June 30, 2011

Carries Own Grass 200,000 Miles (Feb, 1930)

Carries Own Grass 200,000 Miles

WHEN Charles Miller, of Portland, Oregon, found the wanderlust too much for him in spite of his love for the old home, he decided to see the world and carry his home right with him, too. So he built a complete bungalow on the chassis of his car—not even forgetting to put in a nice bit of lawn. Then he started out and since starting he has traveled over 200,000 miles and isn’t through yet. Mr. Miller claims to have the only motorized house and lot in the country. The “lot” consists of a narrow strip of earth and turf.

IT’S NEW! (Jul, 1960)

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Issue: Jul, 1960
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IT’S NEW!

EXPERIMENTAL French monorail, electric, cruises at 60 mph, can carry 123 passengers.

FIRST CAR to be made in India is fourseater sedan with fiber glass body. Mill is two-cylinder job, gets 55 mph, 50 mpg.

ANTI-SLIP gadget for shoes was invented by English clerk. Hinged steel teeth are {lipped up when walking on icy pavements.
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Peripheral Vision impacts your computer! (Apr, 1978)

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a printer sold in kit form before….

Peripheral Vision impacts your computer!

with a full-size, low-cost impact printer.

Until now, the hobbyist and small businessman have had one major problem in assembling a reasonably priced microprocessor system with the capabilities found in the more costly computers. It was impossible to find a high-quality, high-output printer for hard copy needs at an affordable price. Read the rest of this entry »

Mobile Bank Tours Suburbs (Feb, 1930)

Mobile Bank Tours Suburbs

A ROVING bank on wheels has just been put into service by the Seaboard National bank of Los Angeles, to serve a wide and diversified clientele of depositors whose demand for swift and convenient banking facilities is thus met. Guards armed with riot guns and a sub-machinegun protect the automobile bank against hold-up men. The photo shows the traveling bank teller serving two of the moving bank’s hundreds of small depositors.

YOU CAN Make Your Own 4th of July Fireworks (Jul, 1930)

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Issue: Jul, 1930
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YOU CAN Make Your Own 4th of July Fireworks

by FREDERICK O. SCHUBERT

THIS month’s chemical section is dedicated to that noble and glorious purpose of celebrating the Fourth of July in noisy fashion—and with cannon crackers and colored fire that can safely be made in your own lab. However, before plunging into a pile of recipes and formulas it is necessary to warn you fellows to be extremely careful in preparing these mixtures. Read the rest of this entry »

EARN BIG PAY IN AN EXCITING CAREER AS A Stenotype Operator (Nov, 1965)

EARN BIG PAY IN AN EXCITING CAREER!

Put yourself in the center of important events. Learn at home to become a

Stenotype Operator (MACHINE SHORTHAND)

Easy to learn even if you’ve never taken shorthand before!
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June 29, 2011

FIREWORKS for FESTIVALS (Jul, 1937)

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Issue: Jul, 1937
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FIREWORKS for FESTIVALS

Americans pay more than $5,000,000 annually to express patriotic and religious fervor.

by Benn Hall

AMERICA spends more than $5,000,000 each year to express, by means of colorful and noisy fireworks her patriotic and religious fervor. It’s a neat little business, the pyrotechnic industry, and has grown tremendously since prehistoric man dabbled in his mute way with the wonder of fire and the fury of sound. It has expanded, too, since that more modern occasion in the 13th century when gunpowder was given to the world and changed history—and methods of celebrating those historical changes. Read the rest of this entry »

Electric “Bombardment” Treatment Cures Black Eye (Dec, 1936)

I really hope Dr. Titus didn’t create this for his wife…

Electric “Bombardment” Treatment Cures Black Eye

A DISFIGURING, and sometimes embarrassing black eye can be removed in less than one hour by the use of a new static machine that “bombards” the eye with electricity. The electric treatment is painless. Read the rest of this entry »

Agents $7 a Day (May, 1930)

Agents $7 a Day

Can be made selling guaranteed hosiery. Must wear and satisfy or replaced. Newest styles. Finest silk hosiery that can’t be beat. Big money daily, weekly, monthly. Steady year around business. I want agents who can sell, and

Make $3000 A Year
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THE DOLLAR VALUE OF MORAL FIBER IN BUSINESS (Apr, 1917)

“The mother of one was a divorcee. That of another kept a Pomeranian poodle.”

Finally, someone that makes sense! Now maybe others will believe me when I say that the financial meltdown was actually a secret plot by devious, amoral Pomeranians and not those poor, honest bankers.

THE DOLLAR VALUE OF MORAL FIBER IN BUSINESS

by George H. Cushing

THE biggest thing in American life today is that children are not being disciplined. They are not given moral training. Every man notes the result but only a few the cause.

The first visible result is lack of respect for the parent and wholesale disobedience. This comes to seed in impudence to older persons generally and disregard for the rights of others.

The second expression of the same thing is the absence of any sense of responsibility. This is the root of the lack of application which is almost universal in the younger generation.

The third expression of the same thing is the feverish demand for excitement and extravagant amusement. In this respect, the younger generation is abnormal. It cuts loose from all forms of restraint. Read the rest of this entry »

June 28, 2011

UNCLE SAM GETS GIGANTIC CAMERA (Dec, 1932)

UNCLE SAM GETS GIGANTIC CAMERA

Big enough for an eight-year-old child to walk through, a camera that can use any plate from four by five inches to four by four feet, has been designed for the U. S. Geological Survey. It is suspended from an overhead track twenty-five feet long and four feet wide. This suspension prevents vibrations from the ground or building interfering with the apparatus. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the tragedy of bed-wetting (Sep, 1965)

This is the tragedy of bed-wetting

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