Prophet's dialogue on wireless telephony and lightning device
An 1880 English magazine dialogue in the Jordan neighborhood features Hieromphonic predictions about wireless telephony. The text recounts a scene where the prophet Mohammed questions the device’s purpose while discussing waves as the Indian Ocean’s breakers on the Arabian shore. The Globe cites the piece as a prophetic parable on future messaging tools.
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Grant
Balfour
J. M. Grant
Toronto
Svas
Babrak
Kohl
Jordan
Mohammed
Teplica
Arabia
Indian Ocean
Arabian
Toronto Globe
Greek Art and its Modern Reassessment
The piece argues that Greek inspiration is relevant to modern art, urging broader interpretation of classical traditions. It notes archaeology has revealed the ancient art’s long development and interconnected origins, challenging the idea of spontaneous growth and highlighting a two millennia timeline to Greek-style achievement.
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C Lassid
Northern golfer learns a Bible slip from a caddy
A northern visitor playing Florida winter golf asks a caddy about Bible stories. The boy replies that Jonah did not feed the Israelites and that it was Job who did so, correcting the mistaken memory as they walk the fairways. The exchange reflects how the boys’ religious knowledge is learned.
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Israel
Egypt
Florida
Henry
Jonah
Desert Doctor Flies to Treat Bedouin Tribes
Doctor Martinez operates from Permyra using an airplane to reach nomadic Bedouin patients across the desert. He files over the desert, alights at encamped camps, and consults with wandering patients. His practice spans a wide area as he treats over 100 serious cases and many minor ones.
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Syria
Permyra
Martinez
Massachusetts inventor designs sunmachine for leather softening
Popular Mechanics describes a mechanical leather softening machine with two broad belts on rollers. Faces pass between the belts, with the hide laid on a metal plate and pressed by a lever to soften the leather.
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Massachusetts
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Dying Bath Officer Points to Wilkinson Murderer
Detective Dennis Tracey uncovers the killer of Policeman William Lawrence in Bath Maine. After months of search across New England, Tracey tracks Daniel Wilkinson to a Bangor wharf and arrests him, ending a long, hard-fought case and earning peace for the fallen officer’s friend.
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William
Lawrence
Bath
Ina
Dennis Tracey
Tracey
Aimee
Laurence
Nis
Daniel Wilkinson
New Hampshire
Wilkinson
Black Sheep
Lkely
New England
Boston
Bangor
Thomaston
Northwest
Florida
Bill Lawante
Babson on floods and the economy in the Southwest
Babson argues floods delay planting and transport but may lift overall activity as four key industries drive temporary employment and capital. He notes Michigan mining revival, copper slack, New England mills facing wage cuts, and unions negotiating open shop plans. He links prosperity to work and a Golden Rule mindset.
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Roger Babson
Inussiani Public
Auttom Mobile
Pulldike
Michigan
New England
Structural Iron and Steel
Syracuse
N. Y
Bhoy
Milk-stained youth misses train after platform crash
A station master glimpsed a train vanish around a curve as overturned milk cans littered the platform. A hatless disheveled young man lay nearby while a boy claimed he did catch the train before it slipped away again.
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Kansas City Star
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