Historic Barn Is Used as a Church
Grace Lutheran church of Roxborough plans a Gothic edifice at Ridge and Roxborough avenues on a historic site. The old stone dwelling was demolished but the rear barn remains and is used as a house of worship after earlier WW II style wartime events.
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Hiladelphia
Grace — Lutheran Church
Roxborough
Ridge and
Roxborough Avenues
Philadelphia
Washington
Valley Forge
Virginia
Wood
Care's Lane
Grace Lutheran Church
Telephone adds as advertising tool in New York
Businesses in New York increasingly use the telephone for ads instead of circulars. The method could ease postal strain and direct outreach to select customers. Examples include laces, neckwear, silk hose, rail deal tips to financiers, and antique sales prompting calls to view offerings.
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York
New York
Uncle Sam
Hair Industry in Chicago Profits from Foreign Queues
A Chicago manager describes a booming hair factory business relying on imported and countrywoman hair. He cites orders for 56 000 switches and 30 000 in Wisconsin, noting 60 000 from hair sold nationwide. The process includes disinfection bleaching dyeing and precise length sorting to produce switches from Queues.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Bermuda onion boom makes San Antonio a Texas hub
The article credits Bermuda onions grown on Rio Grande bottom lands for transforming San Antonio into a major farming and trading center. It cites land gains, rising cabbage and truck farming value, and population growth from 37,673 in 1880 to about 100,000 with suburbs, noting Dallas as the nearest Texas rival.
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Antonio
Tex
Texas
Rio
Nye
Agricultural Department
San Antonio
Dallas
Perforates Shells of Eggs with Air Powered Device
A West Virginia inventor develops an apparatus using a compressed air pump to perforate egg shells. The device drives the perforators into the shell while air pressure prevents contents from leaking, allowing clean egg opening and minimal finger smearing.
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West Virginia
Dustless auto body is new innovation from Europe
European car makers publish a torpedo shaped body designed to stop dust rear air sweep vents create a clear opening from under the car and curved rear to prevent dust behind rear seats improving cleanliness and reducing dust trails during travel.
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Gether
Mechanica
Nonbreakable watch crystals from celluloid
Celluloid has been used to make watch crystals that will not break. The Germans are credited with this innovation. The new durable crystals cost a bit more than glass but are gaining popularity among manufacturers and dealers for all but the highest grade pieces.
Liquid Air for Blasting Widely Used in Coal Breakage
A report notes that liquid air is employed for blasting to dislodge coal. The thick material is split by a single shot, enabling efficient breaking of coal in various operations.
Device for Anesthetic by Dr Wunderlich of New York
Dr M J Wunderlich of New York invents a simple one hand operable anesthetic apparatus as described in Scientific American. The device uses a funnel with absorbent material at the apex to hold the anesthetic and a receptacle connected via a pipe to allow liquid to flow into the absorbent material. It stores the anesthetic gas exhalations and enables gradual administration to economize the agent.
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M. J. Wunderlich
New York
Scien
New Metals for Airships May Lead Zeppelin Craft
The aviation boom spurs alloy innovation. A magnesium rich alloy named metal-siege contains 99 parts magnesium with zinc sodium and traces of aluminum and iron and releases hydrogen when reacting with water. Another alloy electron, a German product, is claimed lighter than aluminum, easy to work, and very strong for airship construction.
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Zeppelin
Forcing Plant Blooms by Inversion Immersion
A new method to force blooms out of season involves inverting shoots and immersing in water at 30 to 50 degrees Celsius for nine to twelve hours. Then place the plants in a dark moist chamber at about 25 degrees until leaves appear, after which normal greenhouse conditions are used.
Notes of Science and Invention
A collection of curiosities and facts: tall individuals are rare, London soot removal volume, 1909 patent activity, German dreadnought crew size, India's reliance on agriculture, Mexico silver peak, oil stain solvent, carbolic acid vapor danger, carbon from lungs, hospital bedside bath tub, hummingbirds disappearing on Trinidad, Berlin sanitary gains, river navigation fleet and spending, and a Johns Hopkins professor about ubiquity.
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Patent Office
London
Germany
India
Mexico
The
Republic
Trinidad
Berlin
Johns Hopkins University
Picture Hats in Graceful Velvet Styles from French Designers
The article describes elegant wide brim hats in velvet, favored by American beauties for formal occasions. It highlights a black hat with white ostrich plumes arranged in a snowlike wreath at the crown, plumes sweeping from the front toward the right, and trimming concentrated on the right. A gray blue variant features blue heron feathers and Persian ornaments to pair with a special gown.
Soft colored millinery styles with broad brims
The text describes hats with soft colors and gray feathering, white markings, and ornaments suitable for gray, amethyst, black, or blue models. Brims are very wide and curve left with a subdued tilt. Turbans and small hats show sprightliness while round mauve-brimmed hats shade eyes.
Keep Hair Proper Color Advice From Old-Time Journal
The article cautions against gray hair and urges guards against poor health and stress. It notes excessive worry and brain work can hasten graying and warns against frequent shampooing and drying mixtures. It recommends oil-rich tonics to preserve natural hair luster, especially for those with a family history of early graying.
Automatic waiter device serves dishes by rotating guests
An illustrated device named automatic waiter features a central standard with adjustable end holders for dishes silver salt pepper and relishes. When food is placed on the rotor guests revolve it to serve themselves, as described in Popular Mechanics.
Wearing of Paste Jewels Declines Gentlewoman Standards
A discussion warns of the growing trend of paste jewelry and false hair in evening dress. It condemns Parisian imitations as deceptive and urges maintaining true taste and modest attire for a true gentlewoman.
Frugal Wardrobe Rules for a Small Income
A guidance piece advises women to avoid excess clothing and focus on a few quality items. Buy, wear out, and replace essential pieces like one well-fitting tailor made suit, rotate several pairs of shoes, and limit underwear stacks to prevent wear, rot, and pests while styles and figures change.
Workbasket Organization Tip for Pins and Fasteners
Keep large safety pins in your workbasket and string loose buttons hooks and eyes on matching pins By size and color To avoid untidy storage and delays when matching fasteners Fasten the safety pin to the lining to secure supplies in place.
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