Inventions and Devices From The Times
A compilation of notes describing inventions and experiments including a Havana cigarette cartridge by Alfred Leblanc, a pocket barb wire stretcher by Col James H. Birch, volcanic explosion causes by M. Hrun and Moc Gautier, a tuberculosis and cattle vaccine claim by Prof Rehling, a poultry roost vermin device by John Higbiversar, and a Russian cement impregnation method with water extraction for stable foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Birch
Plattaburg
Congress
Ambassador White resigns as U S ambassador to Germany
Andrew White, the United States Ambassador to Germany, resigns effective immediately and returns to Hanover where he is taking the waters. Berlin gossip swirls over his successor, with plausible plans to shift Townes to Berlin and appoint Henry White to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew White
United States
Germany
White
Hombure
Berlin
Wr Whites
Townes
St Petersburg
Stoier
Spain
Russia
Ienry White
London
Min
Water Surveys Show Texas River Flows and Dam Impacts
The United States Geological Survey hydrographic parties record daily water heights and stream velocity in Texas. The Bravos River at Waco had its lowest flow on record causing the Waco dam to generate only 130 horsepower. The Colorado River minimum flow was one fifth of prior estimates at the time bonds were issued for the Austin dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
United States Geological Survey
Bravos
Waco
Colorado
Austin
Bret Harte as a Mystery in Harper's Weekly
Harper's Weekly reports Bret Harte as a mysterious figure, cited by William Black in a 1880 letter to Sir Wemyss Reid. Black describes Harte as elusive and erratic, collecting unread letters since February 1887 and avoiding consular duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bret Slarte
William Black
Wemyss Reid
Bret Flarte
Black
Shanes
Catherine
Lscott
Hall Porter
America
Brighton
Harpers Weekly
Yiddish Writers and the Drive of Jewish Literature
A writer in the American Hebrew says Yiddish writers create literature through life in struggle and development. Their audience is industrially ambitious and intellectually alert, driven to exercise all faculties amid persistent life questions. From such turmoil, tinged with intellectual intensity, will arise power to establish the Jewish people.
Franks misused across Australian government stamps
Postmaster general probes lax use of rubber stamps that authenticate all cabinet and departmental correspondence across Australia. Rubber stamps have been used for canvassing church bazaars and club meetings, with messengers and even barmaids receiving marked mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service
Australia
Postmaster General of
Tatve
Express Messenger Byl Death During Bandit Attack on Train
William Byl an Express Messenger with Adams Express Company who served twelve years and held the Chicago to Minneapolis route was killed when tackling a bandit during a hold up of a Chicago Burlington and Quincy train. Born in Cincinnati he came to Illinois as a youth and later worked for the Joliet Daily News before joining Adams Express. He leaves a son who works in Chicago and two daughters teaching in Joliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byl
William Byl
Chicago Burlington and Quincy
Adams Express Company
Savanna, Jr
Calmar Fons
Canal Street
Chicago
Minneapolis
Cincinnati
Humboldt
Coles
Joliet
New Swedish Canal Plans Gain Ground in Sweden
Stockholm reports plans for a new canal between Gothenburg on Sweden’s west coast and Wernerburg on Lake Werner. The project aims to supplement the old canal to Neptune Harbor and North Sea trade, with a depth about 70 feet and capacity up to 4 000 tons per vessel and an annual traffic around 2600000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Gothinbul
Sweden
Wenersburg
North Sea
Carol Martiet
Will Tent
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alfred Leblanc
Havana
Cuba
Archives Des Sciences Physiques Et Naturelles
MI Hrun
MocGautler
Martinique
Stromboli
Ravn
M Gautier
Rehiing
John Higb Iiversar
Walla Walla
Ilso
Nicolay Schietkiewits
Rusia
Ela
David Jayne Hill
Ister
Tower
St Petersberg
Mnich
Washington
Delage
David Jayne Hill Tow
Bellamy Storer
Andrew D
Bret Harte
William Blacks
General Merchandise
East End
A. B. Peironnet
Jo. Blackburn
A. F. Young
Undertaker
Vernal, Utah
G. F. Fredrickson
Dr Aternsons
R. Weltman
Gand Busines Abttentel
East Lintah Avenues
A. G Hatch
Attoraey
Heber, Utah
T. W. Cdonnell
Notary
Johnson Block
F. Harmston
C. E
U & Land Office
Tandrom Miasioners
H. M. Toomey
Star Painting Company
P.O. Box
al. Barnden
Dox IF
Vernal
Palace
Mexttoe Anticr Saloon
Fashionabls
Vernal Lodge
Grande
Denver
Grande Western
Salt Lake City
Price Station
East
Salt Lake Clyani
Wade
Pullman Palace
R. A. Benton
Dept
THE
ELK Hotel
H. Calvert
William Winn
Utah
Vernal Ave
Vernal Ameat Market
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