Senator Frye Catches Duck While Fly Fishing Tale
A humorous anecdote recalls Senator Frye fishing from a moving canoe when his line snagged a duck that flew into the air with his minnow. The boatman laughed as the duck rose overhead, and the senator decided to call it a day, planning more fishing with Uncle Joe Cannon and Dave Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sinteeman
Tims
Congressional Fishing Club
Senator Blackburn
Frye
Fiderman
Joe Cannon
Dave Henderson
Shoes for swollen feet and bunions ad by Allen S Olmsted
A postal trial package offers a remedy labeled Alien's Moot Ease to cure swollen hot feet aching toes growing nails corns and bunions. Includes 4 powder and 11 male sizes. Sold by shoe stores at 25 cents. Mail order address Allen S. Olmsted Leftoy N. .
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen S. Olmsted
Leftoy
Piglets Brawl Over Swill Trough Upset Mother
A lively scene describes a piglet reaching the swill wall with its snout and then stepping into the trough. The piglet’s guardian, the sow, drives it away, scolding it as a selfish, grasping thing and drawing a parallel to human beings.
Dundonald military legacy and northern fears
The Earl of Dundonald who led Dominion troops in South Africa is noted for inventions like the Dundonald gun carriage and for marrying Welsh heiress Miss Winnifred Hesketh who owns Gwyrch castle near Abergele. An 820 a week recruiting pitch in Kendal is cited, while a New York note describes a multimillionaire’s daughter walked daily by maids and armed guards due to kidnapping fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dundonald
Earl of Dundonald
Canada
South Africa
Winnifred Hesketh
Gwyrch Castle
Abergele
New York
Rame Aut
Oliter
Teryanta
Kid‘nape
Winslows Soothing Syrup And Royal City Railway Ad
Fragmentary OCR shows a colonial era ad and travel notes praising Winslow’s Soothing Syrup and the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway. Mentions Princess Victoria, Queen Alexandra, and city reputations with Milwaukee and St Paul as twin cities. References electric trains and safety features. Includes a Swiss travel note and outdated tax figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Milwaukee
Bt. Paul
America
Ths
Omshe
Enat
L. L. Downtna
New Ventilator Deflector For Passenger Cars
A Washington inventor Frank L Nichola unveils a dirt deflector and ventilator for railroad cars to keep dust and cinders out of open windows while drawing in fresh air. The double acting shield mounts between windows with hinged strips and pivots, deflecting dirt and creating a draft that cools the car interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Nichola
Washington, D. C
Creation of life by Chemion claimed by Dr Houghton
Dr A D Houghton asserts success in producing an active protoplasmic mass with nucleumlike centers showing ameboid movement and nutrient uptake. The mass behaved like organic cells with a protoplasmic stomach and selective affinity, briefly reproducing into four or five daughter cells before becoming inert, yet meeting living-cell conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. Houghton
Lightning Rot Experiment Sparks New Theory
K R Kosh finds rusted lightning rod connections function during storms. He proposes a theory that discharge oscillates, emitting electromagnetic waves that stimulate imperfect connections like a coherer and restore conductivity briefly. He tests with a rapid camera showing distant, unclear images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. R. Kosh
Adjustable Printer's Wijustable Stick Inventions by Griffin
Thomas Griffin of Chicago has invented a printer's wijustable two piece stick claimed to be the only two piece type. Other sticks of this character require at least three parts. The device purports easy adjustment to any nonpareil measure and fits into a ratchet back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Griffin
Chicago
Monty
W.L Douglas
Douglas
Eamelon
W.L
Brees
Brockton
Mass
Geoifin Adjustable Sticks Marketed For Rigidity
An advertisement touts the Geoifin adjustable sticks as absolutely rigid with a one piece pan for extra strength. It claims no halos or silts in the back, unlike ordinary sticks, and notes faster setup than competitors.
New Process Lets Frankfort Firm Make Horse Air From Cellulose
A Frankfort on the Main company claims a method to produce a horse air of any length from cellulose or its derivatives. The main challenge has been to grease the cellulose fibers and avoid open work that weakens the final product, which often breaks easily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort-on the
Silk Thread Production and Moonless Night Light
The passage describes spinning Lab from multiple openings to form a single strong silk thread, then nitration and dyeing to create a specific silk. It mentions measurements of moonless night light by Gavin Burns and Simon Newcomb, noting zodiacal light and gegenachaein as possible intensifications of overall sky luminosity due to unknown causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aide
Mikey
Gavin J. Burns
Simon Newcomb
A Low Cost Keyboard For Typewriter Practice
The article describes Joseph Challenger of Walsall England proposing a budget keyboard unit for typewriter practice. It explains a simple four side strip base with perforations for key placement, elastic cords to rebound keys, and adjustable layouts to suit any machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Challenger
Walsall
England
Ocean bed constitution varies with depth analysis
The author studies how ocean bed composition shifts with depth, finding less slimé and calcareous matter deeper down while sand grains and pure clay rise. Non-calcareous minerals show no regular distribution, though depth influences the pattern. Surface conditions leave traces even in the deepest beds, aiding ancient geology analyses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goran
M. J. Thoulet
Iron ring linked without touching in striking experiment
In a Royal Institution lecture, Professor H. P. Thompson demonstrated an iron ring cut in half linked by a copper coil with current passed around it. The induced magnetism was so strong the halves could not be pulled apart, described as a modern miracle by the lecturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Institution
P. Thompson
Jericho
Scientist Free Mouse Trap Uses Electricity
A German inventor yields a catrafactory mouse trap using two plates and wires to complete a circuit when a mouse touches the setup. The device aims to electrocute the rodent as it nears the bait, ending with the hapless creature’s demise.
