I Lost My Goat Up in the Sky on a Skyscraper Beam
A veteran steelworker recalls a perilous near loss when a pet cat leaped from a ribboned neck ornament above a 300 foot drop. He grabbed the cat but lost it, then reflects on nerve and danger in the hardrdous trades. The Philadelphia Press notes bold workers risking life to build great structures and urges steadiness amid peril.
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Huge Panama Canal Turbine Casting At Gatun Power House
A large turbine casting from Burtford Conn will power Gatun Panama locks operations and vessel towing. The unit, part of three castings, weighs about 7000 pounds and will develop 3600 horsepower. Cast alloy is 88 copper 10 tin 2 zinc with tensile strength 80000 pounds and 3% elongation. The vane cores totaled sixteen per wheel and weighed 9 pounds each.
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Cables by Morse Code Invention Aids Submarine Teleg raphy
John Gott chief electrician of the Commercial Cable Company debuts a Morse code receiving method for long submarine cables. Clarence Mackay touts the device as a major leap since the first Atlantic cable, with claims of minimal new machinery. Historical context notes earlier recording devices and wider implications for land and sea cable reliability.
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Iron Bearing Plant Experiments at Vienna Station
Experiments at the agricultural bacteriological station in Vienna seek to increase iron transport to certain plants. The work aims to boost mineral uptake with no adverse effect on the plants’ overall health.
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Wolf Pack Stunned by Four Cigars in Lone Stand
Toby Bergman of Palmer Minnesota faced a wolf pack on a dusk road with only four cigars as weapons. He jabbed at the wolves with glowing ends until camp help arrived, guns finally drove them off. Easter 4 Brittany and other items appear in a jumble of notices and quotes.
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