Wireless wizard claims ocean spanning telephone advance
Copenhagen specialist Waldemar Poulsen announces a continuous wave wireless telephony system capable of linking Europe and America and Australia by magnetic waves with low power. He says sparking methods fail for wireless speech and that his transmitter emits a steady continuous wave.
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Copenhagen
Waldemar Oulsen
Europe
America
Australia
Mars
Waldemar Poulsen
L Edward VII
Poulsen
Copenhaven
Denmark
Rmal
Bootblacking Booms In New York Amid New Rentals
The New York World reports Hudson Terminal rents to a bootblacking firm totaling 124000, paid by 248000 fifty-cent shines. The piece notes a shift from boy bootblacks to Italian chair and stand operators, rising rents, women entering briefly, and a history from 1895 shiners to today.
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Hudson Terminal
New York World
New York
Horatio Alver
Tom
City Hall Park
Amsterdam Avenue
Signor Rosevvelto
Charms of a Mustard Bath From Black and White
The growing use of mustard in the bath tub is a modern adaptation of the idea that mustard is a valuable external stimulant. A tablespoon of mustard in bath water yields a warm velvety feeling, eases stiff joints, and refreshes the body, popular with athletes and society ladies alike.
No Flattery Necessary from Success Magazine
A gruff land seller resists praise from a city land agent who admires his independence. The agent flatters him anyway, praising his disdain for flattery as a sign of strength. After brief pitch comments, the man who resists flattery finally signs the contract.
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Success Magazine
Eee
The Kiss of Meaning in Central Park Moonlight
In a June night at Central Park, Dahlia and Laurence wander through moonlit paths and a lake side romance. A shy advance sparks a debate over a kiss’s meaning, revealing her virtue and his awakening to true character. Their parted walk leaves both changed, awaiting a moment when a kiss would carry meaning.
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Henry Wilton Thomas
W. R Hearst
Central Park
Shakespeare
Lama
Bobby Burns
Sila
Witr
Laurence
Dahlia
COLORS SEEN IN DREAMS
Dr Havelock Kiilis argues red and yellow are the dream colors and red is the most primitive color. Simroth notes red stimulates emotion and joy, found in seaweed and savages. Ancient peoples used red and yellow for adornment and ritual. the eye can distinguish about 100000 hues and 20 shades per hue, totaling around 2 million impressions.
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Chicago Tribune
Havelock Kiilis
Simroth
New Earth
Rome
Greece
Pliny
Jupiter
Too Late Marshall Wilder Stuttering Story At Dinner
Chicago dinner features Marshall P Wilder recounting a stuttering tale about two blacksmiths. The first rushes hot iron to the anvil and struggles with stammering dialogue asking where to strike and when to let go. The tale ends with caution as the iron cools.
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Marshall P. Wilder
Chicago
The London Clerk and the American Benefactor
George Clements a overworked London clerk meets Jenny a penniless worker and a wealthy American relative Mr Dawes offers a life changing fortune on one condition. Clements refuses to break with Jenny and his integrity awakens a hidden blessing as Dawes adopts him and Jenny finally finds happiness aboard an ocean liner with a hopeful future.
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George Clements
Saline Point
Gppo- Elle
George Cieusents
Iuely
London
Scaurcely
Jenny
Clements
America
Cavemore
Dawes
Goldbugs
George
Mr. Dawes
Tam
Clement l
Quaker Reflections in the Philadelphia Record
A reflective column notes humor and irony in everyday life. It cites insomnia, wealth and spontaneous combustion as humorous examples while praising self awareness and the value of admitting fault. The piece also comments on critics and the ease with which people adopt religion.
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Philadelphia
Milking Stool Trial Ends in Farmyard Collision
A plantation milking trial using a stool ends badly as a black farmhand is bruised after attempting to use the platform. He explains the stool looked fine to him but the woman owner says she won’t sit on it.
Chinese censorship debates abolishing kowtow to the throne
The North China Herald reports on Chinese officials urged to end the degrading practice of kowtowing kneeling and addressing the emperor on bended knee. Western diplomats opposed the ritual, with periods of imperial edicts and varying ambassadorial receptions noted since 1798.
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North China Herald
Great Central Kingdom
Jurtherto
China
Theord Macartney
Tord Amherst
The Glory of Life in Winter
A Springfield Republican reflection on a mild winter as a blend of seasons. The author notes birds like bluebirds signaling spring, trees and shrubs stirring with life, and a hopeful view of February’s potential cold not diminishing the season’s beauty and gratitude to God for life in winter.
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Rom
Springfield
Republican
Lea
Dande Hons
Ligu
Lke
Mount Tom
Wis
Morgan Catalogues Miniatures and Art Collection Prints
New York Herald reports J Pierpont Morgan will publish multiple catalogues of his art collection in London and New York. The third volume of miniatures by Dr Williamson is due this month, with paintings and Chinese porcelains also issued. Experts describe bronzes under Lode and Smith, creating illustrated catalogues with notes and history.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
London
Mr. Morgan
Williamson
Irting
Coe
Bis
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Morgan
Lode
Berlin Museum
Smith
British Museum
Editorial Anecdote About Paper Delivery To White House
The Philadelphia Ledger recalls an exchange where an editor questions paper delivery to the White House and asserts a regular copy goes there. A staff member allegedly instructed the President Roosevelt not to send that copy to the Pacific, prompting questions about service.
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Philadelphia Ledger
White House
Roosevelt
Pacific
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