Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1917 — Some Things That Are New [ARTICLE]

Some Things That Are New

Clockwork within the body of a decoy duck of French, invention makes It swim with its feet in a lifelike manner. The use of springs is done away with in a new cord operated device for opening and closing transoms, windows or shutters. Chilean investigators have found a number of deposits of petroleum In Bolivia of sufficient promise to warrant development. Taking current from a light socket, an electrically-driven shoe-cleaning and polishing, machine for home use has been invented. An lowa inventor’s automobile seat also serves as a trunk and is so mounted that it can be lifted against a steering wheel to prevent a thief moving a car. An American army officer has invented a hemp bag in which water for soldiers can be sterilized with hypochlorite of calcium and cooled by evaporation at the same time. Naturalists in Argentina are trying to find out whether the wild horses of that country are descended from those Imported by Spanish conquerors or of prehistoric origin.