Phenix Morse Telegraph Club of Brooklyn Unites homes by wires
An historic Brooklyn amateur group forms the Phenix Morse Telegraph Club linking members by private telegraph lines. Established 1879, the club uses a battery powered network along rooftops with twenty three offices and four sets of instruments. Members plan contests for fast Morse transmission and receiving skill, led by secretary Frank L. Catlin-Brock.
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Brooklyn
Phenix Morse Telegraph Club
United States
Phenix Club
America
Marcy Avenue
Fulton Street
Frank L. Catlin
Brockaerth
The Force of Habit and the Codfish Day
A New York Sun brief illustrates how Walter Gratebar's strict daily routines govern taste and routine. When the codfish day is disrupted by smoked beef, his senses and work falter until the household restores the schedule, returning him to normal.
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Mr. Staybolt
Walter Gratebar
Lion and Maiden Vision in Spring Ode and Southern Voice Essay
A vivid poem excerpt portrays a lion and spring maiden in mythic imagery, with Apollo lighting the day and the lion transformed to a lamb. The second piece argues southern country life strengthens voices through hunting, hallooing, and long-distance communication, noting a foreman reputed to be understood from a mile away.
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South
J. Harvie Dew
Overnight Eating Habits and Child Table Etiquette
A collection of brief notes on bedtime eating, child manners at meals, Peter the Great’s motto about small beginnings, a joke about children at table, and snippets on fashion history and canned litchi. The items show period curiosities and social customs.
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Peter the Great
Holland
Harper’s
Worms Eat Lead Pipes and the Lake Superior Fishery
A correspondent reports worms perforating sheet lead pipes with holes up to 614 millimeters, noting sirex gigas as a wood-boring example. The Lake Superior fisheries at Port Arthur yielded over a million pounds in 1888, mainly sold to Chicago/Cleveland interests, with $3,800 invested in boats and $10,000 in nets. Queen Margherita of Italy plans to loan lace collections for the World's Fair exhibition.
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Lake Superior
Port Arthur
Chicago
Cleveland
Julian Ralph
Harper's
Margharita
Italy
Rome
Woman's Exchange
Prices Tell The Tale Chamber Suit At $15
The vendor emphasizes deep discounts to attract crowds at the old stand. A elegant Chamber Suit is offered for 15 dollars and many chairs remain available, signaling a rush sale.
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Apollo
Lun
Flora
Elizabeth Backus Mason
Atlantic
Omaha World-Herald
Cass Avenue
Detroit Free Press
Dot
Philadelphia Ledger
James
Boston
Eether
Neether
New York
Eyether
Nyther
Chicago Tribune
Peking
Duke of Brunswick
Castile
Ayer
Frank Teson, Jr
West Fourth Street
New York City
D. W. Barnes
Valparaiso
Neb
J.C. Ayer
Missouri
Ohio
Tennessee
Caine
Chas. Marvin
Mandrake
Joisus & Lord
Props
Burlington
J. K. Ronne
Merchant Tailoring
Hickory Street
Business Directory
Notery Public
Wm. D. Brown
Liberty St
Warren, Pa
K. Brown
J. H. Donly
Attorneys
First National Bank
H. E. Brown
W. G. Trunkey
Donly & Trunkey
Attorneys-at-Law
Ofice
Sucteld
Librty Street
T. Neill
Hoffman Block
Samuels Bros. Ary Roods
Liberty and
Second Streets
W. V.N. Yates
Warren Savings Bank
L. G. Noyes & Co
Warren
Schermerborn
Judge Scefield
Hazeltine Building
Liberty Street
Bat & Thompson
Attorneys AT Law
Beaty Block
A. A. Davis & Co
D. J. Ball
C. G Thompson
Persmoon
Cable & Peterson
New Savings Bank
Chas. Dimsmoor
Jas. Cable
Chas
A. Peterson
D. J. A. Partridge
New Waters Blackberry Street
Norman Davies
M. D
W. Freeman
Dentis T
Hazeltine
A C. McAlpin
RW. Stunet
D. D.S
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W. Corner
Second and
Liberty Streets
Fisher
Opera House
W. A. Graves
Episcopal Church
Arren Hote Hotel
Knapp
Prop
Water Streets
Penn
E. Bates
Mann House
E. W. Seely
Court House
East
Degler
Ts Pie ‘Ag
Shatente
Kodak
Penre’a
Kosots
Warren Lodge Hall
Second Street
Golden Horse Shoe
Revere
Frank Metzgar
W.N.Y
P.R.E
Hickory St
Hazel St
P. Greenlund
Jonson
Jobnson
C.&e.bartsch
Water Street
Diamond Block
Struthers
Iron Works
Iamono Furmrame Store
Geo. S.davis
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