Temperance Crusade and Industry Unite for Sobriety
The article argues practical liquor control by railways and corporations as the most effective anti intemperance method. It cites railroad conduct rules, lower spirits use, and rising beer share amid prosperity, noting sobriety reinforced by industrial discipline and Sunday closing laws. It references Rockefeller urging moderation and a broad labor movement push for total abstinence among workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroads
Angi Alton Company
Philadelphia
Chicago
United States
Gov. Folk
Missouri
London
Board of Trade
Montreal
Restrictions on Liquor in West Africa Spark Church Fight
The archbishop of Canterbury campaigns against the free sale of intoxicants in West Africa, especially Tagos and Nigeria. He notes near total freedom in retail liquor, with northern Nigeria once prohibited under Lugard but risk of smuggling near the railway frontier. Western officials including Chamberlain, Salisbury, Lugard, and Goldie are cited for advocating strict limits on the liquor traffic.
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West Africa
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Tagos
Nigeria
Ingos
Sir
F.lugard
Asaon
Europe
Mr. Chamberlain
Coloniel
Lord Salisbury
F. Lugard
Argueent
G. Goldie
Mistranscribed Note Hints at U S Whisky Habit Claim
A garbled excerpt suggests a note about perpetual consumption of whisky in the United States. It references preliminaries and a claim regarding drinking habits, with unclear wording and missing names or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Purify Water by Electricity Using Ozone in Philadelphia
An article describes a novel ozone based water purification using a 100 amp current from city supply, boosted to high voltage, to create a pencil of metal discharge points that generate ozone. The device purifies Schuylkill river water by ozone treatment, destroying bacteria and deodorizing and decolorizing the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Schuylkill River
Automatic mail catching device speeds up moving train deliveries
A new automatic mail catching system on a fast prairie mail train uses air from brakes to trigger a crane and arm, delivering sacks into a side receiving box. The platform on the car door aligns with the sack, creating an air cushion to protect pouches and contents at speeds up to seventy two miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Trigster
Some of the Propellers model ships new transatlantic voyage
Resigned for Fast Ocean Travel, one of the most interesting novel ties In Earl's Court exhibition is the Some of the Propellers, model of a passenger vessel designed by Mr. Richard Painton, an American inventor. He claims the ship will cross the Atlantic in three days with sixteen to twenty rows of propellers along the sides and stem, powered by independent motors wired to generating dynamos, freeing space for more coal.
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Earl’s Court
Richard Painton
Atlantic
Zorene's Wonderful Property Reveals New Chemical Wonder
Hungaria reports through Prof Brunn that a new liquid makes slag bricks wood and metal impervious to moisture and hammer blows. Immersed samples lose weight no moisture gain. Two steel pieces treated with the squid survive long ammonia exposure and return unchanged. Brunn claims roads dust and waterproofing from slag and doubled metal life in air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zorene
Hungaria
Brunn
Prof
New Building Material Kremnite From St. Petersburg Factory
A new building material named kremnite is produced near St. Petersburg. It blends powered clay sand and fluorspar melted at high heat to form a molten mass usable like iron for castings and blocks. It can be colored in various shades, ground or polished, accepts glaze, and imitates colored marble or natural stone. It may be cast in large areas.
Hydraulic Ram Versus Pump for Raising Water
An old article compares a hydraulic ram and a pump for lifting water to barns. It notes a ram can be cheaper with drops of 4 to B feet or more, requires a smaller feed pipe as drop increases, and should be winter protected. A neighbor’s ram, 1,400 ft from the barn and 100 ft lower, shows long life with a 3-inch feed pipe and 1 inch outlet, suggesting galvanized piping under ground.
Self-Dumping Fruit Pail Idea Aimed to Ease Picking
Montreal Herald outlines a portable apple picking pail that lowers to ground for dumping without bruising. A and B join to release at ground level, rope pulls to dump and retract. An old car provides anchor at C, with a pail rope and stiff wire as components.
