Fessenden Explains Wireless Telegraphy System Differences
Professor R A Fessenden of the Washington weather bureau outlines his wireless telegraph system. He contrasts it with Marconi’s, noting solid metal conductors, no coherer, multiple tested methods, and the prospect of wireless telephone functioning to 200 miles.
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Fessenden
R. A. Fessenden
Weather Bureau
Washington
Elizabeth City
N. C
New York Journal
Marconi
Income tax rise cited to near war peak
The proposed penny rise in the income tax by Sir Michael Hicks Beach would lift the rate to 1s 3d per pound, close to the wartime peak. A table outlines the rate per pound for fiscal years ending March 31 across a series of years.
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Michael Hicks- Beach
New York Evening Post
Morgan WANTS Paris Mart Listing American Stocks
Report from Paris says J Pierpont Morgan sought to list leading American securities on the Paris bourse. He met with French financiers to assess feasibility amid anticipated new chamber of deputies and possible tax changes on operators rather than the securities listed.
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Paris
J. Pierpont Morgan
New York Evening Journal
France
Chamber of Deputies
England
King Alfonso Next Steps to Spanish Throne
The piece notes Queen Christina will abdicate when King Alfonso reaches majority on May 17, 1902, making him ruler. It describes the healthy, simple life of the young king, the queen’s family life at St Sebastian, and his upcoming completion of studies before reigning. He speaks English French and German.
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Alfonso
Christina
Spain
St. Sebastian
The
Chicago News
Society Protest Over Wedding Gifts Expose Extravagance
The New York Herald reports London society frowning on lavish wedding presents after the Staverdal Stewart marriage cost about 1.75 million dollars. Prominent jewelers note overall display, not value, drives excess while stockbrokers purchase costly items, and nobles seek cheaper tokens to avoid vanity.
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Lord Staverdal
New York Herald
London
Helen Stewart
Regent Street
Stock Exchange
Fatal Fifty Six Age Claimed By World Figures
A St James Budget note observes a curious pattern of notable men and women dying at fifty six. It cites figures such as Dante, Capet, Henry VIII and IV, Paganini, Pope, Marcus Aurelius, Napoleon, Saladin, Lincoln, Spurzheim, and Frederick II among others.
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Dante
Hugh Capet
France
Henry VIII
Henry IV
Germany
Paganini
Alexander Pope
Marcus Aurelius
Frederick I
Prussia
Maria Louisa
Saladin
Egypt
Robert Stephenson
Scipio Africanus
Helvetius
Henry II
Pliny
Julius Cesar
Charles Kingsley
Juan Prim
Henry Knox
van Tromp
Abraham Lincoln
Marryat
George Whitefield
Robert Dudley
Earl of Leicester
Johann Gasper Spurzheim
Ederick II
St. James
Bronze and the ancient origins of copper
The author notes bronze, once called brass, has very ancient roots and questions how early peoples obtained copper. It suggests large native copper deposits near Lake Superior and Baikal, and ponders whether early societies melted ore or found native metal, implying ancient Europe lagged in smelting prowess compared to modern methods.
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Lake Superior
America
Baikal Lake
Siberia
Europe
Necessity for Smiles A Discourse on a Happy Countenance
A reflective piece argues that smiling should be voluntary and context dependent. It contrasts rigid insistence on perpetual cheer with the varied human emotions shown by Mona Lisa and American women, noting personal choice in when to smile and how one feels.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Chicago Tribune
Health for 10 Cents and Cascarets Candy Cathartic Ad
Bright sales copy touts Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a quick path to perfect health with lively liver pure blood clean skin and bright eyes. Genuine tablets stamped C C C sold by all druggists not in bulk.
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C.C. C
Porcelain Plaques Offered With Free Frames by Milwaukee Sentinel
The Milwaukee Sentinel arranged with plaque manufacturers to supply a gilt frame for every porcelain plaque at no extra cost beyond express and delivery. Subscribers can secure a plaque by sending a photo with 30 percent to cover express and delivery. Non subscribers may obtain a plaque by subscribing for three months and paying 30 cents plus delivery. The program promises a return of the photograph with plaque within thirty days and guarantees a faithful likeness that will not fade. Communications go to the Circulation Department of the Milwaukee Sentinel.
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The
Milwaukee Sentinel
Express
Sentinel
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