Solving a Mystery on Long Distance Telephony
London engineers work to overcome distortion in long lines for transcontinental calls. A Paris Madrid link is proposed and tests show loading with Pupin’s calculations may extend range. A Boston Omaha link reportedly reaches 1600 miles.
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London
Madrid
Paris
Liverpool
Marseilles
Sangatte
St. Margaret's Bay
London-Paris
Pupin
Boston
Omaha
Bitter dog fight in court shocks Ovid hearing
In Ovid Michigan a sheep killing dog case erupted as Mrs Mae Cameron brought a dog to court. The animals fought in the courtroom causing panic before the hearing resumed. Cameron was found guilty and fined 38.40 dollars though she kept one dog.
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Ovid
Mich
Mae Cameron
John Holland
Cameron
Quotable line on bachelorhood from Puck literary brief
A witty Puck quip defines a bachelor as a man who trusts his judgment of women enough to act on it.
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Puck
Universal languages fail to replace English as business tongue
The piece argues that artificial lang uages such as Volapuk Esperanto Ro and Ido have failed to gain traction for international trade. It claims only a living language can become universal and asserts English is the destined global business medium.
Best ibex hunting on Thian Shan thrills Chew and Harrison
Benjamin Chew and G L Harrison, returning to Philadelphia from a six months ibex hunt in China, recount perilous treks 800 miles by wagon and 460 by pack mules across snowy Thian Shan. Chew recalls five crevasses, and describes six taken from a herd. he plans to add trophies to his collection while detailing rough meals and constant tobacco.
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New York
Benjamin Chew
G. L. Harrison
Philadelphia
China
Mr. Chew
Rocky Mountains
Africa
White Nile
Thian- Shan
Khan-Tengri Peak
Mr. Harrison
Harrison
Co Ed Etiquette Rules Proposed at Missouri
Twenty University of Missouri women chosen by Miss Eva Johnson to draft campus etiquette rules. Topics include whether it is proper to make trysts in the library and to play cards or dance every evening after supper, and if strolling after dark at boarding houses is appropriate.
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Columbia
University of Missouri
Eva Johnson
Mule Saves Hunter in Pennsylvania Bear Attack
Huntington resident Daniel Shawley recounts how his mule Maud kicked a charging black bear to death during a hunting incident. Shawley had fired on the bear before Maud intervened, killing the animal and saving him. He shows a 292 pound bear to prove the tale.
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Huntington
Daniel Shawley
Shawley
Maud
Rainbows of Life Mark Women’s Tears in Verse
A poetic line centers on women’s tears as rainbows of life. The fragment hints at female emotion and resilience framed as symbolic beauty within sorrow.
Man Fights Grizzly in Alaska Then Survives Brutal Attack
James M Christie faced a fatal grizzly confrontation near Rogue River 60 miles from Dawson. The bear mauled him with skull fractures and severe wounds, yet Christie crawled seven miles home aided by his own courage while awaiting rescue.
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Victoria
James M Christie
Christie
George Crisfield
Crisfield
J. K. Ferrill
Rogue River
Dawson
Man Rescued From Death On Ice Floe In East River
William Wissman, 42, was found adrift on a large ice floe after hours in cold water near New York. Firemen and ferry workers battled tide and ice to pull him ashore, where he recalled falling from a dock and names of nearby bridges before admission to the hospital.
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East River
Municipal Ferry
Battery
Frank Dugan
Bristol Street
Patrick McGann
West Thirty-fifth Street
William Wissman
East Forty-first Street
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Wood Seasoned by Electricity in French Method
In France a method called the Nodon-Brottonneau process uses a dynamo to pass electricity through timber immersed in water with borax resin and soda. The sap is drawn out while borax and resin occupy the wood pores, then the timber is dried to complete seasoning.
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France
Agency of Electricity
Luxury and the social envy of riches
The passage argues luxury is sought by fools but benefits many through its spillover. Providence allows the multitude to be fed by the excess of those who earn money, suggesting happiness would shrink if all knew luxury yet lacked means.
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Puck
Eight-Pound Square Tail Trout Catches Kinco Maine
Crawford Johnson, a renowned Maine woods guide, hooked the largest square tail trout ever taken from Moosehead lake near Tormheagan stream north of Kinco. The fish weighed eight pounds two ounces and stretched nearly twenty-three inches, reported by Kineo correspondence.
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Moosehead Lake
Tormheagan Stream
Kinco
Crawford Johnson
Maine Woods
Kineo
Boston Herald
Two Ways of Saying It in a Love Rebuff
A young suitor asks if his offer is rejected. The machine editor’s daughter replies that the offer is returned with thanks and regret, as marriage cannot be accepted at this time. The brief exchange appears in the St. Louis Star.
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St. Louis Star
Dean's Kidney Pills Promise Relief for Weak Kidneys
Doctoring claims show Dean's Kidney Pills cure weak kidneys and ease rheumatic pains backache and urinary disorders. Rev Abram Weaver recounts injury at a Baptist conference and says the pills restored kidney function after bloody passages. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo sells at 60 cents a box.
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Dean
Abram Weaver
George
Town
Tex
Baptist Herald
Jackson
Brute Husband Diverts Saving to Buy Home Despite Plans
A Puck note describes a couple who saved together with a passion for accumulation. After reaching ten thousand dollars the husband, wielding power, kept the money for a home rather than the anticipated automobile, prompting the wife to join suffragettes in protest.
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Puck
Why do doctors wear Van Dyke beards
A Boston Herald quip notes doctors wore Van Dyke beards to avoid being mistaken for bankers with side whiskers. The joke reflects humorous identity stereotypes of the era.
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Boston Herald
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