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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1907
Page
3
The article reports Eugene Wolf's seasickness remedy of a hot wet compress applied via a leather cap lined with wet felt and heated by ship electrical wiring. The device seeks to boost brain blood flow to reduce cerebral anemia, allowing rest without frequent steward assistance, and is described as affordable, reusable, and promising though not yet proven universally.
At a Chicago meeting of the Western Society of Engineers F W Huels from Wisconsin presented findings on vibrations from high speed electric lighting engines in railway cars. A seismograph recorded the impact, showing persistent passenger annoyance, with steam turbines proposed as the best remedy.
A report on protective casings and shields against magnetization for timepieces. It notes a Parisian Leroy non magnetic chronometer with high accuracy and mentions Neyret brothers electrophages. Devices include partial iron plates and exterior screens to shield watches from magnetic sources.
A Popular Mechanics trick uses a sheet of white paper dipped in a potassium iodide solution and placed on metal. When connected to a battery, the negative zinc side powers the setup and the positive lead inscribes a name on the wet paper, leaving brown lines on white.
Ww. Co. Heraeus has built an electric furnace in Hanau for determining fusion points of refractory substances. The device uses an iridium tube 20 mm thick and 40 mm in diameter, enabling 1500 to 2000 C to be held. To reach 2000 C, 1200 amperes at five volts are applied. Substances soften at a given temperature and fuse completely five to fifteen degrees higher, depending on the material.
The native mass copper of Lake Superior exhibits the highest electrical conductivity known. A sample from its densest region, drawn into 0.104 inch wire and annealed, reached 102.5 Mathiesson standard, matching cathode copper prepared with low current under the same treatment.
A reported scheme aims to build a Seyssel dam on the Rhone to generate electrical energy and transmit it to Paris by an overhead line.
A Zurich Microphone reportedly overcomes key issues in telephonic transmission by matching current variations to membrane vibrations, enabling stronger and weaker voices to come through more evenly. The design also permits a much stronger battery, benefiting long distance lines and audiphonic devices.
Lessons from British maneuvers show kites can aid observation when balloons fail. A small car hung from a box kite carries a signal service man who reports observations via flag signals, stabilizing the car in strong winds where balloons cannot ascent.
A boy named Carter, raised by a devoted mother, builds an imagined theater world from scraps, grows into a playwright, and finds his fate in New York after his mother confronts his chosen life. The story traces his early childhood fantasies, a pivotal turning point with actor Lindsay, and a mother’s quiet, costly support.
A ghost sighting near Crystal Springs shocks a party returning from a merrymaking trip. Witnesses describe Miles Fuller’s spirit, a white figure on a white horse, possibly with a bound prisoner, haunting the highway between Butte and Rocker, with residents and travelers alarmed and plans to lay the ghost.
The article notes the vast 2,309 mile Chicago to Los Angeles route climbing 7,200 feet, contrasting with the Pennsylvania line. It praises Baldwin Pacific locomotives and smooth roadbeds while acknowledging slower average speeds across rugged terrain and limited double tracking as western rails advance.
An old Negro in a Georgia town steals a white neighbor's chickens. The neighbor rebukes him for sin and asks what he will say at judgment day. Uncle Mose retorts with a quip about recognizing the chickens and asks if they will be acknowledged, underscoring a humorous moral.
A meeting of the American Academy of Sciences reports that rail unevenness has been halved in twenty years on certain lines. Track indicator cars measure rail ups and downs with speeds of 20 to 30 mph. Total per mile inequality dropped from six to seven feet to about 18 to 20 inches, though dents remain a factor.
A Colliers commentary mocks the Pan American railway plan as impractical. It argues rail lines should follow water routes and questions a 5000 mile land route from Panama to Patagonia, noting ocean freight remains cheaper for long cargo.
Ora Miller of Des Moines recounts a Rock Island trip near Yellowstone where a cowboy humorously misnames a town as Big Timber Montana prompting the exchange about the “doggone little” timber. The tale reflects travel anecdotes from a railroad dispatch chief aboard a Northern Pacific journey.
Continued rain storms wash away the Trans-Baikal railway at several points while the southern Lake Baikal line bears heavy landslips between Baikal and Slyuryanka. Two trains are overwhelmed, two soldiers killed, several injured, and many cars wrecked.
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