Burglary Defense Car Aims to Foil Night Robber Bands
An Oklahoma inventor John W Vaughan of Granite unveils a self defense express car design. It uses movable light carriers and slotted cylinders to create external rifles loopholes while plungers and stamps automate securing mail, with a safety feature to plunge interior darkness exposing robbers. Willis E Newton of Oakland is credited as inventor.
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Oklahoma
John W. Vaughan
Granite
Oklo
Testing New Railway Brake in Germany Trial
The Steiner distance brake for railway lines, described as an improvement on air brakes, triggered interest among five railways in Germany. During a test on regular service it automatically applies brakes and opens the whistle when locomotive wheels cross a danger signal, functioning at high speed though a key component broke under extreme strain.
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Germany
New Stamp Affixer Showcases One-Motion Method
A Californian develops a stamp affixer enabling a single hand movement to place stamps, demonstrated by an illustration. The process begins with tearing stamps into strips, lightly gum binding them with the marginal blank, then winding a ribbon of stamps onto a reel to the left while filling the reservoir on the right with water.
World’s brightest searchlight shines at 216 million candles
The article notes Schickert of Nuremberg has completed a searchlight with 216 million candle power. It adds a Paris Pasteur Institute finding that fishes and frogs may host tuberculosis in their intestines, but not a danger to humans when cooked. It observes that flies avoid netting unless there is light behind it, so single-sided windows with nets can keep flies out.
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Schickert
Nuremburg
Germany
Pasteur Institute
Paris
Automatic valve cut off for measuring liquids
An absent minded grocer’s helper may waste profits from improper pouring. The described device uses a suspended platform under a faucet with a weighted rod and adjustable gauge to shut the valve automatically when a desired amount pours. The hinge bar is depressed by the gauge as weight increases, closing the valve. Inventor: Charles Simon of Avilla, Indiana.
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Charles Simon
Avilla
Ind
Gravity and river flow slow the downstream objects
A brief note explains that vessels drifting downstream may move faster than the water itself because both are pulled by gravity. The water faces greater friction, so the boat can appear to outrun its surroundings as it travels downhill with reduced resistance.
Career of W S Bissell Dies in Buffalo at 47
Wilson S Bissell postmaster general under Grover Cleveland from 1893 to 1895 died in Buffalo New York October 6 after a prolonged illness. Born December 1847 in New London he was a Yale graduate and longtime Buffalo lawyer and Democrat with close ties to Cleveland. He spent summers in Bar Harbor before returning to Buffalo where he passed away.
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Wilson Shannon Bissell
Grover Cleveland
Buffalo
N. Y
Mr. Bissell
Bright
Bissell
New York
Bar Harbor
Ras
MF Bissell
Wilson S. Bissell
New London
Yale
Lanning Cleveland & Folsom
Cleveland
Mir. Bissell
Mr. Cleveland
Whales Stranded at St Mary's Bay Prompt Mass Slaughter
A storm drove 143 whales ashore near St Mary's Bay Newfoundland last week. The village mobilized fully, with men, women, and children aiding in the killing and processing of the distressed animals. Blubber was rendered as the crowd seized the oil-bearing bodies for fuel and profit.
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St. Mary’s Bay
N. F
St. Mary’s Beach
Farm Life Can Do John McAleese Ends Politics Forever
John McAleese former police chief and Pittsburg politician now devotes himself to farming. During a visit to his former stomping grounds he offered a carload of pumpkins and a barrel of sweet potatoes as a reward for any insomnia indigestion paresis political helplessness or a gold brick age he cannot cure. The cure involves living three months each year on a farm without knives or surgery.
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John McAleese
Pittsburg
Ibsens Forefathers Hint At Multinational Bloodline
A Munich journal argues Henrik Ibsen’s veins carry Danish, Scotch and German ancestry. It traces his lineage to Peter Ibsen, a Danish fisherman who moved to Bergen in 1720 and wed a German woman. His grandson married a Scotchwoman and their son joined with a German merchant’s daughter.
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Ibsen
Munich
Made Happy by McKinley in Early Adminstration Tale
Robert P. Skinner then United States consul at Marseilles France rose from Ohio publisher to friend of McKinley. The president urged him to marry the girl he admired and Skinner did so shortly after, then received his present appointment.
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Robert P. Skinner
United States
Marseilles
France
Menelek
Abyssinia
McKinley
Skinner
Ohio
Bob
Mr. Skinner
First Boer Student Enters Cornell for Graduate Work
Leopold Reinecke from Wellington Cape Colony becomes the first Boer student at Cornell University and among the first delegates from South African universities to study in the United States. A Dutch German blend, he has spent his life in South Africa and begins graduate studies at Ithaca.
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Cornell
Cornell University
South Africa
Ithaca Institution
Leopold Reinecke
Wellington
Cape Colony
Ancient couple wed as century riders tie vows
Rev. Samuel Tucker of Gumpoint Ohio records a marriage certificate showing the groom Jerre Bosarth of Kenner's Brook aged 101 years and one month and the bride Julia Ano Jenkins aged 99. It marks the groom's sixth marriage and the bride's fourth union.
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Samuel Tucker
Gumpoint
Ohio
Jerre Bosarth
Kenner’s Brook
Julia Ano Jenkins
Advice But No Drink Thirst Remained Unquenched
A seedy man on a street corner longs for a drink as a newsboy departs with a prize. A kindly passerby consoles him with a moral plea to resist craving, warning how drink has ruined many, then moves on while the solitary man contemplates his struggle.
De Wet Praised by American Comment on Ills of Wealth
Former Boer general Christian De Wet now in the United States replies to an American correspondent's quip about American wealth and colonial schemes. He recalls a traveler’s remark that American spending could support many Chinese families, and the exchange turns to a quip about chopsticks.
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Christian de Wet
South Africa
America
de Wet
Up to Date Ridicule of Fashionable Motorists
A satirical verse describes a self important driver with a brindled bulldog reading fashion in a new two seater trap. The scene features Paris gown and hat, imported wrap, a driver and footman, and a reckless dash through the country with wreckage and frightened onlookers as the chauffeur grins.
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Paris
Two Philadelphia Bar Eminent Lawyers Clash in Reunion Failure
The late Benjamin Harris Brewster and his half brother Frederick Carroll Brewster, once U S Attorneys General, had long been estranged. A mutual friend attempted reconciliation with a dinner invitation, but Fred C. sent a card saying Benjam in H Brewster would be home Monday evening May 1, ending negotiations forever.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Harris Brewster
Frederick Carroll Brewster
United States
Fred C
Benjamin H
Benjam Y
Benjamin H. Brewster
Old Germantown Lady Recounts Blood Purity Remark
An elderly Philadelphia resident, lifelong in Germantown, recalls asking a fresh University of Pennsylvania graduate for medical help. The young doctor suggests purifying her blood, prompting the woman to proudly declare her lineage in Philadelphia and her old family status.
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Germantown
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
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