Horn To Give Sound Signals From Berlin Device
Deutsche Telephonwerke of Berlin unveils an electric siren driven by a variable frequency electromagnet and nickel bronze membrane. The hermetically sealed, gas cooled unit operates in rain and dust, using minimal energy while delivering far stronger signals than bells. It supports parallel control from a central button and can transmit Morse like signals across alarms, railways, mines, banks, automobiles, and boats.
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Deutsche Telephonwerke
Berlin
Arma
Escela
3 &C
The Truth About the Benders from Downers Deposition
Chicago man George Evans Downer claims to know what befell the Bender family of Labette County Kansas. He describes Kate Bender as strikingly beautiful and details a posse pursuit, a missing doctor York, and a deadly trail around Drum Creek and Big Hill Creek. Downer cites names like Carpenter and Christy and recalls a 19th century massacre scene near the Bender ranch with a note on the back door pump and a roadside camping ground nearby.
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Denver
Eorge Evans Downer
Chicago
Bender
Labette County
Kansas
Kate
Row
Polkkeman & C Carpente
Kate Bender
Te Bencer
Tukre Esterday
Charles Christy
Cam Supply
Red River
Caerpenter
Dr York
Post
Montgomery County
Bender Ranch
Downer
Drum Creek
Big Hil Creek
John
Lok
D. Avery
S Delos Avery
Tom Harrison
Wiliam Wright
Trayer Lake
William Wright
Dr. York
Colonel York
Benders
Ft Griffin
Texas
Turner
Payne
Macon
Floyd
Indian Territory
Camp Supply
I. T
Canon Bianco
Elk River
Griffin
Canon
Albany
Field
New York
Cory
White
Black & White
Thirty-sixth Street
George
Yonah
Fred Grent
Uncle George
Black & White's
Kentucky
Nashville
Black
Bpokane
Georga
Dessarta
Talut
Benders tale and haunted poker house memories told
Recollections recount the Bender family fate with rival claims of vigilante reprisals and testimony from Captain Christy. A second thread follows Uncle George at a New York poker hall where ghostly hints spark wakeful vigilance and a lifelike peril in the late hours.
The Boardwalk Show at Pois Corner Fashion Parade
A bustling boardwalk scene features a stylish young couple in elaborate vaudeville attire and a prairie party of three women dressed in two year old fashion. A wicker chair entrant with a flamboyant polka dot dress and gleaming hair adds a striking contrast as spectators gaze on.
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Everybody 5 Magazine
Posable
Ike
Pois
Main
Market
Public Square
Washington
State
Prairies
Thread spool foils service at county line caper
In Mayfield Kentucky a deputy constable hid in roadside bushes at the Graves Carlisle county line to serve papers on A C Linn of Carlisle County. A mule rider bought a spool of thread, the spool rolled across the line into Graves County, and Linn crossed to retrieve it, where the deputy then sprang out and served the papers.
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Masfeld
Unis County
A C Linn
Carlisle County
Mayfield
Evang & Covington
Graves and
Garlisle
Wallace Webb
F E Webb
Mr. Linn
Books Bound in Human Skin and a Mystery German Student
A Philadelphia tale recounts Carl Kauffman a 26 year old German exile who died after a mysterious illness. Dr Matthew Woods recalls the scholar who tutored him and kept a room filled with rare art objects and foreign books. A lone photograph and a burned note hint at a romantic link.
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Matthew Woods
South Broad Street
Worth Street
Teuton
Carl Kauffman
Europe
Whitch
Iagds
China
Japan
Ceylon
Egypt
Fidence
Woods
Booka
Willam Horace
Kauffman
Shark Attacks Boat Fans as Nine-Foot Sharks Feeds
Mazatlan reports a nine foot shark chased a fishermen’s sloop loaded with fish. The creature clamped onto the boat edge, swallowed fish in large mouthfuls, then took a hook and several fish, finally hauled ashore with a crowd helping.
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Mazatlan
Soap Reduces Weight in Curious Health Quests
A New York Press note recounts Dr Taft avoiding quacks while describing soap as a weight loss cure. It cites a patient at 291 pounds who used Castile soap nightly, shedding 28 pounds in two years and reaching 200 pounds in six, alongside remarks on Darwin and Dr Cheyne promoting diet and restraint to slim down.
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Kasaya
Matt Day
Kauffman
Montatene
Homer
Virgil
Horace
Tony
Mt Laurel
Nevada
Jefferson
Acheta Donestica
Gil Blas de Santillane
le Hage
New York Press
Taft
Flemyhg
Castile
Darwin
Cheyne
Borough to Trim Trees for Safe Sidewalk Hats
Mayor White reported complaints from Glen Ridge women who could not keep Merry Widow hats on while walking due to overhanging branches. The Street and Sidewalk Committee will trim trees immediately to prevent further mishaps as large hats blocked traffic on the sidewalk.
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Glen Ridge Cor
New York Tribune
White
Cme
How to Read a Newspaper
A compact humorous guide suggests placing the newspaper on a tilted shelf and separating pages so each can be turned without disturbing the rest. It claims this makes the news seem twice as fresh and good.
Zoology lessons for the blind in Paris Institute
In Paris the Institute for the Blind teaches zoology to children using models and stuffed specimens. Students learn animal identification from the models and then study anatomy by handling preserved specimens to better understand each creature.
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London
Ilustrated News
Institute For the Blind
Paris
Diver George Richmer Rescued After Two Hour Underwater Ordeal
The Wide World Magazine recounts divers hero George Richmer’s perilous April 1907 dive in Ipswich to repair the General Boisdefelle. Trapped by a tangled wire, mud, and a shifting ship, he battled suffocation and fear, signaling for aid for hours before being freed and revived by a doctor and crew.
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Cwie World
Wide ‘World
Ipswich
George Richmer
Ipswich Dock Commissioners
General
Boisdefelle
San Francisco
Tigre
George
Getting Acquainted The Bride and Groom in a Pie Joke
A humorous 19th century cartoon caption from Harper's Weekly sketches a bride and groom in a playful exchange about pie eating. The Bride scolds the Groom for eating pie with his fingers while the Groom quips about keeping promises and assisting with the knife.
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Harper's Weekly
Henry
Mary
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
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Chicago News
Couch
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