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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1912
Page
7
A New York inventor unveils a sprinkler system for ash pits that lets a worker sift hot ashes and recover coal while cooling the embers. The upright frame with a movable sprinkler end sits before the heater, uses a water reservoir and a flow control cock to douse ashes and prevent fires during ash removal.
A New York man has devised a removable saw handle that allows a carpenter to carry only a variety of blades instead of three or four saws. The design eliminates bulky handles and aims to streamline field work for tradesmen.
A method places blades in a box bottom with a slot fit into the handle. Each blade slides into a matching slot and locks securely, enabling a carpenter to carry a dozen blades with the single handle. The design is described as a godsend for carpenters and non specialists alike.
A report claims a major monopoly has gained control of the machinery to produce paper bottles and other food and liquid containers. The single use design would render bottles for milk vinegar and all liquids and packages for butter oysters mincemeat and more disposable with every purchase, raising living costs.
Bureau of statistics shows American automobiles shipped yearly to Mexico, the West Indies and various countries in South America, Asia, Oceania and Africa.
Seaweed proves a growing global industry with new uses in Japan and Europe. About 600,000 Japanese and Formosans work in seaweed trade, China spends 600000 dollars annually on edible products, and kelp burning rivals fishing for revenue in Scotland, Ireland, Norway, and beyond. Iodine, potash, and diverse products from cloth to mats show seaweed as a major economic resource.
A pistol shaped fountain air brush has been introduced by Popular Mechanics. The device holds paint above the barrel and uses compressed air delivered through the handle to spray paint onto surfaces. Available in sizes from fine artist needles to large units for vehicle bodies and metal ware painting.
A foreign inventor introduces a keyless door lock that avoids keys and keyholes. The device uses knobs on the right side that can be pushed or pulled to unlock, offering 38 005 possible combinations and securing access to only the rightful homeowners.
The extract surveys global trade and tech ideas, noting Canada supplying Cuban stone, Sweden’s early safety match origin, Manchuria’s dog skin industry, mica reinforced concrete mimicking granite, soda brightening china, Egypt’s cigarette industry, a cloth cleansing paint, a US cigarette total near eight billion last year, pneumatic tools aiding fossil extraction, and world coal reserves enough for 15 billion horsepower for 12,000 years.
A veteran editor offers free construction advice to readers, stressing fitting homes to lot size with ample sun on the sunny side, neighborly consideration, and varied window and loggia designs. The piece discusses six room plans on 25 foot wide lots, modern light and ventilation trends, porch trends, and a $4900 dwelling cost.
A child’s teacher reports progress with humor as a parent asks about schooling. The boy has learned to model a bottle stopper on cay and is now taking up rating, illustrating early hands on learning and growing curiosity.
A famed American author, honored by a London society hostess, encounters a charming moment when her seven year old daughter blurts out that she thinks the writer is wonderful because her mother told her to. The incident amuses the author and underscores his popularity in England.
A young man pushes into a private office and pitches a plan to the manufacturer to give away sheet music printed with their card. He claims the scheme would advertise the remedy and create demand for it as well.
In a day’s pause during a funeral procession Pat and Mike joke about knowing the place of death. Pat wishes to learn where he will die and offers $1,000, but the punchline reveals the risk of knowing such a fate makes him avoid the exact spot. The gag plays on mortality and humorous superstition.
The exchange narrates a tale of a poet who sent an entire stranger 3200 dollars. Wise doubts the tale, Green questions belief, and the dialogue ends with skepticism about the poet's generosity and the stranger's amount.
A humor piece pairs a diplomat returning with a wry note on The Decline and Fall of Seventeen South American Governments, mocking long titles. It mocks publishers demanding 125 pages, and a quip about sweet molasses catching files. A mother-daughter exchange turns on modesty.
Borrowell-Well recounts a domestic dispute over a borrowed umbrella while a shipboard tale and travel difficulty are noted. The speaker jokes about looking at postcard views and nearly getting an eye injury, framing a humorous, fragmentary exchange.
A comic domestic scene unfolds as a mistress berates her maid for misreporting visitors. The maid explains only Mr Brown is allowed, but the footmen and pipe gentlemen leave puzzled by the confusion. The woman learns the miscommunication led to a social miscue.
Browning completes the poem Sordello and exclaims There, by George! He asserts the work will vex critics including Henry James and the Sherman Act with its perk phrastic ambiguities and aubiferous obfuscation, predicting a shift toward vitrified diaphaneity in his future.
In a brief exchange a man questions a doctor about debt while another speaker comments that the husband owes a halfdoxet visit. The dialogue uses cutting remarks and hints at financial disputes between spouses.
A Cassel's Saturday Journal excerpt portrays a Russian official denying a traveler's exit and demanding a decision within twenty four hours. The scene centers on a passport and coercive pressure to stay, highlighting tension between authority and personal mobility. The dialogue captures a wartime or postwar atmosphere with stark power dynamics.
The remark imagines a bygone tale of building the Tower of Babel updated for today. It jokes that after the tower nears completion a shout of graft halts work as blame shifts across all involved.
A lawyer argues that a portrait of a young woman does not do her justice and the judge questions the claim. The lawyer asserts the subject was foolish to bring the case before the court.
An old friend remarks that wealth hasn’t altered him except in one way. The man says riches now make him polite where needed and delightfully sarcastic where he was rude before. Tit-Bits.
A quip about a foolish squabble between a husband and wife centers on how they would invent money if they had any. The exchange notes the humorous tension of a financially strained marriage with a light, domestic tone.
Identified remarks recall a lively moment when a table toppled in a family gathering. The speaker jokes about the uncle’s lack of table manners and the uncanny spirit guiding the stunt.
The fragment mentions actress Gladys Pimeton being freed and references a trial for murder or a divorce suit. It also notes ventures into writing in 1921 and a remark about travel, with hints of indoor journeys and elevators in a casual interview tone.
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