Spiral Railroad To Crown Pan-American Exposition at Cayuga Island
A vast spiral railway to rise around a 509 foot steel tower near Niagara Falls will be the centerpiece of the Pan-American Exposition. electric powered cars will ascend from 17 to 20 percent grades with safety devices and independent dual spirals. Passengers will face outward as the view expands, with night illumination by electric lights and a top globe glow.
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Cayuga Island
Niagara Falls
Falls
Tle
Mount Washington
Pike's Peak
Canada
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Menaced by Wild Dogs In Arizona New Mexico Border Region
In the Arizona New Mexico border region bands of wild dogs menace livestock. Weighing about 100 pounds, two and a half to three feet tall, they resemble a cross of Siberian bloodhound bulldog and timber wolf. Their bite mimics strychnine poisoning and residents, including Benjamin Brown of Nutrioso, seek to hunt them despite the danger.
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United States
New Mexico
Arizona
Gether
Benjamin Brown
Nutrioso
Per
Delivering Mail on Skate Stilts Calf Poisoning Deaths
A calf belonging to Pollard Pearson of Nutriose was bitten by a wolf-dog while delivering mail on skate stilts. The calf fled to its mother, who licked the wound and the calf recovered briefly. Two days later the calf died from strychnine-like poisoning, and the mother died the next day.
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Pollard Pearson
Mexico's Niagara Harnessed for Mills Power
The Falls of Juanacat lan near Guadalajara in Jalisco State are tapped to drive cotton mill machinery. Six 20 inch turbine wheels produce about 1,800 horsepower, with two pairs in use and a third as reserve. Power is transmitted to Guadalajara by electricity and rope drives, with an aim to expand industrial power across Mexico. Enticement for development centers on reduced plant costs, while postmen in France are described riding stilts and skating to traverse snow in winter.
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Niagara
Tlalpan
Mexico
Guadalajara
Mexco
Boomerangs and the Australian Craft of Function
An observer describes Horace Baker’s boomerang collection and explains how the curved wooden weapons are crafted treated and used by Australian Aboriginal peoples. He details balance wood selection throwing technique varieties and how long a boomerang takes to make noting differences between plain and carved pieces.
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Horace Fbaker
Australia
Bomerang
New York
Mr. Baker
Captain Cook
George
Petra
Weather Watchers Aim To Reach Higher Sky Observations
Weather progress is seen in mid air observations from Fort Logan Colorado where a Signal Corps balloon advances forecasting. Plans include a chain of balloon stations Washington to the Rockies and automatic instruments to take self timed readings at great heights for improved weather predictions.
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Fort Logan
Colorado
Signal Corps
Weather Service
Washington
Rocky Mountains
Weather Department
A Capital by Accident
The piece portrays Berlin as a provincial town turned capital by malice and chance. It stresses the city’s lack of grandeur, calling it a sprawling commercial center on a sandy plain with a dull river and surrounding pine forests and sand.
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Berlin
Vienna
Paris
London
Firefly light used to expose photographic plates
Experiments photographed by firefly light placed in a netted box with sensitive plates show a photographic effect similar to X rays. Closely covered plates reveal distinct photogenic impressions, suggesting a light powered process from living insects.
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Customs
Haps
Mr. Brown
Juanacatlan
Jalisco
France
Bordeaux
Bayonne
Landes
Horace Baker
Boomerang
Willis L. Moore
Mr. Moore
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