Binding of Grain and Mechanical Bearings in Harvesters
The article explains why left hand binding was once necessary with hand harvesters and how McCormick introduced roller bearings in binders and mowers. It notes the 1882 McCormick patent form, cage design to keep rollers from jamming, and compares early bearing applications to J Q Perry’s 1869 patent for improved reapers. It also briefly mentions Japanes e paper underclothes and a few unrelated items for humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCormick - Harvesting Machine Company
McCormick
McCormick Roller Bearings Lead to Savings in Harvesters
A Baltimore Sun report notes McCormick Company's innovations in roller bearings for harvesters prevent rollers from loosening and losing loot. The firm emphasizes trials and expense covered by McCormick, claiming annual savings for farmers. The piece also cites a $600,000 steel freight car deal near Pittsburgh and forecasts steel cars replacing wooden ones for durability and forest relief.
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McCormick Pa
McCormick Company
McCormick
Pittsburg
Steck Cays
Baltipmore
Tiai's Catarrh Cure Ad and Odd Bits From The Star
An OCR fragment offers an ad for Tiai's Catarrh Cure with price 750 and references to Hegeman's Camphor Ice. It includes quirky quotes about Nora and Sally, a line about washing dishes, and a short note on the willow as a highly adaptable plant that can grow if a willow switch is planted in wet ground.
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Sam
Abela
No-To-Bac Cure Ad and Theatrical Quip Cited
An advertisement touts a “Guaranteed tobacco habit cure” with a bottle and trial, listing address 091 Aveh St Philadelphia and price fifty cents. A Detroit Dream Press joke suggests women seated on one side and men on the other to avoid men stepping on each other during intermissions.
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Kiang, Ltd
Aveh
Philadelphia
Detroit Drea Press
Shell game trick stuns elephant in Philadelphia tale
In a Philadelphia North American fragment the elephant trumpets aloud as a chim panzee asks what’s the trouble. The pachyderm reports a shell game con and discards a bag of empty peanut shells after the landed hit.
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Buncoed
Philadelphia
Her Preserver Charles Bennett of St Paul Owes Her Life
Charles Bennett of St Paul credits Native Americans with saving his life during a perilous era in frontier history. He recounts the gratitude owed to the Indigenous community whose courage and aid ensured his survival and ongoing well being.
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Charles Bennett
St. Paul
A Story of a Wonderful Cure From Dyspepsia
A letter from Mrs. Charles Hennett of 456 Goodhue Street Bt. Pauly details years of liver trouble and dyspepsia improved by Kickapoo Indian Sagwa. Six bottles claimed to cure and thousands more cited as evidence of the remedy’s benefits. The ad asserts herbal, nonharmful ingredients and availability through druggists at $1.00 per bottle.
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Charles Hennett
Goodhue Street
Pauly
Dee Opsia
X rays and sleep loss experiments described in 19th century article
The piece reports on early X ray photography by Dr Morton producing near full-body images with a floor-mounted Crookes tube and layered brick paper. It also recounts Princeton Prof Warren’s summary of sleep deprivation experiments where sleep-deprived subjects endure distorted perception, grogginess, and impaired judgment after ninety hours without rest.
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Avery
William J. Morton
New York
Morton
H.C. Warren
Princeton University
Patrick
Gilbert
University of Town
Lfe
Horses That Wear Sportshoes On Snow
A Chicago Record note explains horses wearing large flat snowshoes to navigate deep snows in the west and plains. Horses, initially resistant, adapt quickly to the sturdy footwear, used where crusted snow risks leg injuries as they walk more swiftly than bare feet.
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Dakota
Montana
Chicago
Physicians' personal crisis reports rise amid medical deaths
The piece notes theories on why medical professionals show higher death by own action rates. It cites annual figures of 45, 49, and 47 per year over three years, about one in 2,000, with nearly one fiftieth of physician deaths by self harm. Explanations include morbid exposure to illness, indifference to death, and knowledge of lethal means.
Impulse Tempts Doctor To Fatal Drug Access
A fatigued doctor battles an insane impulse as he reaches for deadly poison. On the way to a drug store he meets an agreeable acquaintance, but the temptation to use the poison proves overpowering, leading to a fatal outcome.
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Rerhaupa
Energy Expended in Cloud Formation
A bulletin from the United States Weather Bureau cited by The American Electrician estimates that the annual rainfall over the United States demands about 1.92 billion horsepower hours of work. The calculation equates the energy to lifting water to clouds with the output of 5,000,000 horses working ten hours daily, illustrating the vast energy involved in cloud formation.
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United States Weather Bureau
American Electrician
United States
Floor Scrubbing Machine Now in British Market
A new mechanical floor scrubbing machine is introduced to the British market as a time saving device for households. It scrubs floors, collects dirt as formed, wipes boards dry, and uses hot water for more thorough cleaning than manual methods.
New Chopping Al Patent By J G Grabtree
A view method of manufacturing this time honored implement was patented recently by J G Grabtree of Texarkana Texas. The pail and blade are separate with a mor tired pivoted hinge at the bad and the blade sliding between the two halves of the poll where it is secured by a screw.
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J. G. Grabtree
Texarkana
Texas
Living or Dena Waxwork Prank at Madame Tussauds
A London visitor mistook a wax figure for a beggar and tipped it two pennies. He later explored a hall and, upon seeing a lifelike wax man, fled in fear, exclaiming he could not tell the living from the dead.
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Dena
Madame Tussaud
London
Watch Face and Time: Mesopotamian Roots of 12 Hour System
The article notes Belgian astronomer Houzeau’s recent death and argues for decimal time while tracing the double twelve hour face on clocks. It explains Mesopotamian choice of twelve for its four divisors, linking day and night to sun and stars, a system older than modern watches.
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Houzeau
Mesopotamia
Aluminum production and price trends in the United States
Last year US aluminum output reached 1,300,000 pounds, up from 900,000 the prior year and lower historic figures. Prices have fallen from about 82 dollars per pound a dozen years ago to around 40 cents last year, with a continuing decline as demand grows.
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United States
Diamonds and Rays Test Gem Authenticity in Lab Work
The article notes experiments at Prof Crooke's laboratory using Roentgen rays to distinguish true diamonds from imitations as translucent gems pass light while impostors remain opaque. It mentions tests on pearls rubies sapphires and other stones and describes a combined balloon parachute with an oval air chamber and internal folding mechanism for descent.
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Prof. Crooke
Patents and local notices mix with jokes and ads
A jumbled page lists patents from Northwestern inventors with names and firms, then shifts to light anecdotes from public domains, including a grocer’s dull suburb, a courtroom joke, a constipation remedy ad, and miscellaneous quips, ads, and notices from various sources.
Telephone Etiquette on the Wardrobe Wire
A humorous Harper's Bazar snippet recalls Nora answering a telephone in Mrs. M s absence, a maid learning to reply who is calling. A masculine voice asks who is there and Nora retorts with comic disbelief about knowing who is on the line, illustrating early telephone etiquette.
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Nora
Harper's Bazar
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Washington Star
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Liv
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Minto
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Eli Grocer
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Polk
Missouri
Detroit Free Press
Col. Ingersoll
A_MAN
Bright
Walter Baker & Co
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Dorchester
Mass
Hires Rootbeer
Charlea E. Ied Co
Photography
Vive J and Ray
FOUCH
Dyeu
Western Wheel L Works
Chica AM Linons
Higcoave Free
Draggisis
ROFIT
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Minneapous Minn
Me Li
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Exander UF
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Wasp
Thompson
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