Edison Promises Cement Houses for Slum Reform
Thomas Edison unveils a plan to cast entire houses from cement, claiming cost of twelve hundred dollars and the ability to include a cellar, multiple rooms, and baths. He demonstrates molds and describes a process with iron forms, steam shovels, cranes, and churning to fill every mold cavity.
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New York
Irem
Thomas A. Edison
Munsey's
Mr. Edison
Wizard of Science
Edison
Edison Cement
Inventor Promotes Saving in Fire Insurance Worldwide
The article highlights an inventor who markets a breakthrough in fire insurance saving vast amounts of money. It outlines his plans and emphasizes the potential global impact of these economies and fire safety innovations.
Affidavits and odd tales in a comic verse
A quipping verse playfully argues for affidavits in many tales from romance to crime. It mocks reliance on words without sworn proof and lists humorous, wandering scenarios from fishing to mountain expeditions, urging readers to obtain affidavits. An anecdote about a laundryman and a thief ends the piece.
Bargain Suit Talk Sparks Telephoned Reality
Griggs jokes about buying a suit for eight dollars while Briggs challenges the price, suggesting he would believe a twenty dollar claim only if told over the telephone. The exchange hints at trust and casual bargaining dynamics in a social setting.
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Griggs
Briggs
Clock and Pendulum Exchange in Timed Conversation
A clock comments on swings and timing as it talks about hands and strikes. The exchange hints at a playful relation between mechanism and movement, suggesting how oscillation influences its work and errors. The dialogue implies a creative personification of timekeeping elements.
Rain? Bullfrogs In This Yere Town Over Five Year
A traveler remarks on Arizona dryness and a native retorts with humor about rain and bullfrogs that have not learned to swim in the town, attributed to Gov. Glasscock of West.
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Arizona
Glasscock
West
Phrenology Joke Sparks Head Reading Talk
A boy asks what a person who reads heads is called and learns the term phrenologist. His mother declares after feeling his head that he has been swimming, prompting humorous reflections on head reading and fortune telling.
Elevation Trouble Brings Saucy Exchange in Colorado
A visiting woman suffers from altitude in Colorado. After a breathless moment she sighs she may die. Her son asks if she will go to heaven. She replies with hope. The boy pleads that she stay because she could not endure the altitude.
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Colorado
Heaven
Open door policy clash with visiting congressman
A humorous exchange at a desk features a Mary shouting for a door to be shut and a visitor who is a congressman claiming to support an open door policy confirming a tongue in cheek political moment.
Leaves All to Charity in Waterloo Man's Will
Waterloo man Joseph Fasha died leaving his entire estate to friend D. R. Weaver to distribute among Iowa charitable institutions with district court approval. Fasha left no heirs and owned land near Platte, South Dakota, plus Waterloo farm buildings and two Waterloo lots.
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Waterloo
Josephi Fasha
D. R. Weaver
Lowaga
District Court
Basha
Platte
S.D
Croup Cured and Child’s Life Saved by Cough Remedy
Mrs A Coy Jr of San Antonio testifies that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy saved her three year old Andrew from a severe croup attack. The remedy has long been used with thousands of mothers keeping it on hand and is advertised as never failing. Sold by F L Stolte and Lemmon's Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain
Andrew
F. L. Stolte
Lemmon
Obituary of Dr Josephine M Roberts of Chicago
Dr Josephine M Roberts wife of Dr T G Roberts and lecturer in Hering Medical College died at her Chicago home Monday morning November 8 1909 after weeks of illness. Born September 13 1850 near Pittsburg Pa she taught school and trained as a nurse before earning her medical degree at Hering College. Her career spanned Davenport Ainsworth Columbus Junction and Chicago where she practiced taught elocution and vocal music and assisted her husband at Hering College. She was noted for charity and spiritual care across social strata and left a wide circle of bereaved family friends and colleagues. Communicated Ainsworth Clipper
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Josephine M. Roberts
T. G. Roberts
Hering Medical College
Chicago
Josephine E. McKenzie
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
John P. McKenzie
Phoebe McClelland McKenzie
Anna R. Telford
Madge Salmon
Salmon
Beatrice
Nebraska
MccKenzie
Ainsworth
McKenzie
Tedford
Roberts
Illinois
Iowa
Astern Iowa Normal School
Columbus Junction
Ing Medical College
An of
Davenport
Christ
Dow Town
Ainsworth Clipper
Operators in Conference Map Iowa Miners Wage Fight
Des Moines reports say coal operators held a secret Savery session to plan a wage scale for the Iowa district miners due in a March meeting. They consider extending the current scale for two extra years while a UMW executive board voices hardship from the low pay.
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Des Moines
Savery
Great Feneth
Iowa
Lowa Distict
United Mine Workers
Elliott Hotel
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Hampton
North Pole
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Hampton’s Magazine
Rock Island
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H.W. Russell
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