SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS: MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1929. "Radio Wizard" to Appear Here Under Auspices of Express-News Operates 4 Cars by Wireless at Once In operating by wireless control four standard, stock model automobiles at the same time, Maurice T. Francill, world-renowned engineer and inventor, performs one of the most difficult experiments in all the …
(no image yet located)l New Zealand Evening Post 3 Dec 1904. Lovers of the mysterious will welcome a new item which has been added to the programme of the London Hippodrome (says an exchange). It is called "Zutka, the Mysterious," and whether "Zutka" is a living person or a dummy is a problem which must …
(Images from Scientific American article Jan 13, 1906) January 13, 1906 edition of Scientific American. A CLEVER MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL AUTOMATON. An interesting, novel, and pseudo-scientific attraction has recently been entertaining London audiences at the Hippodrome variety theater. This is a cleverly-constructed figure which apparently walks and writes automatically. It is called Enigmarelle," and is seemingly …
(Source: LA Herald 21 March 1906) Phroso appeared in Wisconsin in 1905: "'What is it anyway?' This is the question that is being asked by those who attended the performances at the Bijou theater and saw the act 'Phroso, the Mechanical Doll.' Phroso certainly is a puzzle, whether man or automaton. He or It is a …