Televox the talking automaton inspires new tech hopes
A Westinghouse automaton named Televox, created by R. J. Wensley, demonstrates voice powered by a movie film vocal chord and lamp optics. The device speaks through a telephone line, identifying itself and answering prearranged questions, signaling operators with whistles and bell tones. It represents a leap in automated telephony and hints at broader future uses for automated speech in industry.
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Wensley
Teleox Plierbike
Westinghouge
Mr. Televext
Mir
Televex
Mr. Televex
Randolph 5409
Ferther
Anudar
Wensleyays
Early Coffee Houses in London and Their Role
A historical note on early London coffee houses from 1602 onward, highlighting their political role under the Stuarts, the 1675 crackdown and repeal, and their social function as gathering spots for wits, merchants, and statesmen. The piece mentions famous houses like Cheshire Cheese and St James, plus anecdotes of routines and manners at meals and social events.
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Tharst
London
Henry Stnat Ls Somethmes
Charles
Collas House
Sammiel Johnson
St. James
Button
Addison
Purple gang in Detroit faces extortion charges and cleanup
Detroit prosecutors prepare for trial as eleven alleged members and a wealthy cleaner stand charged for extortion tied to the Purple Gang. Police records allege murder, bombings, thefts, and property damage totaling hundreds of thousands as authorities move to end the gang’s influence and clean up the city.
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Detroit
Chicago
al Capose
Brooklyn
Recorder
Chicizo
Purple Gang
Bec
STHCO
Gamblies
Pwple
Inter
Leeds
Samuel Polakuil
Econseoous
Cens
Liberty
Tias
Living Chessmen Play-Fin Vienna Fest Honoring Schubert Death
In Vienna a living chess game will unfold during centennial festivities marking Frank Schubert's death. An 8 by 8 giant board dominates Kriead triling cours and mixes parade spectacle with actual chess. Players and managers will seat as Count Rueiliger Starhemberg defends Vienna against Kara Mustapha, leader of the Turkish army, from 1683 siege memory.
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Vienna
Frank Schubert
Kriead Triling Cours
Turka
Ing
Rueiliger Starhemberg
Kara Mustapha
French Guillotine History Traced To Gullotin Roots
The piece discusses the origin of the guillotine, noting Dr Joseph-Ignace Gullotin as an anatomy expert and assembly member during the revolution who urged equality before the executioner, leading to the device’s adoption. It hints the doctor did not directly propose the final form.
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Gullotin
Joseph-Ignace Gullotin
Canadian war pensions reach world leading level
Ottawa reports Parliament has expanded and liberalized the War Pension Act. The reforms extend pensions to disabled ex servicemen and their dependents including wives and children, remove time limits for applications, and recognize widows married after disability. The changes also cover widows of veterans with post marriage injuries.
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Ottawa
Daciel Lesok
Wwontén
Canada
Bull Gains Bronze Tablet for Granddad of 'Em All Gainford Perfection
A bronze tablet is erected in Wash to honor Gainford Perfection a prize bull noted for raising Shorthorn stock in the Pacific Northwest. The bull died last year and this is believed to be the first memorial in the West for a noble animal. Ceremonies followed the Northwestern livestock tour with governors officials and university representatives in attendance.
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Sprague
Wash
Gainford Perfection
West
Wasa
Northwest
Alsters
University of Idaho
Washington State College
Guinford Perfection
Early beheading devices through history and myth
Narrative notes that the guillotine’s origin is debated as a doctor’s invention. Old engravings by Baroness Rothschild’s lineage suggest similar devices existed earlier. German artists in 1580 sketched a sword-like beheading machine, and Italian illustrations of Rowan days show a heavy blade in a groove executing decapitation.
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Becaise
Flew Rothchild
Women Need Not Reveal Exact Age to Vote in Kansas
Topeka Kansas rules say women may register without giving exact ages as long as they are over twenty one. If doubt arises election officials may require a birth certificate per the attorney general William A. Smith in response to a Wichita inquiry by Mrs Viola Watson.
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Topeka
Kan—l
Kansas
William A. Smith
Viola Watson
Wichita
Republica County Central Committee
Leaves 10 Descendants in Haverhill Family Roster
When Mrs. Del Goudreault died in Haverhill Massachusetts she left 102 descendants. The line includes four daughters six sons seventy grandchildren twenty great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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Haverhill, Mass
Delphone Goudreault
Oye
Bibles Confiscated From Three English Entrants
Customs guards at the frontier confiscated Moscow Bibles carried by three Englishmen entering Russia, seizing the religious texts as they crossed into the country.
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Moscow
Russia
Troubles Imaginary and Uncle Eben Quote Shown
Fragmentary quote from Uncle Eben about troubles being imaginary until a debt collector arrives at Washington bar. Readable context minimal. wording reflects dialect and incomplete sentence.
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Eben
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Deo
Televos
R. J. Wensley
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
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Teferos
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Mr.televox
Wisconsin
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Tees
Gang Cleaners
Samual Sigman
Ailson
Gentemen
Jwekers
Sigman
Bull
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