Sun Engine Demonstrated by Dr Charles G Abbot in Washington
Dr Charles G Abbot unveiled a sun powered steam engine at the World Power Conference in Washington. A half horsepower model uses a solar heater with reflective sheets and pyrex tubes to heat a chemical, drive steam, and run a simple engine. Abbot claims potential for large scale use, including water pumping and irrigation power.
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Charles G Abbot
Sun
Washington
Rolentist
Smithsonian Institution
Abbot
Power Conference
Lords In Waiting Two Appointed Among King’s Oldest Friends
The King's two new Lords in Waiting, Lord Sefton and Lord Brownlow, are among his oldest friends. Sefton, 38, tall and famed as one of England's best looking men, owns 34,000 Lancashire acres and is an accomplished game shot and golfer. He was nearly blinded last year when a pellet from a friend’s gun struck his eye. Brownlow, married, once known as Miss Kitty Kinloch's debutante, goes by Perry and opened a Shropshire roadhouse two years ago.
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Lord Sefton
Lord Brownlow
Hugh
England
Lancashire
le Touquet
Kitty Kinloch
Peregrine
Shropshire
London Daily Sketch
Trailer living predicted to reach half the U S population
Economist Roger Babson forecasts that within twenty years about 50 percent of Americans will live in automobile trailers. He cites rising trailer use as a reason for home building at only 30 percent of normal. The March of Time survey estimates current trailer households near 500000 nationwide.
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Roger Babson
United States
Life Prompts Uncertain Paths We Choose
A reflective line questions who can predict actions life will drive us to take before we actually act. It hints at fate versus agency and the surprising directions our choices may take us.
Phrenology Gains Popularity Through Edison Letters
A British Phrenologists Society event read letters from Edison Carnegie Stead Lloyd George and others. Phrenology touted as shaping medical and psychological research with historical endorsements from Gladstone and a claim of insight into inventiveness. Douglas fir keel blocks at Queen Mary reveal durable wood use in shipbuilding and Britain’s growing demand for Douglas fir decking and timbers.
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Edison
Andrew Carnegie
W. T. Stead
Lloyd George
Lord Runsiman
W. E. Gladstone
England
British Columbia
Industrial Department
Canadian National Railways
Britain
Wilfy Cox’s generosity at Pinehurst Open win
The article recalls Wilfy Cox giving his African American caddy $50 after winning the North and South Open at Pinehurst. The youth cried, then Cox added $100, telling him to “have a good cry.” The piece closes with a provocative call about casties in Spain.
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Wilfy Cox
Pinehurst
Cox
Wiffy
Reliable Time-Keepers Through the English Watch Heritage
A pocket watch from before the Great Plague, nearly 300 years old, reportedly keeps accurate time in Bradford. Made by Thomas Pierce of Bristol, born in Elizabethan times, it highlights English watchmaking’s Tudor origins and claims of longevity.
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Bradford
Thomas Pierce
Bristol
Elizabeth
Tibetan Tongue Greeting Among Peasants and Visitors
Tibetan peasants greet foreigners and nobles by sticking out their tongues for a minute or two as a greeting ritual. In a separate scene, a young lady questions Mr. Johnson at the piano about his fondness for music, and he pretends to resist but continues.
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Mr. Johnson
Dangers From Threshing Fire Hazards Persist
Destructive fires linked to threshing machines rise after drought and extend through summer. In 1935 Ontario lost nearly 200000 dollars from one machine per hundred failures. Provincial circular urges regular inspection and quick repair, with grounding for separators and proper water spray. Cooperative effort by farmers and threshers is urged to cut risks.
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Alberta
Ontario
Uses For Blotting Paper In Damp Store Cupboards
Durable tips show blotting paper lining shelves to absorb moisture and be dried and reused. It advises blotting paper under sewing machine oil and to press with a hot iron to lift candle grease after removing excess wax.
Immigration Shapes Canada’s Growth Throughout History
The Brandon Sun notes immigration has driven Canada’s development, with past peaks in 1912-13 at 382 841 newcomers and a 1930s decline to 11 277 last year. It highlights admissibility by health, character, and funds, and cites arrivals as wives, children, and farmers seeking land and family reestablishment.
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Canada
United States
Brandon Sun
Modern use sequence guides new home design by Potter
Hugh Potter of Washington advocates inside out planning focusing on use sequence to prioritize housewife needs. He argues interior unity precedes exterior design and criticizes basing plans on exterior appearance alone. No. 19 wheat flour yields more tender bakery products, Cornell reports.
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Hugh Potter
Washington
Potter
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Housing Advisory Council
Federal Housing Administration
Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station
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Lords In Waiting
Lady Tweedsmuir
Girl Guides
Tweedsmuir
Canadian West
Regina
B.C
Thomas Edison
Phrenologists’ Society
London
Spain
Pembroke Castle
Pembrokeshire
Wales
British Isles
William the Conqueror
Pembroke
United Kingdom
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