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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
3
The Scientific American highlights a new sanitary water cooler by Charles F. Conover of New York. The device cools water without contact with ice, uses a siphon system, a bracketed bottle, and a drip pan waste drain. It promises efficient ice use and quick access to cold water.
A New York brewing firm operates an automobile delivering its beer, claiming the vehicle has the greatest capacity yet built. It combines gasoline and electric power, with a gasoline engine supplying a dynamo and two electric motors. The truck carries 83 half barrels, about nine tons, can haul seven and a half tons up a five percent grade, has central station gear, a 12 hp dynamo, 8 hp motors, 44 cell storage battery, and averages 45 mph with full load.
New remarkable properties of aluminium are described including lightness ductility and strength. Mixed with gold it forms ruby tinted metal for decorative work. A thin sheet can turn a bullet and wire as fine as silk fiber is drawn. It yields fine violin tone and strong racing shells, resists tarnish and acids, wires used in stitching wounds, and aluminium alloy replaces copper in nails and tacks.
George W. Smith of Evanston, IL, has patented a versatile magic lantern that projects transparent or opaque pictures without adjustment. The device uses a hinged reflection chamber, oblique walls, and ellipsoidal reflectors to adaptively channel light through a sliding lens system for either slide type. It can also handle partly transparent materials, effectively combining a megascope and sciopticon in one simple, affordable unit.
A safe life belt can be made cheaply by using a yard and three quarters of strong jean divided into nine cork filled compartments with two inches of space after each third. Include eyelet holes at the bottom for drainage and attach neckband and waist strings of stout boot webbing for strong Sewn attachment.
Dr Leduc reported to the congress of psychical science at Ajaccio that sprinkling ferrocyanide or potassium on gelatin starts life like cells. The cells form a regular polyhedric cluster each with a nucleus a protoplasm sac and a membrane resembling plant or animal cells.
A new dangerous microbe has been found in Germany confined to inkstands and ink bottles. Ink rarely cleaned or corked can harbor it. Tests show injected ink caused rapid death in rats and guinea pigs. The remedy is simple yet exacting: keep inkstands clean and covered.
London Engineering reports Rt. S. Hutton of Owens College has fused quartz in an electric furnace to create apparatus that resists higher temperatures than glass. The fused quartz shows a low temperature coefficient and can be quenched in cold water without cracking, though bubble-free material has not yet been achieved.
The article highlights Berlin’s electric underground and elevated railways where stations bridges and viaducts are crafted for beauty and fit with surrounding architecture. It notes strict municipal control over franchises and describes a boulevard route avoided by elevated tracks to prevent noise and visual impact, plus engineering feats in tunneling and lining near the Memorial Church.
The New York Times reports street cleaning chief Woodbury and official McDonough Craven launched a program to photograph atmospheric germs with gelatin plates placed around the city. The aim is to map plague locations by hood, paving, and sewerage, to improve sanitation and curb disease.
A London Chronicle summary argues that the seat of intellect lies in the left prefrontal lobe. Dr. Phelps notes 295 brain injury cases show prefrontal disruption sharply impairs mind, while right-lobe injuries cause less mental effect. The piece discusses left brain supremacy and two-brain theories with cautious stance.
Captain Lawrence invents a safety shield and signal to protect markers behind targets. Markers stay in a bullet proof shelter beside the target, and any departure from the shelter triggers an automatic signal over the target face. The signal operates electric door movement.
A London Lancet cited pineapple juice containing bromelin a powerful digestive principle that digests proteids much like pepsin. It acts on fibrin albumen and meat proteids, works in acid neutral or alkaline media, and remains active in raw juice though destroyed by cooking.
Frederick Antholz a New York barber claims soaking ordinary red bricks in kerosene makes them burn like coal. He says one gallon of oil can prepare ten bricks for hours of heat and cooking, offering a cheaper independent fuel alternative. He instructs soaking bricks, draining, placing on a grate with reduced draft, and lighting with paper for an hour of intense heat.
Finnish emigrants recently left Conneaut Ohio heading for northern Minnesota where agents control farmland and cabins. The exodus reflects discontent under Russian rule and two years of crop failure. The World reports Richard Harding Davis bought a 200 acre farm near Banksville Connecticut and began building a new home with an artificial lake and nine hole golf course.
Proclamation for an election held Tuesday November 4 1902 listing officers to be elected by ballot under Ohio law. Includes secretary of state judge supreme court dairy and food commissioner state boards public works representative in congress circuit judge probate judge Stark County prosecuting attorney county commissioner infirmary director coroner. Dated October seventh 1908 signed Frank McKinney sheriff.
Special rail fares from Chicago via the Chicago and North-Western Bay to the Pacific Coast with 3300 dollars for round trips and very low one way second class tickets to Colorado Utah Montana Nevada Idaho Oregon Washington California and other points. Also Homeseekers round trips on first and third Tuesday August September October to the West. Details from nearest ticket agent or N M Breeze 435 Vine Street Cincinnati Ohio.
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