Tesla warns future war will be fought by electric weaponry
The piece cites Nikola Tesla predicting electricity could dominate next conflicts, enabling wireless torpedoes and distant shocks that could annihilate armies or whole populations. It contrasts current chemistry with a coming era where wireless energy could weaponize missiles, defenses, and even targets without direct contact.
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Roger Bacon
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Post-Dispatch Sunday
Tubes and Tires Networking in a Campaign for Quality
A tire maker explains a campaign urging motorists to ask for tubes by name and to view tubes as essential as tires. The article details laminated tube construction, sheet-by-sheet rubber inspection, valve timing, and the policy of passing savings to drivers while highlighting increased tube weight and durability.
Oranges, Umbrellas and a Fortunate Courtship
Lucia buys oranges at Tony's stand in rain. A collision disrupts a street vendor's haul, hundreds of oranges spill, a stranger helps, and they share a chance love. Later a jewel-case suspect named John Emerson appears, revealing a courthouse twist. The DA tells the tale and Lucia and John marry days later.
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South Avenue
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TEST OF YOUTH
A brief excerpt notes a market test for fowl age by pinching the breastbone and compares it to a similar test in humans. It describes the sternum and xiphoid cartilage, linking early arterial changes to premature aging. The piece reflects late 19th or early 20th century popular science tone from Youth's Companion.
Women and men see things differently say advice column
A reflective line suggests women view situations differently from men, noting it benefits most husbands. The Indianapolis Star quote frames gender perspectives as a practical advantage in domestic life.
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Indianapolis Star
Conversation on Alice’s looks
Mrs Mawler asks if Alice is very good looking while Mrs Plunderby says she is pretty enough but not an Adonis.
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Adonis
Novel Electric Furnace for Steel Heat Treatment
An electric furnace for heat treating steel used in auto construction is introduced with a novel method to produce uniform, dependable heat. The floor and dome are nonconducting at room temperature. current passes through coke on the floor to heat the floor, then walls and top, until the entire furnace incandesces. Promoters expect widespread future use in automobile part production.
Knicker-What are a congressman's duties
Bocker-To run sit lie and stand. The lines present satirical view on legislative tasks as described in a clipped muse-like verse. No formal duties listed beyond performing political roles and public service actions.
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Hemmed In Crowd Sparks Lighthearted Exchange
A humorous exchange plays on words as one person explains a stitch in the side by saying they were hemmed in a crowd. The remark sparks a quick, witty moment within the gathering.
Various World Notes On War Prosperity and Science
Brief item roundup covers Russia’s supposed wartime prosperity, odd Honduras fish with protruding eyes, a copper antimony alloy as gold substitute, a new undersea desert in the Southern Pacific, and declining tuberculosis death rates in major cities. Mentions cellulose as a wartime cotton substitute, women in armies, Canadian stenographers for a battalion unit, and geologic methods to date oceans.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Valve timing and care for efficient engine operation
The article explains how inlet and exhaust valves control engine efficiency, stressing owners' few who understand valve function. It describes the intake stroke, the need for precise timing, and how wear on cams, tappets, and guides can desynchronize valves, with advice to use a valve timing chart or practical checks.
Woman Power Boosts Auto Cars and Women Drivers
A period piece praises women as primary car drivers and customers. J Velie Lawrence touts the Velie as designed for women, citing starter controls and riding comfort. John Buick of the Dart notes cars empower women, improve health, and expand travel on better roads.
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Auto parts count and quality drive car endurance
The article notes that over 1,000 components are used in building even the simplest car. It highlights bolts, nuts, and screws as forming hundreds of parts, and asserts that good material and workmanship in these components are crucial to the vehicle’s endurance.
California Hosts 164000 Cars in Use Across State
Blythe H. Henderson head of the San Diego exposition motor traffic division reports 164000 automobiles are in use in California, with 128 distinct makes represented.
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California
Blythe H. Henderson
San Diego Exposition
Way to Stop Squeaking Auto Springs
motorists seek remedies for squeaking springs and researchers find graphite between leaves stops the noise. graphite coats leaf surfaces forming a protective veneer that prevents metal contact and lasts. to apply, jack up the car, separate leaves with a screwdriver, dust liberally with flake graphite, then test on rough roads.
Moneyed broker boasts lavish feast amid crumpled speech
A rich London stockbroker entertained guests with a grand dinner as reported by the Telegraph. He praised everything in season and out of season, then quipped that money could buy age and pirates, promising better fare next time.
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