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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1904
Page
9
A 1920s era concept describing roadside information boards at crossroads. The design combines directions distances a weather vane sundial thermometer a mailbox and a daily weather bulletin system to aid travelers and farmers along rural routes with maintenance by local carriers.
London experiments replace Bertillon measurements with fingerprint impressions to identify criminals. In six months 1,722 offenders were identified by fingerprints versus 462 by Bertillon, with yearly totals expected near 3,000. Francis Galton is credited with advancing this system and its use for signing documents elsewhere.
Reports show a parasite called trypanosoma in cerebrospinal fluid during all stages, with some cases also in blood. The illness confines to a 15 mile belt along the northern shore of Victoria Nyanza, where abundant tsetse flies may spread the infection like other animal trypanosomes.
Yonkers inventor W Pollard Foote develops pollardite a thin veneer made from pulped waste paper. The material is claimed to be harder than many stones and resistant to fire water acids rust and temperature extremes when applied to iron wood stone or brick.
An Edison Works employee in West Orange New Jersey has patented a tire device intended to supplant the pneumatic tire. The wheel carries the air tube in a steel frame around the axle, so the vehicle’s body takes no direct blast from the tube and pinching danger is eliminated.
A Beaverhead county contest invites reputable Tribune readers to enter from February 6 to June 5 1904 by mailing or delivering coupons with name and address to the Contest Department. Votes are issued by coupons from each issue and with purchases, subscriptions, or job work. Prizes include a round trip to the St Louis World's Fair for the top voter, a second prize round trip, and a third prize cash equivalent.
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