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Montreal Herald
Pipe sizing for windmill pumped water from a distant spring
An 8 foot windmill can lift about 180 imperial gallons per hour through a 1 1/2 inch pipe over 600 feet and 60 feet rise. A 1 inch pipe is too small for this length, while 2 inch is unnecessarily large. Friction favors larger pipe, as pressure is dictated by lift height, not pipe size.
Home made Corn Cutter device described for field use
A homemade corn cutter uses a strong scythe blade bolted to a sled and a bent wrought iron follower rod. It is designed to cut about 2 1/2 acres per day. The method reduces labor but makes handling the crop harder after cutting.
Best colored paint for a kitchen floor
The usual light slate color minimizes visible dirt better than other shades. Use a special floor paint sold in any size. these are far better than hand mixed paint, especially for inexperienced mixers.
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C. R
Feet of Mrs Fang Wu Ting-fang Restored by Surgery
Mrs Fang Wu Ting-fang wife of the former Chinese minister to the United States underwent an operation that restored her feet to normal size. The incident is seen as potentially influencing other women of the Chinese aristocracy to imitate the procedure.
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Fang
Wu Ting-fang
United States
Wilmer Builds Bridge Seeks Funds, Finds Help From Friend
Wilmer, a former teacher with timber land near a ravine, agrees to a ten dollar daily payment for building and maintaining a bridge for a tannery. Lacking funds, he meets a cheerful young man who offers five percent interest for six months, but Wilmer accepts a loan with 5 percent interest, repaying debts and finishing the project. A small house on the wood-lot becomes their happy ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmer
Joan
Honey-Money Stories
Advertising That Would Win
A tale on clever dog adverting by Paul Mohr, famed trolley rider, who mocks a stale owner’s notice. He suggests a sensational, science flavored approach, linking a Boston bull in experiments to a lost dog to grab public attention and recover the pet.
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Dea
Paul Mohr
Mohr
Philadelphia
Maine
A. G. Bell
Pasteur Institute
Harry
Moh
Chemical Laboratory
Boston
Mobr
Lively Business Done on a Dime
Harvey Ransom, longtime lobster fisherman from Kings ton, retired plans, after years in the trade, selling his Garnet shanty and lobster traps. He recounted a tale of attempting to run a bar with limited liquor, where two fishermen bought drinks for ten cents each, leaving both shanty operators well filled by day’s end, according to the Boston Herald.
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Harvey Ransom
Kingston
Garnet
Hig
Ransom
Sunday Sermon Sparks Fence Question
A Georgia colored church service features a preacher extolling creation while the crowd listens intently. The scene turns humorous when Deacon Johnson interrupts with a pointed question about who built the fence, prompting a brisk rebuke from the congregation.
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Jonson
Brad
Bumper Crops and Bad Years Pattern Examined
The New York Post notes that prosperity after bumper grain harvests is not guaranteed. Historical crops show mixed outcomes: 1872 and 1892 had large yields followed by downturns in 1873 and 1893, while 1882’s record wheat and second-largest corn coincided with the 1893 panics. Conversely 1881 failed harvests preceded a prosperous year, and 1901 corn failure did not halt 1902 prosperity.
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New York Post
Sen
Northwest
Senator Sanders Brush Practical Joke on Train Ride
Dave Browne recalls an anecdote about Senator W. F. Sanders on a Dakota to eastbound sleeper. Sanders lent his toiletries to a stranger whose upper berth was taken, causing a humorous toothbrush mix up. The incident ends with the stranger reacting in shock as Sanders clarifies the toothbrush is his top brush.
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Sanders
Dave Browne
Montana
United States
W. F. Sanders
Dakota
Sangers
Angeles Times
Mrs Poultney Bigelow Cited As Society Favorite Abroad
A New York woman praises Mrs. Poultney Bigelow as a favorite in English society. She notes Bigelow’s popularity at Cannes, London, and in the countryside, calling her a moralist and witty. The anecdote mentions a millionaire whiskey dealer showing a photo of a new Hertfordshire house with amused misstatements.
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Oliver Wendell
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
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Good Fellowship
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