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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1907
Page
3
The article explains a static motor using a glass disk and five armature sections with four field-poles. It details how charged poles interact to move armature segments, driving rotation in one direction. Experiments include wireless telephony tests and weather-related sparking observations.
A London group forms to promote ambidexterity amid debates on whether handedness is innate or learned. The article cites skeletal studies and brain laterality as possible causes and notes future physiologists may assess if left-handed training alters brain development.
A company planning to rent a plant to build metal cars asserts new designs will be stronger and fireproof in accidents. The question remains if travelers in common coaches deserve equally safe vehicles as parlor car patrons. The article envisions rail equipment becoming uniformly safer as technology improves.
A trial of an electric brake on a New York street car, powered by trolley current, uses a handle and foot pedal. The system reduces labor for the motorman and provides smoother stops by instantly releasing pressure. A short circuit device guards against trolley failure for quick halting. Electric signs gain color from small caps that fit bulb ends, enabling cheaper, changeable legends.
A French plan aims to connect Sou dan to Algeria by telegraph with a route through French soil. Britain considers a cape to cape wire spanning Belgian Congo and German East Africa. A new alloy substitutes platinum for electricians, totaling 16% silver 4% nickel 0.5 ounce bismuth and 53 pennyweights gold at about one thirtieth platinum cost.
A German inventor creates a mechanical man capable of many human tasks. The device features 305 compartments and multiple electric motors.
Phineas Gardner Wright of Putnam Connecticut funds an unusual grave plot on Grove cemetery family lot. He installs a granite bust with a middle split beard and a five foot flagstaff to mark his grave, stores demi johns of gin and whiskey underground, and plans a future inscription about never being beaten by a woman. Wright, a 78 year old bachelor, built the monument after retiring with a fortune and once worked on the Air Line railroad. He intends to leave most of his estate to his housekeeper niece and to local churches and hospital.
Congress elevates Dr James Carroll from lieutenant to major in recognition of his voluntary inoculation with yellow fever mosquitoes in Havana. Carroll, born in England in 1854 and naturalized US citizen, served since 1874 and became ill after exposure. His colleague Dr Jesse Lazear died after similar bites. Carroll has a wife and five children.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra opened the central criminal court on the Old Bailey site, a semi state ceremony with a city sword presentation. The 287 by 142 foot façade and 195 foot dome crown the 1.5 million dollar building, which stands where Newgate prison stood since 1188 and hosted public executions until 1868.
A giant Atlantic City flounder carried the skeleton of a gull on its back. The bird attacked a much larger fish and drowned, its talons gripping the flounder until death. The unusual catch sold for eight dollars, which was refused.
Thunder castle the home of the Catons in Catonsville has been bought by former Senator John Hubner and will be torn down for a modern cottage. The stone house on the national pike linked to Charles Carroll and Gen. Winfield Scott sheltered the American Graces. The site once hosted a private school before the Civil War and later served as a private dwelling.
Miss Housekeep complains the dishes are dirty and Bridget retorts with a sharp quip about using darker colored dishes to hide the dirt. The exchange reflects domestic tensions in a light tone.
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