Con temporary editors and the Mars telegraph dream
A South Dakota editor calls the live newspaper a con temporary and Marcon claims to telegraph across oceans without wires as talk turns to Mars. The piece notes editor s role, mentions Hetty Green in Atlantic City, and jokes about modern language teaching by machinery. It mentions Castellane overcoat value, a pricey corset, and reactions to news from New York and Paris. A Denver woman is arrested for voting three times, while a cash investment could settle the Irish question.
Silly Docket of Quips and Quirks in a Curious Column
A quirky collage quotes Marie Corelli calling Carnegie a poor human biped yet praising his support for writers. It notes a scientist’s tally of 1 212 diseases, mocks homeopathic kissing bans, questions Alfred Austin on poetry’s cure, jokes about Lipton and Shamrock 11, and ends with a sensational misspelling about a Chinese man in Miargeville.
Clydunath purge grants man divorce over sleeping in bed
A distorted report claims a man obtained a divorce after his wife insisted on sharing the bed. The fragmentary text suggests marital conflict and a purge context, but the details are unclear and likely garbled.
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Dow
Ambitious youths seek a safer course for reform
A fragment suggests caution in strategy and urges a measured approach to leadership. It emphasizes that thoughtful, lawful actions and broad public support are essential for meaningful change, warning against rushed or reckless steps.
Whitney Said to Be Engaged to Baltimore Beauty
Miss Robinson, hailed as one of America’s most beautiful women from Baltimore, is linked to William C. Whitney in a rumored engagement. Whitney refused to comment as New York society shows no surprise at the circulating tale of alliance with the social figure.
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William C. Whitney
Baltimore
Miss Robinson
America
United States
Newport
John R. McLean
James Gordon Bennett
New York Society
Baltimore, Md
Lota Robinson
William C.witney
Kedzie Dies Prominent Chemist and Humanitarian
Dr. Robert C. Kedzie, longtime Michigan Agricultural College chemistry professor, died at 79. A pioneer in safety using the Kedzie test for kerosene, he exposed fertilizer frauds and lightning-rod myths, resisting vested interests and shaping public policy through decades of scientific and humanitarian work.
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Robert C. Kedzie
Michigan Agricultural College
New York
Kedzie
Mie
United States
Dr. Kedzie
Michigan
Letter from Laurence Hutton to Woodrow Wilson at Princeton
In congratulatory notes on his inauguration as Princeton president, Laurence Hutton sent a letter addressed to Professor Woodrow Wilson at Library Place. Wilson’s residence sits near Prospect, the ancient stone mansion on university grounds.
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Wilson
Princeton University
Laurence Hutton
Woodrow Wilson
Library Place
Prospect
Oldest Texas Voter Was 106 Year Old Antonio Lopez
The oldest Texas voter at the last election was Antonio Lopez aged 106. He has lived in the county where he cast his ballot for eighty years.
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Texas
Antonio Lopez
Wireless Telegraphy Station Established in St Petersburg
A new wireless telegraphy station has been set up for military and experimental use on Peterburgski Island in St. Petersburg. The facility, a small wooden house with a nearby mast, links with Kronstadt and Sveaborg stations while remaining strictly guarded by authorities and soldiers who prevent unauthorized access or photography.
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Peterburgski Island
St. Petersburg
Kronstadt
Sveinberg
Watchful keepers fight winter gales at perilous lighthouses
Special Correspondence recalls coastal lighthouse stations facing November to March assaults of storm and ice. Keepers tirelessly guard lenses, scrape panes on exposed platforms, and ensure oil and machinery endure. Navesink's new bivalve lens shines, sighted seventy five miles at sea, while Diamond Shoals and Columbia River lightships endure extreme weather and costly repairs.
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Black Sea
Navesink
Sandy Hook
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Hghthouse
Cape Disappointment
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Logan
Utah
South Dakota
Marcon
Mars
Evar
Oscar
Atlantic City
Hetty Green
Urite-Uribe
Boni de Castellane
Paris
Andrews
Devil J
Denver
John Gull
Kentucky
Marie Corelli
Mr. Carnegie
Missouri Valley Homeopathic Association
Alfred Austin
Thome Lipton
Ah Joke
Miargeville
Jogskine
Sin Hroucisco
Wade
Lola Roairscig
Russia
Fez
Horis
Elbs
North Carolina
Creeds
Maker's Bay
Columbia River
Lighthouse Departments
Welief
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