Pioneering sciences headline from 19th century era
Article discusses British scientific progress, the era of rapid weapon and explosives advances, and a view of war’s foundations shifting under science. It notes planned international academic meetings, Paris as a future hub, and remarks by a US dairy chief on a new skimmed-milk based material for paper, insulators, and book coverings.
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British Association
Dover
Troyer
Hven
Iéet
Paris
Wim
Skien
United States Department of Agriculture
Alvord
United States
Multitool Scissors Said to Repurpose for Many Uses
A fragment notes scissors used as tools beyond cutting, functioning as screwdriver, nail-puller, wire-cutter, glass-cutter, and embroidery tracer. When doubled, they become a measuring rule, hammer, finger-nail file, and can opener, with more uses implied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algo
Antarctic Exploration on the Strand Magazine Story
Sir George Nownes chronicles the Southern Cross expedition up to February 27, detailing ten explorers and their future plans. The article notes the winter ahead will be their summer and anticipates the Southern Cross returning to warmer latitudes, steaming to Cape Adair. It highlights scientism as driving exploration and its prominence in geographical societies.
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George Nownes
Southern Cross
Cape Adair
Antarctic
French inventor patents universal sclasora invention
A French inventor has just patented what he calls the universal sclasora, a device he claims will fill every need and render ordinary household tools unnecessary. The concept promises a single tool to perform many tasks, indicating a potential shift in home labor and technology.
Invention by a Wrenchman Promotes American Ingenuity
The article notes an antiseptic broom devised in Savannah Georgia that stores antiseptic agents inside broom straw bags enabling distributed disinfecting action on carpets and rooms. It contrasts this with safety concerns in bicycle and yacht design, citing stress limits and critical rigging components as risks of material economy.
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Savannah
Scientific American
Mately
Defender
Columbia
Shamrock
Inventions and Gadgets Spotlighted in Quick-Change Attachments
A scan of new devices includes quick lace shoes with edge ribs and studs, an Ohio patent telephonic tablet with a reel and severing blade, an elevator safety lock using triangular blocks and cable, adjustable painter brackets with notched sleeves, a whip holder for moving machines with a rear gear, a bicycle pump attachment socket on the frame, and a note that many self-made men of Delog were interrupted before finishing.
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Ohio
Fright Ontrank La Porte Texas Promises Great Growth
La Porte Texas attracts attention of U S businessmen with forecasts of a booming sea port at the head of Galveston Bay. Promoters cite natural advantages, favorable climate, and surrounding farming land as basis for a future of major manufacturing shipping and commercial prominence in a region expected to draw millions in advertising and development.
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le Porte
Texas
United State
la Porte
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Galveston Bay
Texan
The Christmas Issue Of the Lake Shore Book of Trains
Readers learn of a special Christmas edition of the Lake Shore Book of Trains, with postal request details and railroad society figures. The note references F M Byron G W A Chi and J Smith G P A Cleve with a social network around railroad publishing. The passage also mentions Queen Victoria’s descendants, skin care advice about chapped hands, and a London grocery owner identified as Earl of Harrington.
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Lake Shore Book of Trains
F. M. Byron
Chifans
A. J. Smith
G. P. A. Cleve
Tours of Puerto Rico depart from Chicago with luxury shipboard travel
Three tours of Puerto Rico are listed from Chicago with departures December 37 January 28 and February 15. The plan includes Pullman sleepers dining cars and rail and sea travel on the Ponce and San Juan ships under Walter Boyd Townsend and American Tourist Association. Tickets cover all expenses and itineraries are available through Chicago Milwaukee & St Paul Ry agents. Courage is the thing that enables us to forget our fears.
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Puerto Rico
Chicago
New York
Ponce
San Juan
Walter Boyd Townsend
American Tourist Association
Beau Campbell
Marquette Building
Agenix
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry
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