War Looms As Atsins Unveils Annihilating Invention
Synopsis of chapters shows the United States on the verge of war. Atsins, an electrician, gets leave to present a deadly power concentrator to the head of the Army in Washington. General approves installation under Atsins supervision as the nation debates whether conflict is avoidable.
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United States
Washington
New York
Atsins
United States Army
Constess
War Department
Susquehanna
Shod
Montius
Congress
Curtis
Montres
The Fleet Destroyed by Atsins Concentrator
General Montrus and Atsins race to reveal enemy fleet location as Curtiss signals fail. A sunlit reflector broadcasts a chilling scene of airship destruction, ending with America's victory and Atsins retreating to improve his device.
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Montres
Atsins
Capitol
Montrus
Montruseel
Longest climb to Taishan top with stairs and pilgrims
The piece describes climbing Taishan in China via stairways lined with temples and shrines. Pilgrims travel about sixteen miles round trip for thirty cents, aided by coolies. At the holy mother temple an imperial visit opens doors once a year to collect offerings, with vast coin heaps and the Dowager Empress receiving a large share.
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Mount Washington
China
Holy Mountain
Taingan-fu
Confucius
Public reader employed in Cuban cigar factories
A public reader is hired in West Indies Cuba factories along with Key West and Tampa shops. The reader, seated in a high chair, reads newspapers magazines and novels aloud to cigar-makers as they work.
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West Indies
Key West
Tampa
The Decider Installs a New Shopping Role in Stores
A feature describes the Decider, a beautified shop assistant who persuades hesitant buyers to commit. She targets undecided women in couture, first seizing a dress length, then moving to fur purchases, using a confident sale face and strategic interruptions. The Decider earns salary plus commission, shaping new roles for women in retail.
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Drapers
Gibsonian
Fine Indiana Photographs by Major Moorehouse
An erratum credits Major Lee Moorehouse of Pendleton Oregon for Indian Twin photographs and announces a new album with striking images. His Last Outpost of a Dying Race depicts a canicheyry 4 w background and echoes during the Lewis and Clarke Exposition drew attention to his work.
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Major Lee Moorehouse
Pendelton
Oregon
Northwest
Major Moorehouse
Moorehouse
Obesity Food Promises Quick Weight Normalization
The advertisement claims a meal taken product compels perfect assimilation of food and directs nutriment to body tissues, eliminating starvation. It promises rapid weight reduction, relief of abdominal distension, and improved heart and lung function, with a home delivery coupon to mail.
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Kiel
Atlantic
Mantius
America
Old Dewey
Atsin
Fine Indiana Photographs
Cleveland
Rockefellers
Carnegie
Angle Manufacturing CO
Murray ST
Kellogg
D. “F. Kellogg
Battle Creck
Mickele
Crowth
Breedway
Kew York
London
Arthur Applin
Arthur
Pm Baines
Arm
PTET
Alitas
East End
Salvation Army
Letty
Fife
Hous
Ste A
Moxthly
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