Wireless power promises a new era in energy and war
Nikola Tesla predicts wireless transmission of power to any distance within years, claiming near zero loss and potential to heat homes, run factories, and power aircraft and trains without fuel. He envisions peaceful progress through global energy access and argues for immediate practical use over long delays.
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Edward M. Thierry
New York
Nikela Tes
Testa
Rockefeller
Nikola Tesla
English Port Plan Aims to Overtake New York Harbor
Southampton England August plan by steamship lines and company to build two miles more docks and two huge drydocks to make the port the best equipped in the world. Project costs run to millions and will provide employment for thousands.
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Southampton
Eng
Ish Steamship Lines
Hampton Corporation
York
New York
Plans for the Future in a Brief Interview
A reporter quotes a speaker discussing future plans and a dream to complete 948 tasks. The remarks resemble a narrative about ambition, with a reference to Marjorie Rambeau like fiction in style.
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Boston
Marjorie Rambeau
Widows Seek Law to Marry Sooner
Paris reports a new law drafted to shorten the waiting period for widows to remarry. The draft contrasts widows with divorced women who currently have the advantage.
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Paris
Hillside Horse to Get Nice New Coat
The White Horse of Kilburn in the Hambledon range will receive a new three tone lime coat making it visible 30 miles away from Hillside, York Minster region. In Paris, Mrs Alla Henshaw Chicker ing wed Brent McTivain Tanner, linking San Francisco and New York.
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Hillside
York Minster
Eng
Kilburn
Hambiedom Range
Paris
Alla Henshaw Chickering
William Henshaw
San Francisco
Brent Mc-Tivaine Tanner
New York
Man's Body Found in Fisher's Net
A shrimping boat off Deal recovered the body of Edward Oatridge, missing after taking his wife to church. The man had been dead only a few hours, and the death is treated as a recent discovery by the crew. Authorities identified the body as Oatridge and began further investigations.
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DEA
Eng
Deal
Thomas Aitken
Edward Oatridge
Ragged Beggar Claims Presidency At Chicago Police Station
A 66 year old ragged man named Thomas Had entered the Desplaines street station declaring he had come in by presidential order to take charge. The sergeant placed him in a cell within 36 seconds.
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Chicago
Desplaines Street
Thomas
Green Light Fiesta Charms White Center Oriental Celebration
A four night Oriental themed fiesta at White Center features a central green light symbol of luck. Booths, fortune telling, magic, food, Wild West acts, pageants, and a Tom Thumb wedding entertain visitors nightly from 6:99 to midnight. Leaders John Menich and George Henry Little direct elaborate pageants while Queen of Sheba presides. Proceeds fund local community buildings.
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White Center
Seattle
John Menich
George Henry Little
Bhick
Siene
Dental Ave
Yesler Way
Church Orchestra Overcome by Gas At Concert
All members of a church orchestra were overcome by gas fumes while performing at a Methodist concert in Newton. They collapsed, causing a near panic among attendees and brief disruption of the program.
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Newton, Ee
Defeat Smugglers With Commissions Defeat Smugglers With Commissions
Paris report says English customs guards receive commissions on seized goods making smuggling harder for French travelers. The page also features a quoted poem reflecting fate and resilience as a Birmingham Age-Herald verse appears amid the clipping.
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Paris
England
Port Townsend to See Pacific Fleet Arrive in Bay
Port Townsend will host the Pacific Fleet on Port Townsend Bay with the full force expected to be in Boundwatera by August 14 and 16. The arrival will draw observers and mark a major naval event for the city.
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Port Townsend
Pacific Fleet
Port Townsend, Aum
Boundwatera
Port Townsend Bay
Telephone Girls Defeat Revolt in Rand Quell
CAPETOWN Aug 11 South African troops relied on intrepid telephone girls who stayed at their posts amid attacks and threats from rebels as the Rand revolt was largely quelled.
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Capetown
British Flappers Smoking Too Much
Mrs. Walter Runciman speaking in Bromley praised modern girls as energetic and courageous but argued they overuse powder and rouge and smoke too many cigarets in public.
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Bromley
Eng
Walter Runciman
Man escapes fire as wife and two children die in blaze
NORWICH Aug 11 Frederick George escaped a deadly house fire that destroyed his home. His wife and two children perished in the blaze though he was later censured for not doing more to rescue them. Separately a note says goldfish were first brought to London sixty years ago.
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Norwich
Eng
Frederick George
London
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