Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 162, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1918 — “THE WORLD DO MOVE” [ARTICLE]

“THE WORLD DO MOVE”

A gasoline torch that cannot b® blown out supplies the heat for a new cooking stove for campers. A new mop for washing automobiles has a hollow handle through which water is fed by screwing it to hose. A holder has been patented for safety razor blades to enable them to b® used by tailors or dressmakers for ripping seams. A Californian is the inventor of a registering device to be attached to a hen’s back to record the number of eggs she lays. The extermination of all flies is the alm of two British physicians who are experimenting with a parasite that kills the insects. The vacuum-cleaning process has been applied with specially designed ’apparatus to removing soot and dirt from tubes. To make a kitchen stove help warm the room in which it is used a metal cover that radiates the heat evenly Has been patented. With government encouragement, extensive experiments will be made with a view to reviving the growing of flax in Scotland. r Made of flat steel spring a quickly adjusted belt has been invented to take the place of strings on kitchen or A rudder has been patented, normally within the hull of a vessel, but which can be projected through the bow to aid in steering.' A method has been Invented in Europe for treating old hops so that they can be used as an acceptable substitute for tobacco.