Wireless pioneer Mr Pickard's Amesbury lab draws bursts of youth
In Amesbury near the old Poet Whiter place a swarm of young men study wireless telegraphy at home constructed devices while Mr Pickard and other experts test experiments. He reports night operations yield longer ranges and that sea level stations work better than high hills. His work includes electrostatic ore separation and numerous inventions aimed at practical commercial use.
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Wireless Wizard Mas Pickard Sets Maine Contributions in Wireless Telegraphy
Portland native Greenieat Whittier Pickard now living in Amesbury Maine has filed eight foreign and delirious patents and holds twenty eight more pending most of which improve wireless telegraphy systems. His friends foresee notable advances, while interference among signal stations near Boston prompts calls for regulation to protect professional research.
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Maine
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Mr. Pickard
Whittier
Boston
Nobel prize winners advocate universal peace drive
Nobel Peace Prize recipients were K. P. Arnoldson of Sweden and M. F. Bajer of Denmark. Arnoldson pledged to fund an international peace demonstration inviting all adults to sign a commitment to arbitration and disarmament. Bajer, former Danish parliament member, and Arnoldson urged global moral support for disarmament initiatives.
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K. P Arnoldson
Sweden
M. F. Bajar
Denmark
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James J Storrow Seen as Harvard President Candidate
James J Storrow of Boston likely to be named Harvard University president. Born January 21 1864 he is Harvard and Harvard Law School educated and practiced law before joining the firm Lee Higginson Co. He captained the 1886 crew that defeated Yale and later served as Harvard overseer and Boston school committee chair.
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James J. Storrow
Harvard University
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Harvard Union
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A Frenchwoman's Unexpected Reply at Southern College
A demure French teacher at a southern college learns a lesson in English usage after the college president asks for a musical program in the chapel. Mme Petit coyly answers with an audacious mix of French and English, “I will do my darndest, professeur,” as reported by John B. Rosser in Lippincott's referencing Africa's telephone expansion.
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John B. Rosser
Lippincott’s
Colds Cure Claims and Hair Care Remedies
A mixed ad and anecdotal note describes a home remedy using pine compound whiskey and Tezapoonfyl for colds, claims rapid cough relief and systemic toning benefits. It also touts Cuticura products for dandruff and milk crust, plus a note on Prince Rupert's Drops as dangerous glass toys.
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Fifth St
Carthage
Ohio
Tan
Pottar Drag & Chem. Corp
Bostos
Cold Cure Promise and Elixir Ad Claims
A crude ad claims a fixed cold cure using whiskey and syrups, promising 24 hour relief with four hourly spoonful doses and noting ingredients are available at drugstores. It includes dubious medical claims and a sensational offer from a Toledo company for a cure of catarrh with a money-back incentive.
Last of All Come Satan Says Exchange Quotation
A dialect exchange ponders a phrase about Satan waiting until all the crowd is in then seizing the entire venture. The wording suggests a warning about
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Satan
Genuine testimonials offered with reward for proof
The notice pledges a handsome reward to anyone who proves the letters are not genuine or truthful or that the women were paid for testimonials or that letters were published without permission or not unsolicited, asking what more proof could be required.
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Red Banks
Miss
Lydia E. Pinkham
Willie Edwards
Hampstead
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