Rest Some Tire and War Coffee Echoes at Vicksburg
A fragmented reminiscence ties Civil War coffee rituals to modern memory. Veterans recall heavy tin cups, pounding coffee in camp, and the rugged endurance of Uncle Sam’s gear. A Chicago Inter Ocean report notes Illinois troops at Vicksburg, later at Peach Tree Creek, with Corporal Coleman’s daring escape through a fence under fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tate
Alree
Sam
Peach Tree Creek
Corporal Coleman
Company H
Chicago Inter Ocean
Oldest Living Ex Confederate Soldier Dies Notch
Veteran G W Bradley, 93, longtime Brownsville Tennessee resident, born June 9 1809 near Lynchburg Virginia, survived eighteen Civil War engagements and severe injuries. Now active near 98, he plans to attend the Dallas reunion and has donated relic watches and canes to the Soldiers Home near Sedalia Missouri. He served under General Sterling Price in Osage Pea Ridge and Lexington campaigns and was a Texas to Missouri marcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Bradley
Brownsville
Tenn
United States
Lynchburg
Bradley
Tennessee
Sedalia
Dallas
Sterling Price
Osage
Pea Ridge
Lexington
Texas
Misssouri
Too Late to Save McCook
Colonel Dan McCook was fatally shot at Kenesaw in a Civil War action. James R. Midcap of the twenty second Indiana recalled buck fever before firing, standing near McCook’s coat tall as the rebel shot aimed, yet Midcap fired too late to save McCook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCook
Dan McCook
Kenesaw
James R
Twenty-Second
Indiana
Col. Dan
McGool
Surrender at Appomattox Echoes in Camp as Band Plays Dixie
Veteran recounts Union and Confederate lines meeting after the surrender. Regiments filed out in orderly fashion as their brigade band played songs, sparking a shared sense of sympathy rather than triumph. Also notes Daughters of the American Revolution campaign to acquire Fort Mag seck site on Ohio River in Massac County for a historic park with state or national aid.
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Appomattox
Walker
Daughters of the American Revolution
Fort Magsac
Ilinois
Ohio River
Massac County
Judge Green
Cairo
Memorial Arch to Honor Confederates at Camp Chase
A large memorial arch will be built at Camp Chase cemetery in Columbus Ohio to honor Confederate dead. It will be unveiled June 7 with participation from all Grand Army groups in the city, marking the final resting place of 2260 soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Chase Cemetery
Columbus
Ohio
Camp Chase
Pass Many Pension Hills
The House of Representatives broke 229 private pension bills in 110 minutes on March 15, showing a high volume of pension enactments. Since the session began, 5,672 such bills have been introduced, and it is likely that by year’s end at least a million names will appear on the pension rolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Congress
Remove Historic Bridge In Milnoia Is Undergoing Removal
The Illinois Central Railroad company is removing a historic bridge over the Bug Muddy river north of Carbondale. In the Civil War the point was strategic and southern sympathizers in Egypt threatened to burn it to block northern troop movements to the Ohio river, with artillery and cavalry guards at times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Milnoia
Bug Muddy River
Carbondale
Egypt
Ohio River
Monument to Lieut Gen Folk Erected on Pine Mountain
A monument to the memory of Lieut Gen Leonidas Folk has been erected on Pine Mountain Georgia. The marker recalls the Battle of Kennesaw in 1864 and honors the general’s memory amid national sympathy.
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Tes. Potts
Leonidas Folk
Pine Mountain
Georgia
Marke Thes Pot
Kenpewaw
Miss Bonnie Delano Testimony of Lydia Pinkham Remedy
A Chicago woman declares Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her menopausal irregularities and abdominal pain after three years of illness. She praises the treatment for restoring health and life, noting she has remained pain free for nearly a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tneas
Tydia Pinkham
Loonnie
Indiana Ave
Chicago
Lydia E. Pinkham
Barge Parks to Europe Treland and Dublin’s Phoenix Park
The text notes the largest park in the United Kingdom is Phoenix Park in Dublin, three miles long and two wide, and mentions England’s largest private park around Bridge Castle, seat of the Earl of Abergavenny, spanning nearly eleven square miles. It also describes dog collars with semi-precious stones and a New York health association urging dust covers for fruit on walks, with candy sales already regulated.
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Europe
Treland
United Kingdom
Phoenix Park
Dublin
England
Bridge Castle
Women's Protective Health Association of
New York
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