Ambitious Homes of Five Room Cottage Come Into View
A survey of compact five room cottages outlines a budget friendly starter home for young couples. The piece discusses layout features from living and dining rooms to bedrooms and baths, and contrasts small cottages with larger houses in terms of comfort and social life. It includes a tangential anecdote about Lewis Carroll creator Charles Dodgson and author Gertrude Thompson meeting in South Kensington, illustrating a moment of literary recognition.
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Magazine Line Sparks Laugh in Mrs Doolistle Tale
Mrs Doolistle recalls a humorous magazine line where a man venting gloom says a stray phrase about a wigglestick. The quip highlights odd slang and faint despair in a light, anecdotal tone.
Static Motor Powered by Atmospheric Electricity Proposed
A revised five armature disk motor with four field poles could rotate by alternating charged poles. Experiments show rotation from high tension sources and wireless telephony setups. Researchers suggest clouds could provide power for a sizable static motor.
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C Francis Jeckioe
Scientific American
Jenkins
Parlor and Sleeping Car Plant to Build Metal Cars
A company that makes parlor and sleeping cars plans a new plant to construct cars entirely of metal. The aim is stronger cars and safer travel if fires can be prevented in railroad accidents, ensuring all riders have equal protection in future railroad equipment.
Ambidexterity Society Formed in London
A London society promotes ambidexterity to encourage use of both hands. The article notes most people favor the right hand and cites skeletal evidence of ancient origins. It questions whether training the left hand could influence right brain development.
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London
Electric window closer for ventilation without rising in bed
A Popular Mechanics reader describes an electric window closer that seals a bedroom window at night. A door check connects to the window by a chain. a magnet attracts a plunger to release a trigger, closing the window when a lighted push button completes the circuit from the bed.
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Popular Mechanica
Electric Car Brakes Spark Notable Interest in New York Trials
A New York street car trial explores an electric brake powered by trolley current. Motorman uses a hand brake and a foot pedal to release, cutting labor and delivering smoother stops. A quick-release system avoids air brake surge, with a short circuit option to halt the car. Electric sign lighting also advances via small colored caps over bulb ends for inexpensive, changeable legends.
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New York
New Telegraph Lines and Alloy Report
A French plan to connect Soulidan to Algeria by telegraph lines is noted alongside Britain’s proposed line crossing the Belgian Congo and German East Africa. A new alloy for electricians, 16% silver 4% nickel and 53 pennyweights of gold, may replace platinum at about one thirtieth the cost.
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France
Algeria
Britain
Belgian Congo
German East Africa
Mechanical Man Invention by German Inventor
A German inventor unveils a mechanical man featuring 205 compartments and multiple electric motors. The device aims to perform a wide range of tasks once done by humans, showcasing advanced automation concepts.
Olde Alberta Letter Praises Prosperity of Free Grant Lands
Otto Yertting of Olde Alberta Canada writes Detroit contact about four years living in Olde noting high yields from oats 115 bushels per acre barley 50 bushels per acre and potatoes 700 bushels with no pests plus dairy income and a government creamery. He favors Canadian lands over Michigan farms and seeks information on rates to western Canada free grant lands.
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Detroit
Michigan
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Albert
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Otto Yertting
Canada
Doctor Sneak to Whist Game Turns House Caller
A visitor asks a busy physician to come quickly for a life or death matter but learns he will only come for a whist game. The servant relays that the doctor will attend in ten minutes, after the caller explains the lighter purpose.
Simple home remedy for rheumatism and kidney issues
An eminent authority claims rheumatism and kidney trouble stem from blood acids. A home mixture using Fluid Extract Dandelion Kar yon Syrup Sarsaparilla is advised: shake and take a teaspoon after meals and at night.
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Sheep Industry in Australia Leads in Wool and Meat
Australia ranks second among major sheep nations with about 72 million sheep after Argentina's 92 million and ahead of Russia's 70 million. Droughts reduced herds from a peak of 108 million in 1891, but numbers have risen since 1992. Sheep were introduced in 1797 as Spanish Merino stock.
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Australia
Argentina
Russia
Seed Catalog Promises Postpaid Bargain Seeds
A catalog from Soler Seed Co offers postpaid delivery on seeds including Early Ripe Cabbage and Gerald Cucumber with a pledge of 20 000 new customers. It touts farm seeds and tools, free mailing to partners, and mentions a free extra package with orders. Also notes Joseph Phillips inventor of cling peach died in Yuba California.
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John Ef Soler
Levons
Wis
Joseph Phillips
Yuba
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