Tesla’s New Steam Turbine Promises High Efficiency
Article describes Nikola Tesla’s steam turbine using flat steel disks with adhesion driven energy transfer. The device aims for minimal losses, simple construction, and high durability. Demonstrations include a 200 HP single stage unit weighing under 2 pounds per HP and a 40 gpm pump.
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Ikola Tesla
New York
Tesla
de Laval
Parsons
Curtiss
Tsla
Mr. Tesla
The Hounded Deer Belief About Water Scent Debunked
An Adirondack hunter debunks the old tale that a pursued deer will swim downstream to escape, arguing water destroys scent and deer either swim if deep or trod on, while dogs regain scent quickly when hunters rely on fact over myth.
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Gupper
Adirondack
Ea Sundin Rae
Buddhist idol's links to Maya? Koreans and Americas explored
Professor Frederick Starr reports a 10 foot seated Buddha in a semi subterranean temple near Kyong Ju, Korea, as prototype of Japanese Buddhas and akin to Central American monuments. He argues the artifact supports a theory Buddhism existed in the American continent. He notes Korean-Japanese relations and Korea's ancient scholarly heritage.
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Korea
Kyong Ju
Frederick Starr
University of Chicago
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Nara
Kamakura
Yucatan
Central America
Mexico
Orient
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Manuel Gonzales
United States
Seattle
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Japan
Shared Food With Birds On City Street Scene
A disjointed report describes a newsboy near Hotel Baltimore in Kansas City feeding birds with a hamburger while shivering in the morning cold. A traveling man comments that the boy seems nearly frozen as onlookers observe the scene from a nearby leather chair.
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Kansas City
Baltimore
Free Booklets Show Idaho Oregon Minnesota Homestead Land
Thousands in the East not seeing the Western Governors special train can still learn about making homes in Minnesota North Dakota Montana Idaho Washington and Oregon. The Great Northern Railway is distributing a million illustrated booklets with maps photos and letters from settlers. They describe free homestead locations in Montana and Oregon and show what farmers can achieve elsewhere. Write to GO GEEDY General Immigration Agent Great Northern Railway 116 G W Blay Saint Paul Minn for a copy and information on special low fares.
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Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Great Northern Railway
Minneante
Freddie suspects doctor’s medicine harmed him in tale
A boy freddie says the doctor’s powerful medicine is being used harshly on him. He questions his father about owing the dece tor, revealing a troubling suspicions within a sickroom.
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Freddie
The Thin Girl's Temper Gains 30 Pounds in 60 Days
A thin woman gains 30 pounds in two months by a regimen including twelve hours of sleep, cold airy rooms, light clothing, ample chest space, and a warming diet of cereals fruits dairy and starchy vegetables, plus warm baths.
Surprised Doctor Illustrating the Effect of Food
A Racine Wisconsin woman with a severe stomach ailment recovered after using Grape-Nuts food. She could eat without distress and, after weeks, her stomach entirely recovered enabling her to eat what she craved. The doctor advised small portions to prevent fatigue of the diet.
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