I love the doohickey that uses hot water to cut cubes out of a solid block of ice. Of course they are only loose on 5 sides, you’d still need to chisel them off on the bottom.
Novel Appliances for the Household
WATERPROOF WINDOW SHADE
Made of pleated fabric that is waterproof, a new type of window shade can be lowered, or folded accordion fashion, to cover any desired portion of the window. The blind is raised in the ordinary way but is folded by use of a cord
NO TIME LAG IN NEW THERMOSTAT
Operating on a new principle, this thermostat actually anticipates temperature changes, according to the manufacturer, and so governs the heating plant without a time lag. Placed near the baseboard, as above, it governs the temperature in the lower portion of the room. View at upper right shows thermostat open revealing electric element that works the controls in response to difference in temperature between it and the room, thus bringing quick action
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This is a really cool design, the only real problem is that you have to sell your soda at a slow and steady pace. If you sold seven bottles of one kind in a short period of time, the next one would be warm.
ICE BOX FOR BOTTLED DRINKS MAKES TEMPTING DISPLAY
For cooling bottled drinks, a unique ice box consisting of a number of J-shaped chutes into which bottles are placed, one flavor for each compartment, has been patented. Ice stored in the refrigerator and covering the lower part of the chutes which curve up under the storage chamber, cools the bottles as they pass through. By pressing down on the bottles turned upside down in the delivery tubes, a fresh container appears within easy reach. It is not necessary to open the box to get out a bottle and the row of bottles is visible through a glass cover.
Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone go duck hunting with a pair of six-shooters.
INFLATED HUNTING SUIT HELPS IN STALKING WATER GAME
To enable hunters to approach their quarries in deep water without giving alarm, a buoy that can be inflated with air has been attached to the upper part of a waterproof hunting suit. The wearer can paddle about with his feet, and also have a steady rest for his gun. The bag, when blown up, is about 12 inches in diameter.
Sounds great, what could possibly go wrong?
OIL PIPE LINE CROSSES PALESTINE
Crossing the Tigris, Jordan, and Euphrates rivers and winding for 1,180 miles across the birthplace of Christian civilization, a new pipe line will soon begin transporting oil from the rich fields of Iraq to the Mediterranean sea coast. At some points, the line descends into valleys more than 800 feet below sea level and at others has to rise over mountains. It is estimated that the twin ten-inch pipes of the line will transport 30,000,000 barrels of oil a year. In spite of dust storms, heat, and the rugged nature of the country, gangs of welders have been laying as much as four miles of pipe in an eight-hour shift. Many American methods are in use. Iraq, formerly Mesopotamia, is the site of some of the world’s richest oil fields and the new pipe line will cut the cost of getting this oil to outside markets.
This article is all over the place, but the last sentence is pretty prescient considering that the discovery of DNA was still 20 years away:
“Will other unknown rays, in combination with a life-chart like Morgan’s, enable man to analyze and rearrange the genes of mankind and build a new race of supermen?
Given what I’ve learned by watching the documentary series Heroes, I think it’s clear they succeeded.
Sensational Study of HEREDITY May Produce New Race of Men
By Sterling Gleason
BLACK light, heat, and X-rays are being used by experimenters in sensational efforts to solve the mysteries of heredity. Workers in a score of laboratories in many different countries are delving for secrets locked in the living animal cell.
From their discoveries may emerge a new human race, stronger, more intelligent, and better able to resist disease. As the first step, they have produced an amazing chart by which the character of generations of flies yet unborn can be accurately foretold.
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