Power of electric waves to control machinery
A historical note on wireless control experiments from Nuremberg engineers Wirth and Beck. Demonstrations linked radiotelegraphic receivers to transmitters with no wires, actuating lamps, a small steam engine, bells, motors, and even a revolver. Potential for wireless mine and torpedo guidance noted, with broader industrial uses anticipated.
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Nuremburg
Germany
Messrs. Wirth and
Beck
Electrical Review
Western Electrician
Nuremberg Society of Matural History
Electric Sleep Apparatus of Frenchman May Replace Ether
Paris experiments by Prof Leduc claim electrical sleep is safe and effective. Rabbits dogs and the inventor reportedly fall asleep under a weak intermittent current. Six volts may suffice for three to four hours with the subject unconscious while the disc and motor produce rapid interruptions. The inventor and assistants have been tested, and physicians worldwide await safer ether substitutes.
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Paris
Prof
Leduc
Winter woods seed hosts a summer pastime
In the winter woods, observe how wildflowers develop, study fruit, and watch seed dispersal. Pods open to wind in evening primrose, witch hazel shoots seed away, cranes kill ejects seed from a cup. A walk identifying summer friends by dried pods or seeds is enjoyable and profitable.
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St. Nicholas
Novel coal handling plant to lift coal boat high above Buffalo
A new coal handling plant in Buffalo features a novel device that picks up a small coal boat, elevates it about 60 feet, and inverts it to discharge the coal, showcasing an innovative method in industrial design.
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Buffalo
Giant Electric Crane Handles Heavy Logs on Rail Route
A large electric derrick crane designed for heavy log handling travels between latticed jib girders. The crane features an enclosure for operator and mechanism and uses three direct current motors to drive its three movements. Travel speed ranges from 80 to 120 feet per minute.
New School Bill Premieres Consolidation Oversight Digest
Des Moines lawmakers study a sweeping school bill repealing existing laws to create a seven member state board of education, county boards of education, and township trustees. It outlines supervision, licenses, funding, tax levies, and uniform textbooks with penalties for publishers and a county wide high school system.
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Des Moines
Paul Stillman
House Committee On
New School Commission
Senate
House
Stillman
Riggs
House Committees On
Board of Education
State Board of Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
County Board of Eaucation
County Board of Education
Efficiency of agricultural colleges at Fort Collins
Fort Collins Colorado shows efficiency with $4000 paid last year to students for work at the school. The note recalls Sir Walter Besant who estimated 50 novelists in England earning over 85000 a year a decade ago, now perhaps 150. Also mentions petroleum, gold yields in the Transvaal, Azores sweet potatoes for alcohol, and leather processing into shoes in minutes.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Walter Besant
England
Petroleum
Transvaal
Azores
United States
Senators Wordy Battle Delays Postoffice Bill
In a stormy senate exchange Senator La Follette accused the body of rushing legislation, while Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania defended postoffice bill amendments. The $22,000,000 post office measure passed after heated debate as La Follette complained of late-hour rushing.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
la Follette
Penrose
Committee On
Postoffice and Postroads
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Big Sam
LaFollette
Missouri railroads show higher earnings per mile under 2-cent fare
Jefferson City officials released figures from state railroad reports indicating several trunk lines earned more per mile under the 2-cent fare law in 1908 than during the 3-cent rate the prior year. State earnings per mile exceed interstate figures.
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Jefferson City
Board of Railroad Commissioners of Missouri
Mead Shumway Must Hang as Nebraska Court Denies Plea
Mead Shumway, sentenced to be hanged, was denied reprieve by the Nebraska supreme court. Attorneys plan to appeal to Governor Shallenberger for clemency and seek a district court hearing to test the condemned man's sanity.
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Mead Shumway
Lincoln
Montana bill seeks ban on land ownership by aliens
Helena Representative Clayberg introduces a house bill barring aliens from holding land after five years. Targeted at Chinese and Japanese buyers, the measure mirrors a California law and follows protests from President Roosevelt.
