Inventions Parade: Electric Car Brakes Lamp Cane and More
A Maine man claims a device prevents descending electric cars from rolling back before brakes engage on steep grades. A push switch for lamps mirrors electric lighting buttons. A French inventor creates an electric cane with a concealed battery and lamp in the knob. An electric insect killer uses a wire gauze cover over a candle in circuit. A factory telephony system enables any phone to reach any other via individual switchboards. A carbon pencil with alkali silicate aims to reduce arc lamp hissing by creating a conductive vapor.
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Maine
Pennsylvania R R Timetable East Ward Details
Details of daily train schedules to Sheffield Harrisburg Philadelphia New York and Erie with through Pullman sleeping cars and transfers. Includes train numbers times stations Kane Erie Warren Williamsport Ridgway and key transfers at Harrisburg and Philadelphia. Signed CHAS E PUGH and J R WOOD Genl Manager and Genl Passenger Agent.
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Sheffield
Irisburg
Philadelphia
New York
Harrisburg
Sunbury
Lancaster
Baltimore
Wahiners
Washington
Pullman
Erle
Williamsport
Kane
Warren
Erie
Renovo
Ridgway
Chas.e. Pugh
J. R. Wood
Trains Schedule North and South Yet to Dunkirk Junction
Daily and Sunday train times list No 3 and No 4 trains with stops from Dunkirk to Warren and points south including Fredonia Casadaga Sinclairville Frewsburg and Jamestown connections. Sunday schedule shows No 6 leaving Titusville to Dunkirk connection times. Officials C H Ketcham and W J Sparks note service details.
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Ly Dunkirk
Fredonia
Ebsabsi Laona
Casadaga
Sinclairville
Wroasry
Ross Mul
W Falconer
A&gwc Ross
Frewsburg
Fentonville
Ackley’s
Russellburg
North Warren
Warren
Ackson
Irryineton
Youngsville
Pittsfield
Torpedo
Grand Valley
Titusville
Norry
Garland
Irvington
N. Warren
Russell
Ackley
Junction
Dunkirk
First Presidential New Year Reception at Washingtons
The 1789 New Year reception in New York at the executive mansion on Cherry Street showcased General George Washington and Lady Washington receiving in opulent rooms. Notables like Lady Kitty Dyer, Lady Christina Griffin, John Jay, and Mrs. Rufus King attended, with fashion and jewelry reflecting the era. Guests enjoyed tea, cake, and sociable conversation as no music was played and the couple kept formal etiquette.
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General Washington
Parlieu
Cherry Street
New York
Franklin Square
Harper’s Publishing House
Othe
Lady Washington
Kitty Dyer
Lord Stirling
William Dyer
Kitty
Senate
Christina Griffin
Christina
John Jay
Rufus King
America
Mr. Jay
Robert Morris
Washington
Custis
Washingtons
Desuetude
Home Journal
New Zealand Holiday Habits and Picnics Spark Tourist Notes
Edward Wakefield highlights New Zealanders as holiday oriented, with frequent breaks averaging a month and extended Christmas Easter and New Year breaks. Picnics dominate leisure with trades and societies hosting events, drawing crowds as trains pass scenic countryside.
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New Zealand
Edward Wakefield
A Poem of Enduring Struggle and Aging Stated
The speaker urges a brisker pace addressing a weary companion. They acknowledge shared trials from harsh storms and cold warmth, noting the companion’s aging and weathered form. The imagery centers on endurance, memory, and the toll of time.
Rose Jaffreys and the Dance of a Broken Ring
A melodrama of romance and betrayal centers on Rose Jaffreys a captivating dancer who flirts with Gordon Penmore while attracting Haydon Roth and stirs rival passions. After a night of dancing a sudden kiss leads to love and rings broken trust, later tragedy, and a dawn of reconciliation as a shipwreck and a life rescuers reshape their fates.
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Rose Jaffreys
Margaret
Gordon Penmore
Gordon
Haydon Roth
Mrs. Baddon
Mr. Roth
Mr. Penmore
Rose
Gordor Penmore
Cousin Margaret
Hayden Roth
Hayden
Castoria Nostalgia Spanning Generations
An old promotional verse recalls Castoria as a remedy used from infancy to motherhood. The poem traces a mother’s trust in Castoria across stages from baby through children, highlighting its longstanding family association.
Toys and the Paris New Year Toy Booms
Paris during December to January 6 becomes a vast fair with 850 booths along the boulevards and quays. It details booth rules, camelots, and peddlers, toy varieties from mechanical tin toys to dolls, and the economics of toy production in Paris including major factories, exports, and worker wages.
