Parcel Delivery by Tube in Boston Sparks Traffic Hope
A private Boston firm tests pneumatic tubes for parcel delivery from the retail district to Back Bay, South End, Tory, and Dorchester with double lines and a two minute mile, suggesting reduced city traffic if scaled nationwide. Also notes tandem kite system by Edward D. Sabine and Marconi range gains. Danish peasant mobs threaten Siberian dairies and peculiar postal tidbits from Pitcairn Island.
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Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Edward D. Sabine
Engineering News
Back Bay
Box- Tory
Dorchester
Oved
William A. Eddy
Bayonne
N. J
Noank
Conn
Marconi
Maj
Baden- Powell
Baden-Powell
Eddy
Ladies Go Frog Hunting in Constantinople
The London Telegraph notes a Parisian style frog hunting among French women in Constantinople. Women wear dainty outfits and use bamboo rods to lure frogs with raw meat. Men in costume supervise as frogs are slain, with women sometimes joining in the fatal act, though men try to deter danger from mistaken depictions of body parts.
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Constantinople
London Telegraph
Coronation Day Proclaimed Amid Storm at Royal Exchange
London crowd braved wind and rain as the proclamation fixed Tuesday June 26, 1902 for the coronation. Lord mayor and sheriffs in robes, common crier cried Oyez, and crowd cheered. Proclamations read, cheers, and national anthem followed in a brief ceremony.
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Royal Exchange
London
New York Tribune
The Original Judge Lynch
Thomas Walker Page argues that Charles Lynch, a brave pioneer, judge, soldier, and statesman, deserves positive remembrance despite his name later symbolizing harsh proceedings. He cites Virginia records and early colonial documents to show Lynch as upright, energetic, and a key leader during America's formative era.
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Thomas Walker Page
Atlantic
Styx
Duns Scotus
Lynch
Charles Lynch
Bedford County
Virginia House of Burgesses
Martians Said To Be Intelligent Yet Unreachable
Professor Samuel A. Harker of the University of Indianapolis endorses Ball Serviss and others on Mars habitation and advanced Martian engineering. He notes Martians would respond if signaled but finds earthly energy limits prevent sending signals via ether as Tesla proposed.
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Samuel A. Harker
University of Indianapolis
Robert Ball
Garrett Serviss
Mars
Harker
Cincinnati Enquirer
Prof
Earth
Tesla
Sioux Indian plow orders prompt inquiry at Omak station
Requisition at the Sioux Indian supply station in Omak for many plows triggers an investigation after a prior batch was used to prepare lands for irrigation. An agent claimed the aim was to raise cheap crops by watering, while details of fields and ditches were shown to the inspector.
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Omak
Deni
Bulit
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