Telegraphy at Sea Signals Marconi Feasibility Across Vessels
London April 22 reports Signor Marconi exploring wireless telegraphy for rapid ship to ship signaling with the Triton Peninsular and Oriental and other steamers. He notes excellent results on French warships for signaling at distance and envisions dispatching messages from a railway car at full speed. Also includes an advertisement claiming a cure for chronic rheumatism by Mystic Cure with patient testimony and local seller details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Triton
Haet
Signor Marconi Soncermite
Eisner Marconi
Signor Marconi
Train Tickets and Health Remedies in a Century Old Advert
An assortment of items from a historic page includes ticket prices for a Pushle and Return via the Santa Fe Route with May sale dates and a June 15 return limit. The page also advertises Witt's Little Early Kisers pills for liver comfort, Geo W Stansfield and others, Gypsy Green Baking Powder home product, and drugstore bells offered at Sim Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Dining Rooms
T. Ly, King
Topeka
Geo. W. Stansfield
W. H. Wison
Arnold & Bon
A. J. Kant & Co
Polite Burglar Spares Banker's Silverware in East Side Break-in
New York banker Wil Ham Winklow Sherman faced a midnight break in on East Fifty-fifth Street. A burglar held a revolver to his head, chatted calmly, and left with two watches and a couple of scarf pins worth about 200 dollars, refusing larger silverware yet considering restitution. The intruder, about 25, searched drawers and boxes, then fled after asking for Sherman’s address. Police later investigated. the burglar entered via a window catch and did not enter other rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wil Ham Winklow Sherman
Bank of Commerce
Hil Hown East Pitty-fifth Street
Fereco
Sherman
Mr. Sherman
Bhenman
W. W. Sherman
Percy Sherman
Empire State
Mat Tanner
Hamilton Street
Albany
Tenner
Tanner
Dr. Williams
Taxveer
Seyber
Neary Public
Albany Co
N.Y
Sparrows Bounty Scandal Hits Arcola County Officials
An investigation into the state bounty on English sparrows led to indictments against Arcola township and city clerks and several local residents. Sparrows heads were allegedly sold and resold, defrauding the county of bounty funds totaling hundreds of dollars. The township clerk posted bond and was jailed pending the next court term, with other implicated individuals also involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arcola
Til
Arouin
Tuscola
Barnum & Bailey Circus shares vow no dividends for three years
London shareholders met at Cannon Street hotel as Bailey pledged not to take any dividend on a third of the capital for three years or until 20 percent is paid to public investors. Twenty shilling shares rise from 25 to 25 shillings amid enthusiasm. Peerless Laundry ad ends the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Barnum & Bailey Circus Company
Cannon Street
Bailey
Crop scare passes as receipts exceed last year
K G Dun and Co notes that crop fears have faded as receipts run larger than a year earlier. Wheat and cotton shipments are down from earlier highs, but copper and wool markets show strength as industrial demand and prices firm. Failures in the week rise in the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
K. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Spain
Apel
Southern
Chicago
Pitsburg
Pirate Mills
Pittsburg
Clive
Lenton
Lake
Tuck
Europe
Hough
United States
England
Canada
Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription Promoted for Women's Diseases
An advertorial touts Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo New York as a leading specialist in women's diseases. It claims his Favorite Prescription and Medical Adviser offer private home treatment and emphasize examinations and local methods, asserting cures for obstinate female ailments and benefits to health and vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae Misy
RV. Pierce
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Huilalo
N.Y
Jerce
Pierce
En Sense R. V. Pierce
Budlalo
Dig at Dr Hillis Sparks Brooklyn Sermon Controversy
New York April 22 reports Reverend Doctor Newell Dwight Hillis of Plymouth Church drawing fire for sermons based on popular novels rather than the Bible. Brooklyn preachers like Theodore L. Cuyler and Charles L. Goodell dispute the method, arguing ministers should preach salvation from Scripture and not novels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Church
