Dynamo In Brooklyn Set To Power City At High Voltage
The Sunday Light reports on a colossal Edison dynamo to be erected at Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, feeding a high pressure system from a central tidewater station. The unit, nearly complete at Schenectady, could light 19 000 incandescent lamps and generate 6 600 volts. It explains armature and field magnet function, and details a 40 pole flywheel setup feeding the 40 armature segments. Also noted are large counting machines used by the U S government for postal card bundles, capable of counting 600 000 in ten hours.
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Hrook~ Jyh Edison Wuminating Company
New York Herald
E.W. Bligs
Bay Ridge
New York Bay
Long Island
Philadelpha
New York
Newport News
Coney Island
Kings County
Brooklyn
Edison Iluminating Company
Ihe
Tidewater
Edison
General Electric Company
Schenectady
Ifa
Niagara Falla
Hit Ag
Plield
Uae
United States
Connecticut
Happy animal family of cats and a white rat
A remarkable Chicago Chronicle report describes a three year old black cat Dick a pure white cat Monte and a white rat Pete living together in harmony in Charles Kok bloom & Co shop. Dick acts as guardian washing Monte to keep him fresh while Pete remains wary though never harms Monte. When strangers appear Monte hides while Dick and Pete defend the family then Dick reassures Monte and balance returns.
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Charles Kok
Bloom & Co
Ives
Chicago Chronicle
Soos
Peta
Wormdler
Monte
Pete
Public official tastes prison soup and stuns guards
A NY Journal report recounts an official’s visit to an inmate kitchen at a public institution where he ordered a taste of the steam laden soup. He declared the dish dirty water, remarking that workers had been scrubbing floors. A second story notes a horse swallowing a 4% foot buggy whip after it caused a blockage, the animal dying days later.
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New York Journal
Lot Wan
Fox terrier Strip guides wires for London engineers
A London electric light firm employs a fox terrier named Strip to carry wires through narrow passages from central dynamos to private houses. The dog, reputedly the smallest electrician, navigates the most intricate routes to keep the network connected.
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Inxs Electric Wirce
Strip
Electric Light Engineers
London
Sorer
Sister’s Death Haunts Kentucky Student at Autopsy
In Chicago a Kentucky medical student, visiting for study, faints at a post mortem when recognizing the corpse as his missing sister from Louisville. The sister’s history, family wealth, and a broken needle later tied to medical complications add to the tragic, sensational incident.
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Chicago Hospital
Chicago
W.W. Mirby
Chicago Tribune
Minnie Heath
Endi Hy
Kirby
Louisville
Miby
Hesapital
Han
Dent
Bowie
Mirby
Alice
Kentucky
Ning
Rkirhy
Ami
Aistera
Loulaville
Widow’s dispute ends in defiant reply to waspish visitor
A damaged OCR passage shows a tense exchange about marriage and fidelity. A woman dismisses a visitor’s insinuations, hands her bonnet to a barefoot child, and gestures for others to play as she asserts the situation. The fragment hints at a community scene with social judgment and personal resolve.
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Eays
Woallazton
How Woodpenleg Won and a Fourth of July Decision
A rustic tale recounts a woman recalling fireworks, a wooden leg, and a decision to marry Jake Spicer. She reflects on patience, gentleness, and the impact of his creative fathering on children, noting his restraint amid lively celebrations. The scene ties honor to a future with the couple and their children.
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Jake Spicer
Jake
Where Is the Calf The Prominent Wind Tale Stirs Farm Crowd
A strange local mystery unfolds as a calf is carried aloft by wind during a storm near Bonth Elkhorn, My. The calf vanishes while farmers search and theorize its fate. In Fayette County a school board bans teachers from making love during work hours, with dismissal as consequence.
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Elkhorn
Borme
Fayette County
EX-EMPRESS CARLOTTA ILL AS DEATH FEARS GROWS
Ex empress of Mexico Carlotta, bride of Maximilian, is reported gravely ill near Brussels. A confidential dispatch notes her confinement at Chateau de Bouchant, with royal families unable to visit amid Austrian court tensions and past royal upheavals. The piece also recalls a preacher’s anecdote and a note on new winter skates.
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Carlotta
Mexico
Eahle~ Gram
Brussels
Mare Charlotta Amelie Augusta Vice “Joha Clementine Leopoldine
Leospold 1
Hyns
Ataxiemilitia
Maximilian
Paris
Napoleon III
Italy
Belgium
Bouchant
Queen Victoria
Inte
Lnter
Charles Louis
Leopold
Windsor
Vienna
Loaxes
Austria
Praneia
Joseph Charlotte
Hapsburg
Europe
Auaila
Mwe
Napoleon II
Napoleon
Marabel Raznine
United States
Hlawite
Pius TX
Pondt
Levenve Dow
Immense tortoise at London Zoo reveals ancient lineage
Walter Rothschild houses a colossal tortoise from Aldabra in London Zoo. Experts estimate its age near 300 years, tracing its long history from a Mauritius family that imported it centuries ago. The specimen stands nearly three feet tall, with a long silver neck and a broad shell spanning about two feet wide.
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Lohdod
Walter Rothschild
Zoological Garedens
London
Mauritius
Aldabra
Giant tortoises face extinction without protection measures
The text notes that fine named Testudo daudinii and related giant tortoises are declining, with habitat limits and high desirability by ship crews endangering them. It highlights their long life as an advantage and details their confinement to small Atlantic islands near Madagascar and the Galapagos, citing Darwin’s observations on wandering tortoises.
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Sommerhat
Madagascar
Zanzibar
Galapagos
Darwin
South America
Naturabiel
Chatham Island
Gen Samuel Breck Selected New Adjutant General of U S Army
Gen Samuel Breck appointed adjutant general to succeed Gen. Ruggles after a 42 year career. Born February 25, 1834 in Middleborough, Massachusetts, he entered West Point 1851 and served in Seminole, Civil War, and later posts. He will retire by law next February, ending decades of active service.
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The
United States Arms
Sammel Breck
Army
Ruggles
Tireth
Middleborough
Mass
Military Academy
Port Capron
Maria
Fort Moultrie
McDowell
Acre
Potomac
Washington
Adjutant General's Office
San Francisco
Department of Dakota
Department of the Platte
Department of the East
Miles
Breck
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