Marconi Signalling Experiments with Wireless Telegraphy
A long London telegram describes Marconis wireless telegraph experiments proving energy transfer without wires. It details transmitter and receiver designs, Hertzian and low frequency methods, and reports signals over distances from four to ninety nine miles. The piece notes Professor Silv enus Thompson and W H Preece and situates the work in the ether theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Preece
Preece
Therakeeta
London
Penarth
Flat Holm
Oban
Mull
Ars
Mr. Marconi
England
Righi
Hertz
Marconi
Oliver ‘Lodge
A. Varley
Hunriggs
E. Branly
Oliver Loaige
Marcon “Devoheres
Egach
Brean Down
Beer Westongsuper-Mare
Bristol Ihannel
Howe Hills
Magnificent generalization of Clerk Maxwell and Marconi
The passage explains Hertzian and insular wireless waves, noting they share the same physical basis of oscillating charges. It describes Righi and Hertz measurements, then outlines Marconi’s practical use with 120 centimeter waves, detailing a setup with induction coils, resonant circuits, and spark gaps to generate and propagate electromagnetic disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk-Maxwell
Hertz
Marconi
Now That You Can't Use It Poem Fragment
A fragment wonders at changing seasons and autumn mood. Breezes chill the air while a porch scene shifts from summer to fall, with imagery of a red pant and a settee no longer sticking or clinging.
Unhappy Lot of German Women The Empress Sidelined in Suffrage Debate
William B. Curtis cites German leadership's stance on women's rights contrasting the Empress and Empress Frederick with Japan and England. He recounts arrests of suffrage leaders in Berlin, laws restricting women from political associations, and a new unified German code affecting property and personal rights. The piece contrasts German practice with foreign norms and warns heirs marrying into German nobility to examine risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Frederick
Woman's Suffrage Movement
Berlin
Bary
German Empire
Reichstag
England
France
Congress
Empire
Japan
Wiliam B. Curtis
Chicago
Mrs Lachmund Builds Wealth From Novel Occupation
The text notes Mrs Lachmund and her husband carefully educate their children and credit her with significant business sense. It highlights her efforts to earn and save money through her own work and failed to relate broader context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costa
Woman’s Hazardous Calling on the Mississippi
Ida Moore Lachmund of Clinton Iowa is a pioneering river raft operator wife of a lumber merchant and mother of three. Since 1887 she has owned and run steamers on western rivers including Nina Lily Turner Gardle Eastman Reindeer and Robert Dodds. She is admitted to the Order of Colonial Dumas and is an accredited Daughter of the Revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River
Ida Moore Leehmund
United States
Clinton
Ions
Hawkeye
Nina
Lily Turner
Gardle
Eastman
Reindeer
Robert Dodds
Lachmund
Order of Colonial Dumas
Lamps and Their Value for Reading and Work
The article praises steady reading lamps with broad stable bases and affordable options. It notes newer patent burners, green shades, and prices from two to four dollars, urging every family member to own a lamp and highlighting extra lighting for children, libraries, and living rooms to protect eyesight and comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gsa
Boyss
New French Stationery for President's Journey Sparks Debate
A Paris report notes the French president ordered fine pearl-gray vellum stationery for his voyage to Cronstadt. Pages bear a presidential flag crest, gold initials I. F., and gilt handles. The ironclad name appears atop crests, drawing royalist chatter over republican frugality and novelty in Paris. Miniature portraits and theater themes are popular on notes.
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France
Russia
I. F
Cronstadt
Paris
England
Delayed Dinner Tale Echoes Club Run In
A Minneapolis man invited a friend to dine and failed to phone his wife. Both host and guest stopped at a club on the way home, causing a serious delay. The husband attempted an implausible excuse about an upcoming business matter, while the hostess challenged his story with sharp politeness. The exchange ended with a plan to have John verify the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margon
Spegzla
Fort
Tulmourla Island
Saya
Marconia
Igilo
University of Boulogne
Minneapolis
Mutere
Wnner
Husbind Undertok
John
Clevelant Plain Dealer
Women in Europe Train as Fencers and Swordswomen
The article notes that women of the upper classes in France and Spain are increasingly skilled in fencing. They are educated to fence as carefully as their brothers, with many schools teaching them both to fence and to wield the broadsword.
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Claasts
France
Spain
Ars
Final estate account filed for Judge Walter Q Gresham
Probate court in Chicago approves the final account of the estate of the late Judge Walter Q Gresham. The executrix Matilda Gresham, the widow, is sole beneficiary. At closing, she held 18 602.35 with expenditures of 2 221.54.
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Walter Q. Gresham
Chicago
Matilda Gresham
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Sil‘yenus Thompson
Lord Kelvin
Herth
Modemu Merkinery
Ciicago
Giglielmo Marconi
Aik
Mr. Marcon
Alorg
IDSA
Tnauzuraics
Moss
Husbant
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