Edison’s Ocean Telegraphing on Steamship Hyped by Eyewitness
Fragments describe Edison’s proposed system of ship to ship telegraphy at sea. An onboard young operator uses inductive signaling to send and receive messages within five miles, with possibilities of wider ocean communication. Officials and passengers discuss benefits and anxieties as technology advances.
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Berlin
Inman
New York
London
Watkins
Edison
Wilson Barrett
Mr. Cassatt
Sven
Mariner
Algo
Menlo Park
trans-Atlantic
Europe
America
North Atlantic
Boston
Frask A. Bure
Method in His Madness. A Pennsylvanian's insanity dodge home
A middle aged man visited the Capitol and after a bizarre public display escaped through the rotunda and posed beneath the dome. Guards restrained him, he was locked up, found insane, and given a government ticket back to Pennsylvania. On arrival he was deemed sane and sent home. He then used the same ruse to travel at government expense.
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Texas
Atlantic
Capitol
Miss Grundy, Jr
Rotunda
Ajax
Pennsylvania
Washington
Sair
Expases
Adirondacks
Harrison
Park Cottage
United States
New York
Executive Mansion
War
Navy
Interior
State
Agriculture
Don't Be Expansive Aboard New York City Marshal
Clara Belles chat reports a New York City marshal’s abrupt entry into a lodging house near the Academy of Music, forcing a summons for an unpaid bill on a sleeping resident, amid social admonitions and seaside sayings. The piece mocks pompous behavior and defends plain decency.
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Irying Place
Academy of Music
Monsieur Leon
Bet
Woman's athletic boldness meets law in street confrontation
A marshal confronts a woman known as Madam Leon on the first floor. She disarms him with swift moves, knocks him down, and drags him across rooms. The scene ends with onlookers naming her the city’s daily heavy weight of the girl performers as police retreat in confusion.
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Leon
Voice Like a Bell Echoes Judge Noyes Nocornal Gifts
A Cincinnati Commercial Gazette reminiscence highlights Judge Noyes famed vocal timbre likened to a bronze bell. It notes his open air pledge to captivate 10,000 listeners and recounts his service as Minister to France where his voice impressed French readers and colleagues.
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Judge Noyes
Noyes
France
Lew Rosen
Paris
General Noyes
Rosen
Henri Martin
General Noyres
Two Preseges and a Messenger Poem Fragment
Fragmentary verse depicts a messenger asked to return with love from heaven Forbid the child lover name and cast back a message to a weary master The speaker implores the sweet one to recall him and not fear the journey or frown at the task.
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Kay
Ghosts Just the Same
A brief note from the Atchison Globe contends belief in ghosts often masks insecurities about self control and hints that those who doubt their own minds may claim to influence others. The commentary critiques superstition and psychology in a concise, philosophical style.
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Atchison Globe
Harrison Worn Out by Uniform Pressures of Presidency
The correspondence describes President Harrison as exhausted by constant demands from Congress officials and the public. It notes the endless stream of letters, meetings, and visitors, the need to sign documents, and the constant surveillance by reporters and cranks. It also details the White House routine, cabinet meetings, and security by a six-man athletic guard under Captain Densmore.
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Clara Belle
Cresson
Harrison
Arthur
Yellowstone Park
Cleveland
Deer Park
United States
Mr. Harrison
Densmore
Lincoln
Executive Mansion
Garfield
White House
Rexz Racee
Leprosy Doctor Honored in Honolulu Report
Sister Rose Gertrude recounts Dr. Lutz a renowned dermatologist who studied leprosy in Brazil for ten years and has shown notable improvements at Kalihi. Public petitions urge appointing him head of Hawaii Board of Health to oversee leprosy cases though opposed by many locals.
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Pall Mall
Rose Gertrude
Honolulu
Lutz
Brazil
Kalihi
Hawaiian Board of Health
Dinner in Cairo Harem Dinner with Turkish Style Feasting
Mrs. Ross describes a Cairo harem visit during a 3 PM meal. Dancers and dwarf storytellers entertained guests at a long Turkish dinner with cross legged seating, a tiny divan table, finger eating order, rapid course delivery, and enthusiastic toasts.
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Cairo
Mrs. Ross
Murray
Mme. Hekekyan Bey
Nomad Vagrant Arrest Mirrors City Charm in New York
A vagrant described as a nomad was arrested in New York. He was jailed for failing to post bail, and the town found no madder man to match his detainment.
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New York
Women and Wages and the Free Labor Principle
The writer criticizes the Working Girls' Progressive Union for arguing that women with means should not work. It defends equal freedom for women, cites Holmes, Gladstone, Rothschilds, and others to show wealth should not bar capable women from work. It argues labor should match talent and that marriage does not justify retiring from work. The piece predicts rising female independence and urges understanding of proper labor division.
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Usm Labor Day
Working Girls’ Progressive Union
Herbert Spencer
Gladstone
Rothschilds
James G. Blaine
State Department
George Westinghouse
Youre Fry
Whitelaw Reid
the Tribune
Mark Twain
England
Bellamy
Leete
Bessie Bramble
Gossip of the Guards and Army Drill Notes
Gossip from the guards reports officers of the Eighteenth and Fourteenth regiments, drill advances, and upcoming state contests at Mt Gretna. Officers discuss pay, life practice credits, and inspection ratings while Major Patterson faces criticism for spring assessments. Creedmoor matches and aims for national rifle contests at Mt Gretna are noted.
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Lururevant A. T. Easton
Fourteenth Regiment
W. W. Greenland
Clarion
Eighteenth
Diamond Street
Michling
Thompson
Morton
Hunt
W. H L. Beas
Second
United States Cavalry
Pennsylvania
National Guard
Bean
Quay
Washington
Donoven W. J. HuLives
Sixteenth
City
Patterson
I Hulings
Congress
Fourteenth Regiment Board of Control
Frank Patterson
Patterson St
Mt. Gretna
Creedmoor
Long Island
New York State
New Jersey
Newark
Despotic Yet Hospitable Twelfth Century Baron
A historical note describes how some tyrants in the twelfth century showed harsh rule alongside charity. It cites Sir William Fitz William around 1117 and a verse he inscribed on a cross in Sprotborough High Street praising hospitality to visitors.
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William Fitz-William
Sprot Borough High Street
Sprot Weeedoen
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