Center Rail Device Prevents Wheel Escape From Track
In Miami Florida a suburban passenger railway uses flangeless wheels with a center third rail of ordinary type. Side bearings or rollers attached to cars run against the rail, making wheel departure from the track impossible. A 45 foot radius curve at 23 miles per hour passes without lurching, with a 5 foot 10 inch rigid wheel base on standard gauge track. The system may also serve as an electric third rail if desired.
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Iun
Miami
Fla
Dog and Rob Roy Duel to Save Girl from Eagle
In mountain country near Santa Barbara a remarkable tale recounts a dog named Rob Roy defending Lucy Graham from a massive eagle. Lucy fled with Rob Roy beside her as the eagle swooped, the dog leaping forward to shield her, taking a savage bite on the eagle’s breast before the bird retreated.
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Sam
Santa Barbara
Cat
Joe. Prentis
Seattle
Ore
Denebhand Hotel
Mr Prentiss
Shellie
Grampian Hills
San
Weasel
Secund
Tod Tiddie
Rob Roy
Wights Tau
Graham House
Mamma
Duddy
Lucy
Rob
Peg
Chita
Graham
Lary
Lofty
Lacey
Rob Ray
Mr. Graham
Chrus
Reb Roy
Bng
Rob Roy the dog kills giant eagle to save Lucy
A dramatic story describes Rob Roy defending Lucy from a giant eagle. The dog fights fiercely, losing an eye and suffering severe wounds but ultimately kills the eagle. Lucy is unhurt, and Mr. Graham escorts the injured dog home for care. Rob Roy survives but becomes a cripple with lasting scars.
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Rob Roy
Lucy
Scotland
Evertion
Rob Ray
Mr. Graham
Patent Office No Pauper Reveals Self Support and Profits
The Gechnical World reports that the United States Patent Office issued more patents in the year than any since 1905 aside from that peak, with receipts of 1,790,924.38 and expenditures of 1,554,801.20, leaving a net gain of 236,080.18. The patent fund in the Treasury stands at 6,427,021.86, and 56,482 applications produced 41,105 patents. New York residents led with 4,642 filings. Illinois had 2,107. foreigners received 8,471 patents, eight to Cubans. Between 1886 and 1907 total patents reach 840,533.
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Gechnical World
United States Patent Office
Patent Office
United States Treasury
New York State
Linois
On a Party Line in Chicago
A North Side woman on a party telephone line tries to call her dressmaker to rush a dinner dress. A heavier male voice of German origin interrupts, insisting to use the line. He eventually declares his house is on fire, demanding priority in the call.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Central
Telia
Reinad
Washington nickname origin disputed
A World paragraph miscredits Thackeray with calling Washington "the city of magnificent distances." The phrase originated with John A. Corwine of Bellefontaine Ohio who, visiting the House gallery, rose and said I have been visiting this city of magnificent distances. The sentence endured though the rest of his remarks are largely lost.
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Washington
New York World
William Makepeace Thackeray
Thackeray
John A. Corwine
Bellefontaine
Logan County
Ohio
National
House of Representatives
Corwine
Unfortunate Arrest at Officers House Gambling Party
A gallant gambling party was being prepared in an officer house when police burst in and arrested three gamblers. A large amount of money was found on them. The incident involves Anter Ataryg as a noted attendee.
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Weuay Aero
A Legendary Detective of Scotland Yard Retires
Detective-Inspector John Walsh recalls a storied career from 1878 at Bow Street to high-profile cases against dynamiters and anarchists. He details the Autonomy Club raid, protection for figures like Balfour and Queen Victoria, and the dramatic rescue of a Bangor madman cured by a singer named Walton before Walton’s own tragic end.
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Scotland Yard
Arcy
Spain
Ialy
Greece
Portugal
Shinrock Holmes
John Walsh
The
Chronicle
Inspector Walsh
Police
Bow Street
London
St. Giles
Seven Dials
House of Commons
Kings Street
Gallagher
Whitehead
Lynch
Birmingham
Littlechild
Southampton Street
England
G London
Balfour
Union’st
Ireland
Mr. Balfour
Mancaster
O'Brien
Queen Victoria
America
Melville
Boons
Cohei Cailan
Harkins
Callan
Rooney
Ameri
Cohenne
Autonomy Club
Water cycle device enables powerful water-propelled swim
The article describes Dr. L. K. Baker's water cycle, a foot powered machine attached to a bronze frame that drives a propeller as the kick action powers forward motion. Weighing 23 to 26 pounds, it uses bronze copper rubber and aluminum, letting a swimmer gain speed and even rest by detaching when needed. Children can ride in shallow water, enjoying waves with reduced fear.
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L. K. Baker
Cleveland
Uta
Lullaby Cures a Maniac in Bangor Memory
A New Orleans Picayune feature recalls how music can soothe and recalls a Bangor Maine tale from a boyhood observer. William J. Brown, a lumber buyer, recounts a Maynard family crisis where a homicidal father beset by violent frenzies tormented his wife and daughter before the episode subsided.
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Brown
Maynard
Lost Teeth In His Throat Baffle Patient
Emmett Davis recovered a small plate with two or three teeth carried for three months in his pharynx. After swelling blocked swallowing a throat specialist found the foreign substance, reduced inflammation, and retrieved the missing section of the false plate, giving instant relief. Davis had not told the doctor about the missing teeth.
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Westtted Cor
Philadelphia
Emmett Davis
Davis
Mr. Davis
Kept $10 Bill 40 Years Returns to Morrison
Obid Smith, a farmer near Indianapolis, visited C. W. Morrison and returned a ten dollar bill he kept for 40 years. He said the Lord sent him to deliver the money after witnessing Morrison drop the bill in 1867 at Bodine's Morristown store.
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Greenfield
Ind
Indianapolis
Obid Smith
C. W. Morrison
Morrison
Smith
Mr. Morrison
Dead Animals Used as Boats in Northern Rivers
A London Sphere report describes boats built from animal skins sewn with fur inside to create highly buoyant vessels. The skin boats are reputedly rapid on some northern rivers and permit unusual navigation forms, though the text is fragmentary and unclear on full implications.
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London Sphere
Prison Coin Ring Exposed In Lithuanian Jail
In Kovno Lithuania a prison inmate named Mueha used Cell 25 to distribute counterfeit rubles and led Nikla Lednicka to pass false coins. The jailer’s wife Lednicka and inmate Mucha confessed after police uncovered a large-scale mint in the cell, revealing a coordinated scheme within the prison walls.
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Suesa
Kovno
Lithuania
Russia
Hanselmide
Kovne
Apurinus
Lednika
Nearst
Ledmicka
Ginelly
Mueha
Prson
Technicka
Lednicka
Lldnicka
Mucha
Lednick 1
Tednicka
Ain Ledrickas
Reuk Weald
Tia Oyna
Darkimna
Disasters and Inventions
A discussion of how inquests into accidents inspired safety inventions. It notes many examples from railways, lamps, drowning, cycling, fog, and tram incidents leading to patents and devices that prevent similar deaths. It highlights safety flannelette, lamp extinguishers, underwater signaling, improved door fastenings, safety catches, blank car system, and rubber heels.
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Manchester
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Sastan
Emma Abbott Opera Company
Bangor
Miss Maynard
Uke
Maynard House
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Scientific American
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