Robot Telephones Alarm to Police Headquarters
An Ohio inventor posthumously patented a silent telephone alarm that rings police headquarters if a burglar touches a safe or cash register. A hidden mat and shoe plate trigger initiating or inhibiting devices, dialing a prerecorded hold-up message. The system can broadcast via police radio to nearby scout cars, while the burglar remains unaware and a tamper proof case hides the mechanism.
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Washington
Ralph W. Carnathan
Shaker Heights
Ohio
Thi
Neighbor Tips From Home Compute and Kitchen Advice
A reader offers practical tips from daily life. Corks in a water vase help flowers stay upright while opening asparagus cans from the bottom eases removal. Separating egg yolks and whites over a funnel leaves yolks behind. Damps and heat affect instruments and geraniums. place plants away from damp walls and in cool spaces with humidity, suggesting kitchen windows as a moisture source.
The Silver Screen Analysis on Youth Influence
A reflection notes that public schools provide about 20 hours weekly, while movies attract around 2 hours weekly. It argues radio, newspapers, and especially films shape mental attitudes alongside formal education, highlighting the dominant cultural forces of the era.
The Movie as a Mirror of Character and Courage
A reflective essay argues that cinema shapes behavior and virtue, noting how audiences absorb and remember scenes. It cites impressions from Hawthorne and Napoleon to show how admiration fuels courage and character, urging readers to seek the good in others and see life as a perpetual display of virtue and vice.
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Hawthorne
Pleasant small home shows refined Regency influenced style
A reader describes an interior tour of a compact house with tranquil entry hall, misty gray green carpets, and coral yellow canary draperies. Furniture blends pickled finishes with mahogany Regency and pale gray walls. Sunlit living room features canary draperies, pink coral accents, white mantel, gunmetal brick, and white leather chairs.
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Br Beny Wells Wnt
The Eye as Destiny in The Western Newspaper
A meditation on life defining moments that grant longevity of purpose and destiny. It speaks of seeing the good in everything and the eye as the pulse of the soul. A call to steadfast ideals and strong personality to strive and achieve. Western Newspaper Trion.
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Trion
Love Birds Nest Lease on Coconut Husk Find
Two birds secure a whimsical two week lease on a coconut husk nest found amid drift on a tropical shore. The quirky lease grants temporary habitation rights to the feathered couple as they build a shared home.
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Miami
Arctic doctor seeks tropical calm after icebreaker work
Dr Fernand Lizotte of Levis Quebec leaves Arctic service after sixteen seasons on Hudson Bay and the icebreaker N B McLean. He recounts wireless assisted surgeries on shipboard patients including appendectomies and cancer cases, and notes he plans to sail south for warmer weather aboard the Lady Pes from Canadien West.
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Quebec
Arctic
Fernand Lizotte
Tropice
McLean
Doetor
Levis
Que
Churchill
Man
Hudson Bay
Liznite
Hudson's Straits
Hudson Straits
Dreyfus
Lioite
Lipite
Port Burwell
Lizotte
Eiskimo
Canadien
Tadies
Beavers in South Dakota Cause Damaging Dams
A fragmented report notes beavers in Belle Fourche and remote Black Hills areas prompting state game and fish efforts. Trappers, ranchers, and officials discuss removing beavers to prevent damming of trees and streams while rehabilitating damaged sites and planning new dams elsewhere.
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South Dakota
Bam
Belle Fourche
S. D
Asarry Geegerson
Trapper-Werden
South Dekate
Gevarimest
Henderson
Gerson ‘Seid
Professor Presents Figures on Family Tree Ancestry
Lincoln Nebraska notes Pride in family roots. Dr J O Hertzier of Nebraska University sociology shows that a forty year old would have 28 ancestors at the time of the American Revolution, 312 at the Mayflower voyage, and 524288 at King John Magna Carta era. Those with William the Conqueror as an ancestor would differ from 8,388,608 predecessors in that generation.
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Lincoln
J. O. Hertzier
Nebraska University
Jorn
Crana
William the Conqueror
Flint Dart Believed 160000 Years Old Found Near Flint
Earl McConnell reports discovery west of here of a Mont A flint dart and a dart making tool dated by scientists to between 100000 and 200000 years old. The gray finely shaped items resemble an Indian arrowhead but are heavier in the center. The four inch by two inch tool is curved to a pointed end and lies with the dart.
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Earl McConnell
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Paquin
Paris
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WNU
Arnold
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IAS
Aberdover
North
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Tousehold
Bor
Letty Wells Wau
Haven
Detroit
Chester Klukowski
Talls
Far North
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