Wireless telegraphy tests for Navy use in 1902
Washington notes detail the Navy Bureau of Equipment testing four wireless systems including Rochefort Ducretet and Braun Siemen. Admiral Bradford explains the challenge of describing the tech, likening sparks in space to a pebble in a pond, with ships needing practical, royalty-free options.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Equipment
Navy Department
Marconi
United States
Marconi Company
Rochefort
Ducretet
theslaby-Arco
Braun-Siemen
Haiske
Bradford
Wireless telegraphy tests and Rochefort claims duel origins
A Washington test program compares sea and land wireless systems. M Rochefort, Paris inventor, promotes his apparatus as more economical and cites broad adoption in Europe and Congo. The Carnegie Institution funds a Wood’s Hole biographical laboratory, promising a premier marine life research site.
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War and Agricultural Departments
Navy Department
Washington
Annapolis
Navy Yard
Naval Academy
Rochefort
Pe M. Rochefort
Paris
Europe
Congo
Hudgins
U.S. A
Wood’s Hole
Mass
University of Chicago
Shaw
Morrisville
Iowa
Judge
Oliver Wendell Homes
Justice Gray
Judge Homes
Shiras
Knox
Rapid Flight of Dreams
An eminent English public figure, fatigued by mental strain and depression, is advised to rest. He sits daily after lunch with a dinner bell, waking as it falls. He briefly sleeps for a second, his mind rests, and his condition improves, while he notes vivid dreams during the bell’s fall.
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England
London
Fairy Tale of Industry at Sault Ste Marie
A Pearson's article chronicles Sault Ste Marie's dramatic transformation from a 2500 population village to a vast industrial center near Lake Superior. Francis H. Clergue’s career fuels the shift as nine thousand workers now labor in new stone factories and bridges rise, altering a once tranquil town. Also notes Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by S Kingston.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Lake Superior
Pearson's
Lake Huron
Francis H. Clergue
The Kaiser Keeps His Word In Crefeld Visit
During his tour of the Rhine industrial district the kaiser praised progress and joked with maids of honor in Crefeld. He promised to send lieutenants and noted there were none. The next day the Crefeld burgomaster received a telegram ordering a garrison for Crefeld and inviting proposals for housing a Hussar regiment.
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Rhenish
Kaiser
Crefeld
Boston
Theiser
von Bissing
Seventh Army Corps
Young Lady Saved in Panama by Remedy Story
A Panama Colombia physician Testifies to Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy saving a sixteen year old girl with severe dysentery. He notes rapid recovery within eight hours and full recovery in a week. Also promotes Herbine and Rocky Mountain Tea from S Kingston druggists with price details.
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Panama
Colombia
Chamberlain
Chas. H. Utter
S. Kingston
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L. A. Richardson
Marime
Ill
James N. Jarvis
Notary Public
F. W. Zanders
West Market Street
Kinloch 17
Ll. Hotson
St. Louis
Rippley’s
Droll's Hardware Store
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Junn
Deimling
Prop
Madison County
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Guennewig Main and Market Sts
Ilinois
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H. C. Gerfen
Sawyer-Man
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