Pumpkins at Halloween A Poetic American Obsession
The essay extols the pumpkin as essential to Halloween joy, noting its American origins, cultural role, and versatility from jack o lanterns to pies. It discusses the pumpkin’s distinct identity, the devotion of households to canning and decorating, and contrasts traditional harvest pumpkins with modern imitations shaping Halloween fun.
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Hallowe’en
Jack O'Lanterns
Hallowe'en
America
Congress
United States
North America
Paper clubs replace hickory in Lynn mass reports
A fragmentary aged clipping notes that Lynn Massachusetts pollon residents will receive paper clubs instead of hickory. The item discusses paper as a durable material and hints at broader shifts toward paper in items from wheels to currency, with satirical asides and unrelated dialogue.
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Lynn
Mass
Smuzlies
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Somme
James
Giatne
Washington
Blaine
Electric Water Heater Fits Pocket Size Device
An Ohio inventor demonstrates an electric water heater that boils water in four minutes using a small metal cylinder tethered to an ordinary electric light cord. The device heats water quickly, usable for shaving and sterilization, and can be handled safely without electric shock.
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Ohio
Electric ceiling fans tried as door substitutes in Mobile
Electric ceiling fans installed above doorways in Mobile are tested by several businesses as fly barriers. The fans create a draft to deter flies from entering, with initial trials at a storefront beside a restaurant reporting no flies passing the entrance despite a six foot open doorway and constant customer flow.
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Mobile
Ala
Mechanica
Strengthened Tungsten Filament Advances Move Lightbulbs Forward
The tungsten lamp filament, once fragile enough to shatter easily, now benefits from rapid manufacturing improvements. At an electrical show, demonstration torques and stress tests showed filaments supporting heavy loads and odd stunts. Claims state tungsten wire can reach 3 to 5 times the strength of top steel, with 500 psi demonstrated.
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Gee
Doctor Removes Brass Clip From Lung Without Knife
Delegates at the American Laryngological Association convention in Philadelphia watched Dr. Chevalier Jackson of Pittsburgh perform a remarkable operation without a knife. Using a bronchoscope with a small electric light, reflector and forceps, he extracted a brass paper clip embedded in a young woman's lung for over a year.
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American Laryngological Association
Philadelphia
Chevalier Jackson
Pittsburg
Patient kept alive by electrical currents after heart failure
In Philadelphia doctors claim a patient remained alive for three hours following a heart attack as currents were used to sustain life. The account describes how electrical stimulation engineered by physicians kept the patient viable during critical trauma.
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Philadelphia
Electrical demolition of bridge in England shown
An English wooden bridge slated for replacement was dismantled using electricity. Each span held 27 planks wired to burn away, causing the first span to drop into the water after one hour forty minutes of current. By midnight the structure had burned away without damaging the masonry.
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England
Scientific American
Eathem
Electric light in a cane with a slender flashlight
A pocket sashiteht cane offers a convenient lighting aid for a fastidious dresser. The cane hides a slender flashlight near the handle. By turning a metal sleeve, the lamp emits light along the path or toward a keyhole for practical use.
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Jem
Submarine wireless telegraphy tested at Cherbourg
Interesting experiments with submarine bells and wireless signaling were carried out around Cherbourg. Four submarines at seven miles sent messages to the battleship Bouvines, leading the minister of marine to order bells on all submarines. The Prairial signaled to Bouvines, and vessels exchanged messages near St Vanse Cape de la Hogue and Cherbourg. French submarines will be equipped with wireless telegraphy apparatus.
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Flo- Ula
Cherbourg
Bouvines
Minister of Marine
Dyber
St. Vanse
Cape de la Hogue
Widespread Electric and Telegraph Developments Noted
A survey of tech advances cites 18 wireless telegraph systems and growing telegraph miles added last year. Denmark charges about 11 dollars yearly outside major cities for phone service while experiments show electricity boosts plant growth. A New York inventor patents portable electric lights for miners and a compact electric toaster promises ten cent toasting at 60 percent lower cost.
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Denmark
New York
England
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