Two scientists picture electricity shaping future climate control
In an 1895 column the American Professor Cracker and English Professor Walker discuss regulating climate with electricity. Cracker imagines a steel pipeline cooling the Atlantic seaboard and heating in winter. Walker foresees rainfall and weather management via plant power and electricity. The piece also surveys youth choices between marriage and success amid social change.
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America
England
FB Cracker
New York
Professor Cracker
Arctic Circle
Equator
Atlantic Seaboard
Crocker
Sydney F. Walker
England aims at world influence through canal and colonies
The speaker designate Mr. Gully, grandson of a prizefigher, sparks British curiosity. The editor warns that if he had lived here, the elder prizefighter might join Congress. The piece urges persistent effort to build the Nicaragua canal before Britain or Germany seize Samoa or Japan Hawaii.
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Gully
House of Commons
Congress
Nicaragua
England
Germany
Samoa
Japan
Hawaii
The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Notions
A historical column critiques Oscar Wilde and the aesthete movement, praising earnestness and warning against moral laxity. It contrasts Wilde’s school with cl ear purpose, notes Sullivan’s career and wealth, and discusses Kansas Supreme Court hypnosis in a murder case, cautioning judges to avoid overreliance on hypnotic claims.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Jackson
Tennessee
Justice White
United States
Supreme Court
Astors
Supreme Law
Congress
Harlan and White
Supreme Bench
Oscar Wilde
Wilde
Supreme Court of Kansas
Kansas
Heaviest armor plate tests show lighter warship plating possible
Carnegie armor study suggests heat treatment and water spray make Harveyized armor as strong as 14 inch plates, resisting 17 inch test shots at Indian Head. A second item notes a railway dividend from Chicago and Alton amid a weak market, plus a German obituary of Elizabeth Viererbe.
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Carnegie
Carnegie Works
Indian Head
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Permanent Cures
An 19th century advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier that yields permanent cures rather than temporary relief. It cites Olive Carl’s dramatic recovery from paralysis-like symptoms, recounts gradual to rapid improvement, and urges readers to vitalize and enrich blood to regain appetite and health. A case of nervous dyspepsia also linked to impure blood concludes with a recommendation to try the tonic.
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Hood
Olive Carl
Olive
Hood's Sarsaparilla Restores Child from Severe Illness
Mrs. J. A. Carr of Reynoldsville Pennsylvania recalls her eight year old daughter Viakes Pure Olive suffering with whooping cough measles and rheumatic like joint pain. After a doctor labeled constitutional serum a Hood’s Sarsaparilla cure brought swift relief and a return to health, prompting praise for the blood purifier and urging a spring trial.
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Olive
Hood
J. A. Carr
Reynoldsville
Pennsylvania
A Society Girl Poses Constance Arthur Mystery
In New York society circles a beautiful model known as Constance Arthur captivates artists and editors alike, revealed to be Blanche Bayliss. Her sisters support themselves with independent ventures while one designs gowns and hats for photos, all sustaining their social standing.
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Medico-Legal Society of the
United States
Congress
New York City
The
Medico- Legal Society
Department of
Feychelogy
Constance Arthur
New York
Bohemia
Miss Arthur
Blanche Bayliss
London
Nobleman’s Strange Career Told by Vienna Police
A Polish nobleman Joseph Ledochowski was arrested in a Vienna hotel for stealing coal clothes and jewelry. The case, recounted to Vienna police and corroborated, traces a remarkable career from Siberian upbringing to exile and escape from a convict settlement.
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Joseph Ledochowski
Vienna
Siberia
Moth Eats Lead From Bullet In West Virginia Hunt
Charles Johnson of Marlington West Virginia found a loaded rifle barrel after two weeks in a closet and discovered lead dust in the barrel with a dried moth. Experts concluded the moth had eaten the lead, leaving a dusty residue. Calvin's marked face described as impressive and stern.
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Charles Johnson
Marlington
W. Va
Hood’s Sarsaparilla Proclaims Health Benefits
Advertised testimonials cite blood purification and improved appetite after using six bottles. Mrs Simon Decker of Ruggles Pennsylvania reports eating again after years of restriction. John Craze of Somerville Virginia credits Hood’s with refreshing sleep and no morning fatigue.
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Mra Simon Decker
Ruggles
Pennsylvania
Hood
Somerville
Vaasa
Edward Jakobowski and the Era of Light Operas
Prominent composer Edward Jakobowski, born in 1858 in London, rose from Vienna training to create Erminie and other light operas. His works include Nick, My Cherry Jan, Paolo, and The Queen of Brilliants, with initial stages and librettos by Harry Paultn. He continues composing Le Careme de Titine and works with Brandon Thomas.
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United Staes
New York
Francis Wilson
Edward Jakobowski
London
Edward Jakobowskl
Edward
Vienna
Society of Musical Friends
Hellmesberger
Pariy
Jakobowski
Nick
Alfred Murray
Jan
Paolo
Erminie
Harry Paulton
Lillian Russell
Francia Wilson
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Ledger
News Publishing Co
D. Reed
France
International League of Press Clubs
Philadelphia
Pen and Pencil Club
Clark Howell
Atlanta Constitution
League
Iwagae
G. W Childs
Srein Man Étate Association
Intersecivuivacoe
Europe
Treas Department
Washington
States
Cuba
Spain
John L Sullivan
Boston Post
Paing
John L. Sullivan
Post
Tham
Chicago and Alton
Elizabeth Viererbe
Elizabeth
Viakes Pure
Mongolia
Dyurope
Russia
Switzerland
Basel
Casar Borgia
Harlan
Otis Harlan
Charles Hoyt
Hot Stuff
Savannah
Julius Oesar
Sam
Julius Cesar
Brutus
Avon
Bonito
Calvin
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