hot iron to burn out the affected tissue, and standing the horse in water. Also mentions feeding a pint of sunflower seeds after founder is found and a method of keeping the horse upright in water.
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White Horse
Grant
Lawson Foresees Major Convention Exposing Finance
Mr Lawson plans a large gathering of life insurance policy holders to reveal alleged schemes by financiers. He claims 100 to 150 prominent insurance men face eight to fifty years in prison. Audiences doubt initially but now believe his warnings align with later developments.
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Roosevelt
Chariton
James Bradly
Lawson
Hugh
Mr. Lawson
Court House News Summary From Chelan County Abstract Co
The weekly court house notes summarize filings and transactions for the past week as reported by Chelan County Abstract Co. The abstractors advertise in another column, highlighting the local court activity and related matters.
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Court House
Chelan County Abstract Co
Real Estate Transfers Across Ne, Secs, Townships and Prices
A grouped list of real estate transfers shows multiple transactions across Nebraska and nearby areas. Buyers include J F Trerice Arietta R Nervey Ida M Garrett D W Dow M M Kingman S B Knowles and J J Clapp with prices ranging from 50 to 5200 dollars. Locations refer to sections, townships, ranges and neighborhoods such as Nel, Sel, and Leavenworth with parcels including lots, blocks and tracts.
Dream of Rockefeller runs for office in a brickyard
A humorous dream features John B. Rockefeller as a candidate about to speak in a brickyard. A South Haven Kansas resident seeks legal advice after a grievance against a local editor, suggested to buy the paper and run it himself for several months.
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John B. Rockefeller
South Haven
Kansas
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Ne& Nw
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Arietta R
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F L Patterson
Dow
Morgan Carkeek
DW Dow
DP C Wilson
H C Peters
Bosse
John H Sharp
Delpha Larabee
M M Kingman
M Widney
S B Knowles
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EA King
J E Markwood
S Stewart
W H Smith
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Owl
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