Future Steam Speeds at Sea and New Brick Design
In Cassier's Magazine J R Oldham discusses future ocean speeds surpassing 25 mph, predicted hulls, propulsion via multiple shafts and new materials. Also features a Philadelphia brick innovation with interlocking pockets to strengthen mortar bonds and reduce cracking. Explore rubber scarcity causes from Amazon forests and Purus river notes, plus Scottish mist versus fog origins.
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Cassier’s
J. R. Oldham
Atlantic
Scotia
Ocean
United States
Amazon
Purus
Modern wiring ease replaces shipbuilding toil in houses
The article compares the labor of building a modern house with that of constructing a great ship. It highlights electric gas lighting as a leading convenience and notes the challenge of hiding wires in finished walls. A new method is described to render wiring unnecessary.
Brooklyn inventor receives patent for gas ignition device
A Brooklyn inventor’s patent introduces a gas ignition system that closes an electric circuit when turning on the gas. The design uses a battery powered igniting coil near the burner tip and a cock built so parts are insulated to complete the circuit through the pipe to the jet. This lets multiple gas jets operate sequentially without matches or flames.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
The Height of a Race by Dr. Thomson in Knowledge
A fragment discusses variability in height among participants, noting some always taller or shorter than the common standard. The passage hints at categorizing individuals as above or below the median height in races.
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Quetelet
Galton
Thomson
Inventions Include Gas Lock, Self Igniting Burner, Pipe Whistle
A gas key locking device uses a double loop spring wire to press key shoulders, ensuring full closure. A self igniting incandescent gas burner attachment features a mica hood with a spur's suspended platinum piece that lifts to light then seals the hole. An English patent combines tobacco pipe and whistle with a ball valve to seal while smoking and emit a whistle when air is blown. A new saw attachment uses two clampers on the back of the blade to halt cut depth at the chosen point.
Remington Typewriters Adopted by Diplomatic Offices
New Castle Daily Journal reports Lord Salisbury directing all Her Majesty's Embassies to equip with Remington Typewriters. Dispatches and communications at the Foreign Office are now written using the Remington.
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Gallabury
Remington
New Castle
England
Lord Salisbury
Her
Foreign Office
Petrified Serpent Unearthed at Reading Coal Shaft
A mammoth petrified snake was raised from the new shaft at Wadesville by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. The specimen measures 27 feet long with a diameter of 4 to 11 inches and weighs over 100 pounds, preserved to the finest detail.
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Pottsville
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company
Wadesville
Grain-O: A Grain Beverage Competing With Coffee
A public notice proclaims a new grain drink named Grain-O now sold in grocery stores. It claims to suit delicate stomachs and be indistinguishable from coffee while costing far less. It suggests children may drink it and advertises 15 and 25 cent packages.
Immense Gold Deposits Boost Salzer Ventures
Henry A. Salzer of Salzer Seed Co and Idaho Gold Coin Mining & Milling Co reports a massive gold ore find in the Seven Devil District Idaho. The discovery caused the company's stock to double in value within a day, attracting many Salzer Seed Co patrons to the mining venture.
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Henry A. Salzer
John A. Salzer
Yacht Race Costs Stir Conversation in New York Journal
A humorous exchange notes how expensive yacht race attire and bets affect life in New York. Richmond mentions buying costumes for his wife and daughters while denying any bets, contrasting with Bronxborough remark about misjudging a boat.
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Richmond
Bronxborough
New York Journal
Patent remedies promise cures and refunds on wartime stomach woes
Do You Suffer from Worms or other stomach troubles SLOCUM'S ANTI-DYSPEPTIC WORM CARES are sold under positive guarantee to cure or money refunded. At all drug gists 2c Insist on getting the genuine Belgium's New Fuel vesuve peat and resin developed as a new fuel in Belgium
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Slocum
Zaegel
Carl F. Bethke, JR
Singer Manufacturing Co
Sterling Remedy Company
Chicago
New York
Gas Lamp Ad Promises Better Light and Big Earnings
An advertisement from Standard Lamp Co. promotes a gas lamp that makes its own gas, offers brighter light than electricity or city gas, and cheaper than kerosene. It targets county seats with agents, calling it a big money maker and retailing at five dollars. The note ends with a proverb about growth in need versus headstrong.
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Welsbach
Standard Lamp Co
Dept. A
Chicago
How to Save Money on Shoes and Other Remedies
An assortment of old notices promoting cost savings on shoes via the United Cooperative Boot and Shoe Purchasing Association, a Boston secretary offering a brochure and joining details, plus various remedies and quack cures for coughs, measurers, and teething.
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United States Co-operative Boot & Shoe Purchasing Association
E. H. Tilton
Summer St
Boston
Mrs Pinkham’s Medicine Restores Women to Health
Letter from Mrs Kuhn in Germany Ontario and a testimonial from Mrs Suzars in Gun Mansa Michigan praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for womb trouble nervousness and insomnia noting eight bottles used and improved energy sleep and appetite with plans to recommend the remedies widely.
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Mra. E. EB
Kuun
Germany
Lydia E. Pinkham
Mia
M. L. Suzars
Gun Mansa, Mich
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