The Carborundum Romance and its Fire Made Metal Shine
Acheson in Monongahela City experiments with electric current to create Carborundum, a man made crystal that cuts glass and steel. The article details its birth from dentist use to mass production, Niagara power, furnace scale, and global demand, claiming potential value in the billions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NE Day
Acheson
Monongahela City
E. G
Niagara
Niagara Falls
Mr. Acheson
New York
Mongagabela City
Carbeorundum Company
India
Dewa
Carborundum a Wonder of Modern Industry
The narrator traces the discovery and rapid rise of carborundum. From a strange fascination to a versatile abrasive, it becomes cheaper and widely used, powering furnaces, dentistry, polishing, and industrial needs, transforming markets and daily life.
Novel Swindles And The Wealthy Targets Exposed
A long exposé details modern swindles aimed at the rich, from fake Old Masters and phantom estates to forged rail stock schemes. It notes cases in New York Cincinnati Chicago and Europe, with victims including a Cincinnati widow and a Dutch estate hoax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Columbus
Ind
Biswell
Europe
United States
Hill
Hague
Holland
America
Oregon
Colorado
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Anneke-Jans
Cronkheit
van Cot
van Dussen
Webber
Brandt
Metzger
Bank of Holland
Horowits
Horowitz
California
New York Central
Louisville and
Nashville
Steamship Coast Lines
Tris
O. King
Parlee Cheatham Deming
San Antonio
Tex
Orville Wisday
Missouri
Colorade Springs
Coepenick
Bertin
Guarda
Coopenick
Sip
Monévar
New England
Curious Pacts and Customs From Far Lands
The passage catalogs odd beliefs and practices: rain hats for children, May rain health myths, marriage rules in France, weight-based brides in the Sandwich Islands, feet binding in China, sky-blue tattooing for South Sea Islanders, tooth filing by African princes, Sayonara meaning, low practice of kissing in Japan, a lottery marriage in Emolensk with dowries, Tartare onion use, Scottish tombstone trades, Spanish sword-worthy women, German pay-weddings, May wedding costs in Germany, and a tragic note on a Malaga girl driven to suicide by neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Sandwich Islands
Japan
Emolensk
Russia
Tertary
Scotland
Abbey of
Dunblane
Germany
Furth
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Resum
Alwe Furnace
the Centre
Joop
Res Liver
Borlin
NLY
Bond
New York Custom House
Spain
Nesr
Malaga
Paospsorus
Kite
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