Floating Factory To Produce Power From Warm Cold Sea Water
A French inventor plans a floating ice making plant aboard the 10 000 ton ship Tunisie to produce 1000 tons of ice daily for Rio de Janeiro using warm sea water to drive turbines and cold depth water to condense. The system employs a half mile long tube to channel sea water and a buoy anchored near the sea bottom to deliver differing temperatures for the process.
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Dunkirk
Rio de Janeiro
George Claude
Tunisie
M. Claude
Jules Verne
Ougree
Belgium
Cuba
Tunisia
Claude
How It Originated Two Explanations As To Grass Widow
The term grass widow may have originated among Anglo Indians in the mid 1800s as European husbands sent wives and children to the hills during the hot season. A California gold rush theory suggests men left their families to board while they searched for gold, calling it putting his wife to grass.
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India
America
California
Noise in Cab Keeps Whistle Distance Aboard Railways
Canada’s railway board rejects a request to move locomotive whistles away from engine crews. After hearings and on train tests, it concludes no change is feasible unless railways relocate the whistle further from cab windows.
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Board of Railway Commissioners For Canada
Brotherhood of
Dragonfly Swarm Over Bornholm Court Seaside Town
Hordes of dragonflies darkened Bornholm Denmark sky for hours forcing residents to seek shelter. Children rushed indoors as swarms covered streets and impeded walking in the seaside community.
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Bornholm
Denmark
Silent pledge during drill reflects duty and blame
A terse exchange shows a trainee answering yes to understanding responsibility and willingly shouldering all blame for mistakes during a drill or instruction moment. The line captures crisp discipline and acceptance of accountability in a military or training context.
Silk Patterns For Sporty White Ground Frocks
Spotted white silk adds gaiety to wardrobes with light navy spots on white for spectator sports and town wear. Rubbabie silk washes easily. details include a shirtwaist collar with self fabric frill and picot edge, rolled sleeves, plus delicate ice cream pastels and striped linens. Style No. 449 covers sizes 14 to 40 inches bust. size 16 needs 3 1/2 yards of 39 inch material and 4 yards contrasting. pattern price is 20 cents.
Houses Of The Future WI Be Vastly Different From The Kind We Know
A Birmingham Weekly Post提er notes future homes may feature hollow metal walls forming insulated rooms and glass shells that admit sun. At Watford Building Research Station a test house reproduces climates for damp heat and cold while inside a typical home life becomes luxurious with labor saving gadgets including auto garage doors and a robot alarm clock. A gadget to sense visitors and silence bells may reduce interruptions though risks remain, illustrated by a geyser experiment that exploded, sending the professor outside.
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Birmingham Weekly Post
Watford
England
A. M Low
Beautifully painted tomb nearly fifty centuries old found near Pyramids
Professor Selim Hassan describes a tomb near the Pyramids as fifty centuries old and beautifully painted. The tomb of Tissen, likely a council of ten executive figure, features vibrant wall paintings of high personages, birds and flowers that appear nearly fresh.
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Selim Hassan
Pyramids
Tissen
Council of Ten
British Professor Advocates Forests For Water Conservation
British professor A W Borthwick warned at the Scottish meeting that forests are vital to moisture supply and flood control. He argued forests slow snowmelt and regulate runoff, reducing silt and flood damage while supporting rainfall effects and natural regeneration through careful management.
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A. W. Borthwick
Botany Section
The
British Association
Scotland
Borthwick
A Flourishing Industry From Bones to By-Products
The article explains a thriving bone industry deriving value from millions of bones each year. Boiled bones yield glycerine and lubricants, shin and marrow bones become handies, and ground bone meal or bone-manure support farming. By products aid sugar salt refineries and case hardening. Odor is strong but not harmful, sometimes easing asthma.
Demand for Vegetables Grows with Modern Households
Government reports show vegetable output rising over the past fifty years as home gardens gain attention and specialized farms near population centers expand. Shoppers seek in season varieties while stores showcase cabbage and peppers, and a Washington speaker contrasted old English banquet fare with a New York hotel menu emphasizing vegetables and balanced courses.
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Toronto
Washington
New York
It Is Me or It Is I Debate in Old Rhyme
A playful reflection on a tongue twisting line from a rhyme about a spider and a fly. The piece contrasts informal usage It is me with formal It is I and ponders how the flea might weigh in.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Ruth Rogers
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Houses of the Future
London
SKY Police
Scotland Yard
Hanworth Aerodrome
Criminal Investigation Department
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