The Five Franc Piece and the Cub Reporter
A provincial cub reporter pursues a sensational murder tale on a train to Butler. He gathers facts from a coroner’s inquest, mails photographs, and contemplates a dramatic lead inspired by a stranger’s parable about a Parisian wife and a five franc coin. The city editor encourages him as a future signing reporter.
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Davis
Horn
Allen
McLotosh
Butler
Telegraph Company
Elaine
Byter
Billing
Champenois
Billings
Bury
Morning Herald
Paris
Plaice
Tix
Cron
Nea
Ame
New Tucson Drinking Fashion Baffles Visitors at Purple Dog
A tale from the New York Tribune describes Tucson's Purple Dog tavern replacing tables with counters and stools. Patrons stared with keen eyes as a constant stream of elbows rested on the bar while whisky, claimed ten times stronger, flowed without seating.
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Arioona
Arizona
Tucson
New York
Sambo
New York Tribune
Wonderful Man Monkeys Intelligence Shown in London
A Congo born chimpanzee living in London astonishes with human like learning. The seven year old, four foot tall animal mimics actions from wiping train windows to building sand castles and riding a tricycle. He dresses like a man and prefers a sailor’s shirt over a hat.
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London
Cherokee Qualia Republic Described in Western North Carolina
A fragment describes Qualia, a small Cherokee led republic of about 1000 people in western North Carolina. It spans roughly 40 square miles with an independent status not recognized internationally but acknowledged by the U S government. The president serves four years with a 100 dollar yearly salary plus five dollars daily when in Washington.
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North Carolina
Washington
Uttte
Qualia Republic
Little Republic
Republic
Natonal Council
Not the Direction
A traveler asks why a boat on foggy Long Talend Scand halted. The pilot replies the river is unseen but stars are visible. The passenger returns to bed as the boat stalls until the boiler bust, keeping to the foggy course.
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Long Talend
Protective device to prevent streetcar accidents
Moses H. Cohen of Marpeilles proposes a mechanical system for streetcars. It uses a ratchet and pawl to keep the car stationary until passengers clear the steps, prevents motor start while boarding, and elevates the operator’s eye line to enhance safety on entry and exit.
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William H. Caley
Denver
Colo
Perron
Moses H. Cohen
Marpeilles
The Colors of the Sky and Air Electricity
A Swiss Academy report notes M. Wing’s experiments show the sky’s blue hue results from electricity reacting with suspended particles in air. He produced red violet and yellow colors in solutions but only achieved pure blue with electricity, arguing blue is an essential air quality.
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M. Wing
Swiss Academy of Natural Science
Improvements In Spectacles And Locomotive Telephone
A Victorian era device mixes dual spectacle design with a supplemental reading frame that attaches to a main pair for near and far viewing. Separately a patent from Kentucky explores a locomotive telephone using a moistened contact pad and steam driven conductivity to maintain line contact while train crews operate.
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Alva ©. Jones
Louleviie
Clement
Uses of Iron and Steel Slag in Industry
The article notes slag’s value in making hydraulic cements and structural materials. It cites 274,080 barrels of slag products from eight plants in 1901 and mentions Poland cement from slag and limestone. It highlights phosphatic slags for fertilizers, mineral wool largely from slag, and about 3,500 tons of mineral wool from slag in 1907. It also states 5,000 tons of slag were used for macadam highways in several states, with proven factory performance.
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Poland
United States
Varley Gretes
Thermostatic Experiment Described in Journal of Physical Chemistry
A historical note references a Sonaitive thermostat detailed in Journal of Physical Chemistry vol 4 p 118 by Mesare, Bradley and Browne. It describes a grnse bell jar with water and a propeller, heated by inflows from a metal thermostat using gas and alcohol expansion regulation with a mercury cut off.
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Journal of Physical Chemistry
Mesare, Bradley & Browne
Outwal
Scientific Jottings and Historical Anecdotes
Typhoid germs die after brief exposure to fen wither. Electricity costs ten cents for dinner and two cents for breakfast. German commerce sees wool pulp yarns. Lowell’s Sarah Bagley 1846 first woman telegraph operator. Dr Billinkin of Boernay reports high frequency currents enabling surgeries. W J Spillman maps U S flora for St Louis exhibit.
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Germany
Sarah Bagley
Lowell
Billinkin
Boernay
France
W. J. Spillman
United States Department of Agriculture
St. Lovie
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James
Ryane
Daily Starr Pub
John Biltcashier
Second National Bank
Willem Champanals
Billinge Kelled Champanets
Perros
New Orleans
Popular Science
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