Coal dust fuel tested by Winoie Central railroad
Milne Central railroad officials power house in Chicago test a coal dust firing device on two boilers to prove coal dust can replace traditional coal, reduce smoke and cut fuel cost by up to 40 percent. Experiments continue for thirty days across locomotives and smelting works.
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Winoie Central Railroad
Bower House
Chicago
Aimple
Foox
Milneis
John ¥. Wallace
Milnel# Central railroad
Optical Projection Sketch With Reflected Image
A device shows a silvered engine like card with a brace supporting it at forty five degrees. A transparent glass square on the right edge allows viewing a reflected image projected onto drawing paper placed beneath.
Hand Operated Stump Puller Gains Noted Patented Status
A single man can operate a stump puller that plans to ease field work in farming districts. Theodore H. Mc Cain of Washington patents the device featuring a winding drum with external teeth and a lever that draws the chain through the drum to steadily topple stumps. A Siberia export note and reminiscences of Rose Eytinge pepper the page with miscellaneous items.
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Theodore H. McCain
Washington
Interpreting a Players Club room scene and loyalties
The article recalls the Players Club with art filled walls and a kitchen that delights visitors while bishops admire the setting. It notes Bishop Potter hosting a luncheon and actor members arranging tours with rare items. Ethel Grace Levey, born in 1880, rose to stage fame and later married George M. Cohan.
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Hindow
Edwin Booth
New York Sun
Bishop Potter
Ths
Episcopal House of Bishops
Players’ Club
Lambs
Ite
The
Lambs’ Club
Ten Forms of Tin Phases Shown in Science Note
A Science note explains that solid substances can have multiple forms or phases. Metallic tin, for example, exists as a gray crystalline powder and as the lustrous ductile form. At a certain temperature both forms coexist, above it the ordinary form is stable, and below it the powdery form prevails.
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Mendera
Ingenious Frenchman Improves Picture Copying Device
A French inventor has developed an advanced calograph to copy pictures. The device uses a card to hold the target image in a vertical position for tracing or reproduction, promising easier and more accurate transfers.
Advantages of Electric Traction and Phonographic Fire Alarm
Bir W H Preece notes electric traction offers continuous torque and constant wheel bite, enabling rapid acceleration and better performance on city lines. The article also describes a phono graphic fire alarm system where thermostats trigger phonographs to relay the fire location to the engine station over telephonic wires.
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W. H. Preece
Wee Towatti Remarks on Hay Fever Exchange
A humorous exchange from the Indianapolis Journal features Wee Towatti writing to Bam about hay fever. Towatti notes Bam once overreacted to the issue and now admits he himself has caught the illness, intending to tell Bam he did not exaggerate.
Miss Estelle Schubert Among Cleveland’s Respected Beauties
Miss Estelle Schubert touted as one of Cleveland’s beautiful women with a fine soprano voice and notable mimetic talent. She uses her vocal gifts to perform impersonations of famous figures, highlighting her stage presence.
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Estelle Schubert
Cleveland
Writer of Raregi et Wa Ad of His Works In Fresh Language
Felix Gabriel Marchand, Quebec premier and noted poet, died in Montreal. Born 1882 at St Johns, he led Quebec politics for six years, championed education, and wore a violet lapel button denoting public instruction. He admired liberty, British ties, and served in militia against Fenian raids.
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Canada
Europe
United
Felix Gabriel Marchand
Quebec
Montreal
Mr. Marchand
St. Johns
St. Hyacinthe College
Paris
Felix G. Marchand
Libnerald
Wilfrid Laurier
Marchand
France
Royal Society of Canada
Tesla predicts aluminum will supersede all metals in coming century
In a Century Magazine contribution Nicola Tesla argues aluminum will usher in a new age, potentially annihilating copper as aluminum wires and castings prove cheaper. He notes the metal’s rapid progress since discovery and cites future price drops as a threat to copper mining and use.
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Oln Tesla
Century Magazine
Nicola Tesla
Tesla
India Snakes and Immune Powers by a Snake Juggler
Capt. K. H. Ellitt reports from India that awake men in south India show ignorance of methods to reach immunity and that a few may ingest venom or apply it to their limbs but likely gain protection mainly through skilled handling of the cobra.
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India
K. H. Ellitt
South
Device to Burn Garbage by Chicago Inventors
A novel refuse burner invented by Chicagoans uses a draught driven box to burn waste paper and combustibles with minimal smoke. Two sizes fit cellars or stand as substitutes for garbage cans, burning contents from beneath and consuming about three quarters of daily garbage at a nominal cost.
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Chicago
Whale fishing in the United States declines through 19th century
The text notes a steady decline in whale products from 1850 to 1875 with sperm oil dropping from 100000 to 42000 barrels, whale oil from 300000 to 35000, and whalebone from 5000000 pounds to only 40 percent of prior levels, signaling a gradual approach toward nonexistence.
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United States
New Patent Feeder Converts Culm Waste For Boiler Use
A novel furnace device feeds culm waste directly into the combustion chamber without forced draft. A hopper holds the culm, a rotary brush pulverizes and delivers it to a feeding brush, and a narrow rot adjustable opening regulates discharge. Engine-driven brushes automate continuous operation with minimal attention.
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Siberia
Preach Bureau of Foreign Commerce
Rose Eytinge
Bullfinch Place
Boxton
William Warren
Davenport
Wallac
Mecca
Amelia Fisher
Amelia
Boston
Heston Museum
Lot
Willings Warren
Ethel Grace Levey
San Francisco
Columbia
That City
Hoyt
Joe Hart
George M. Cohan
Behman Company
Elle Schubert
Schubert
Rengp
Tenty
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