Kite Flying at Sea Probes Atmospheric Change Over Ocean
Kites with self registering thermometers were flown from a tug off Scotland to study atmospheric conditions over land and sea. A rhombus box kite reached up to 1500 feet with winds of 9 to 12 knots, indicating cooler air over mountain slopes and differing vertical temperatures, suggesting further research on oceanic air behavior.
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Ocean
W. H. Dines
Scotland
Royal Meteorological Society
Dines
Crinan
Hen Nevis
Great Britain
Ben Nevis
Russian Factory Produces Aniline Colors From Petroleum
Colors once derived from coal tar dyes now come from petroleum in a Russian factory. The new dyes avoid a troublesome coal tar constituent and do not turn green. The plant makes about 50,000 pounds annually, mainly for coloring cotton and other textiles.
Tuberculosis Camps a Novel Outdoor Therapy
The piece describes tuberculosis camps where patients engage in outdoor life, exercise, and simple work to aid recovery. Women and men participate in tent living, winter camps, and communal activities under medical supervision, with sunlit open-faced structures and wood stoves for warmth.
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Massachusetts
Mineral Locator and the Drive for Hidden Ore
A report on electrical methods to discover mineral wealth using a mineral locator device. The article explains a stake apparatus with dry batteries and wiring to detect metallic deposits by measuring earth resistance when the circuit is closed. Also mentions slug deterrents and a magnetic meridian ant guiding travelers in South Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Loutaville
Northern Territory
South Australia
Nature
Men Who Can't Get Wives Reflect On Unmarried Men Types
A Chicago American inspired meditation outlines why many men fail to wed. It lists types from heartset on specific girls to the hopelessly choosy and the risk averse, noting arrogance and humility in proposals, and the dream of an impossible perfect wife.
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Proponer
Earth
Winchester
Frees Cor
TER Repeating Arms CO
New Haver, Conn
Cured by the Shock A New York Woman’s Bold Cure
A neighborly wife and a physician used a dramatic shock to cure Jones of drinking. After abducting his sense of feeling with tight plaster and leg splints, he awoke believing he had injured himself while seeking a keyhole. The method left him sober and remorseful, likely ending his alcohol habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
New York Press
Broadway
Global curiosities and figures from early 1900s digest
A collage of statistical curiosities and notes from around the world. Topics include populations and education in Sweden and Ruaela, U S rabbit crops and rubber, ship christening ban in France, African oil, Norwegian emigration, and various scientific and cultural snapshots.
Fall Kidney Pills Aim to Ease Fall Ailments
Fall season brings a health scare for weak kidneys and related pains. The ad promotes Dean's Kidney Pills claiming relief from hip and back pains, limb swelling, and urine issues, with promises of removing calculus and easing nervousness and dizziness.
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Dean
Gleanings of Fact Tosses Wide World
A survey of varied notes reports water needs for corn, Newfoundland cod exports, British land ownership, a Beaton convention, an Egyptian sanitarium tent, damp rooms harming health, U S shoe exports to Britain, a Vienna billiard table from 1713, cheese economics vs meat, piano power, a transatlantic turbine test, German army autos, railway casualties, German sandals, Whitaker Wright legal delay, Marquis Townsend Liberal shift, Austrian soldiers poisoned, cross Atlantic attempt from Halifax, 65 year old England death pension, compulsory vaccination in France, Kearsarge Atlantic record, bread with spider poisoning in Georgia, cotton value, grape sap pressure, Brussels Burgomaster visit delayed, western emigration to British Columbia, British empire area gains, Orange lodge reconciliation, 505 national banks with 755 million capital and 292 receiverships.
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Mexico
United States
Vienna
Christopher Furness
Germany
Whitaker Wright
Marquis Townsend
House of Lords
Liberal Party
France
Atlantic
Kiel
Gainesville
Brussels
London
British Columbia
Canada
British Empire
Niger
Col. Wallace
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N.Y. Herald
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Acra
John Rodney
West Marlborough
N. Y
Ireland
Ministry of Marine
Liberia
America
Los Angeles
Berne
Switzerland
Abepherd
Gaulois
M. Jules Verne
Knights of Labor
New York
Greater
Ft. Jefferson
Gordon Key
Andalusia
Aoateel Ral
Sydney
Earl's Court
Alexandra Ibrahim
Austria
Imperial Academy of Sciences of Austria
Stg
Cape
Yellowstone Park
Delaware
New Jersey
Miss Pretty
United States Patent Office
Amberg
Bavaria
Greenock
Venice
Constantinople
Dees Salled
Jno
Huszn
Inh
Ridgers Dalene
Bank
State
Podaratiivarn
Repeating
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Beaton
Egypt
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B. Paxton Co
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Reston, Maan
Aan
Douglas
Mall
Brockton
Orend
Washington
Cis
Gregg
Mlb
Resebor
Maryrilla
U.sa
Putnam
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