Motor Cycles For Feet Invention On Skates With One-Foot Diameters
A Berlin Scientific American note describes M Koller of Winterthur's skate design with a foot support under a single one-foot diameter wheel set on a slant. The wheel includes a brake, rearward drag arms on each foot, and optional motors driven by belts from a power pack strapped to the skater.
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Lowviss
M. Koller
Winterthur
Berlin
Scientific American
Gilso
Parent of Radium Named Jionium by Boltwood at Yale
Yale professor Bertram B. Boltwood announces in The American Journal of Science the identification of a new radioactive element likely the immediate parent of radium. He names it jionium, noting its ionizing power and intermediate position between uranium and radium, with activity about 0.8 of radium. Further studies aim to clarify its properties and behavior.
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Bertram B. Boltwood
Yale
American Journal of Science
Boltwood
Repairing Tire Casings For Extra Miles From Worn Covers
An old tire casing can be saved for several hundred miles with a repair method from The Motor Way. Clean the inside near the hole, cut a ten inch section from a good cover, trim to a thin edge, coat both sides with solvent, rivet the patch to the casing, and cement canvas inside to smooth the surface for continued use.
Model School by a Woman's Club Prominent Southern Woman
A Southern woman outlines how a Woman's Club operated a model school to aid a community facing deplorable public school conditions. She describes children attending only three months yearly, county schools stimulating interest, and college graduates teaching domestic sciences, carpentry, and gardening.
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Woman's Club
Iinterest
Two Russian battleships ordered at Baltic works
The Russian admiralty reportedly decided to build two battleships at the Baltic works. Each ship to be about 25,000 tons and completed within two years. Armament planned includes ten 12 inch guns and six 8 inch guns.
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Russia
Baltic
Georgia model country schools born of club women efforts
The article profiles Mrs Fenton Ottley and Georgia women who built two model five month schools that expanded to eight month sessions. It details bids from Danielsville and Watters district, the craft of fireside industries, cooking, sewing, nature studies, and adult access to libraries, showing lasting rural reform led by women through the Southern Educational Board and state federation.
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Fenton Ottley
South
Atlanta Woman's Club
General Federation of Woman's Clubs
State of Georgia
State Industrial Commission
State Commission On Arts and Crafts
Georgia
Ottley
Atlanta
Southern Educational Board
Branson
Georgia State Normal School
Lindsay Johnson
State Federation of Woman's Clubs
Georgia Federation
Danielsville
Madison County
Watters
Floyd County
Bartow County
Rabun County
County Board of Education
Southern
Rome
London Lord Mayor on cooking and knowing when things are nice
A London Lord Mayor remarked he does not know much about cooking but he knows when a thing is nice. The remark followed a lighthearted note amid discussions of food preparation and public taste.
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London
Frugal Family Makes Do With Worn Clothes
A Chicago News excerpt recalls a family economy tale. A boy explains repeated reuse of a bartender brother’s white coat turned into overalls for Bill the meat market worker and later painter dad, with scraps repurposed into kindling soap and garden fertilizer.
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Bill
Dad
Whipper-Indeed Exchanges Echo in Odd Convo
A playful exchange centers on a phrase Snapper-Indeed used to explain a concept. The dialogue suggests a casual, humorous insistence that the answer is obvious to anyone with common sense, reflecting a lighthearted debate over meaning.
Shivery. Off with the old, On with the new tale
A terse, chilly note from a Detroit context hints at shifting ideas and a fresh start. The piece contrasts old and new, mentioning a cold snap and a playful peek-a-boo motif, with a playful Free Press reference.
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Detroit
Desperate Pirates Maroon Him On Deserted Island Plan
A bold prisoner bites back as pirates threaten to maroon him in mid ocean. He remains calm and reveals a complete wireless Marconi telegraph apparatus tucked in his inside pocket, suggesting unexpected leverage or escape potential.
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Marconi
Suffered A Cold Leaves Both Sides in Dialogue
A brief exchange shows Mr Jadder recounting a four day period of speechlessness due to a severe cold. Miss Knock responds with astonishment at the extent of his suffering.
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Mr. Jadder
Knock
Another Disaster in Copper Market Worries Household
A Chicago Record Herald snippet notes broad alarm as copper drops continue. A household scare emerges when a cook drops a coffee pot, injuring her foot and sending her to the hospital, illustrating the uneasy spillover of metal price woes into daily life.
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Chicago Record Herald
A Failure. Investments and a Daughter's Engagement
A Detroit Fret Press remark asks if all investments succeed and admits one costly failure. The speaker recounts spending $300 last summer to send his daughter away and has heard nothing for nearly two months from the fiancé.
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Detroit
Fret Press
Fairly Well with New Cook Says Milwaukee Sentinel
In a light exchange, an old man asks how the new cook is getting along. The reply says she is doing as well as expected, dislikes the automobile, and tends to kick because the bathtub in her room isn’t onyx, but otherwise she’s all right.
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Millwaukee Sentinel
Typist Quarrel Over How To Write Lines
A humorous exchange shows Old Crusty boy snapping at a typist who retorts that her typewriter needs no cold to misfire. The brief gag hints at workplace friction and comic timing in a newsroom or office setting.
Proved Both Ways. Pure food experts test nine-year meat on dog
Baltimore American quips about officials testing nine year stored meat on a dog to assess safety. The joke implies a risky, humorous critique of government meat regulation and public health standards. The punchline suggests regardless of outcome, the result will be a loud controversy.
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Baltimore American
Answers to Old Questions about a Comfortless Flat
The applicant notes the flat is cramped with furniture, a long walk to the Tube, and suffers extreme temperatures. The caretaker agrees the rooms feel smaller once furnished, and the neighborhood offers poor access and uncomfortable conditions in summer and winter.
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