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Helena
Mont
Clayberg
Montana
California
Roosevelt
Canadians Built 73,000 Homes in Western Canada
The Interior department report shows 73,600 people settled on 30,000 homesteads in western Canada last year. Americans led entries with 8,000, including 2,700 from North Dakota and 1,500 from Minnesota.
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Winnipeg
The
Interior Department of Canada
Canada
Ust
North Dakota
Bryan Denounces Carnegie Pension Fund at Nebraska Speech
In Lincoln William Jennings Bryan urged creation of a citizenship school before the Nebraska Legislature and condemned the Carnegie pension fund for professors as the most insidious poison ever injected in the body politic.
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Bryan
Carnegie
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
William Jennings Bryan
Carnegie Pension Fund
Hawaii Wireless Link Reported Between Los Angeles and Kahua
Los Angeles is in wireless contact with the Hawaiian Islands as operator Blake Ney of United Wireless reports a station at Kahua, Hawai. The link spans about 2,200 miles, marking a notable long distance communication achievement.
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Hawaii
Los Angeles
Cal
Hawaian Islands
Blakeney
United Wireless Station
Kahua
Hawai
Murder in Express Car Shocks Marion Kans
W T Carr aged 30 found guilty of murder in the second degree for killing O A Bulley an express messenger in an express car between Marion and Newton in 1907. The trial follows charity of killing messenger case coverage in local records.
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Marion
Kan
W.T. Carr
O. A. Bulley
Newton
Roosevelt Signs Knox Act Moves Knox to State Secretary Post
Washington D C President Roosevelt signed a special act affecting the secretary of state salary to remove constitutional objections to Philander G Knox taking a premier role in Taft administration cabinet.
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Roosevelt
Knox
Washington, D. C
Roosevelt Hina
Philander G. Knox
Taft
Garrison Neb Fire Destroys Four Stores
A lamp explosion sparked a blaze in Garrison Nebraska destroying the west half of the village. Four stores burned amid a lack of local fire protection, with damages estimated at about $60,000. No injuries are reported.
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Garrison
Neb
Burns
Dog Attack Injures Woman in Tivansville Street
Mrs. Thomas Whitney was bitten after four dogs attacked her on a Tivansville street. The incident occurred as she walked past a residence where the dogs reportedly escaped confinement. Police were advised and injuries were described as non life threatening.
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Tivansville
Ind
Thomas Whitney
Moving day on the North Shore A stormy traveler stirs pets
On a Rockport bound summer train many Boston residents head to town houses while a western gentleman’s arrival sparks pet mischief. A poodle eyes the tabby and a traveling clock travels with a worn feather case as a family tries to calm Bobby the cat. The poodle climbs seats and the western passenger storms off in protest.
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North Shore
Massachusetts
Rockport
Peta
Bobby
Percy
Not for Him Dinner Invitation Playfully Declined
A brief dialogue shows a boss presenting a dinner invitation to a boy. The boy politely declines, citing Mo dress sult's in hock as the reason. The scene hints at humor and a mentor apprentice dynamic within a workplace or household setting.
Remarkable Thermometer by 17th Century Magdeburg Burgomaster
Otto de Guericke of Magdeburg built a 20 foot long copper thermometer with a blue and gilt design. A large globe and bent tube held alcohol in a narrow U, with a float and cord driving a pulley to lift a gilt angel over a painted degree scale.
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Otto de Guericke
Magdeburg
A Darky Letter Sent To His Mammy
A New York business man was tidying his desk when a colored porter asked for one unused letter. He wanted to mail a letter to his mother in North Carolina but could not write, so he accepted a spare patent medicine circular to send. The item was mailed and addressed.
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Darky
New York
Norf Carlina
Jess
Easy Come Easy Go in a Philadelphia Street Scene
A passerby overhears a sewer laborer and a stout woman with a market basket trading quips by Broad and Lombard. The laborer jokes he earns alimony while the woman brags she spends it. The snippet ends with an ad for Brown's Bronchial Traches 25 cents a box and free samples from John S. Brown & Son.
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Lombard
Philadelphia
Pat
Bridget
Lippincott’s
Brown
John S. Brown & Son
Boston
Maya
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