New England Hand Woven Rugs Revive Arts Craft Spirit
An article traces a revival of hand woven linen silk and wool goods in Massachusetts and beyond. It notes blind weavers in Cambridge’s Massachusetts Commission for the Blind producing rugs and curtains for national markets, with regions like Deerfield Marblehead Hingham and Lynn as supply centers. It highlights a historical loom tradition in Hingham and Berea Kentucky, the spread to Boston buyers, and the enduring colonial craft ethos shaping rug weaving across New England and the mountains.
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New England
Massachussetta
Arts and Crafts Association
Boston
Deerfield
Marblehead
Hingham
Lynn
Central Square
Cambridge
Massachusetts Commission For the Blind
Charles F. Campbell
Industrial Department
Detroit
Mich
Duluth
San Francisco
Massachusetts
Far East
Berea Collexe
Berea
Tennessee
Electric heater used to warm hotbed in Ontario experiments
The report describes constructing an electric heater under a six by four foot hotbed frame in Turbine, Ontario. G Hartman started plants in spring, heated electrically, then transplanted after frost risk. A 110 volt current powered about 260 feet of No 22 wire wound in coils around two inch diameter coils, tied in series, mounted on porcelain knobs with asbestos insulation, under a glass frame to keep soil warm.
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Turbine
Ontario
G. Hartman
NEW ELECTRIC Renato cleaner principle for domestic work
Renato cleaner uses a small powerful electric motor on wheels with a carpet sweeper style brush. It draws dust into a separator via a double fan while heavier items go to a drawer. Attachments include suction for cushions and upholstery, a crevice cleaner, and a wall and curtain cleaner for thorough under furniture dust removal.
Queer ideas about food and superstitions
A discussion of ancient and modern beliefs about food superstitions. Notes various customs from different countries including salt, thirteen at table, stirring liquids east to west, and Scots baking traditions with cake knobs. Mentions mince pies and holiday eating customs aimed at luck and longevity.
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Judas
Christ
Scotland
Christman
Motive power by wireless at Union Pacific shops
Wireless electric truck tests at Omaha Union Pacific shops move heavy loads along a shop ground on a 26 ton system. A cylindrical antenna and traveling ground enable wireless control as a six mile per hour mover hauls ten tons on its frame and a similar load on attached cars.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Tnd
Frederick H. Millener
W. R. McKeena, Jr
Millener
Electric Lamp Experiments Glow With Dry Conditions
Incandescent lamps can glow in darkness by rubbing the globe on clothing or with paper leather or tinfoil and placing near a Ruhmkorff coil in action but not sparking. Miniature 20 to 22 volt lamps glow brilliantly, 110-volt globes do not. Keep everything dry. a cold dry atmosphere yields best results.
Telephone Waste Says Energy Reaches Ear Barely
Telephone experts warn that the instrument transmits to the ear less than one thousandth of the energy it receives, suggesting the device wastes most input energy in transmission.
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Taw Hue
Moving vans used by Lancaster railway for house moves
Express cars of the electric railway in Lancaster Pennsylvania are used to move household effects. The cars are loaded after midnight, driven to the destination on the line, and unloaded before the regular morning cars start.
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Lancaster
Manila School of Electricity Established in Manila
A laboratory for teaching electric science has been established in Manila by the Jesuit fathers to advance electrical education and research in the region.
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Manila
Fishermen to Use Wireless on North Sea Boat
The German fishing vessel in the North Sea will be equipped with wireless telegraph instruments to improve communication at sea and safety for crews.
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