Patent Office Exhibit Shows Wonder of American Inventions
A Washington report tours the patent office displaying models from grave markers to false teeth and embalming devices. It notes 22,298 patents granted last year, over a million in receipts, and Benton J. Hall guiding the bureau as commissioner. The piece highlights the vast halls, glass cases, and curious wares that mingle genius with oddities, including a model grave and a patent fly protector.
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Patent Office
Uncle Sam
Tsa
A. T. Stewart
Bureau
Washington
Ginch
New York Elevated
Howe
Singer
Interior Department
Vilas
Benton J. Hall
Iowa
Mukt Dealer
San Diego as a Living Rival to California Valleys
Special correspondence recalls an 1850s visit from New York noting San Diego’s fast rise beside Los Angeles, electric streetcars, Coronado Beach, and an ostrich farm. The writer compares the Pacific coast’s landscape, water abundance, and harbor view, praising San Diego’s potential and dramatic ocean scenery.
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New York
San Diego
Traverees
Pacific Coast
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Hotel St. James
Bay
del Coronado
Coronado Beach
Padre
Afigean
Peloponnesus
Union
Anchl
San
California
Los Angeles
Queen of the Angels
Bay of
Sancisco
San di
Verbatim Reporting and the Repertorial Art
James W. Clarke argues that true reporting relies on precise longhand character and authentic expression rather than mechanical word-for-word transcription. He praises skilled reporters who balance accuracy with thoughtful narration, resisting average shortcuts in journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reporcar
Lea
James W. Clarke
Eventful career of John Taylor of Artersville Georgia
A garbled 19th century account describes John Taylor of Artersville claiming descent from President Zachary Taylor and service in the Mexican War. It chronicles his supposed rise as a couture barber, ties to military figures, a large gambling house, and an eventual fall amid Civil War upheavals with references to fortune, tobacco warehouses, and shifting loyalties.
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Artersville
John Taylor
Zachary Taylor
Taylor
Wiliam R. Johnson
Gen. Taylor
Atlanta
Leedquart
Tur Street
Atlan Minerce
Milltary
Reguar
Gens
Sherman
Slocum
Cobb
Judah
Johnson
Stevenson
Bob” Toombs
Ben Hill
Alexander H. Stephens
Miajor” Taylor
Wris
Mia
Neonmindedd Teylor
H. Winsox
Pearance
Aise Madison
Paio Io House
Tias
Nevi
Mai
Sune
Broadway
Europ
Charia
Mary
New York Letter on Lorillards and a City in Heat
Special correspondence from New York recalls the Lorillard snuff family origin in Peckslip and Water Street, tracing wealth from a tiny shop to a multimegastar estate. It contrasts Peter Lorillard’s parsimonious beginnings with Pierre’s prodigal generosity, while noting a brutal June heat and shifting fortunes amid crowded tenements and a scorching city.
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New York
Israel
Canal Street
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
City Limited
Lorillards
Peckslip
Water Street
Vasa
John Jacob Astor
Qld
Peter” Lorillard
Peter
Pierre
Lorillard
Raphaels
Corvegios
Ory Tosiz
Beau Monde
New Hampshire
Hong Isla
Adirondac
Swiss Schuetzenfest Seen Through An Interlaken Visit
Special correspondence from Interlaken Switzerland reports on schuetzenfest culture, cantonal target shooting, and the prestige of the schuetzenkoenig. It notes no professionals compete, prizes in medals cups or money, and a celebrated five year reign by a champion who narrowly holds ahead of rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Visita
Interlaken
Switzerland
America
Schuetzenkoenig
Gladiators of Ancient Rome Parade In The Arena
A fragment describes an eight hundred gladiators act in Rome with two by two marches. They wore soldier like armor with ornate helmets featuring colored plumes. Fighters carried nets and tridents and fought with swift footwork and light equipment for speed.
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Rome
St Nicholas
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the Patent Office
Glees Gravestanca Aml
Shington
National Library
John Clark Ridpath
Coronado
Ar & Tu
Fieent Court
Isiter
Ste
el Monterey
Palace of
San Francisco
del Coronaco
Novana
Pacific
Atlantic
Semare
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