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Newspaper
Algona Courier
Location
Algona, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1913
Page
2
Mercer's financial crisis sparks a scheme with Henry Brown to separate his daughter Ethel from Harry Lane. A bedridden Uncle Silas, revealed as the rich hermit, uncovers the plot and pays the notes. The Mercer farm is saved and Ethel wed to Lane in June.
A Washington Star joke recounts a Republican congressman taking up wheel riding as a Sunday exercise. He explains the scheme to align with Providence after claiming to have raised 15,000 gumblasted automobiles, while a Democrat criticizes his pragmatism and the odd logic of compromise.
A regular restaurant patron offers Rudolphann Wiese a lump sum tip next Christmas and then pays five dollars in advance as Rudolphann prepares to leave the establishment. The exchange is lighthearted with questions of trust and memory.
Instructions describe cleaning tennis balls with pipe clay and water to form a smooth paste, adding melted tallow candle, cooling, brushing dust, shaping a clay tallow mixture, dissolving in cold water, applying with a sponge, and letting dry and wipe. These steps aim to restore surface and bounce.
W J Spillman, chief in farm management for the USDA, explains why city people increasingly seek farming. He cites college and experiment station work, Roosevelt life commission influence, practical agricultural literature, and success stories as driving forces. He outlines two key difficulties for urban movers: overvalued land via agents and gaps in farming knowledge. He lists essential farming knowledge from soil care to marketing and notes city dwellers’ advantage in market access.
A farmer recounts renting a 60 by 4 rod strip, planting onions and yielding 45 bushels from 400 bushels per acre. He plans two acres next season, noting higher profit than potatoes due to seed costs. He warns of poor onion seed results from a neighbor’s purchase.
Popular Mechanics notes a small lamp with strong magnetic pull that gathers tiny metal objects for easy recovery. Electro-Motive Force reports Paris demonstrations of high electromotive forces from wireless telegraph stations affecting nearby metal structures, causing shocks to workers touching lines near the Eiffel Tower mast.
A child’s question leads to a plain explanation of electric irons. The heating unit or resistance wire becomes red hot as current flows from a lamp socket through wires into the element. Heat transfers to the iron’s bottom surface, evenly distributing warmth while keeping the top cool. element failure is usually due to leaving power on.
A miniature electric dynamo, believed to be the smallest in the world, was shown to the French Academy of Science. Weighing 1 ounce and measuring about 0.6 inches in height and length, it operates as both generator and motor. It can run on a small pocket battery at 2.5 volts, drawing about two amperes. Every detail mirrors a full sized machine.
The report notes a common auto repair issue where small tools and fasteners drop into hard to reach spots, but a combined electromagnet and trouble lamp makes retrieval easier and speeds up the work. It emphasizes practical, hands on maintenance solutions.
New device uses trigonometrical data from gunwale signals and shore observations to compute near shore positioning. Measured log-cores between signal arrivals support rapid reckoning for mariners in fog or heavy weather.
Professor Fleming opened a university lecture on electricity noting Britain’s low unit costs. The Times cited negotiated North England contracts of 1 500 kilowatts at 0.16d, 4 000 kilowatts at 0.1224d, and 10 000 kilowatts at 0.11d per unit with peak-hour switching options. Waste heat and sun heat utilization in agriculture were discussed as avenues for future energy use.
A simple open door alarm uses two stiff brass pieces and a spring wire arranged to touch in a specific setup. When the door closes the links pull apart, breaking a tip contact and interrupting the circuit, with a switch to disable operation if needed.
A Kansas City report highlights electric light plant viability and rapid spark transmission across the Atlantic. Submarine cables hold a $250 million value while novel meters and dual reflectors improve efficiency. A Brussels wireless plant links to Belgian Congo, and Paris Greenwich time boosts electric company business. Additional notes cover arc lamp carbons, Welsh wireless stations, high frequency therapy, electric stoves, perfume ventilators, Scandinavia to America wireless aims, and a recording compass for ships using magnetized needles.
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