Invention and Industry Highlights of 1905
America leads global production with 300 million barrels and rising coal output to 5,041,838 tons in August. England’s women’s cooperative guild reaches 18,600 members since 1683. A new explosive vigorite claims tenfold activity over rivals in Bavaria. A French chemist proposes rendering celluloid fireproof by adding perchloride of rain. UK cotton imports in June 1905 exceed 1904 values by over 8.5 million dollars, exports of yarn and fabrics rise by over 25 million. US auto dominance expands with 95 percent of cars built domestically and global shipments. Diamond-like crystals may be produced from carbon and iron wire under hydrogen pressure at 3,100 atmospheres. Capt Edward Molineux showcases a fine cable laying device enabling rapid, on-the-move telegraphy from horse tack.
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America
Woman’s Cooperative Guild of
England
Bavaria
United Kingdom
France
United States
Edward Molineux
East Indian Service
Pointed And Pithy Wisecracks From A 1900s Courier
A compact row of quips on wisdom and self image, satire about self-made men and lawyers, churchgoing charms, and political ambitions. A brief humorous exchange involves a boiled egg inscribed by Mary Smith and a postmaster reply noting her death years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Smith
Mothers Are Helped Their Health Restored
A devoted mother neglects self care until derangements of the female organs appear, leading to nervousness and irritability that replace happiness and amiability. The piece urges health restoration through attentive care and remedies for women.
Mrs Ph Hoffman Care Claim and Cure Promised
A short, biased testimonial asserts a tired nervous mother is unfit to care for her children. It claims backaches headaches bearing down pains and displacement cause burden and that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cures the condition. It asserts the product strengthens female organs and cures irregularities with testimony from a Lynn Massachusetts address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E Pinkham
Pinkhem
Jese
Lynn
Mase
Seven Room Low Priced Modern Home Plan
Dennis and Gastmeyer present a 1902 model seven room house costing about 1700 dollars. Built balloon frame of hemlock on a 25 foot lot, with cypress trim, pine floors, and ornate interior woodwork. Features include gas and electric readiness, open plumbing, a hot air furnace, brick cellar, and colonial color scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis & Gastmeyer
Broadway
New York
Where We Get Our Balt Salt From 1304 Output
The article notes that the United States produced 22,030,002 barrels of Baltic salt in 1304 valued at $6,021,222, mainly from New York and Michigan. Despite the large output the U S imported salt worth over $500,000 and exported 25,508,577 pounds valued at $99,066. Deposits are few with New York Michigan Ohio Kansas and Louisiana the only workable sources. It also covers oils and peanut press cake as nutrition and early synthetic meat components.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Michigan
Ohio
Kansas
Louisiana
Letters of Nations Show Global Postal Totals
The postal union’s 1904 return lists international mail figures. The United States leads letter volume with 4,109,000,000 letters sent, followed by Great Britain and Germany. France sends 844,000,000, with others under 500,000,000. Postcards surge, led by the German empire at 1,161,000,000 and the United States at 770,500,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Union
United States
Great Britain
Germany
France
German Empire
Single Phase Electric Road In Illinois Rail Line Opens
A new single phase electric railway begins service in the United States on a ten mile stretch from Pontiac to Joliet via Bloomington and Dwight Illinois. The trolley line operates at a line voltage of 3,000 volts designed for the Bloomington Pontiac Joliet railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Bloomington
Pontiac & Joliet
Ill
Joliet
Tfl
Pontiac
Dwight
New Tanning Materials Ease Replacing Oak and Sumac
Oak bark, sumac and vegetable tans are fading as chrome and other mineral tans rise in use. Despite fierce resistance from old-time tanners, chrome offers cheaper tanning, with industry shifting toward modern mineral options.
Stray Bits and Health Claims Across Dated Columns
A scattered set of quotes and clippings mentions milk quality disputes with a minister and Mr Kurd, theater fixes, a quip on fatherhood of the American navy, fashion mishaps with a diamond, a testimonial praising Dodd's Kidney Pills after eighteen months of illness, and a Philadelphia Inquirer note on London cemeteries. It also covers Chicago meat packers selling internationally and Yankee merchant enterprise with travel samples, ending with a proverb about a monkey and glasses.
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Cream
Ark
W. H. Smith
Dodd
Chicago Packers
Sahara
Zanzibar
Brazil
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