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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1902
Page
6
A fragmented text discusses modern painters in Crema and portraiture, focusing on perceived authenticity of sitter expression and the influence of photography. It toys with the relationship between painting and photographic truth, referencing portraits, techniques, and critics in a dated, streamlike style.
The text outlines the open hearth and basic steelmaking sequence with a furnace charge and tapping, noting steps such as reduction, melting, and pouring. It mentions a specific operator and period routines, indicating periodic sampling and processing cadence, but the fragmentary script lacks coherent details or dates.
A damaged OCR passage references trade, preparations, and various names in a garbled historical context. The text mentions different people, locations, and activities though the meaning is unclear and many words are unreadable. No coherent events or outcomes can be determined from the fragment.
Report describes a large submarine craft named M. thouhet by Preset submarine staff. It outlines a 200 passenger boat intended for service across Dover Strait. Current craft require longer trips and lack comfort, but the new design promises faster travel and improved range.
Early studies show weeds and their root systems improve soil structure by breaking up compact layers and releasing nutrients. When plowed under they leave organic matter near the surface that benefits subsequent crops like wheat and potatoes, aiding water and air access for roots.
The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of London opens a school at Frinton on Sea, Essex, to teach wireless telegraphy. The institution, described as Britain's first of its kind, trains pupils in the alphabet, instrument operation, and repairs, with eight weeks of study before certification.
A fragment from The New Century highlights seaweed as a diet aid with supposed cure for nervousness and rheumatic distress. It claims seaweed stimulates skin pores and releases sulfur compounds, suggesting broad health benefits.
The text debates whether nickel content distinguishes cosmic dust from terrestrial dust. It notes nickeliferous components occur in various materials including ores, soot, and atmospheric dust, challenging the idea that nickel presence alone proves cosmic origin.
Jor Vaughan Cornish presented a cinématograph image of a tidal wave at the Royal Geographical Society. The film, about two feet long, comprised 2,400 individual pictures and conveyed the dramatic scene with clear detail and evident emotion.
Eleetropolaited doors and croft doors are advertised as cheaper lighter fronts resembling solid copper or other metals with bas-reliefs. The article notes a wooden finish and suggests the look is achieved without true solid metal construction, offering a desientable aesthetic.
A Berlin inventor unveils a novel smoke consuming contrivance for furnaces. The device, already used with success in major German engineering projects, is proposed for nationwide adoption in the naval service.
In the mountains of the Alps rope hazards and a new danger from lightning conductors threaten hikers. The article notes several tourists were struck or stunned by the perilous setup, highlighting risks on exposed routes and near safeguards. Local officials warn of unforeseen hazards in tourist areas.
A scientific journal reports a heated room renews its air through the walls within an hour amid a 25 degree outdoor to indoor temperature difference. The article mentions the Philippines goby fish, noting its average length of about half an inch.
An early health article argues that proper bedding and clothing must modulate temperature to match seasons and body areas. It warns against excessive warmth from heavy mattresses and blankets, recommending a spring wire base with porous coverings to prevent spinal overheating and sleep disturbances.
Frederick Sucdentrop of Linn Missouri invents a vegetable crating device described in a recent Scientific American issue. An upright frame carries a front tray and a clamping bottom, holding vegetables against a rotating disk cutter. The disk forms blades from outward tabs or inward gratings for chopping or grating, enabling rapid preparation for table use.
Artificial marble is made by mixing oxide of magnesia with chloride of magnesium. The oxide is produced by burning the mineral inmagnesite, while the chloride results from treating the oxide with hydrochloric acid. Also, ordinary plaster of parts hardened with borax and other ingredients can yield artificial marble, colored with mineral oxides. Oxides of iron and copper are sometimes used for coloring.
Deherain and Dupoa announce a method by which starch forms in grain. Green stalks remaining after other parts dry decompose atmospheric carbonic acid to yield carbohydrates that accumulate as starch in the grain. Late starch production is abundant if stalks do not dry early.
A New York World correspondent reports an Austrian doctor claims to restore appetite in sick patients using carbonic acid at minus temperatures. The treatment involves applying frozen carbonic acid snow to the stomach with a bag and a layer of cotton, sometimes with ether to raise the temperature, kept for hours.
A report details a water mower attached to a rowboat designed to cut aquatic weeds. The device weighs about seventy five pounds with a horizontal cutter just below the surface and powered by a lever. Also noted is a Royal Society announcement on sun temperature and a new photosemblena device by Dae Tho Pratt aiding patients in anxious cases.
A fragmentary notice discusses whether the Moon is dead or alive and mentions astronomer M. Charltonpeary of Moncton and assistants observing a feature on the Moon. It then shifts to bones and character, claiming strength of bone structure reflects honesty, with Lincolns’s bones cited as proof. Also notes a new rifle tested at the Thames range in England with an internal striker and rapid action.
The article notes citrine scents including bergamot neroli and orange blossom as refreshing and mildly stimulating when prepared well. It states animal bases such as musk ambergris or ambergris are essential for a lasting perfume, but bases that are too strong irritate the flower scent.
A patent was issued to Lewis B. Clark track foreman at Belle Dockyardes of the Consolidated road at New Haven. Civil engineer Connie devised an instrument using mirrors to align gauging tracks in an ingenious arrangement.
A new type of hosiery called Traper stockings is soon to enter the market. The paper is twisted into a rough twine like surface to give a soft woolly look and then knitted into hose.
M Floresco reports a relation between iron content in animals and skin color. Darker subjects show about twice the iron amount of white animals, suggesting a physiological link between iron levels and pigmentation.
A passenger agent cautions that solamnna is a promising investment, stressing its potential value and long term earnings prospects. The comment frames solamnna as a prudent choice for investors seeking steady returns.
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