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Newspaper
Aberdeen Herald
Location
Aberdeen, Washington, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1911
Page
3
In Bradford England the tramway system delivers parcels up to fifty six pounds within two hours. Stamp prices range from 2 to 14 cents and the service cost 17053 dollars to operate with a staff of fifty two boys and sixteen men. The scheme serves to supplement or outperform the post office parcels post for local deliveries.
In a London theater anecdote Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree rewards a fatigued actor after a sharp remark about saving his voice. The piece then recalls William II Rufus slain by an arrow with a grisly posthumous tale, and ends with a humorous courtship moment amid a whiskey toast.
A British technical report describes seasoning timber by electricity. A 10 percent borax and 5 percent resin solution fills a tank with a lead plate, timber stacked on it, and a second plate connected to the opposite dynamo pole. Electric current drives out sap and deposits borax and resin, filling all pores, after which the wood dries and is ready for use. The method claims to fully season even very green timber.
The Chicago and Rock Island railroad uses a gasoline powered tool car to move workers and equipment to repair and construction sites. A 30 horsepower four cylinder engine drives a generator supplying power to electric spike drivers drills a saw and emery wheels. The car carries eight to ten men and a full set of tools for on site work. Liquid slag trials at the US Bureau of Mines Pittsburgh station test a coke gas producer with varying limestone mixes to flux ash and form liquid slag to prevent clinker and ash problems and plant shutdowns.
Instructions describe making a home gum tragacanth solution for preservation, washing silk stockings with castile soap and cool water, and preparing beet preserves with beets cut into cubes and sugar in equal weight. The text emphasizes gentle handling, avoiding hot water, and careful staining prevention.
The zoological gardens director in Sydney says since early this year major opossum farming schemes have begun in Gippsland Victoria 2 000 acres and in southern Tasmania 500 acres with a 150 acre NSW farm. Sydney Stock Exchange leaders back commercial fur breeding near Sydney, and Western Australia may see a 200 000 acre eucalyptus region formed for possum breeding. Farmers nationwide are adopting opossum husbandry to profit from timbered lands and reduce hunting.
United States Geological Survey publishes a topographic map of the Abingdon quadrangle detailing a lofty Appalachian region that covers portions of southwestern Virginia northeastern Tennessee and northwestern North Carolina. The map scales two miles to the inch and spans about a mile over a thousand square miles.
The city of Vienna houses a remarkable electric fountain at Schwarzengergplatz with twenty seven reflecting lamps beneath the fountain chamber. It can produce seventy distinct luminous effects and powers its glow through the fountain waters. The plant’s light power is estimated like 800 million candies.
A columnist urges persistent boosterism despite ingratitude. The text links patriotism to intelligence and loyalty to a town. It underscores buying at home and selling elsewhere to benefit the local community.
Charles W. Barnaby argues in Cassier's Magazine for a well structured city layout. He favors balanced placement of public buildings schools churches factories and transport with medium sized extensive park networks. The aim is safe convenient accessible districts connected by wide parkways and naturalistic large outer parks left in a natural state.
Citizens of Mayville New Jersey have formed the Mayville Improvement Association to protect rights and promote the interests of property owners and residents near the waterfront. The village in Cape May county, a mile from the courthouse, sits along a 30 mile single public road to Beasly's Point and hopes to develop its clam oyster and fishing resources.
Judge Robert Ralston notes public demand for faster criminal justice and fewer delays after conviction. He argues that once final judgment is reached, execution should follow promptly, though experience shows prisoners often wait many months before fate is known.
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