Automatic Railway Flagman Popular Electricity Illustration
The article describes an automatic railway signal called the wig wag signal used by electric and steam railroads across the Pacific Coast and Southwest. Invented in Los Angeles, it features a red disk pendulum, ruby lens, stop lettering, and two lamps, all illuminated as a train approaches. The disc swings, bells ring, and lights operate from a central point, with independent control for each component.
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Segman
American Safety Congress
Los Angeles
Highwiay
Nso
France and Germany last struggle and the time to rise
A historical recount of the Franco Prussian War ending with Sedan and Paris siege, the proclamation of the German Empire, and the terms of peace. It questions whether the long French patience is now rewarded and whether the guiding maxim of German extremity has yielded to a new French opportunity.
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Kansas
Germany
Frances
France
Sedan
Napoleon
Bismarck
Prussia
Blinde
Fars
Pontan
Weissenburg
Merz
Spievern
McMahon
Laraine
Moselle
Frederick Charles
Avelude
Itn Mame
Napoleon II
Ty Star
Eugene
Basaine
Paris
Selge
Gambetta
Bazaine
Metz
Strassburg
Aleady
Paria
Versailles
William I
Lorraine
Thionville
Alsace
Pars
Craftiness Made Him Rich in the Valley of Death Ghouls
The tale recounts Ameen Beg of Isfahan outwit a host of ghouls in the Valley of the Angel of Death. A voice lures him off the true path, a known trick of demons to imitate friends, as he faces peril in a haunted landscape.
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Ifahan
Terrible
Allah
Wruth
Ameen Beg
Isfahan
Hherreem Beg
Kerbela Beg
Ameen
Ameen Beg Outsmarts Ghoul and Claims Riches
Ameen Beg deceives a ghoul in a cavern rich with merchant loot and bones. He exploits a stone and an egg to seize treasure, then escapes with camels and slaves to Isfahan, becoming a famed man by repurposing the ghoul’s head as he warned.
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Kerreem
Hon
Adam
Ameen Bex
Ameen Beg
Ameen
Orrry
Isfahan
Sfahan
Allah
Handy flan of the Government at West Point 1914
Secretary of War Gardon lauds the army as the governments handy man. Since March 1 1918 officers have served in civil duties from famine relief and disaster response to law and order. Army medical work aboard and at home highlights Panama Canal sanitation and typhoid control.
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Panama Canal
Army Engineers
Norfolk Wa
Atlantic Coast
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Army
New York Harbor Engineers
Congress
Harbor Park
Carter Cat
Carter
Engineer Corps
St Louis
Secretary of War
Signal Corps
Philippine Islands
New York
United States
Philippines
Carnegie
Manila
Gardlon
West Point
Sam Gollerg
Thase
Ohio
Nebraska
Vera Cruz
Bureau of Animal Industry
Agricultural Department
Diplomatic
State Department
Navy
Panama Canal Zone
Panama
Hides for Automobiles
An article notes the automobile industry scales with about 3,000 hides used per year for upholstery. A roadster needs over two hides, a touring body about three, averaging two and a half hides per car. From hide removal to processing spans ten weeks to months, varying by quality. Inde hides split into four grades hand buffs, machine buffs, deep buffs and splits. Hand buffs, nearest the hair, are the premium used by top motor car factories.
Gold Laded Bullion Safe in Transit Through New York Streets
A detailed account describes shipping gold to Europe for war chests, packed in stout kegs carrying ten bars each worth about $30,000. The process uses secretive seals, red tape, and careful handling with guards and Assay Office oversight. Despite vast sums, the transit through New York and aboard ships is unpretentious and largely unchecked, with only one prior theft reported years earlier.
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Tim
Dartmoor
Queen Victoria
Europe
New York
Shitsie
Wall Street
Institut
Washington
San Francico
Levy
Fom
4Say
God
Ree
Lisa Saldshy
Milly
Rmwantics Eng
Dors
Gulpha
Mats Freopter
Dow
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Stowe
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Amor
Duesea Viner
Newspap
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