First Telegraph Message Recalled by Youth's Gem Writer
Alfred Vail of Morristown and the early 1838 telegraph is described as sending the first message over a wire from New York to Morristown. The note read Attention universe by kingdoms right wheel and the Smithsonian holds the original record with Vail’s pencil letters.
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Universal
Panton
A& Son
Alfred, Wall
Wries
Moristown
New Jersey
Vail lMyved
Morse
New York
Vail
Alfred Vail
A Curious Food Tradition From Philadelphia Records
A Philadelphia Records note recounts a family culinary tradition. The method says placing one or two clean rusty nails in the cooking utensil will make chicken age and tenderness consistent, regardless of age, though the mechanism is left for a specialist to uncover.
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Philadelphia Récord
Social notes from Marshall and surrounding towns
Local society items list visitors, arrivals, and departures including Miss Hazel Bailey in Paris and Irene Crow in Marshall. Notables such as Elmer Huppert of Detroit, Dr. J. W. Hunt of West Terre Haute, and Mrs. Jennie Harless of Chicago are mentioned with weekend travels and family events. A new birth, twin daughters, and planned visits to Indianapolis, Springfield, and Danville are noted along with club meetings and a silk buyer from Kansas City heading to China and Japan.
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Charles Whitlock
the Narrows
Marshall
Irene Crow
West Union
Ruth Gard
West ‘Union
J. W. Hunt
West Terre Haute
Robert Prewett
Haswinkis
Indianapolis
Roy Sullivan
John Brady
Rose Brady
Paris
Household Science Club
C. G. Covington
Creal Springs
Athon
Mary Athon
John Patton
H. M. Janney
D. W. Becker
Marietta, O
Fred B. Keifer
Grant Pritchard
Champaign
Margaret Allen
Hamilton
Bessie Pinnell Morrow
Kansas City
Local News Bits From Across The Nation
A Minneapolis woman learns her burglar was her long lost brother after a police call. Arroyo Grande stores report a single night robbery by a gang of thieves. A Baltimore and Ohio locomotive was stolen in Connellsville pa and driven to a saloon for a drink. Dancing is urged to prevent frostbite among Europeans by Dr Osler. A St Louis cat case sees a tabby awarded to a contestant despite the missing pet.
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Arroyo Grande
Cal
St Louis
Tabby
New State Lincoln Proposed From Parts of Washington Idaho
Congress may be urged to form the state of Lincoln from eastern Washington counties and Idaho’s Panhandle. If approved by Congress and state legislatures, Spokane would be drawn from Washington. The plan echoes Franklin’s historical attempt in earlier U.S. history.
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Congress
Lincoln
Washington
Idaho
Panhandle
United States
West
Spokane
Federal Congress
Franklin
North Caroliia
Tehnessee
North Carolina
Tennessee
Yale Minds Growth Study Tests Value Of Courses
Yale professor Roswell Angler leads a psychology study at Yale to measure how different courses affect undergraduates' minds. Six students from four freshmen a sophomore and a music student will be tested weekly to track growth or retreat through their college careers.
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Yale
Yale University
School of Music
Roswell Angler
Psychological Laboratory
Ita
Harvard
Hugo Munsterberg
Pigs Among Fastidious Farm Animals
The article surveys livestock eating habits noting goats eat 449 of 575 plants and refuse 126, sheep eat 887 of 523 and refuse 141, cows eat 276 of 494 and refuse 218, horses eat 262 of 474 and refuse 212, while pigs eat only T2 from 243 and refuse 171.
Social Guests Attend Terre Haute Choral Society Concert
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Bailey hosted guests Mrs. B. J. Neuman of Lima Ohio and Mrs. Frank Sheffield of Cleveland Ohio. Ada A. Miller and daughter Mary visited Terre Haute last evening to attend Schumann's Paradise and the Peri performed by the Terre Haute Choral Society.
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Clarence Bailey
Lima
Frank Sheffield
Cleveland
Ada A. Miller
Mary
Terre’ Haute
Schumann
Terre Haute
What is an American in wartime identity
An essay reflects on nationality amid war as Americans, Canadians, and others redefine who counts as an American. The piece notes language barriers and cross border remarks from soldiers and reporters, ending with the central question of national identity.
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North
South America
United States
Canada
Republic
Irrom
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Eyes Doctored for Better Vision Promises
A persuasive ad-style notice urges readers with blurred distance vision watery eyes and headaches to seek help. It claims weak eyes worsen without care and promises special attention for women and school children.
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de Laval
Nebraska
Jersey
Hazel Bailey
Percy Cox
Jin’ “Hlutsunville
Elmer Huppert
Detroit, Mich
William ‘Clark
California
Gertrude Logue
St Mary-of-the-Woods
Edith Cole
J. K. Black
Court of Honor Directors
Springfield
Bessie Claypool
Robinson
James Claypool
Edward Fredenberger
Walter F. Hutchinson
Stephen Bradley
Delaware
Hawkins
Schwarm
Velma Sullins
Musical Art Society
Merritt Arbuckle
Iditarod
Alaska
Gertrude Shaw
Margaret Shaw
Wilfred Shaw
Lyman “Booth
University
Gis
York
Minneapolis
Petrograd
Germany
Russia
Baltimore and Ohio
Connellsville
Osler
B. F. Johnson
Bubeck & Gallagher
Fred Wallis
Kohl Building
East Main Street
Wabash
Farmers
Mitchell
M. W. Porter
W. GC Blankenbaker
Ensilage
L. G. Archer & Son
C. B. Mount
Harley Davison
Pulver’s
Lochbaum
West Main Street
Keifer
L. BH
Tolbert
E. Musselman
Saturday Evening Post
Fred Gorham
James Pickens
N. Stephenson
Marshall, NL
Social M. E's
Ben Baird
Albert Sockler
Dr. M. . Rosenfeld
Optometrist
Willbé
New Archer Hotel
Foster
Martin
Coun
Niagara Maid
Darwin Road
Foster Martin
Max
Black & Hutchinson’s Grocery
Uneeda Bie
Pythian Theatre
John Mason
Jim the Penman
Earl Williams
Anita Stewart
Sis Hopkins
Tom Mix
Mile
Diane and
Charles Trowbridge
Geo. W. Lederer
Broadway Star
Mary Anderson
Selig Tribune
Country Store
Thad
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