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Newspaper
The Kemmerer Camera
Location
Kemmerer, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1903
Page
6
Popular Science notes a new typewriter design by William H Young featuring spring fingers and a touch operated mechanism. The device aligns letters by inserting fingers into a wire bale and depresses the plate to print, with a rack feed advancing the paper between prints. It emphasizes simplicity and potential use by a blind operator.
The toothbrush design advances cleaning by forcing bristles to move only toward the teeth. A sliding rack bar and internal ratchet prevent backward motion as the handle contracts and expands via a V shaped spring. Homer Poling of Curtain West Virginia is the inventor.
A German inventor unveiled a fire apparatus with a telescope ladder extended to fifty feet, powered by a compressor, attached to a heavy truck with an air tank. The ladder aims at windows or high points in fires while a firefighter ascends and descends as needed. Also shown is a unbreakable glass by Louis Kauffeld capable of enduring ice water and heat, with potential emergency uses. A future city elevated railcar system proposal in Paris features cars suspended by central rails and rolling wheels, designed for quick movement and high speed along a viaduct.
Edward Everett Dr and mothers club in Boston discuss future life free from grim elites. They urge children to live in the open air, learn country life, and distinguish between turnips and potatoes as a path to humane progress.
An Ohio humorist James Kennedy of Youngstown entertains while a story about two late‑staggering youths unfolds. In Krakow a 116 year old plumber, Jacob Belcher, died after a fall, having worked at 112 despite three years of disability.
Japanese postal authorities in Tokio are weighing whether to buy motor vehicles for mail delivery, evaluating practicality and cost before a decision.
A historical sample contains patient testimonials from 1903 praising Doan's Kidney Pills for back pain urinary issues and night wakings. Letters claim severe relief after use and include multiple names and locations as endorsements.
An advertisement extols Cuticura Resolvent Ointment Soap as cures for skin and scalp issues including pimples scrofula and hair loss. It touts instant relief from itching eczema rashes and inflammation and claims numerous worldwide cures, urging use of all three Cuticura products for complete treatment.
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