Life and matter as intelligent atoms in Edison's view
A fragmented 19th century discourse argues matter and life are intelligent, atoms possess will, and energy links to vital force. It questions chemistry, ether theories, and life’s indestructibility, citing experiments, geology, theology, and philosophy, with local reflections on science and existence.
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Lee
James H. Hyslop
Columbia College
Edison
Loetze
Loeize
Bricks from Liberty Hill Boost Pittsburg Growth
The article details how Booth & Flinn lowered a hill near Fifth Avenue and diverted shale and dirt to brickworks on Forbes Street. Evan Jones built a large brick operation on Liberty Avenue, producing all 6,000,000 bricks for the Thirty third Street sewer and supplying bricks for local warehouses. It extols brickmaking as city beautification and economic engine, describing the process from screening to kilns and comparing past hand methods to modern machinery.
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Streeta
Fifth Avenue
Booth & Flinn
Forbes Street
Grant's Hill
Two Mile Run
Lawrenceville
Bloomfield
Evan Jones
Liberty Avenue
Thirty-fourth
Pennslvania
Jones
Thirty-third
Pittsburg
Rocky Hill
Equatter
Locust Street
Hudson River
Court House
Views of Other Great Men Theologian Newton and Edison
The piece notes Dr Iir Heber Newton and Mr Edison sharing similar lines of thought. The rector of All Souls' Church says the question is convoluted and unsolvable with no hint from past or future events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iir Heber Newton
Edison
All Souls’ Church
Theosophy and the idea of two absolutes in life
Mrs Besant argues that the universe is a manifestation of central life in all matter. She claims life and death are transformations of matter and that souls elude medical certainty. She questions a single absolute principle and proposes contrasting absolutes as an alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Besant
Breijles
Walter L Hornet On Interest And Life
Walter L Hornet dean of the School of Pedagogy at the University of the City of New York compares life and mental life with analogies. He cites Horace Mann on devoting time to creating an interest and linking interest to sustaining civilization and life itself. He argues that without interest there can be no life and any increase in life’s interest promotes more life.
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Berlin
du Bois Bermond
Cledd
Walter L. Hornet
School of Pedagogy
University of the City of New York
Horace Mann
Boston
Wilson
United States
Herald
London
Charles Lauri
Walter Slaughter
Francis Wagner
M. and Malle
Alias
Alhambra
H. Paulo
H. Ewins
Charlie
William F. Cody
Antonin Dvorak
America
Crystals Live Says Mineralogist Hunt in Edison Debate
Prof T Sterry Hunt, mineralogist and mine engineer, argues Edison’s hypothesis faces no threat from physics. He asserts crystals are alive, though in a different life form than plants and animals, and notes these stone plants respond to light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Sterry Hunt
Edison
Life and love as a student of physiology notes
Lillie Devereaux Blake, president of the New York City Woman's Suffrage League, declares physiology life is a mystery deep and impenetrable. She asserts life to each person is what they make of it and defines life as love in all its relations including home, children and humanity.
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Pittsburg
Lillie Devereaux Blake
New York City
Woman's Suffrage League
Carl
Merklin & Co
Garadalaj
Mexico
America
Alexander Guilmant
Erand
Guilman
Rotary
France
Paris
Guilmant
Dubois
the Madeleine
Gigout
St. Augustine
Dallier
St. Eustache
Musical Courier
Life’s Meaning Questioned by Ingersoll and Ministers
Colonel Robert J. Ingersoll remarks that life is unknowable and only ministers retain some knowledge of it, while other smart men have given up on understanding it. The quote frames a contrast between philosophical doubt and religious insight.
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Ingersoll
Robert J. Ingersoll
Flour prices hold at old figures for next week
Local grocer urges quick orders as price rises on all flour grades are offset by lasting stock. Advertised items include evaporated apricots, California tea and coffee, dried fruit, canned goods, and household supplies with delivery across two cities and prepaid options for out of town customers.
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New Orleans
Valencia
Cccccee
California
Jones
Minnesota
Weyman’s
Union States
Jas. J. Weldoy
Market Street
Pittsburg
Henricks' Music Co. Offers Piano and Organ Sale
To reduce stock for rapid rebuilding the store will sell nearly one hundred pianos and organs at cost for the next few days. It is a genuine sacrifice to complete building before the holidays and reasonable offers will be considered. Located at 101 and 103 Fifth Avenue.
