Closing Hours of the Philadelphia Electrical Exhibition
Special Correspondent reports at Franklin Institute as crowds flood the final week. Edison’s exhibits draw interest alongside arc-lit roofs and portable telephones. Storage battery trials lag, while a phantom nerve model and electric jewelry fascinate attendees. The fair ends with a celebratory farewell.
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Franklin Institute
Edison
Swanee
New York Time Telegraph Company
Louis Spellier
Frank H. Benson
North Gallery
Florida
Knoxville
Grove
Plante
Faure
Frederick
Queen & Co
Ordnance Department
Government
Women In Politics In Ohio and National Race Notes
The Washington Star reports Blaine rallying Ohio crowds in Mansfield and Crestline while promising post Tuesday discussion on the issue of how he is introduced. Butler travels to Toledo to speak on currency and tariff. Logan praises Republican governance and school funds. New York and New England nominations and electoral notes, plus woman suffrage convention developments, complete the political roundup.
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Washington Star
Mansfield
Ohio
Hodges
Congress
Salmon P. Chase
Crestline
Mount Gilead
Delaware
Scioto Valley
Lancaster
Detroit
Mich
Port Huron
Toledo
Logan
Martinsburg
W. Va
New York
E. J. van Alstyne
Robert P. Huntington
South Carolina
Wm. Filliott
Massachusetts
Robt
Treat Payne
Jas. W. Wadsworth
Democratic National Committee
Cincinnati
Daniel B. Hagar
John G. Whittier
Kelyn A. Lockwood
Dover
New Hampshire
M. M. Ricker
New York Woman Suffrage Party
Buffalo
Beecher
Gen
Alger
Michigan
Mr. Joy
Joy
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Cough Cure Across Nation
Excited crowds praise Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption with claims of rapid recovery from coughs colds asthma hay fever bronchitis hoarseness and throat lung ailments. Free bottles at Garrett & Stesle’s Drug Store. large size one dollar.
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Dr. King
Garrett & Stesle’s
Five Armed Men Rob Farmer of $1140 in Cambria County
In Johnstown Pennsylvania on October 10 five armed men forced farmer Joseph Gates to surrender the key to his safe. They took $1,140 in notes. Mrs Gates cried out as one attacker choked her. Gates recovered nerve and hit a robber with a musket, prompting a quick escape. Gates plans to trust banks in the future.
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Joseph Gates
White Township
Cambria County
Gates
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