Handbook N-P - Fulton County Public Library
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maker for him. The crossing is so arranged that it is impossible for two trains to come at once and<br />
the machinery is operated by compressed air, from the switch tower.<br />
[Rochester Sentinel, Monday, July 15, 1907]<br />
SHORT NEWS<br />
The Automobile, a trade journal published at New York, contained a write-up last week<br />
of the novelty double acting motor just placed on the market by the Fish Gas Engine Co. of<br />
Denver, Colo. A brother of Del Kessler of this city is one of the inventors and if the machine is a<br />
success, it means a fortune to him.<br />
[Rochester Sentinel, Monday, July 22, 1907]<br />
MACY<br />
Macy Monitor.<br />
Robert D. Peters, of Knox, brother of Dr. J. B. Peters, of Macy, has been granted a patent<br />
on a railway signal. The signal is now in use on one or two roads in the West and is said to be<br />
superior to anything now on the market.<br />
[Rochester Sentinel, Friday, November 8, 1907]<br />
KEWANNA<br />
Kewanna Herald.<br />
John Reno, the barber, has invented a compound for use with razor strops which promises<br />
to make him wealthy. No one but John is “on” but he has tried it for several months and it has<br />
proven all he claims for it.<br />
[Rochester Sentinel, Saturday, January 18, 1908]<br />
LOY’S LOCK IMPROVED<br />
The combination padlock invented by Wm. C. Loy, of this city some time ago and which<br />
promises to eclipse all other locks placed upon the market in both point of safety and popularity,<br />
has been granted a further patent for additional features that have just been completed.<br />
The lock is a very substantial one and of neat design, the main feature being in the fact<br />
that it is worked by a combination instead of a key. The first design had a plain dial and the<br />
disadvantage of opening it in the dark was at once noticed by its inventor. The fact was remedied<br />
by the placing of raised figures and spaces on the dial so that with the moving of the indicator, the<br />
click as it passes over the miniature projections can be plainly heard in the dark.<br />
The lock will be made by the Turner Bros. Brass Works Co. of Chicago and placed on<br />
the market as soon as possible. The device has excited more than favorable comment wherever<br />
exhibited and it is expected that it will enjoy a ready market.<br />
[Rochester Sentinel, Thursday, February 13, 1908]<br />
KEWANNA<br />
Kewanna Herald.<br />
John Reno, is making a trip to Elwood, Anderson, Marion, Kokomo, Indianapolis, and<br />
other points, introducing his recently patented invention, “Keeno” treated razor strop.<br />
[Rochester Sentinel, Saturday, March 14, 1908]<br />
NEWS OF THE DAY<br />
Harvey Waymire, who has a position as telegrapher with the Western Union Co. in this<br />
city has completed a model of a telegrapher’s sending key that looks as though it will be a winner<br />
in the telegraph services. The new device instead of work up and down with but one spark as the<br />
old keys, the new model works sideways and sparks on both sides thus enabling the sender to give<br />
a message in one-half the time as formerly used and with the same amount of wrist movement.<br />
The young man has not taken out a patent on his idea but more than likely one of the company’s
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