Common Sense Flying Machine Promises Safe Light Aircraft
Philadelphia inventors claim a new “common sense lying machine” blends gun bag and aeroplane ideas. A model will be ready soon for trial, touting safety, simple construction, and easy operation. RW Robinson of Philadelphia leads the project with W H Potter assisting.
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Ventor
Philadelpha
Penn RW Robinson
Mutual Life Building
West
Susquehanna Avenue
Bs W H Potter
Creature Tricks Paralyze and Hide in Plain Sight Across Seas
An assortment of animals mimic death to escape danger. Lobsters stiffen and sink when touched, crabs curl and feign death, starfish appear dead yet revive in water, hermit crabs freeze and vanish into sand, and beetles, caterpillars, spiders, and even weed lice employ similar ruses.
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Tennent
Matawani
Tigarda
Pheynosome Douglassi
Western
Plaina
Leoviaenus Darwinii
Darwin
Patagonia
Pee
Europe
China
Indian Ocean
Exploring Earth's Crust Through Deep Shafts as Proposed
M Camille Flammarion advocates two deep shafts into the earth to study its interior. He cites a 500 foot depth reached and predicts internal heat rises with depth, suggesting a 200 to 900 yard diameter shaft with iron rings. Belgium, Holland, and Roumania may host excavation sites while deeper work aims to uncover geology and paleontology.
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Chicago Tetbone
Camille Flammarion
Flamsarion
Belgium
Holland
Roumania
M Flammarion
The U S Flag Factory at Brooklyn Navy Yard
The Brooklyn Navy Yard hosts a major U S flag factory where 80 to 169 women work year round making flags for naval ships. They weave about 120000 yards annually, produce 418 kinds, costing around 8000 dollars yearly, and replace worn flags after ships return.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Decimiar
Navy Yard
Connecticut
Thomas Maloy Hus
Public school on Alcohol Effects cited in local talks
Extracts from competitions discuss the evil effects of alcohol. Medical men warn that fetal diseases rise from drinking. Debates note opinions range from abuse to medicine. Doctors link increased death rates to boozing as a social issue. The Bible cautions against wine when red, while Rhine wine is mentioned as not hurtful.
Western Texas Cowboys and Automobiles Stir Trouble
A long narrative describes ranch area road etiquette for cowboys and motorists in Western Texas. Incidents include a Dallas traveler Davis near Brady speedily passing mule convoys, a rifle shot causing tire damage, and a real estate agent facing gunfire from cowboys guiding cattle. A second tale follows detective Hoffman misled by Brandt impostors at Greenwood Lake Hotel, revealing a staged capture hoax and mistaken identity that ends with confusion and parsing of a fake telegram.
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Cindy
Reas
Texas
Jean
Brady
Dick Davis
Caneho County
Submarine Explosive Vehicle Unveiled in Harbor Defense
The Illustrated London News describes a compact submarine powered and steered by Hertzian waves. The 16 foot long craft weighs about 200 pounds and includes a forward socket for a mast to support a serial wire. The design is proposed for harbor defense and features an automobile explosive mechanism attributed to Mr John Gardnar.
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London News
John Gardnar
Hertzian Waven
Clerk Turned Detective in Monroe Stagecoach Caper
Charles Hoffman a New York ribbon clerk becomes a detective for Homes Private Detective agency. In Monroe he tails Magsey Brandt, a bank robber, riding a stagecoach to spot him. Hoffman tracks Brandt to a vaudeville tent where disguise unravels and Brandt is exposed as Sturdevant, a student in disguise.
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Stansevant
Atm
Smith
New Jersey
Hoffman
Roe
Stags
Greenwood Lake
Greenwood Lake Hotel
Harlem
Mike Brandt
White Hoffman
Brandt
New York
Ela
Morrow Morng
Sid
Halwens
Philadelphia
Halkens
Bac
Dlagram
Branat
Bosa
Hoffman Measures
Magsey Brandt
Troftman
Apa
Risben
Charles Hoffman
Ute Ao
Homes Private
Homes
Hofman
Monroe NY
Magsey’ Brandt
Crackeman
Brandt Hoffman
Monto Jefe
Monroe
Green‘wand Lake
Floaste Watson
Magney
Miss Watson
Thaned Brandt
Elsa
Hrandt
Frandt
Mig
Walton Homma
Miss Walton
Sturdevant
Carter 3
Sopha
Walter Waller
Baral
Herman
Nla
Garden of Allah Camp Promises Muse Tuning Aid
St Louis poet dispatch reports the Poetry Revival Society of London proposes a Sahara camp for readers to find association with verse. They claim deep solitude will sharpen taste silence fosters meditation and echoes of Casablanca will shape the poetry.
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Garden OF Allah
St Louis
Hichena
Poetry Reviital Society of
London
Sahara
Allah
Casablanca
A Lesson for the Road Hog
Niton Ontario reports a strange encounter on a road where a traveler in a one-horse rig dispensed advice and a humane, humorous tale about hogs. The man with whiskers and a fur cap claimed he places rites in hogs noses to stop them from squaring roots, reflecting his long experience with hogs and a plea for brotherly kindness.
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Niton
Ontario
Utes
Hotel Notice Warns Travelers of Sunrise Horn
A fragmentary hotel notice addresses Mistera and voyagers on a halfway ascent. It promises a horn at sunrise to alert travelers, but the wine list leaves the traveler with little hope as they await the next entry.
Bicycle Drives Coffee Mill Showcased in Town
A Fannas City grocer combines coffee grinding with exercise by setting a bicycle to power a grinder. The man props the rear wheel to a pulley connected to the grinder and uses a toy at the hopper to feed beans. He pedals, maintaining a steady climb and then accelerates, making the mill hum.
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Fannas
Health Rules for Summer Comfort and Strength
Health as wealth guides a summer regimen emphasizing rest light meals and moderate fluids. The piece warns heat and humidity drain vitality, urges restraint in eating fattening foods, careful stomach and kidney care, and emphasizes temperate drinks and regular baths to sustain nervous calm and bodily functions.
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Ans
Wien
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