Ais
Doctor Hillis
Miemes
Theodore Ll. Cuyler
Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church
Brooklyn
Doctor Hills
Doctor Cuyler
Doctor Fillfix
Will Wisit Ao
Ictor Hilite
Messien
Salva
George Eliot
Charles L. Goodell
Hannon Place Methodist Episcopal Church
Sai
Sam
Lewis H. Streeter
Williams Avenue St. 1
Ible
Doctor Hille
Croker Detention Casts Shadow on England Trip Plans
Reported move to detain Richard Croker delays his departure for England for the racing season. Republicans aim to keep him in New York to address city department ties and maximize scrutiny at the Market committee. Croker laments alleged abuse and says withdrawals of racing entries may follow if he cannot leave to attend planned events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Croker
Borazwe
Tamumars
Umea
Epliv
Willine
Etek An Atford
Maret Committee
Maximind
Croker
New York Hippodrome plans huge upper city amphitheater
New York Hippodrome plans to build a vast oval amphitheater in the upper city, stock at 1 000 000 shares of $10, and a year round program with chariot races and military displays. The project promises monumental entertainment without horses or acrobats, with seating for national leaders and grand telecasts. Land offers on Broadway near Wall Street reached 400 dollars a square foot, but owner EB D Stillman refused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Hippodrome Company
Cire Cus
Antioch
Athens
Rome
Ohtet
Naval
United States
Mernors Menatory
Congressmien
Uyire
Broadway
Wall Street
Lok No
EB. D. Stillman
Celestial feast marks Lees hosting of Mott Street dinner
New York April 22 Chinatown high life recalls a 20 plate dinner by the wealthy Lee family celebrating a new Joes house on Mott Street. The menu features exotic dishes and fine old Chinese wine, with imported altar fittings and ebony furniture.
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New York
Chinatown
Lee
Mott Street
Lees
Wongs
Sid Celessis
Joes
China
Miners Strike Widens in Charleroi and Mons Districts
A sunset movement in central Charleroi and Mons areas, started by coal miners, grows into a broad action as 18,000 workers quit. They demand a 20 percent wage rise after recent prosperity. mine owners refuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Aptuco
Charleroi
Mons
Woman Wins Suit Over Refusing Service Attire
Mrs. Mary Jane Sprague, head of the Hantboy hotel at Ockham, reports over 700 congratulatory messages after a London suit ruling. A quoted Deuteronomy citation notes disapproval of cross-dressing, reflecting the era's gender attire debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Sprague
London
Refasime
Blarberton
Tinchean
Hantboy
Ockham
Fishes Frozen In the Ice Cheyenne Wyoming
Lake Minnehaha in Cheyenne froze solid last winter trapping bass and pike. Thousands of fish died in the ice, many 12 to 18 inches long, and the lake will need cleaning out. The item notes unexpected results from neglected stomach disorders and promotes a dyspepsia remedy.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Minnehaha
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Ehiair Health
Great Britain
Doctor
London Supply CO
Se Broadway NS
Papiess
Prenald
OMI Aus Salles
BU Cs
Hays
Kansas Avenue
Rowley & Snow
Kansas Avenues
Dy Xm
Teri Trvice
Tebe Eae
Andrew Wa
Eres
Dionason
Philadelphia
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Niagara Falls
H. Heller
T. PA
Exchange
Kansas City, Mo
Marconi
MW. B. Hettinger
Swift & Holliday
Illegiate
Bon
AJ. Kane
Tacoma
Wash
Santa Fe Rouse
Rooke
Sim Drug Co
Arcola, Ill
Barnum & Bailey’s Circus
G. Dun & Co
DR. Hillis
Roman Sport
Gotham
Raater
Bed Guilder and
Merve Tonic
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady
Belgium
Geo. W. Stonefield
W. H. Wilson
A. J. Arnold & Son
A.S. Kane & Co
Odenos. M. Penwell
Odd Fellows
Quincy St
Undertakers
de Moss & Penwell
Quincy Street
Undertaking Rooms
Penwell
de Moss
Keeley Institute
Kansas City
Kan
Keeley Institute of Kansas City
Keeley Institutes of Kansas
University Club
West Tenth Street
Missouri
Kansas
Keeley
Grad Pt Cathe Eetor
Superyatem
Mdi
Rcaslona
Leading School OF Business
Barkley
Gus
Kansas Ave
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