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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1912
Page
7
A simple guide shows boys can fashion a skipjack sled in about thirty minutes using a stout barrel stave and basic tools. It describes choosing the runner front, erecting a two by four support, seating, and a short brace, then testing on a snow slope. The article notes plans for group activity and fair play among homemade sleds.
A ten pound goose weighs half its weight making twenty pounds. A traveler going San Francisco to New York on a seven day journey meets fourteen trains, not seven, since each day a new opposite train starts and seven trains are en route.
A three year old girl Clara loves piano practice. Her mother hid the instrument with a railway guide on the rack. Clara tossed it away and declared Mam ma, me ain't sing out of sat, zey ain't wo sing in iL, showing the difficulty with the guide.
Fragmented verse recalls children sledding as moonlight glows and crowd noises rise. The speaker notes joy in shared winter scenes with references to attic paths, toy sleds, and laughter, evoking a small-town skating and sleighing moment.
The New York Sun notes a simple hand powered Wattle machine that converts back and forth hand motion into rotary motion. By rubbing a pinbound disk on a lath with a left hand steady, the disk spins, proving motion is transferred even with intent to stay still.
Chauncey M Depew shares a funny short story about a girl who buys a spotted coach dog near Poughkeepsie. The dog loses its spots in rain, prompting a reaction from the dealer about an umbrella that supposedly came with the dog. The tale showcases humorous misunderstandings and a Puritan farm-owner reaction.
A pair of snails are harnessed with fine twine or thread and attached to a toy wagon or model lorry. A number of weights are placed on the wagon to test their strength.
A playful note on snails showing unexpected strength as they can move and pull weights close to a pound, challenging assumptions about their capabilities and suggesting curiosity about tiny creatures and their feats.
A short poem examines snow that falls white yet becomes black in city streets through repeated traffic and pollution, contrasting fresh snowfall with urban grime. The verse reflects on perception and early urban life.
William A. Radford urges readers to seek expert advice on house building and argues for brick or stone construction over wood. He cites England’s fireproof standards and U S fire losses to promote sturdy, labor-saving design with brick or concrete blocks, finished in plaster and tasteful colors.
The article describes a compact one story home plan with a gable roof, rock face concrete block foundation, light brick upper walls, and a slate roof. Interior cost estimates put the residence at around $2,000 including a full basement. It notes waterproofing methods and long lasting value. It also includes a health note about discontent affecting mood and body. It mentions elderly London men turning to laundry work using tubs and boards, earning three to four dollars weekly in their single rooms.
A new automatic electric switch by Jobs L. Polk of Mendham New Jersey uses a hand lever to move in one direction and return with a dash pot to retard the action. The device closes one circuit at an extreme lever position, then after a short interval opens it and automatically closes another circuit. A plan view shows the lever at the left extreme closing the first circuit.
A new electric motor driven truck crane designed for unloading loading and transporting loads over short distances is pictured by Popular Mechanics. The front mounted swinging crane hoist operates from a rear battery powered unit. The system handles deposition within a limited radius and moves loads across warehouses and shop aisles with a short wheelbase for tight spaces.
Electricity once the quack cure is now standard in X ray work, prompting physicians to study its effects. A new French doctor, Jaberdie, proposes treating sciatica with ionized sulphur oxide from electroistic decomposition rather than the direct current.
The Southern Pacific installs automatic electric lighting in several tunnels. Lights activate when a train is within a hundred feet, alerting pedestrians and providing safer sight for the engineer.
The article notes electricity now serves as an assist to the dyeing process, reflecting its growing role in modern textile operations and industrial practice. It references Dusy as a servant of man in applying electric power to dyeing tasks.
At a private press exposition Varley and Johnson explained a new tuned telegraph system based on Syntonic synchronism. It uses 49 signals per machine within a semitone, sent from a keyboard and received by a record unit, claiming messages four times faster than Morse and capable of secret wireless telegrams with low noise and strong interference resistance.
An article outlines a patent for applying electricity to farms. It envisions wires extending from a dynamo across fields with movable trolleys carrying a motor driven tram, taking current via a second trolley as ground is prepared with plows hoes and drills.
A new fire alarm indicator system proposes a signaling box shown by numeral or symbols. The device can be hand operated or automatic via Morse signals. A translucent illuminated map would mark all fire dept areas with numbered bores and show red lights for the signaling box and station to reveal the best route at a glance.
The report notes nine wireless stations in Alaska and claims electricity reduces meat shrinkage during cooking. General Electric will supply forty electric mules for the Panama Canal. A signal crosses 5700 miles of Atlantic cable in three tenths of a second. New York installs extra high pressure motor drives for fire pumps in two pumping stations as T1 armored cables depart Manhattan with 12,561 paid conductors. Berlin upgrades with battery driven machines to scrub streets. Omaha Light & Power uses a portable motor pump to drain underground vaults amid municipal plans.
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