Early steam engine origins and Serapeum exhibit
Dr. Froank HM Vizetelly notes the idea of steam power traces to ancient displays at the Serapeum of Alexandria in 150 GB. The Serapeum near Memphis housed a temple over the Apis mausoleum. Denis Papin, a French physicist, built the first steam engine with a cylinder and piston and invented a condensing engine, siphon and safety valve. significant advances followed by 1706.
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Froank HM. Vizetelly
Nero
Alexandria
Serapls
Memphis
Egypt
Denis Papin
New Valetoria Presses Offer Better Suit Pressing
Advertising copy touts New Valetoria Presses for superior pressing lasting longer at the same price. It promises better results and guarantees all work with orders to be left at a stated location.
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Valetoria
Evolution of Steam Engines from Porta to Watt and Trevithick
A historic recap traces early steam ideas from Porta and Savery through Newcomen and Papin, highlighting Watt’s condenser in 1769 that vastly cut heat loss, and noting Trevithick and Evans in reviving high pressure engines leading to Stephenson and the locomotive era.
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Newcomen
Carrey
Giovanni Battista Della Porta
Thomas Savery
Papin
James Watt
Richard Trevithick
England
Oliver Evans
United States
Stephenson
Auto theft is harder now across 28 cities
C A Vane of the National Automobile Dealers association reports a survey showing 95,083 cars were stolen in 28 cities last year with 87,186 recovered. Newport, R I had a perfect record with 36 stolen and 36 recovered, while Detroit led both in thefts and recoveries with 12,336 stolen and 11,000 recovered.
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Chicago
C. A. Vane
National Automobile Dealers’ Association
Newport
R. I
Detroit
Word to the Wise Pooch Plays Outsized Guard
A pint sized dog pesters a hobo’s heels and yaps at a neighbor. An elderly lady says it keeps off tramps, the dog’s worth is questioned, and the pup’s bark stirs the large dogs under the porch. The exchange ends with a polite send off.
Freedom in Karr s ze: freedom boosts marriage happiness
In the face of rising divorce rates Booth Tarkington argues in American Magazine that freedom is the essential element of a happy marriage. He contends couples share liberty and equality, consult rather than command, and strive for harmony and devotion.
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Booth Tarkington
Mr. Tarkington
America
Sam
Chaplains School Emblem Described for Fort Leavenworth
A device approved for the Chaplains' school at Fort Leavenworth Kansas features a black shield with a Torah and gold cross on a pointed oval. A ribbon scroll bears the motto The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the outer edge reads The Chaplains' School of the United States Army.
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Chaplains’ School
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Chaplains’ Corps
The
Chaplains’ School of the
United States Army
Governor Paulesen Quotes Fredonia Justice Squire Wiley
A Kansas City Star joke recalls a governor pausing on a decision while a local justice keeps a case in limbo to placate the losing party. The tale contrasts quick rulings with the comfort of perceived deliberation.
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Paulen
Fredonia
Squire Wily
Squire Wiley
Kansas City Star
Time of Equinoxes by the Naval Observatory
The Naval Observatory explains equinox times when day and night are equal. Sunrise and sunset are defined as the sun’s top appearing on the horizon, with refraction adjusted in the observatory tables. Thus two 12 hour days fall a little before the vernal equinox and after the autumnal, varying by latitude.
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Naval Observatory
Observatory
Lightless Tail Light Protects Vehicles On Highways
A new tail light designed for rear end collision protection works without flame or electricity. The device emits a bright red signal when headlight rays hit its focal surface, warning drivers behind it.
Intelligent rattler tale from Corsicana Texas
Jim Curtis found a rattlesnake under a boulder. He released it instead of harming it and the snake followed him home. The reptile settled in his bachelor quarters and became affectionate, sleeping at the foot of his bed. One night a burglar was found entangled in the snake’s coils, the end of its tail protruding from the window as it rattled for help.
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Corsicana
Texas
Jim Curtis
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Dye Works
Jensens
Blacksmith
Athena
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Washington
Boston
Midwest
South
Union Pacific
C. M. Eager
Herb Parker and I
Penn Harris
Troy Laundry
Twin City Sanitary Cleaners
Chaplains
Workingmen’s Clothing
Steve’s Grocery
W. G. Cowan
W. Boyd Whyte
Stangier Building
Pendleton
Attorneys-At-Law
Main Street
Laura Froome
DR. S. F. Sharp
J. L. Geyer
Post Building
Rattler
Pink
Place
Third Street
Bell & Venable
Conoco Gasoline
Bryce Baker
the Kilgore Cafe
Gerald Kilgore
A. W. Logsdon
Main
the Lumber
Turn-A-Lum Lumber Co
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