Retarding Old Age with High Frequency Currents
The Medical Times reports Dr Samuel Tracy of New York advocating high frequency electric currents to slow senility. He links arteriosclerosis to aging, explains waste buildup in autointoxication, and notes that reducing blood vessel pressure and improving elimination through heat ozone and UV effects can ease symptoms with diet hygiene and proper precautions.
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Medical Times
Samuel Tracy
New York
Tracy
Homemade oil filled magnet for 110 volt electroplating lamp
An amateur project describes securing two magnets from a telephone bell or 2000 ohm wind, mounting them on a brass bar, and placing in a cleaned cocoa can filled with oil. Holes in the can cover serve as wire terminals with rubber tubing insulators. The device is usable for electroplating and small battery lamps at 110 volts with wire gauge no larger than no 40.
Short-Circuited Condenser Repair Method
The diagram shows applying DC current to a condenser with a tinfoil paper insulation defect causing contact between sheets. Connect A to one source side and B to the other, then attach A to X on the condenser to burn out the short. Include a fuse wire to blow at five amperes and flash until the short is cleared.
Philadelphia adopts simultaneous telephony for police stations
The Philadelphia Department of Public Safety installed a system allowing one transmitter to reach 35 stations at once. Operators wear headsets with transmitter and receiver, freeing hands for note taking. The central switch can broadcast to all or connect to a single station, with a Vienna paper noted for a similar 800-subscriber setup.
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Philadelphia
Technical World Magazine
Vienna
Nickel Plating By Chemical Deposition On Brass Or Copper
A light nickel coating can be formed on brass or copper without electrical current. Heat a solution of double nickel salts and ammonium salts in water, immerse the metal with aluminum pieces in contact, and gas evolution coats the article with nickel within a minute. The deposit is lighter than electroplating but comparable in quality to ordinary alkaline deposits.
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Brass World
Violins Aged by Electricity Aimed at Richer Tone
A noted violinist and maker claims to simulate aging by an electrical bowing machine. He argues tone depends on vibration rather than time, and he expects a violin to gain 50 years of bowing in 30 days. Details of the machine remain secret.
Day of Telephone Advances in Rail Traffic Control
Editorial in Railway Age notes new labor laws may push railways to replace telegraph with telephone in operation. Wisconsin, West Virginia and federal limits prompt need for more operators. Systems like New York Central, Pennsylvania and Union Pacific run telegraphy schools and experiments using telephony for train dispatch. Southern Pacific already uses telegraphone stations with telephone links for intermediate communication and car telephone connections. Train orders can be clearly transmitted by telephone with the same safety as telegraph under existing rules.
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Railway Age
Literary Digest
Congress
Wisconsin
West Virginia
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific System
Sacramento
First Dining Car Pioneered 40 Years Ago by Chicago & Alton
T C Newton recalls the Chicago and Alton railroad introducing the first dining car in 1868 between Chicago and St Louis. He contrasts the oilcloth, floor-seated, candle-lit car with today’s mahogany, ornate dining cars rivaling top hotels in comfort and cuisine as four decades have passed.
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T. C. Newton
Chicago
Chicago & Alton Railroad
St. Louis
Canales
America
Argentina to extend rail line to Bolivian border
The Argentine Republic reports its rail system reaches Bolivia's border 1 200 miles from Buenos Ayres. A treaty with Bolivia prompts engineering studies to prolong the line, to be built by the Speyer City bank syndicate of New York. In July the New York syndicate will complete the first Bolivian railway section under its Bolivian contract.
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Argentina
Argentine Republic
Bolvia
Buenos Ayres
Bolivia
Speyer City Bank Syndicate
New York
Wide Variance In Crat Railroad Values
The text notes that foreign railroads average capitalization runs about $108,000 per mile over 220,183 miles, while U S lines average a little more than $68,000 per mile across 222,240 miles.
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United States
Electric Locomotives a Success on New Haven line
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company operates 42 electric locomotives with no dissatisfaction reported. Officials praise performance and reliability across routes, signaling strong adoption of electric traction in the system.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
The Railway Engineer Heroes of Peace and War
The poem by J. M. Lewis in the Houston Post lauds railway engineers as peace heroes. It contrasts wartime fighters with civilians who perilously drive trains across dangerous landscapes, risking lives to save others without seeking glory or pensions.
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Railway Engineer
J. M. Lewis
Houston Post
Winter Travel in Siberia Amid Snowbound Trains
Report on Siberian rail travel in deep winter where trains stall at remote stations, passengers survive on black bread and tea, and delays stretch for days. Telegrams to authorities fail to spur action while travelers pass time with games and stories. A couple even marry during a prolonged wait on the steppe.
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Pookhovo
Rostoff
Railroad Stolen Overnight Inspires Townwide Outcry
Citizens awake to find the town's five mile railroad vanished overnight after Friday. President Botts claimed he locked the engine and nailed the right of way before bed, but by morning no spike remained. A reward is offered as the mystery stalls all local business.
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Botts
Sherman
Philadelphia
American
Low Wages for Railway Servants in England
The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants publishes a UK report on 259,280 railway workers. It shows over 100,000 earn about £1 weekly, more than half earn £1 to £1 10s, and only about 11 percent earn more than £7.50 weekly.
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England
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
United Kingdom
Rail ties shortage drains forests and spans oceans
The article notes 106 million railroad ties used in the United States last year, exhausting 600000 acres of timber. Britain sources ties from Russia, requiring about 4 million ties annually. Russian forests are depleted, forcing men to hew logs and drag them 20 miles to rivers for processing.
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United States
Russia
Block System Expands to 60000 Miles Under Signal Control
The article notes close to 60000 miles of railroad now operated under block signals, with nearly 10000 miles added in the last year and a half. This total spans 84 different signaling systems nationwide.
Easy Money Card Trick Exposed as Telephone Ruse
A dentist uses a clever phone based card game to claim a win and collects bets from a drummer and a credit man. A bartender later reveals a lining book and engagement list matching cards to names, exposing the trick as a routine confidence game run on sporting clientele.
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Tenner
Lower Fifth Avenue
Ransome
Ram
Ramsay
Rangame
Cortlandt
Mr. Roberts
Twenty-third Street
Dee
Credit
Drummer
Critic of American "Hustle" and British Shipbuilding Drop
A critique notes American haste often obscures results and wastes effort, with a London Daily Mirror excerpt likening speed to chaotic restaurant waiters. A neighbor interaction quip illustrates missed trust and burglary fears, while the London Financial Times reports a 101,000-ton decline in UK shipbuilding under construction versus last quarter and 459,000 versus a year ago.
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America
London
England
Daily Mirror
United Kingdom
London Financial Times
Of Woman and Her Dark Fall in Quiet Lament
The excerpt quotes Joba Lord on the peril of crushing a woman's soul. It speaks to enduring pain, strength of higher nature, and the extinguishing effect on life and community when empathy and resilience are denied. The passage centers on moral commentary and female experience.
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Joba Lord
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