Occult Demonstration Fails to Convince Hawthorne in India
In a tale from Mme Blavatsky’s circle, she staged a mystic rose shower at a village supper in India. A ruby ring hidden in the petals impressed observers until Julian Hawthorne dryly noted the workmanship. The episode appeared in the New York American.
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Julian Hawthorne
Mme. Blavatsky
Blavatsky
India
Colonel McClure
AeClare
Mime Blavatsky
Julian Tawnhorne
Madai
New York American
Bell on Flying Machines and Tetrahedral Kite
Professor Bell speaks on flying machines and cites Santos-Dumont's success from observing a basic principle. He compares early invention to awkward beginnings and shares a parable of two men struggling to move a plank while facing each other.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Professor Bell
Santos Bumont
Edison Demonstrates Gas Jet Improvements in Atlantic City
In Atlantic City Thomas A Edison discusses devices to boost gas jet brilliance and cut costs. A hardware shop overheard remark shows a customer wanting only a replacement mantle and chimney, not a full set, highlighting demand for specific gas lighting parts.
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Thomas A. Edison
Atlantic City
Brother Forces Girl to Swallow Needles in France
Paris reports a Rhone valley case from Tassin where a brother allegedly forced his sister to swallow needles hidden in fruit. The 22 year old woman cried for help until the mayor intervened and a doctor confirmed needles in her body. Seventy two needles were removed at the hospital.
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Tassin
Rhone
France
Paris
Battery Dan Finn tale of a New York arraignment
A humorous New York story describes sons of the sod being arraigned after a rowdy celebration. Two prisoners are fined, the third appears before Finn at the Tombs court where a voice reveals Danny Finn on the bench, prompting a straight, unimpeded defense.
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Dan’ Finn
New York
Danny Finn
Frand Finn
Relics From the Bed of the Tiber At Rome Museum
The Museum of Antiquities in Rome adds three galleries to display items from the Tiber bed. Exhibits include keys for inns, bronze figures, ships decorations, sunken galleys from Nemi, finds from Ostia and Norma, votive images, and marble busts mirroring changes in hair fashion.
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Tiber
Phermae
Rome
Nemi Jake
Ostia
Norma
New York Times
Eleven Year Old Miss Winnie Owen Sets Shorthand Record
Miss Winnie Owen of Greentop Missouri aged eleven writes 36 words in three and a half minutes in Pitman shorthand tests. W J Youne cashier of Farmers State Bank certifies legible notes read in three minutes. Test features difficult words. speed could rise five tenths with a pencil.
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Winnie Owen
Greentop
W. J. Youne
Farmers State Bank
Man’s Defiant Reply Tells of Death Penalty View
A Nashville dispatch recalls General Tetcher’s tale about a backwoodsman in Monroe County who refused to admit any conscience against the death penalty. The audience member sharply quipped that anyone claiming to carry such things has died, ending the anecdote with a note on the man being excused from service.
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Tetcher
Monroe County
Nashville
Danner
Public safety note on reinforced concrete fire protection
The document warns that concrete quality and thickness in fire resisting warehouses are crucial. It states improper cement and aggregates or insufficient concrete thickness endanger steel work and can cause collapse in a fire, undermining confidence in reinforced concrete structures.
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