The Graphophone Promises A New Sound Recording Era
A detailed 9fold explanation of the graphophone outlines its development from the Edison phonograph, using a wax coated paper cylinder and two diaphragms for recording and playback. It describes operation, weight, dimensions, and the ability to record multiple voices simultaneously with a single machine.
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Edison
Menlo Park
Franck Z. Maguire
Harpers Weekly
Volta Laboratory Association
Washington
Shell
Nea
The Late Ned Buntline Dies a Sensational Figure
A memorial sketch recalls Ned Buntline once famed as a roguish frontier storyteller and showman. Born in Philadelphia to a lawyer, he fled to sea, served as a midshipman, fought as an Indian scout, and thrilled crowds with Munchausen tales. His career spanned piracy, theatre, and journalism, earning $20,000 yearly while living on a Stamford, N Y farm with his fourth wife.
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Judson
Bewes
Edward Z
C. Judson
Philadelphia
Blackstone
United States
Nan
Navy
New York Harbor
Plains
Jack Crawford
Ned Buntlino
Buffalo Bill
Texas Jack
Ned
Forrest
Port Lafayette
St. Louis
Becaine
Buntline
Stamford
N. Y
Vanderbilt Club House for Railroad Workers Proposed
A New York Grand Central depot project will provide a Vanderbilt funded club house for railroad employees. The facility aims to offer rest, meals, baths, gym, sleeping rooms, and study spaces to improve welfare, with structured rooms for classes and storage.
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Vanderbilt Club
Druys
Ien
Cornelivn Vanderbilt
Grand Central Depot
New York City
Pioneering a Railroad and a Roman Style Amphi theater
An essay outlines Erastus Wiman’s plan to link Baltimore and Ohio to New York via New Jersey or Staten Island. It imagines two amphitheaters for national games and wild beast contests, echoing ancient Rome. The piece compares railroad expansion, frontier exploits, and sensational shows as transformative.
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Wiman
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New York
New Jersey
New York City
Hudson
Arthur Kills
Staten Island
Baltimore and Ohio
Erastus Wiman
Titus
Colosseum
Erastus
Via Appia
Rome
Laos
Elaborate Buffalo Crematory Temple Erected
A brown stone crematory temple with a red slate roof rises in Buffalo featuring a 200–300 seat auditorium, organ room, chancel, furnace, and a basement columbarium for ashes. The chancel décor imitates first century Christian style and includes an altar and lectern. The funeral car may pass through the chancel to the furnace during ceremonies.
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Buffalo
Notice to Inspect Goods for Sale of Ties and Stock
A seller invites readers to review a partial list of goods including ties and miscellaneous stock. He offers to negotiate with interested buyers and welcomes visits to inspect the items, whether purchase is likely or not.
Farm Wagon and Harness Goods Listing Note
A dense catalog entry lists farm wagons seat springs neck yokes whiffletrees clovia three horse eveners and many harness items. It mentions buggies carriages phictons buggy tops storm aprons rubber duck for storm aprons and other wagon gear including axle grease anti rattlers brushes curry combs and horse clothing.
Chilled plows and attachments for antique farming gear
Oliver's combination plows and plow repairs listed alongside Bissell South Bend and Syracuse plows plus side hill and sulky attachments. Harrows including spring tooth models on wheels with wood and iron frames, one horse varieties, harrow teeth and smoothing harrows noted.
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Bissell
South Bend
Syracuse
Cutivators and Farm Implements List Across Varieties
A catalog style entry lists riding wheel cultivators two horse and walking wheel cultivators with steel and wood frames. It mentions shovel diggers wing shovel plows cultivator teeth blades bull tongues shovels spades grub hoes post hole diggers and related garden and field tools including post maula and sledges.
Hayling and Harvesting Implements for Farm Use
Local listings detail farming gear including self binding harvesters Mureka mower Braitley mower Rawson mower and Red White and Blue mower. Also offered are hay tedders hay rakes racks horse forks floor hooks pulleys various ropes and binding materials with machine oils and grease. Also shown are grain cradles hand rakes barley forks scythes knives and scythe stones.
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Calebonia
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Phonograph
Macing
Ker Peate
WLI
Ned Buntline
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Pony Express
Lahin
Congress
John Randolph
Roanoke
John Vandolin Tucker
Virginia
Washington and Lee University
Estrade
Republic
Proneh
India Mall
LEGAL
State of Michigan
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Calhoun
Ofuly
Joseph Bentley
Christian F. Briegel
Christina C. Briegel
Gnttieb Briegel
Christian 2. Briegel
Michigan
Anid Etle
Winger & Noyes
Tate
Marshall
Steven
Nulbert
Winsor & Neves
Altest
L. H. Brockway
Chancery
Anid Aiate
Anid Dat Penged
Ijuarter
Rengo No
State of
Manion J. Palmer
Jackson
Thomas Newman
Henry W. Newman
Charles A. Newman
Court House
East Green Street
Calhouc
Mate
Eliza B. Newman
Jolysg
Ngob Chattarton
Marion P. Chattarton
Benjamin F. Minman
Noory T. Hinman
Register of Deeds’ Office
Calhoun County
Maryhall
Hat Cartoon Trust
Towit
Main Street
Attle Creek
Lucius Sweet
J. Mf. & M. GC. Bhaffer
Runasuw Purasse
Battle Crack
County of
Wate
Benjamin F. Hinman
Henry T. Hineman
P.M. Wannerex
Mortaezeee
ulyZisep
Ely
Catarrah Farris
Hayfever
Mai
ELY Brothers
Tyr
Owego
N.Y
Parker's
TONIC
Abe
Kidvers
Hiscox
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