Wireless Across the Sea Prompts Cautious Predictions
Paris reports Prof d Arsonval admits no practical wireless work yet but recalled his January forecast that 1913 would bring transatlantic wireless telegraphy and long distance wireless telephony via high frequency currents. M Cretet claims a portable wireless receiver works from a car mast and a wire on the ground enabling 250 to 300 mile reception from the Eiffel Tower.
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International News Service
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College of France
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Eiffel Tower
Deserter drama ends with arrest in Atlanta
Mrs. A M Trippe sought help from a probation officer after her husband abandoned her and three children for stenographer Beatrice Renfroe. Trippe and Renfroe were arrested at 124 Whitehall Street and the Terminal Hotel as details of their alleged affair emerged, with Renfroe admitting past meetings in Macon and Atlanta. Mrs. Trippe offered to drop charges if Trippe returned and supported his family.
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Macon
Sensation Caused by Bathing Costumes Walkers in Warwood
Two buxom women and a young girl walked in bathing costumes through Warwood streets near Wheeling, drew public attention, and visited an ice cream parlor. Town Marshal E L Pool warned that future appearances in such attire could lead to arrest. The incident followed bathing at Ohio river Warwood beach.
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Mrs Clare Praises Cham Chamberlain’s Medicine For Dysentery
Mrs Clare of Clare Mich writes that her little girl suffered severe dysentery and Cham berlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea cured her. She declares it the best medicine in her opinion and notes it is available for sale.
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Chamberlain
Will Clare
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New Rochelle Mayor Protests Thin Summer Gowns
New Rochelle New York July 19 Mayor Frederick H Waldorf expressed shock at modern summer gowns he called too diaphanous. He spoke at Hudson Park urging modest attire and suggested a council ordinance to prohibit thin dresses while noting silhouettes from City Hall steps.
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Anthony Comstock
Waldorf
Hudson Park
Bible Left Behind After Saloon Robbery
Fred Nicholson, a Lafayette saloon robber and construction foreman from Chicago, claimed Bible study as his motive. Police court evidence showed the Bible bore his name and helped convict him after he swapped a Bible for several bottles of whisky and gin. He had prior intoxication arrests.
Missing Student Sends Love Token
A Philadelphia woman receives a letter from Caleb Charles Hughes Jr. claiming he was held prisoner in Camden after disappearing last April. He says he wandered through Denver Los Angeles and San Francisco before Colfax Cal and asks Miss Lettie Gibbs to overlook his actions and notes his love for her.
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Orchards Deluged by Shower of Fish in Fresno County
Frank Laning former Fresno police judge and retired attorney reports dozens of fish scattered across orchards and fields five miles west of Fresno. He theorizes a water spout drew the fish from the San Joaquin river or the ocean and dropped them on the island. The fish were fresh and still pliant, having been dead only hours. Old settlers recall a similar incident in Stanislaus County years ago.
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