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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1920
Page
6
The London Times May 26 reports Eng Hshrhan's invention of a prime blower combining internal combustion with steam engine. Gas or oil drives a piston, then steam. waste heat is reused to generate steam. Aims for at least 20 percent fuel efficiency and temporary overload support by steam storage.
The English Mechanic cites William Fr. A. Ellison arguing that war gunfire and dust particles cause rain by creating condensation nuclei. He cites southeastern England downpours after armistice, clouds behind airplanes in clear weather, and soot from chimneys aiding moisture aggregation in a saturated atmosphere. He claims explosions upset the meteorological balance necessary for precipitation.
The process to produce a bamboo needle is lengthy and precise. Poles twenty feet long and 2 to 3 inches in diameter are cut into inch pieces and split into prism shaped blinks for needles. Enamel on the cane provides the hard point, and the material is treated with oil and wax, heated to 340 degrees, soaked forty hours, then tumbled with hard sawdust to cool and polish.
A magazine notes that start coal fires from the bottom with paper and kindling above the coal for better economy. A top layer of coal helps ignition, and proper air draft allows downward burning as gases pass through the burning layer. It is harder to build but saves fuel.
The Columbus Dispatch quotes a reader describing the typical American animal as the skunk. It notes three reasons: skunk found only in American confines, marked by a star on its forehead and stripes on its back, and it is a typical American that harms no one unless interfered with. It fights to a standstill, after which the other runs.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph quote presents Farmer Grimm on managing a son-in-law. He notes that a free mind toward the hired man fosters loyalty, while bullying a son can drive him away. He cautions against harsh denunciations yet supports fair handling.
The Modern Hospital notes that dementia praecox accounts for about 20 percent of hospital commitments. Many patients persist for decades with little chance of recovery, as no physical decay accompanies the mental decline. Treatments remain empirical due to unknown causes.
A Forbes Magazine style exhortation explains how imagination grows from mastery of knowledge. It argues that progress follows disciplined study, then thoughtful synthesis, yielding new ideas rooted in existing understanding. Continuous learning fuels creative power and success.
The phrase blu estocking arose when a literary gentleman declined an invitation and his hostess quipped about blue stockings. Mrs. Thrale, famed Bath hostess, became a noted blue stocking admired by Samuel Johnson and Horace Walpole. Her Bath coteries hosted eminent literary figures in the century’s literary evenings.
A paper presented by D. Mr. Buck to the American Society for Testing Materials reports that very small copper additions in open hearth steel greatly curb corrosion. Tests used ingots with 0.012 to 0.254 per cent copper, rolled into sheets and exposed in the Connellsville coke region alongside copper free samples, showing trace copper halts rapid corrosion.
The text notes that Mexican shoppers prefer images when selecting goods. It cites knife brands rose cran cotton, deer soap, star hatchets, and warns that changing cart wheel colors from yellow could damage a maker’s trade.
S Gernsback writes in the Electrical Experimenter that adding a teaspoonful of ordinary hydrogen peroxide to the water in the acetylene lamp generator increases brightness without harming any part of the apparatus.
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