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Newspaper
Williston Graphic
Location
Williston, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
3
A detailed 19th century DIY telephone guide explains constructing a functional line using pine boards beet bladders gutta percha overcoats leather strips and flexible wire. It covers stretching bladders shaping diaphragms securing edges with tacks wiring buttons and testing with weights to enable calls up to three miles.
A mother guides a small boy in manners as he speaks to the minister’s wife and is offered an apple to calm restlessness. William asserts peel it with firm conviction, reflecting a drawing from Lippincott’s Magazine.
The article explains ancient Greek and Roman games similar to quolts. It details discus throwing a circular stone or metal plate held by the edge and swung with a body twist, and describes “Throwing the soles,” a perforated heavy stone or iron ball cast using a rope.
A boy asks what an optimist is and the father compares him to his Uncle William. He recalls how William faced hard tasks by reframing them as opportunities, turning rough work into a window for seeing the positive. The elder Bassett imparts a practical, hopeful outlook.
A vivid photo shows two caterpillars on a twig locked in sparring posture as they contend for space. The scene mirrors human boxing, with each creature resisting the other's advance in a tense standoff.
Bobby asks about tacking after his sister explains the term. She clarifies that tacking means turning halfway around to sail on the bias, and adolescence brings full understanding. The exchange shows two siblings discussing a sailing maneuver and navigation concepts.
An 1863 forage tale from a Civil War veteran recounts four scouts hunting food along the Sequatchie, trading for a sheep with Confederate money, losing a woman to the river, and sharing the spoils. The escapade ends with mutton fever and lasting aversion to sheep.
The article explains a glass-disk electric motor driven by static electricity. A five-armature disk and four field poles create continuous rotation when opposite poles are charged. Experiments show rain storms induce motor torque, suggesting potential power from atmospheric static charges.
Cara of Metal, a maker of parlor and sleeping cars, will build a plant for all metal cars. The new cars will be stronger and less fire prone in accidents. The piece argues that those who ride in common coaches deserve equally safe vehicles as progress makes railroad equipment safer.
A London society promotes ambidexterity amid a puzzle about right hand dominance in humans. Skeleton studies show ancient tendencies to favor the right hand, possibly tied to brain hemisphere development. The group seeks to study whether left-hand training can influence right-side development in the body.
A Popular Mechanics reader describes an electric window closer devised to shut a bedroom window without rising. An ordinary door check connects to the window via a small chain and an electric releasing device. When the circuit is closed the magnet attracts a feature that releases the trigger and allows the door check to close the window. The erase circuit push button may be placed for use from bed.
New York street cars test an electric brake using trolley power. The motorman uses a handle like an air brake and a foot-pedal to release. The system reduces labor, provides smoother stops, and eliminates surging by instant release. A backup device allows rapid stopping if the trolley current fails.
New small colored transparent caps fit over incandescent bulbs ends allowing rapid, low cost color changes for electric signs. Owners can vary legends at will without stocking costly colored lamps.
France advances a telegraph project linking the Sudan with Algeria, promising travel across French soil. Britain plans a cape to cape wire touching the Belgian Congo and German East Africa, aiming for a vast global network.
A novel alloy substitutes platinum in electrical laps, composed of 16% ounces of silver, 4% pounds of nickel, 4 ounces of bismuth, and 53 pennyweights of gold. It costs about one thirtieth the price of platinum.
A German invention features a mechanical man with 205 compartments and multiple electric motors capable of performing many tasks for humans.
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