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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1897
Page
2
A long critique notes The Spectroscope column's six month run and its shift away from public scrutiny. It mocks its posturing and ponders the fickleness of readers while preserving a view of journalism ethics and the role of the newspaper writer. It contrasts voices within the press and laments reliance on unverified reports.
John W Breidenthal of Topeka Kansas, born 1857 near Be Suear Minnesota, a farmer and financier, rose from loan business to state bank commissioner after populist alignment. He married Miss Twin Slaughter of Illinois, has four children, and faced mixed scrutiny over socialist ties and business methods.
An odd new vehicle arrives in Berlin a German two wheeled cab tricycle similar to New York delivery wagons. Inventor Hoffmann claims the device offers high speed low cost travel with a fold away foot platform and weather shield promising inexpensive city transit ahead of public adoption. A paper bicycle concept also surfaces with a London agent naming a designer and a potential factory for such diesels.
A Boston scientist Dr. W W Jacques develops a carbon consuming electric furnace achieving higher efficiency by converting energy directly from carbon oxidation through an electrolyte. The design eliminates dynamos boilers engines and water supply, promising lower costs, fewer attendants, and reduced maintenance. A remark on a mechanical authority cautions against anxiety after marital strain.
A 4 new military autocar designed for ordnance roads carries two machine guns, four artillerymen, and 30,000 rounds. Powered by a 16 horsepower hot air motor, it can fire 50 to 700 rounds per minute, with armor proof against light artillery and casemates for protection. Tests show average road speed of 23 mph with two guns, and historians note troops can precede main forces, seize positions, or defend bridges at high speed.
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