New York Balloon Plot Thwarted During August Strike
A citywide strike stalls industry as a mysterious balloon looms over East Forty fourth street. Jacob Julius and Smith plot to use a battery wired to a gas pitche device to blow a block if current fails. Police move to arrest occupants and evacuate endangered buildings.
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Hell Gate
Tullus
Forty-fourth Street
Third Avenue
Julius
Buomega
Smith
East Forty Fourth Street
New York
Grand Central Denot
East Fortyfourth Street
East Forty-fourth Street
Writers in Provence and Notes on Stevenson’s Fears
A fragmentary column surveys the lives of the Janviers a New York World couple traveling in Provence for spring writing and painting. It recalls Robert Louis Stevenson Andrew Lang and Fannie Vandegrift Osborne Stevensons connection and other literary figures with varied fates. The piece mixes personal detail with literary history and a poem about ships that never come in by Nixon Waterman.
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Stevensson
Thomas A. Janvier
Eayn
France
Provente
Mexico
Narrangansett Plot
Bohemia
Greenwich Village
Provence
Andrew Lang
R. L. Stevenson
Ke Swift
Stevenson
Lang
Edinburgh
Prince Charles Edward
Radam Contends with Pasteur Rival in Antiseptic Gas
Report on rival claims between Radam and Pasteur over an antiseptic gas described as harmless to humans yet deadly to microbes. The piece highlights competing theories and potential applications in medical science and public health.
Microbe Killer Promised Cure Warned By Advertiser
German planter William Radam, later a New York florist, claims his Microbe Killer removes germs causing disease after adapting plant fermentation theory. The ad touts cures for blood and chronic diseases, urges three to four daily doses, and offers a free booklet. It lists The Wm. Radam Microbe Killer Co and Matthew Bros in Scranton as distributors.
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William Radam
New York
Emperor William
Imperial Gardens
Bellequa
America
Austin
Texas
Jeading
Beiong
Rodam
Rudam
Wm. Radam Microbe Killer Co
Laight
New York City
Matthew Bros
Scranton
Dlacave
Joan Royal Medicine CO
River St
Chicago
Ill
Matthews Bros
Drugg
Scranton . Pa
E. Grewer
Ole Pystern
Penn
Eles Secu
University of Pennsylv
Medico-Chirurgical College
Ciadel
DR. E. Grewer
Old Post Omce
Pens Avenue
Spruen Street
A Smart Employer Faces Tyrannical Office Boy
A humorous exchange shows a tyrannical office boy demanding more pity and pay. The boy argues twelve hours a day for $3 a week is not enough, while the boss questions if the boy works all the time and points to the day’s length. The cartoonish dialogue highlights labor expectations in a bustling office.
Hermit Woman With Five Dogs Lived Near Salt Lake City
Elizabeth Rockwell known as Aunt Lib. A widow of Horace Rockwell she shelters on Lookout Pass in the Onogul Range about 150 miles from Salt Lake City thirty miles from the nearest ranch. For fifteen years she has refused visitors and charges 19 cents a drink for water.
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Lookout Pass
Onogul Range
Salt Lake City
Elizabeth Rockwell
Horace Rockwell
Porter Rockwell
Brigham Young
Destroying Angels
Lib
Saginaw Courier-Herald
Aunt Lib and the Dog Doctor Hoax Tale
The story recalls Aunt Lib at about 75 fending off would be robbers by misdirecting two men seeking hidden treasure. One bandit was badly wounded in the encounter, and there is speculation that he may die. A prior incident involved a physician seventy miles away, miscalled for a dog and paid 3200, with the doctor left angered and unpaid.
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New York
Bryant Square
Smith
Jasly
Mesel
Julius
Tim
Coman
Bolt
Fald T
Washington
Lib
Reading man promotes Aladdin oven for frugal cooking
Edward Atkinson of Reading touts slow constant heat and Jew fuel savings in his Aladdin oven. He cooked seven courses for cabinet members in Washington at fifteen cents per diner, a long four to five hour dinner showing efficiency but facing conservative cooks before broad adoption.
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Reading Herald
Edward Atkinson
Washington
Atkinson
Ocean Facts From an Old Text About Seas
The excerpt cites depth estimates for the Black Sea and Atlantic, mentions the Gulf Stream width and depth, describes corals and sea creatures, and notes salt content, currents, and water volume. It includes Kepler as an early author on currents and remarks on the Dead Sea, Mediterranean salinity, and oyster-like sea life.
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Black Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Mount Atlas
Strait of Gibraltar I
Orbigny
Gulf
Young
Atlantic
Kepler
Persiam Gulf
Reamur
Gulf of Mexico
Europe
Newfoundland
Mediterranean
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Western Union
Telegraph Building
City of
Ellenve
Broadway
Puuas
Vellelon
Tyre
Michael McCarthy
Ellisland
Naturalization Bureau
Michael
Heinrich Shoeffel
Avenue A
United Cobblers’ Union No. 4
Walloon
Bacheller
Johnson & Bacheller
Tribune
Robert Louie Steavenson
Fannie Vandegrift
Indianapolis
Samuel Osborne
Osborne
California
Mra. Osborne
Belle
Mr. Stevenson
New York Tribune
R. A. Johnson
Zmal Iovan Jovanovich
Nikola Tesla
Theala
Daudet
KR. H. Sherard
Atlanta
Anay
Nixon Waterman
King Christian
Denmark
Johann’ Hoff
Hoff
N.Y
Mie
Weg
RADAM
Pasteur
WM. Radam
Hadway
Paige
Druggista Radway & CO
Radway
Pilsener
Madea iWell Mar
Eid Medical Coo
Rae Cama Neat
Moosic Powder Co
Moosic
Rushdale Works
Lafflin & Rand Powder Co.'s
Repanno Chemical Co
Cana Nerve
John H. Phelps
Wyoming
Spruce Street
Cook Remedy Co
Miasonic Temple
Capital Amc
A. Conan Doyle
Bret Harte
Stanley J. Wey the Duchess
Brander Matth
Frank R. Stockton
WNA
Katherine Green
Mark Twain
Mary K. Wilkins
Martin Hewitt
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