Underground New York City Burrows Beneath The Streets
A city beneath the city describes New York where stores, cafes, and workplaces occupy hollowed spaces under Broadway and subway routes. In underground Manhattan thousands work daily, with over 50,000 employed below street level and a vast network of rooms, vaults, and facilities guiding modern urban growth.
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York
New York
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Ann Street
Broadway
Jersey
Hudson Terminal
Turk and Potato Bug Wedding Unites Northwest Farm Pair
A whimsical Northwest romance ends in a wedding uniting Philip Strange, the Washington State Potato King, and Helen McGraw, the Turkey Queen. Their union follows a summer invasion of potato fields by thousands of veering turkeys who helped curb potato pests amid drought and a record potato harvest.
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Rewster
Wash
Philip Strange
Helen McGraw
Washington State
Northwest
Strange
Miss McGraw
Indian Girl Holds Six Hundred Dollar Weekly Income
Lawrence Kansas reports Ellen Ellen a Chickasha student at Haskell Institute as the wealthiest girl in the area and possibly in Kansas. Her weekly income of 600 and minimal expenses are contrasted with Indian wealth and Caucasian suitors observed by visiting daily at the school.
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Lawrence
Ellen Ellen
Haskell Institute
Haskell
Chickashas
Oklahoma
Ellen Hen
Kansas
Bien Bien
Alice Thaw
Earl of Yarmouth
Babies Pray While the Mothers Pray in Church Nursery
In Columbia Missouri the Methodist Episcopal church organizes a Sunday nursery to keep mothers in services. Led by Mrs. C M Aker, Loretta Ferguson heads the nursery with assistants to entertain children in the pastor's study during sermons. Senior members warn mothers who miss services will face more planning.
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Columbia
Methodist Episcopal Church
C. M. Aker
Aker
Misa Loretta Ferguson
Pastor Aker
Mr. Aker
Miss Ferguson
Mrs. Aker
New Electric Lamp Socket Prevents Short Circuits
Electric World reports a new electric lamp socket with separate inlets for leading-in wires. The design aims to practically eliminate short circuits, fuse blows, and possible fires.
New Electric Motorcycle Promises Silent Startling Range
Electric motorcycle debut claims 75 to 100 miles per full battery, instant start, and no noise. Motor sits under the seat powering a rear wheel via chain, with a three speed controller offering 4, 15, and 85 mph. Six cell 12 volt battery mounted low in frame. standard cells usable. Overall weight about 200 pounds with a 51 inch wheelbase.
Gases Analyzed by Positive Rays in Vacuum Tubes
Sir J J Thomson explains that positive electric rays in vacuum tubes can analyze gases, revealing elemental presence form and allotropes such as ozone. The method uses electric and magnetic fields with photographic deflections to detect tiny quantities and transient chemical states. Battle searchlights prove less useful in finding wounded due to shadows, so acetylene lamps carried by hospital crews remain best.
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J. J. Thomson
France
New Instrument Gives Bed Patients Walking Exercise
A patented electric device called teg Exerciser attaches to the patient’s feet and, with the motor running, provides leg movement and walking benefits without any muscular effort, aiding those confined to bed for extended periods.
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Teg
New Insulator From Phenol Formaldehyde Process
A new electrical insulator is produced by condensing phenol with formaldehyde and is said to resemble veritable Japanese lacquer in appearance and properties.
Progress in Orient Electric Development Highlighted
Augustus D. Curtis spoke at the Electric club noting rapid electricity progress in the orient, especially Japan. He observed modern plants with American-made machinery and Oriental mastery of operations, and contrasted indirect lighting advancements seen abroad with American developments.
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Augustus D. Curtis
Electric Club of Advance
Far East
Orient
Japan
Electric Club
St.Chicago
Mr. Curtis
America
Silk Hat Maintenance Gets Modernized By Iron Device
A note from Popular Electricity describes the Simplex French hat iron as a nickel plated 18 iron with a wooden handle that is electrically heated. The compact tool reaches every part of a stovepipe hat, promising a revolution in keeping hats neat.
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Ed. Howe
Recording Telephone Conversations With Phonograph Mate
A new device links two loud speaking telephones to a Pathe phonograph to create a permanent spoken record of telephone conversations. The system uses a larger current and reproduces speech from the phonograph record in the usual manner.
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la Nature
L’elettricista
P. Perrotti
Pathe
Wireless weather and telecommunication news from early era
Daily wireless weather reports from Gibraltar to London, a 50 mile England Belgium telephone link, rail use of phones on 37000 miles of lines, 12 year pole life with 2650000 renewals yearly, an electric fly trap needing 450 volts, Amarillo water pumped from 18 wells at 300 feet, a new fire alarm indicator with map-based light, electric locomotive headlight tests in Germany, cedar pole growth 190 years for telegraph uses, faster poles from other species, and a Congo river station chain to send wireless messages across Africa.
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London
England
Belgium
Amarillo
Tex
Congo River
Africa
Building Advice From Willian A. Radford Gambrel Roof Design
Readers are urged to consult William A. Radford, Chicago editor and author, for building cost questions. The piece extols economical, distinctive home designs and showcases a gambrel roof house of 45 ft 9 in by 32 ft 6 in, with a center dormer entrance, six large columns, and decorative porch built with wood framing, expanded metal lath, and white cement marble veneer.
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Willian A. Radford
William A. Radford
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Ving Roca
Finishing Options for House Interior Discussed
The editor notes finish ideas for second floor white enamel and mahogany, and recommends plain sawed white oak with mission or cathedral oak on the first floor. A sturdy, darker finish is proposed for those preferring durability, with an estimated total cost of 5500 dollars for high quality materials and thorough construction.
Thrift and a Mexican role amid Broadway strays
James Thornton meets a stranded actor asking for work on Broadway. The actor boasts stock experience and a Mexican role, but Thornton tests his skill by asking him to roll a cigarette, ending in a lighthearted failure. The piece then shifts to a home design description from Popular Magazine detailing a gambrel roof house, interior layout, and colonial finish.
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James Thornton
Broadway
Thornton
Hiro
Real Boys Wanted in a Sunday School Tale
A Bible student tried to teach total depravity to a dozen lads in a mission Sunday school last week. He posed a chalk line and warned against stepping over it, then set them in an orchard with apples allowed but pears forbidden, prompting the class response that they would not touch the pears. The superintendent exclaimed the boys were no good.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Birth rate notes in England reflect future security
Lady Stout of New Zealand, visiting England, says a declining birth rate signals progress. She remarks that as intelligence and education rise, life conditions improve and thoughtful parents feel assured about their children's future.
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Lady Stout
New Zealand
England
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