Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-04-01
INTER Sc CLUB
FACTORY TRIP
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Inspect the Linen Mill and See
Where Ice Cream and Butter Are
Made---Get Sample

The Inte Sc club met with Mrs. Geo.
Hanson Tuesday and after the busi-
ness meeting the club listened to
very interesting paper by Mrs. E. M.
Hoag on; History Making Inventions
in the Past Year" She said in part;
Not for long time have the inven-
ters occupied such important posi-
tions in the automobile field as today.
The countries which were involved in
the war were logged out Of their me-
chanical and engineering but by wars
necessities. It is but natural that in
returning to peace pursuits they will
make use of their added knowledge.
With Americas declaration of war,
many of the results with which we
inventors were given chance, with
are familier. The Browning machine
gun, liberty motor, depth bomb, sub
maring- detector, radio telephone and
a score of other devices have been
accepted in the matter OF course
way in which Americans accept new
marvels. The discovery of Lewisite
has placed in the hands of the Unit
ed States, the most powerful weapon
ever welded in war. Lawisite is
gas so deadly that it has seventy
two times the killing power II the
most deadly gasses in the war. A
single drop of the liquid on the hand
causes death in a few hours. The
principle of the automatic airplane
was worked out by Orville Wright,
and was to be used to send bombs
of Lewisite down on the enemy. He
lium, another product of American
will play and i'm
portant part in the next war. Small
ballOns filled with helium were sent
up near Washington and fired upon
without producing any effect. Mr..
Ford was just beginning to manu-
facture baby tanks when the armis
tice was signed. This simple two
man forts can climb embankments
sleeper than forty-fiv DEGREES, can
stand on it's nose five feet deep, back
out unhurt, and go twenty miles an
hour. 1t has two engines and can be
made to spin like q top. 4 shell de-
tector could locate guns by the vi
bration passing through the earth as
the gun was fired is another inven-
tiOn. Nor did we have q chance 10
give a fair trial to one Of the most
amazing of Yankee Tricks, the
hand grenade made Of paper. The
automatic telephone is also not far
distant. With a wireless attachment
a mans voice can be made as loud
as a cannon. The ticking of a watch
was also heard all over the grand
stand, while an athletic meet was in
progress President Wilson direct
ed by wireless telephone the evolu-
ton of squadron Of airplanes.
After a short discussion of the
paper, Mrs. George Hanson, who had
a paper on a Factory and Mill
Trip chose a very unique way OF
presenting it to the club. She invited
the members to accompany her to
the Linen mill, where the art or
weaving towels and rugs was ex-
planned from the winding OF the
bobbins to the finished product.
Through the. courtesy of Mr.. Nc
Arthur the club was driven in his
Limousine" (the floor of which
was carpeted with rug made at the
milD to the Excelsior creamery,
where Mr.. Towle in very clear way
explained the process through which
milk goes, from the time it is nrst
until it comes out the gold
en- luxury in tubs and bricks. The
ice box was, Cooked into, and
found to register four degrees be-
low zero. The ice cream mixer and
freezer proved very interesting, es-