Edison Promises One Piece House in Twelve Hours
Thomas A. Edison unveils a model claiming a three story iron molded house cast as a single piece with stairs and baths, fireproof and indestructible, deliverable in twelve hours for about $1,000. The design envisions identical units from one mold and a 25 by 45 foot footprint.
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Wizard Edison
Thomas A. Edison
New York
Phemas A. Edison
American Lectro- Chemical Society
Orange
Edison Works
Jgdison
Edison
Oscar Erbsloeh recalls victory in the international balloon race
Oscar Erbsloeh describes the long 1100 mile flight from St. Louis to Asbury Park in the Pommern with H H Clayton as meteorologist and A Roach absent. He notes 40 hour endurance, careful chart work, and a close Atlantic landing welcomed by many locals. He praises the Pommern and crew including Clayton and Roach.
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Guy
Freiherr von Howald
Pommern
Brussels
St. Louis
Asbury Park
Mrs. Potter Palmer Smashes Record Liverpool to Chicago
Mrs. Potter Palmer arrives in Chicago aboard the 18 hour Pennsy vania special, claiming a new fastest time from Liverpool to Chicago of six days eleven hours and forty five minutes. She denies engagements and jokes about royal rumors while recounting travel by Cunard Lusitania, Lucania passage, and Lusitania switch.
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New York
Chicago
Ing
Liverpool
King Peter
Lucania
Mrs Palmer’s Rapid Ocean Voyage to Chicago
A Liverpool woman named Mrs Palmer traveled from Liverpool to Chicago in under a week. Her sea voyage aboard the Lusitania began Saturday night at 9 10. The total journey surpassed 4 600 miles in less than seven days, including sea and rail segments.
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Liverpool
Chicago
Town Topics Attitude Sparks Mixed Metaphor Talk
In Town Topics Mrs. Frost comments on the new minister's speech with mixed metaphors, while Mrs. Shaw reacts that it is dreadful. A husband adds that he prefers drinking it straight, reflecting local chatter on the topic.
Husband complains as wife refuses to listen, a cryptic note
A brief item from the San Francisco Bulletin records a husband’s grievance that his wife does not heed him. The phrasing hints at a proverb or early humor segment with odd wording like cultivate its But of Jath ing in his vireo.
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New York
Jose
San Francisco Bulletin
Blue Grass Founding Missouri Story From Kentucky
An emigrant named William Smith led Kentucky blue grass seed to Missouri in 1840. He helped establish blue grass as a symbol of Missouri and inspired settlers to adopt Kentucky turf. Smith recounted selling seed across the region and regretted not buying land in St. Louis when offered for 25 per acre.
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Kentucky
Missouri
William Sraida
Mecon
Mr. Smith
Smith
Iest
Young Smith
Lexington
Old
Blue Grass
Colonel Watterson
St. Louis
French Channel
Monte Cristo
Broadway
Mystery of the weeds and desert blooms across continents
W S Curtis notes unexplained weed origins in prairie soils where seeds appear after plowing virgin land. He cites verbenas along railroad cuttings and a Peru desert bloom event in 1897, with seeds possibly long dormant and unexplainable floral phenomena.
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W. S. Curtis
Prairie States
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Indian Territory
Peru
Penman
Ges Way to Sell Butter at Dairy Shows
An aged advice piece discusses butter handling and packaging for simitr trade. It notes molded even prints wrapped well and jars improve carry and eco homical appeal. The author highlights dairy show participation, new equipment, and plans to curb costly hired help by retaining only money making cows.
Pure Milk from 30 Cows Brings $10,000 a Year in Boston Suburb
In a Boston suburb, Mrs. Robert Ware runs a dairy with thirty Jerseys producing milk sold at 30 cents a quart. The herd is inspected yearly for tuberculosis, milk is kept pure and tested, and revenue reaches about $10,000 annually after expenses.
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Boston
Robert Ware
Wrentham
Cattle Commission
Massachusetts
Italian chemist declares stone conversion not possible found
Agostino Giuseppe Grosso of Vercelli claims no method turns organics into stone. He demonstrates petrification on eggs, beef, vegetables and animals, using a secret drug and a syringe, taking about three hours per specimen. He aims to persuade American scientists of his discovery's practicality.
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New York World
Agostino Giuseppe Grosso
Vercelli
Italy
St. Luke's Place
Grosso
Re D'Lana
Peru
Ecuador
Hospital
Mauriziano
Double trouble for Kearney rabbits in Nebraska coursing meet
The Nebraska State Journal reports a forthcoming coursing meet in Minden in October where jack rabbits from Kearney county will be chased by men and dogs. Farmers say rabbit numbers threaten crops and locals plan a round-up to support the home rabbit industry.
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Nebraska State Journal
Kearney
Minden
Kearney County
Jack Sabbit
Finding a Name for Sherlock Holmes
A lively biography explores how Conan Doyle settled on Sherlock Holmes. It notes his scribbled early ideas, the Edison like evolution of the name, and Holmes's lasting appeal as a keen, persistent sleuth.
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Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Sheringford
Holmes
Sherlock
Doyle
Chambere! Journal
Greenland
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