Sound signaling by submerged gong and port starboard lights
The article explains a signaling system using a submerged gong and underwater microphone connected to a ship board bridge receivers to hear distant bell strokes from lighthouses. It describes how water conducts sound, the bell mechanism, microphone chambers, and how ships use red and green navigation lights to avoid collisions, especially in fog.
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Sidney F. Walker
London Mail
America
United Kingdom
Rule of the Road for Crossing Ships and Lights
The passage explains ship right of way and helm adjustment when crossing ships meet. It details starboard rules, red and green light signals, and how a vessel must turn to port or starboard to avoid collision. The guidance notes these actions can be conveyed equally by sound signals.
Senator Sorghum Defends Recycled Ideas in Speech
The Washington Star quotes Senator Sorghum responding that repeating familiar ideas proves their merit and durability. The exchange centers on the value of tested concepts and political resilience amid debate.
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Sorghum
Washington Star
Getting His Money's Worth
A New Hampshire man tells of a tight fisted town businessman who began attending church, not out of faith but to recoup a $50 loan by paying pew rent. The anecdote portrays the conversion as a business deal rather than genuine religion.
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New Hampshire
SWELL EVENTS OF THE WEEK
John Hearn of Gibson's Ice Cream Parlor is home with the mumps and hopes to return soon. Truman Manning at Ames Savings Bank is recovering from the mumps while reading Munsey's Magazine this week.
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John
Hearn
Gibson
Truman Manning
Ames Savings Bank
Munsey’s
Engineer R. C. Allen Sice Stricken at Turin
Bob Allen of the C. N. W. engineering department returned home seriously ill from Turin Iowa after helping his crew lift timber. He began bleeding in the bowels from the strain but, after treatment, has improved and is hoped to recover in a few weeks.
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Bob Allen
Turin
Iowa
Bold Bad Man Takes Train Narrative From Cambridge Leader
The Cambridge Leader reports a young farmer Jim Blanks from north of Maxwell disappeared after his family left. He reportedly withdrew 325 from a Max welL bank and boarded a west bound Milwaukee train. If not returned, he faces potential arrest for taking railroad property.
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The
Cambridge Leader
Jim Blanks
Maxwell
Mrs Starr Reports Health Improvement After Illness
Word from Mrs R M Starr of Sheffield Illinois says she has been in poor health for months but is improving at present.
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R. M. Starr
Sheffield Illinois
Weidman Wins Popularity Contest Prize in Des Moines
Joe Weidman, branch conductor, received a diamond ring from Des Moines Tribune publishers as winner of the newspaper voting contest for the most popular man. He still has a chance to win the automobile prize.
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Joe Weidman
Des Moines Tribune
Joe
Times J. P. Duthie Content in Pullman Hearts Ames Friends
In remittance to the Times J. P. Duthie of Pullman Washington they say they are content and prosperous in their new western home but retain a warm spot for friends in Ames. The Times hopes they may continue to prosper.
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The
Times
J. P. Duthie
Pullman
Washington
Ames
Walter Morris Recovers From Neck Ringworm Infections
Walter Morris has been seriously ill for two weeks due to a ringworm on his neck. The condition became infected and required two minor operations. He is now improving somewhat.
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Walter Morris
Home Life of Genius The Actor
A playful exchange from Puck about secret papers lost by the actor before breakfast. The wife, an actress, feigns absentmindedness and vows not to reveal the secret, while referencing a boy named Jack who forgot to leave the papers.
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Jack
Puck
Why Patrick Henry Said Give Me Liberty or Death
A playful quip from the Chicago Record-Herald cites a curfew break as a suggested reason Patrick Henry might have proclaimed liberty or death. The remark uses a modern humorous lens rather than historical fact.
The Highest Applause Quote Reflection
A compact excerpt notes Emerson contrasting praise for human merit with reverence for angels. It argues true acknowledgment comes from a quiet, expected merit rather than overt adulation, framing silent recognition as the supreme form of applause.
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Emerson
Eixperience is the extract of suffer ing
The fragment presents a miswritten aphorism crediting A for contributing thoughts on experience and suffering, reflecting a reflective or philosophical note rather than a news event.
Actress Arrested For Speed Tests Car Worth
An actress arrested for driving seventy miles per hour described her car to a reporter. When asked by a young man how much it was worth she replied that it was worth at least two columns on the front page.
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Kansas City Independent
Silent Sign Talk Sparks Couple’s Midnight Wristwatch
A fragment shows two deaf mute speakers in a comic exchange about a wife and late hours. One asks if she complained and the other replies he turned out the light when it grew monotonous.
Questioning depiction of men and girls in media
A Louisville Courier Journal quotation contrasts fictional men depicted by novelists with the girls drawn by illustrators, asking why real people do not match these representations and questioning societal standards of appearance and behavior.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Lesson From Ant Lions And Tigers In Traps
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt describes tiger traps in India and ant lions constructing hidden pits. It explains the predator prey dynamics as a lesson on animal behavior and survival.
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India
Chicago Record-Herald
Colonial Concert at Ye Colonial Concerte
A notice for a Thursday evening concert at the Christian church on February 20 invites attendance. The bulletin lists the event as Ye Colonial Concerte with details limited to the date.
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Christian Church
Mrs Hullibarger Taken To Mercy Hospital
Mrs M Hullibarger was brought to Mercy hospital in Des Moines last week for tumor surgery and is reported to be improving.
Administratrix Notice of Estate in Story County
On January 18 1908 the District Court of Story County Iowa appointed Mrs Cora M Cox administratrix of the estate of Willette S Cox deceased of Story County Iowa. Creditors must render payments to the administratrix and present valid claims to the court for allowance. Dated January 18 1908.
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District Court
Story County
Iowa
Willette S. Cox
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