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Paris
Place Vendome
Bastile
Madeleine
Place de la Republique
Venus of Milo
Houdon
Mme. Recamier
Bon Marche
Louvre
Syndicate of
Toy Manufacturers
Marais
Temple
France
Pres
Prince Henry Turns to Journalism in Paris Soleil
Prince Henry of Orleans writes on China and Politics for the Paris Soleil in one of its final issues. William Morris, English wallpaper maker and artist, appears in rustic attire. Frederick Tennyson’s poetry collection features ten blank verse poems including Psyche. Baroness von Ebner Eschenbach, famed Austrian novelist, is noted for practical watchmaking skills and a personal watch collection.
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Prince Henry of Orleans
Paris Soleil
China
William Morris
Frederick Tennyson
Baroness von Ebner-Eschenboch
Austria
London cyclist Minting performs unicycle spiral feat
The report notes Minting, a London cyclist, riding a unicycle up a narrow spiral twenty inches wide and one hundred feet high, with nets stretched below for safety while spectators view the stunt.
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Oliver Golpsmith
Temple Churchyard
London
Minting
Wealthy unions and grand mansions in early pages
A draft of 200000 was given by Thomas Lowry to his daughter on her marriage to H P Robinson. Joan Loop’s Nob Hill mansion in San Francisco costs 3500000 and remains empty with only an old gardener present. An old soldier recalls Harney’s famed pugilism. Ex Gov Houser rose from Montana surveyor to millionaire by mining windlass. Cary and Cole prove Labrador falls exceed Niagara in height.
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Thomas Lowry
Minneapolis
H. P. Robinson
Joan C. Floop
Nob Hill
San Francisco
Houser
Montana
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Last Chance Gulch
Helena
Bowpoin College
Cary
Cole
Trand
Labrador
Niagara
Reflections on Glory Flattery and Time
The excerpt surveys how love of glory creates heroes while contempt for it births greatness. It notes how wealth despises excess flattery and distrusts sincerity, and that truth and virtue may do less good than their false semblance can do evil. It ends with musings on time and human injustice.
Inventors secure patents for fishing rod and rail coupler
Gen. Lew Wallace receives patents for a fishing rod and a rail coupler. A seamless steel boat from a single metal block by hydraulic pressure is touted as durable and leak free. A new cash register in Wilmington, Delaware reportedly cuts off robbers fingers, with one thief leaving a finger as a deposit.
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Lew Wallace
Wilmington
Del
World Notes From 1930s Press On Pigeons Cremation and Misfits
A front day ship needs 155000 horsepower while France completes a carrier pigeon census. Entomologist Lintner cites over a million insect species. Boston crime reports train stoning rising, lines acceptable unclear. Japan’s cremation is economical with six Tokyo crematories burning a third of the dead at prices up to one pound. Misfit photographs in London attract buyers, including mothers sending images to distant friends.
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Nuremberg
Belgium
Marais
Belleville
Germany
Montreuil
St. Maurice
Paris
France
Murger
Schaunard
Temple Quarter
Pharoah
Mr. Didsbury
Cor
New York Sun
Lintner
Boston
Japan
Tokio
London
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New Waters Block
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Corner Second and
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George H. Higgins
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Ee & Schnur
Hazeltine Building
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Cable & Petersor
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Water Street
M. Walkerman
Oneida Market
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Market and
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W W. Freeman
Hazeltine
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D. I. Ball
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Daily Dispatch
Erie County
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Eric Pas
Apanese Remedies Company
Seigfried & Co
Railroad Guide
Philadelphia & Erie
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Pittsburgh
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Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
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Kinzua
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Tidioute
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Oil City
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W.S. Leffard
R. Bell
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Exchange St
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Garfield
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Barnes
Brookston
Sheffield Junction
Wolf Run
Jerry Crary
Citizens National Bank
Myron Waters
Geo. N. Parmlee
David L. Gerould
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S. P. Hall
A. Hertzel
S. P. Johnson
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W. K. Brown
A. T. Scofield
U. S
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Sikrgfried & Co
John C. West Company
Chicago
Ill
Forby Siegfried & Co
Santa Claus
David Shear
Warren County
Warren Co
President Washington
His Wife
W. A. Buxton
Yankee Blade
Rose Jaffrey
Charity
Harriet Prescott Spofford
Harper's Babar
Jonah
David
New York World
Hame
Castoria
Peo
Lane
Custom House
Emerson
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Richmond Recorder
St. Augustine
Dallas News
Pitcher’s Castoria
Talleyrand’s Sayings
ROYAL
Ark
Philadelphia Weekly Press
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