Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1917 — “THE WORLD DO MOVE” [ARTICLE]

“THE WORLD DO MOVE”

Concrete floors can be made almost noiseless by covering them with heavy tar paper, attached by cement. An automobile jack and pump have been combined in a single tool by a recent invention. One handle operates both appliances.

For cleaning white shoes a powderholding glove has been patented, powder being applied through an opening while the glove protects the hand. A”"machine has been Invented by a Milwaukee man that soaks, brushes, washes, sterilizes, rinses and cools bottles at a speed of 100 a minute. To lessen the consumption of gasoline by automobiles an Inventor has patented a device to introduce live steam or vapor Into the Intake manifolds. A street car rail with notches in the sides Into which paving blocks fit and make a smoother surface than ordinarily has been- invented in France. An electric flashlight has been patented that automatically switches on the current when It Is held horizontally and cuts it off when In any other position. Connections which permit a person to telephone from a moving street car to any other instrument in a city’s telephone system have been patented by a Philadelphian. Horses Imported Into Argentina are taught to avoid a polsohous weed that the native animals shun naturally by forcing them to Inhale smoke from burning' plies of the weed. For reviving sod by Introducing air and moisture an Inventor has patented a spiked roller, the penetration of the spikes being regulated by small wheels that help support It. Resuscitation apparatus designed by a Tennessee Inventor is featured by a large vacuum cup Intended to manipulate a person’s chest and produce artificial respiration. . In a German steel works a hydraulic press that can exert a pressure of 11,000 tons has replaced a steam hammer that shook the earth for a long distance every time it was used.