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Newspaper
Lawrence Weekly Journal
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1886
Page
8
A reporter rides with a horse trader who lambasts inept drivers and calls for driver testing and harness inspection. He contrasts skilled professional carters with underregulated private drivers, notes risks in public and private turnout use, and praises sober stage drivers while warning against showy, reckless equipment and handling. He argues for official standards to protect life and property.
The Tallapoosa gains self steering via a piston driven tiller powered by compressed air and magnets linked to a compass card. A vehicle needle and platinum contacts close circuits to move the helm, with cutouts for manual control. testing occurred at the wharf, with seaway trials pending. Engineer Towne also devised a method to flavor distilled water by cooling compressed air through sea water before mixing with the distillate.
A sharp buys a twenty five cent key ring and uses a clever change scam to walk out with five dollars more than he started. The New York Commercial Advertiser recounts how the con progressed, leaving the merchant unsure whether he lost a ten or a five.
Mind and Body argues healthy mind and body feed each other. It notes the dangers of the social treadmill as couples age, and praises staying active like Ericson at eighty four, Gladstone in his seventies, and De Lesseps canal work at eighty, urging ongoing effort, feeling, and hope.
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