Convict Tracy Pursues Seattle as Refuge and Recourse
Observers note Tracy's repeated returns toward Seattle despite danger, arguing the city offers allies and hiding places within its Tenderloin district. The piece compares his behavior to a frightened snake seeking shelter near human threats and questions whether he will reach safety or be recaptured. It also surveys Harvard graduates choosing mercantile paths and cites 1901 library gift totals led by Andrew Carnegie.
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Tracy
Seattle
Sound City
Madison Point
Renton
Canada
Tenderloin
Salem
Portland
The Man Over Fifty and the Call Not to Retire
A letter-writer argues that age 50 plus should not end work. Cites Senator Pettus at 81 who says keep working to stay alive. Recalls Enrico Dandolo at 72 and Byron’s note. Notes sanitation lengthens life and that the old should stay active, not retire at 45.
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Pettus
Alabama
Milwaukee Wisconsin
Enrico Dandolo
Venice
Zara
Constantinople
Europe
Byron
Dandolo
Senator Pettus
New York Mail and Express
Methuselah
Storage Battery and the Motor Car
An item notes a July North American Review article by Thomas A. Edison about the storage battery. It references years of experiments and development in storage battery research related to motor cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North American Review
Thomas A. Vber
Tor Toinet
Edison outlines nickel iron storage cell for safer electric carriages
Edison describes a nickel iron storage battery that remains undamaged under various conditions, promising a practical, low maintenance electric carriage priced with an initial $700 outlay. He asserts reversibility, predicts fewer accidents, notes French designs as nearer to his ideal, and urges American builders to adopt heavier, sturdier touring carriages amid broader European roads and lighter traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Edison
Edison
Electric Carriage Foresaw as Safer Future Transport
The author predicts the electric carriage will dominate future travel, replacing other autos with practical design limiting accidents. It will be nearly noiseless and easily halted in emergencies, with no need for a reckless driver, as horses adapt like they did to steam engines and trolleys.
Willamette Waller Prune Assn Reports First Sale of Season
Manager Gile of the Willamette Waller Prune Association states the sale Wednesday of several cars of Italian prunes from the crop of 102. Prices set at 6 and 4 cents per 25-pound box or bag basis. This marks the season's first sale known.
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Gile
Willamette Waller Prune Association
Siac
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Andrew Carnegie
Dandalo
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Pendleton
Lumber Yar
W. Fear Office
Associatio Block
Ing
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Oregon
Lone Alte Bt
The
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