Little Inventions Riches From Small Patents And Puzzles
The article surveys patent riches from minor devices like the rubber ball with elastic cord the cotton tie the fifteen puzzle and the wire bottle stopper. It notes fortune claims from inventors in New York Brooklyn and elsewhere including a loa f with emery and a dancing jim crow while recounting dangers and odd tales of thieves and trials.
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Patent Office
Lave
New York
Charles Quilfelt
Carl Huter
Putnam
Cooms
Navarro
Fifty-seventh Street
Brooklyn
Munn
Scientific American
West
Walter Aiken
Aiken
Rogen
York Worl
Greate ters in any o tylvania discovery notice
Fragmented OCR hints at a regional notice in Pennsylvania referencing Lutheran ministers and state counts. The readable bits suggest a local historical clipping noting religious leadership or demographic detail without full context. Further text needed for precise summary and dates.
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Tylvania
Penn
London Street Tram Lines Span About 1300 Miles
A report notes that London possesses roughly 1300 miles of street railway lines. It highlights the extensive urban network and the scale of municipal transport infrastructure in the capital.
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London
Earth rotates as a giant dynamo powering solar electricity
The San Francisco Examiner reports a scientist’s theory that sun generated electricity causes magnetic needle disturbances. He posits two solar magnetic currents streaming to Earth as corona and sun rays. The Earth’s rotation acts as a dynamo exciting these currents. Sweden and Norway sent 45,000 people in 1890.
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San Francisco Examiner
Sweden
Norway
A Heavy Burden and Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
An advertising claim presents Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a legitimate medicine for women’s disorders. It promises to cure organic displacements and weaknesses with weak back and bearing-down sensations, boosting digestion, blood, and sleep with a money-back guarantee if unsatisfied.
German Syrup Patient Credited Cordial Cure
A Mississippian farmer reports using Boschee's German Syrup after a long dry cough and grippe. He says two bottles freed him from cough grippe and lingering illness and left him feeling well since. The testimonial is dated in the 1800s in South Mississippi.
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Mississippi
Grippe
Vicksburg
Miss
Dixon
Boschee
Peter J. Brials, Jr
Cayuga, Hines Co
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