Bulletproof Vest, 1862

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The Soldier’s Bullet Proof Vest has been repeatedly and thoroughly tested with Pistol Bullets at 10 paces, Rifle Bullets at 40 rods, by many Army Officers, and is approved and worn by them.

It is simple, light, and is a true economy of life — it will save thousands. It will also double the value and power of the soldier; and every man in an army is entitled to its protection. Nos. 1, 2, and 3 express the sizes of men, and No. 2 fits nearly all.

Price for Private’s Vest , $5. Officers’ Vest, $7. They will be sent to any address, wholesale or retail.

Sold by MESSRS. ELLIOT, No. 231 Broadway, New York, and by all Military Stores. Agents wanted.

Floating Ocean Airport, 1934

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UNCLE SAM ASKED TO BUILD Floating Ocean Airports – Popular Science, February 1934

REDESIGNED and improved since its earlier forms were described in this magazine, a new type of “seadrome” or floating airport, is proposed by its inventor, Edward R. Armstrong, as the basis of a modernized plan to bridge the Atlantic with a string of artificial islands. His project, which has attracted the interest of U. S. Government officials, is intended to provide twenty-hour airplane service between America and Europe. It calls for the anchoring of five of the seadromes between America and Spain, at about the latitude of Washington, D. C, to serve as refueling stations about three hours’ flight apart. Planes using these islands in stepping-stone fashion could transport heavy pay loads at high speed, since their loads of gasoline would be light. Continue reading “Floating Ocean Airport, 1934” →

Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal

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Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal, by Mike Mignola & Thomas E. Sniegoski. 261 pages. 

Death was his mistress now, and a harsh one to boot.

 

I recently found this novel on the bargain shelf at Books-a-Million.

Bentley, as a child, was not a well. Desperate to cure him, his parents searched out far and wide for a cure. They found a “cure” but the experiment cost his parents their lives. Now Death has a job for Bentley to do. Taking on a mask that belonged to his father, he becomes Grim Death, and avenges the sprints of those who come to him for justice.

It was a fun, quick, pulpy read.