Telegraphic art of the human mind and machine realism
The piece describes early wireless picture transmission experiments using the Humemel apparatus with transmitter and receiver cylinders and carbon paper to reproduce drawings. It notes successful duplex operation between New York, St. Louis, and Boston, and compares the process to poetic imagery while segueing into a political note on Spanish general Blanco and Philippine events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Boston
Ithembler
Enen
The Cigarette Plot to Manage a Husband
A young married woman details a scheme to control her husband Ned’s habits by using cigarette papers as reminders. She explains she notes errands on the pack to prompt him to place orders, attend luncheons, or bring home items, claiming it helps run the household and manage his work and shopping tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanco
Madrid
Ola
Polavieja
Manila
Khng
Ambarkeu
Spain
Sue Shrina
Cas Virgin
Mindanga
Polavieia
Philippines
Guba
Harper's Magazine
Sali
Bultron
Ned
Alles
Mont Pleasant
Washinston ‘Biar
Blanco in the Philippines and the insurgent defense
Fragmentary account describes insurgent efforts in a Blanco era Philippines stronghold. It notes limited elites, improvised defenses, and native leadership under a figure calling himself General, with details about a local captain born in the defended town and a veteran Spanish municipal captain for his father. It hints at internal plots and a governor general's defeat amid the long military struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adliyes
Generalqilme
Blanco
Spangh
Aguinaldo
Ramon Glonco
Maruel de Pena
Cause of Pluiliacine Rebellion and Politiquismo Roots
The article cites excessive taxation and dissent as direct triggers of a rebellion, while notes that political reform chatter in colonies, termed politiquismo, stems from long-standing colonial systems. It highlights Tagalog as the dominant language among educated natives and criticizes slow education progress and limited native integration into Catholic civic roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonias
Cho Ife
Philip II
Hateper
Filling the Gap: microbes on Noahs ark
The Detroit Journal quips about a bright boy in fiction playing with Noahs ark. The boy asks what two wood chips are while his father prompts him. The boy answers them are microbes, noting there must have been a pair of microbes aboard the ark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Tournal
August Third Reflections on a Card Game with Ah Sin
A first person reminiscence from Bret Harte detailing a card game featuring a Chinese player Ah Sin. The narrator observes August skies, notes deceptive sleeves, and quotes Nye’s remark on Chinese cheap labor. The piece blends satire with blunt racist trope about Heathen Chinee and whist maneuvering, ending with Harte’s defense of plain language.
Controversy and Clerical Debate Across the Church
A wide range of religious opinions from Rev Dr William Barry to the New York conference discuss Catholic democracy church governance and skepticism. Articles critique Protestant ritualism, liturgy in Presbyterian worship, and the role of clergy versus congregation in modern faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll D. Wright
New York
Grapho
Chicago
Nicago
Michigan Christia Advocate
Presbyterian
William Barry
Ireland
Keane
Arthur J. Waltour
Treasury
House of Commons
Freaks of 4 Tornado Describe Bizarre Destruction at Kirkeville
John R. Musick of Kirkeville Missouri recalls a Century account of a tornado that struck April 27 with bizarre effects. Hair found in a tree top, a human scalp beneath a bridge, notes and money blown to Iowa, and clothing scattered along the path. One woman was decapitated by a tin root and her child killed nearby. Miss Moorehouse Mrs Webster and her son survived after being carried far from a church. The survivor described whirling heights and a white horse seen during the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Musick
Kirkeville
Missouri
Lowa
Grinnell
Iowa
Jove
Miss Moorehouse
Mrs. Webster
Flying horses in storm terrify witnesses in dramatic tale
In a wild storm people report a horse lifted aloft with no contact, landing safely on earth. Kung Webster recalls seeing the horse in the air while being swept along, fearing a collision with its flying heels. Witnesses claim the horse spanned miles, even two hundred feet high above a church, with some noting splattered dirt and flying horses seen by many.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Beaner
R. M. Patterson
Christian Work
New York
Patterton
John Knox
Calyio
Uinfess
Presbyterian Church
Patterson
Presbyteriang
General Assembly
Kung Webster
Tittes
Diri
Hia Gerlal
Rebellion tale during Taiping rise in Shanghai
An 1830s Shanghai incident shows a clever house-borne operative Alog seizing a walled city in Taiping name with brutal acts. Imperial forces retaliate, and a midshipman aboard the Plymouth observes a dramatic volley by Pirate Reynolds, concluding in a swift imperial retreat after a bold shot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taiping
Sax
Alolg
Shanghai
Taiping-wang
Citrance
Isylog
United States
Plymouth
Celonel Reynolds
Piraty Reynolds
Allag
Happer
Dentzville woman guards vast coin collection in New Jersey
Miss Daisy Denza of Dentzville near Trenton boasts perhaps the state’s largest coin collection. Walls and furniture overflow with US currency and pieces from Asia, Europe, Africa and South America. The collection includes English coins found near Princeton in a deer shaped hat once owned by a relative of the Denta family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daisy Deanz
Dentzville
N. J
Trenton
New Jersey
Miss Denla
United States
Princeton
Biles Denta'a
Minsra
Miss Bentz
Philadelphia
When Story and Comfort Unite in Lullaby Dream
A reflective verse by Lillian H. Proken explores how safe arms and gentle stories shelter a restless heart. The poem wanders through imagined realms where comfort shields a child from fear and longing until reality softly intrudes at journey’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wonder
T Lillian H. Proken
Wild West Killing Near Fattylow Claims Two Women Hurt
Wealthy cable man W J Sprathing is killed by cowboys near Fattylow. His housekeeper and Miss Nella McKinnoty are wounded but expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Sprathing
Fatsylow
Aly
Yinon
Nella McKinnoty
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Ag Ll
Bui Nye
Willian
Ah Sin
Nye
Bret
Ahsin
Tiret Harte
Ely
Judea
England
Riverhead
Freeda
Northviile Christian Endeavor Society
Ehiven
Lion Endeavor
Christian
Stiltie Luce
New York Herald
Rey
F.W, Macdonald
Mission
Jindalem
Church of Mingland
America
Europe
Great Britain
New York State
W. C. Garnett
Th. HW. Newton
D. C
L. Wwilliams
Leighton Williams
Amity Church
West Fifty-fourth Street
Guoloak
Panhér Heldman
Congress
Panar
Congress of
Unite Stves
Congress of the
Lnited States
United Sines
Ibis
Jesus Christ
Protestant Episcopal Church
Episcopal Church
Lambeth
Moody
George Adam Smith
Northield
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