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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1912
Page
7
Three Michigan men designed a unique electric heater that can be assembled in minutes for any room. A circular four-leg stand supports a horseshoe steel plate with end projections for wiring, while a cylindrical chamber forms the heater and locks to a center rod. The device can heat a room or be used as a mild stove for non flame foods.
A photographer uses steady electric light and an automatic timing device to control illumination for printing photographs. The Calhoun photo printer employs a movable cluster of lamps within a cabinet to provide light, enabling consistent results under varying weather.
A device can print 200 photographs per day while a related setup prints 2, 000 photographs in the same period. The machine requires three amperes to operate.
A note in the Electrical Review describes a Congo state wireless system extending 1860 miles up the Congo to Katanga with stations in major towns. French Radio-Electrique apparatus would operate near French possessions and Telefunken gear near German colonies. Telereg stations are planned at Tabora and Dasidjl in German East Africa and Loango and Frezenville for French areas.
The Weather Bureau gains strong support from telephone companies to distribute forecasts by phone. In several western states and the Pacific coast, many lines now relay daily weather reports to subscribers, with Mississippi and Tennessee seeing wide exchange use. Officials note increased calls to weather central offices and value free information for attracting subscribers.
The two Olympic whistles amid forward funnels feature three bell domes 9 15 and 12 inches in diameter on a branch piece. Center dome top sits 4 ft 2 1 2 in above the base, with all three domes and branch weighing 764 fbe. Electrically controlled, they produce the recognized sound used by White Star navigators. An Eiffel Tower use to shield Paris from hall stones is proposed via a 100 ft electric column, showing potential agricultural benefits if applied to the tower.
A survey notes rapid electrical adoption worldwide. Japan now has forty five gas companies, the US has issued nearly 60 000 patents in electrical and fuel inventions, Australia views the telephone as a luxury, and over 260 000 electric fathoms have sold in a year. A device to gear 20 000 envelopes hourly is described, while royal tea for moving pictures reaches 8 000 dollars weekly. A Massachusetts firm makes a gold mounted electrical fit for Queen Mary, and the Grand Trunk railway plans to replace telegraph with telephone for dispatching. The Times Square electric sign rents for 25 000 dollars annually.
A fragmentary verse piece echoes the Battle Hymn of the Republic with lines about glory, the Lord’s coming, and marching truth, referencing grapes of wrath and a hero who crushes the serpent, in a stylized ornate cadence.
Fragmentary OCR lines evoke a Civil War era hymn praising marching on with imagery of God, lilies, and sacrifice. The quoted verses mix phrases about trumpets, judgment, and Christ’s birth, ending with a garbled name and misread words. The text resembles Julia Ward Howe's Battle Hymn of the Republic excerpts with errors.
Ida Tarbell presents a Lincoln reminiscence told by Billy Brown of Springfield Ill. The tale recalls Lincoln discussing pardons, Army rules, and mercy toward soldiers who falter. Lincoln vows not to abide by harsh regulations and reflects on leg wounds, cowardice, and compassion amid war.
A Rexall advertisement promises free distribution if Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets fail to satisfy users. It touts a formula combining Bismuth Subnitrate Pepsin and carminatives, claiming relief from indigestion and dyspepsia, with careful Pepsin preparation and guaranteed satisfaction at 25 or 30 cents. The Rexall Store at 1 A. Graver, Superior Street, promotes the product.
A. W. Macy recounts a year after Lincoln’s death a stone inscribed in Italian was found in the White House basement. Citizens of Rome sent it, praising Lincoln, claiming it came from Servius Tullius’s wall. He reportedly hid it, later placed in the Lincoln monument custodian’s room in Springfield by congressional direction.
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