Acetylene Gas Lighting and Calcium Carbide Discovery
The article explains Moissan’s 1894 electric furnace method producing calcium carbide and acetylene gas. It traces Wilson's American experiments, dangers of compressed gas, insurance opposition, and the shift to safe non compressed use. It notes Niagara Falls works meeting rising demand and describes carbide lighting and a water-topped gas generator system.
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Moissan
Weuer Moisson
America
Thomas L. Wilson
St. Catherine's
United States
Willie Guing
Ehoe
Wilons
Pvery
Wilson Pateras
Wilson
Cain
Niagara Falls
Carnegie's Early Home and New York Palace
The piece recalls Andrew Carnegie's humble birth house in Dunfermline and his rise to wealth. It notes his family's move to America, his sister's Cumberland Island estate Dungeness, and Carnegie's beloved New York residence at 6 West Fifty-fifth Street with a cluttered but artful "workshop" filled with paintings, cartoons, and texts reflecting his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carnegie
Dunfermline
Scotland
Andy
America
Pennsylvania
Steel King
Carnegies
Iis
Dungeness
Cumberland Island
Georgia
Carnegie
West Fifty-flyst Street
New York
Americ Sornery
Ari Aid
Mr. Carnegie
Vacation Schools Seen As Permanent City Education Feature
The vacation schools energized by New York and Chicago programs drew over 8,000 daily attendees in New York with girls learning cooking nursing housekeeping and sewing while boys studied toymaking carpentry and light mechanics. Sketching classes and excursions delighted youths. Chicago spent about 6000 on maintenance for its 2001s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Bicycle Music Box from Hamburg Firm
A round musical box fixed under the bicycle handle bar is driven by the front wheel, producing music as the wheel revolves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburg
Quote on integrity echoes as night follows day
The phrase declares a steadfast code that one cannot be false to any man. It emphasizes unwavering honesty and loyalty as a guiding principle, suggesting that truthfulness is a universal standard that cannot be broken.
Diminutive Giant of Business Showcases Thrift and Perseverance
Opposite the image, the text extols the economy minded stalwart figure whose thrift and persistence symbolize the enduring vigor of the commercial world. The description lauds the small yet mighty operator’s shrewdness and steady effort.
Home and Self in Mr. Carnegie's Thought
The speaker notes Mr. Carnegie's idea that the present moment defines home and the next moment remains unseen. It suggests his view that surroundings become part of the self, shaping identity and meaning in daily life. Titles and summaries reflect period tone and emphasis on environment.
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Carnegie
Tramp dentist returns to Jenkintown with mobile workshop
After a long absence Jenkintown again hosts a wandering dentist with a folding chair and a silver tool set won for a scientific essay. He travels the mill district offering on the spot care, once led a tramp gang and was bitten by a Newfoundland after pulling a tooth.
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Jenkintown
Philadelphia Record
Grant era quips on river funds and dredging folly
A Washington Post reprint notes an official recalling President Grant criticizing river and harbor expenditures. He jokes about past dredging and crossing a stream in 1864, suggesting macadamizing the waterway as a cheaper solution. The tale mocks costly improvements to small streams.
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Congress
Grant
Mysterious City of Honduras chronicled by Gordon
George Byron Gordon in The Century describes Maya books surviving from pre Columbian America. He details the papyrus like maguey fiber books with hieroglyphic writing, burned by Spanish priests, four copies now in European libraries, and notes their development and links to Maya culture led by Itzamna.
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George Byron Gordon
Copan
Honduras
Gordon
Palenque
Copa
Itzamna
Neighbor Subscriptions Boost Aston Newspaper Reach
A local neighbor’s subscript to the Aston paper increases readership and rev share. The move signals growing community engagement and potential advertising impact for the publication.
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T'E Aston
The Advertiser as the Newspaper Bogy
The passage discusses I. L. Godkin’s claim that advertisers press publishers to favor circulation over opinion. It argues that large city papers cater to advertisers rather than readers and may suppress local views to retain advertising revenue amid rising competition.
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I. L. Godkin
The
Atlantic
America
Uncle Silas Solo Elevator Misadventure in Boston
A wary old gentleman from a township visits Boston with a relative. On a tall building a rapid descent by elevator frightens him though the younger man reassures. He confesses upon exiting that he left his stomach up on the observation floor.
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Boston
Silas
George
Uncle Silas
Notice of Appointment in Indiana Estate
Notice is given that 8 C Paddock has been appointed administrator of the estate of Mary A Jones late of Sullivan County Indiana deceased. The estate is probably solvent. John T Hays attorney. November 1.
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8. C. Paddock
Mary A. Jones
Sullivan County
Indiana
C. Pappock
John T. Hays
Lucinda Thompson
Sullivan Circuit Court
Court House
Lord Alvanley the witty sayer of late Georgian mores
In Cornhill Magazine the portrait recalls Lord Alvanley as a sharp yet generous figure who mocked pretension. It cites his quips on Brummell's Boulogne exile and Neeld's Grosvenor square mansion, illustrating a life among Sheridan Brummell and high society with biting humor.
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Lord Alvanley
Sheridan
Brummell
Boulogne
Solomon
Jack Talbot
Talbot
Alvanley
Alvyanley
Neeld
Grosvenor Square
Milton
Alvabley
Cornhill Magazine
Reynolds Name on Hem of Lady Cockburn Portrait
The Pall Mall Gazette notes Sir Joshua Reynolds approved his portrait of Lady Cockburn and her children by inscribing his full name on the hem of the gown. The piece, along with his portrait of Mrs Siddons, was among the only two works he honored in this way.
Music Lovers Invitation at Baldwin Music Store
Music lovers may visit D. H. Baldwin and Co three doors east of Sullivan County bank any time 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. next Saturday to hear piano performances by the young pianist Bessie Dooley. Vaughn manages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan Co. Bank
Little Bessie Dooley
D. H. Baldwin & Co
J.B. Vaughn
Reed's Drug and Piano House Savings Pitch
An advertisement boasts low prices on pianos organs and sewing machines with savings of about half compared with traveling agents. It promises quality instruments and urges readers to shop locally at Reed's Drug and Piano House offering sheet music at cut prices.
Farming land for trade near Sullivan Indiana
Three acres adjoining Pleasantville all cultivated with good improvements and ample water in good condition. Will trade for real estate near Sullivan. Address box 85 Pleasantville Ind.
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Pleasantville
Sullivan
Ind
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Bicycle Music Box
Express
la Rf
Qhis
Knickerbocker ’’ Watch
Ladies’ Watch Chain
Ggudse
Lion
Lion Coffee
Century Cook Book
President Grant
Tant
Washington Post
Precolwmbian Books In
Bogy
American Beauty
Woollown Spice GO
Toledo
Ohio
Reed's Drug and Piano House
Towit
Riverton
I. H. Kalley
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