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Henricks’ Music Co
Fifth Avenue
L'Amico Fritz Responds With Enthusiastic Stage Debut
Mascagni's second opera L Amico Fritz opened in Rome October 31 to an exceptionally representative audience. Reviews praise its charm, vocal lines, and orchestral color, with strong applause for Suzel's flower song and Fritz's love duet. Critics note some Alsatian character shortcomings yet affirm overall musical vitality and stage success.
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Mascagni
Rome
Suzel
Fitz
Sazel
Jif
Tapi
David
Sorel
Rebecca
Tsuto
Fritz
Suze
musical notes from Paris and New York opera circles
Paris hears Cavalleria Rusticana at the Opera Comique this month while Miss Avectsra Holmes works on a La Montagne Noir for Grand Opera. Patti headlines at Albert Hall and Erniste Musce becomes Guildhall professor. Boston Symphony tours New York as Gaillard plans a Versailles Wagner theater. New Orleans plans operatic revivals. Jowacs Zan Paperkewsat to debut in New York with Damrosch. Rubinstein to headline three concerts with Damrosch in November.
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Avectsra Holmes
Paris
Opera Comique
Miss la Calve
San Jose
Rome
Erniste Musce
Guildhall School of Music
London
New York
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Nikiseh
Chickering Hall
EmEer Gaillard
Paris Opera
Lamoureur
Versailles
Bayreuth
Hana Eicuten
England
Richter
Vienna
United States
E. A. MacDowzrx
Kikisch
Boston
Phillip G. Hale
Post
Barnolt
Mrs. Galii
Marie
Sherie
Bouhy
Meyerbeer
Robert le Diable
America
Boston Herald
Mauge
Ernani
Verdi
Reyer
Sigurd
Massenet
Mannager Mange
Picolino
Guiraud
Ileans
Futinitza
Donna Juanita
Jowacs Jzan Paperkewsat
Rubinstein
Music Hall
Symphony Orchestra
Walter Damrosch
Saint-Saens
Paderewski
Beethoven
Schumann
Liszt
Chopin
Aggressive Arabs Growling in Africa as Religious Rivalries Rise
A compilation of lines notes Arab aggression in Ueandi Africa alongside continuing Protestant Catholic contest for supremacy. Other items report U S grand at St Joseph Missouri returning six meat in Howell Lumber case, and Russian refugee Edward Palinkofski’s death by his own hand in Alaska after exile.
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Ueandi
Africa
United States
St. Joseph
Meath
Howell Lumber Company
Edward Pal- Inkofski
Alaska
Russia
Morzan Mi
McKeesport
Palestine
Tot
Jonathan Wright
Pottsville
Continental Union Club
Worndiles
Ont
A. Downer
Morenci
Mich
Humane Agent
Detroit
Barley Syndicate of
Chicago
North Dakota
Germany
Munich
Habermetaters
Thomas Dana
Maverick Bank
Charles A. Browning
Boston
Ireland
Maggie Donzer
Shelbyville
Ind
Canoa
Clipper Gap
University of Pennsylvania
College Department
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Earth
Moatter
Oession
Lord Tennyson
Mos
Warrant of Philosophy
William Thompson
Phiology
Mr. Edison
Distatch
Boyd's Hill
Bridgwater
Parret
Bristol
Italy
Wales
Pittspurg
Fletcher
L. E. Storm
Theosophy
Allegheny
Cyclorams Hall
Allegheny Musical Association
New York Symphony Orchestra
Nedict
Carnegie
Higginson
Brodsky
Heckking
Musical Allegheny
William C. Carl
Dvorak
Birmingham
London Atheneum
Com Apt
Cardinal Newman
Himselfi. Paderewski
Newcastle-on- Tyne
Iowa
Boles
Bens
Wesley Harris
Steven Brown
Wharton
Tex
London Board of Trade
M. Jules Ferry
Wardner
Idaho
Prince Kronotkin
Dr. Briggs
Committee of Prosecution
Mendenhall
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Edwardsville Hill
New Albany
Newmarkets
NEW Advertis
KOT
John JM. Davis
W.E. McMurra
H. Jackson
Iny Corporation
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio BB
Farmington
Fairmont
Marion County
W. Va
Connellsville
Westmoreland
Pennsylvania
United States Geological Report
McCresth
Morris & Aisbitt
Diamond Street
Walter Morris
Coal and Coke Company
Diamond St
Havrin
C. B. Cherry
Penn Avenue
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