Electricity mystery and Lord Kelvin interview
A 1897 interview with Lord Kelvin discusses the nature of electricity, its laws, and future discoveries. He compares Faraday and Henry as pioneers, notes Niagara Falls as a measure of power, and reflects on whether electricity is a substance or a vibration.
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Lord Kelvin
Atlantic Cables
Scotland
Niagara Falls
Belfast
William Thomson
Faraday
Joseph Henry
Lore Kelvin
Wwe
Westinghouss
Priestly
Pankhurst Eyes Juvenile Courts in England
Miss Sylvia Pankhurst begins agitation for juvenile courts in England modeled on American systems. She proposes sending young offenders to state schools where they would receive age appropriate technical education.
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Sylvia Pankhurst
England
America
Mahone Exposes Colored Postmaster Ploy in Columbia
Senator Mahone confronts the Postmaster General over a Columbia South Carolina postmaster nomination. He reveals Wade Hampton’s nephew serves as deputy postmaster and implies a motive of personal gain. The affair centers on the Hayes era appointment and Republican southern politics.
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Mahone
Wade Hampton
M. C. Butler
Negro
Columbia, S. C
United States
William Mahone
Virginia
Petersburg
Crater
Senate
Committee On
South
Republican Party
John Allen
Columbia
S. C
Roscoe Conkling
Hayes
Tion
New Yorker
Allen
South Carolina
Matthew C. Butler
General Butler
Postoffice Department
S.C
General Hampton
Senator Hampton
Darky
Columbia Post Office
E. J. Edwards
Noah Webster as a Pioneer of American Spelling
The article recalls Noah Webster as a reformer who traveled to printers to win adoption of simplified orthography. It notes his New Haven residence, the speller’s influence, and that his efforts helped popularize American spelling ahead of his dictionary work. It mentions anecdotes from New Haven residents and claims about sales and royalties supporting his family.
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Noah Webster
Daniel Webster
Plymouth Colony
Bradford
New Haven
Conn
Webster
New Haven Green
New York State
Hartford
Mr. Webster
E. J. Edwards
Strawberries Through the Ages From Wild to Cultivated
The piece notes flavor improvements in strawberries since the fifteenth century. By 1480 cultivation began with a crop grown by the Bishop of Ely in Hatton Garden. A quoted exchange with the duke of Gloucester is linked to Shakespeare. Early fruit sold as transplanted weddings for about 4d a bushel.
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London Chronicle
Holborn
First Case Under New Search Law In Buncombe County
A Buncombe Superior court verdict finds Paul Allman guilty of selling more than two gallons of intoxicants at the Battery Park Hotel under the new search and seizure law. The case drew defense objections to the law’s applicability. the jury convicted after a brief trial. Revenue Officer Sams reports June seizures exceed 40 000 gallons of whiskey, 37 illicit distilleries destroyed, and over 50 000 dollars in value seized, with 22 prosecutions recommended. Governor pardons John Austin in a conditional act due to injury and treatment needs. A Census release from Winston shows 1904 to 1909 manufacturing growth metrics across materials, wages, and capital.
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Raleigh—Aa Special
Asheville
Superior
Paul Allman
Battery Park
Allman
Thos. A. Jones
P. C. Cooke
Jones
Buncombe
Madison
Columbus
Lane
Sams
Taxable Property Value Rises in Cabarrus County
County Tax Assessor Farr reports a one million dollar increase in taxable property value for Cabarrus County after the board of equalization completed two days of sessions. Few complaints or objections were raised to the new county tax listing system.
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Cabarrus County
Farr
Board of Equalization
J Bostain Escapes After Grand Jury Indicts Retailing
Sheriff Nixon captured Julius Bostain at Clapp's drug store after the grand jury returned a true bill for retailing. The veteran jailer felt as if he had released a bird when Bostain slipped away, then recaptured him near town.
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J. J. D. Nixon
Julius Bostain
Bostain
Nixon
Clapp
Have AR Educational Rally at Summerfield Boosts New School
A large rally in Summerfield showcased 150 district pupils marching with banners to the nearly finished seven room school building. Officials including Superintendent Thomas Foust and Dr. W. T. Whitsett spoke as residents planned funds for a state high school and a possible county farm life school. Separately, new North Carolina charters were filed and a Washington DC firm domesticated in NC. Fever in Wilmington is under control and rail projects progress toward Raleigh and Washington terminals.
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Greensboro
Summerfield
Thomas R. Foust
County Board of Education
W. T. Whitsett
Charles H. Ireland
John Kennett
T. B. Doggett
John B. Smith
John Caffey
Ross
McIntyre
Charles Goode
Summerfield Church
Ireland
Caffey
J. A. Haskins
Charley Wilson
County State High School
Guilford
Jamestown
3Lenticello
Pleasant Garden
Guilford College
Gibsonville
Col.Hosking
State Farm Life School
North Carolina
J. Bryan Grimes
District of Columbia Corporation
Carolina Paper Box Co
Winston- Salem
Pamlico Cotton Oil and Warehouse Company
Oriental
Pamlico County
O. C. Daniels
J. T. Dawson
Alliance
J. T. Sawyer
Merritt
J. J. T. Dixon
A. T. Midgett
Claude Haskins
W. B. Nunn
Arapahoe
W. O. Gottwall Co
Washington, D. C
Thomas H. Melton
Fred. B. Rhodes
W. O. Gottwall
N. C
W. S. Rankin
State Board of Health
Chas. J. Nesbitt
Wilmington
South
Ware Kramer Wins Tobacco Suit damages to be tripled
Ware Kramer Tobacco Co of Norfolk wins a verdict against American Tobacco Co for 20000 damages in a Sherman anti trust case. Jury was out all night and a notice of appeal filed. If trebled under the act the judgment could reach 60000. Case alleges restraint of trade and monopolizing prices.
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Raleigh
Ware-Kramer Tobacco Co
Norfolk
American Tobacco Co
American Tobacco Company
Connor
C. C. Daniel
Ware-Kramer Co
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Lord Kevlin
Mr. Westinghouse
Paris
Rue du Chateau-d’Eau
Monsieur
Revenue Officer
Austin
John Austin
Catawba County
Gaston County
Winston
Falkner
William M. Stewart
Manufactures
Bureau of the Census
Atlantic Coast Line
Roanoke River
Weldon
Seaboard Air Line
Seaboard
Council of State
Mattamuskeet Railroad Company
Geo. J. Studard
Washington, N. C
Jim
Ware
Kramer
Ameri
Can Tobacco Company
Ashevile
A. L. Phipps
Durham
Retail Hardware Association of
National Association
Michigan
M. Bennettt
Darlington
W. H
Court House
Newton
Superior Court
Long
Petit Jery
County Fair Association
Lexington
Davidson County Fair Association
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