Steam Driven Petroleum Fueled Railcar Designed for Interurban Use
A standard size passenger car has been designed for interurban railways. It is steam driven and uses petroleum as fuel with a water tube boiler.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1919
Page
11
A standard size passenger car has been designed for interurban railways. It is steam driven and uses petroleum as fuel with a water tube boiler.
In these days of plenty, wise people save surplus earnings. The Buckeye State Building & Loan Company at 22 West Gay Street Columbus invites new accounts small or large, with assets over 18 million dollars. All business by mail if desired.
Cordova Alaska reports completion of an 18 mile road up the beds of painted streets into the Ten Thousand Smokes valley in Mount Katmai. Scientists and film crews tour the area after Katmai eruption of 1912 revealed steam vents, cobalt blue hot lake, glacial arm features, and potential mineral wealth including sulfur arsenic and possible gold.
Mrs Helen Curry of Cape Girardeau Missouri was freed from years of hip pain after surgery that removed a needle and thread. She had sought treatment for rheumatism as doctors failed to diagnose the cause until an X ray revealed the foreign object leaving the origin of the pain unexplained.
Surrogate Cohalan ordered the missing administrator to show cause why he should not be removed as administrator of Thomas J. Gilbert who died November 18. The administrator is Thomas J. Gilbert Jr. and his brother William Gilbert seeks removal. The son said he left for the army in Germany and was ordered to West Point. Army traces have failed.
A newly invented ink bottle delivers one drop at a time via a short spout into a drawing pen when a bulb on its side is pressed. This mechanism promises controlled ink flow for precise sketches and technical drawings.
Cattle receipts light in Pittsburg with a steady market. top cattle $16.50, veal $22.50. Sheep and lambs show steady pricing with prime wethers $10.25 and good lambs around $6.25 to $6.56. Hogs in Pittsburg mixed ranges from $13.00 to $16.00. Cincinnati cattle market strong to slow and steady. calves extra $20.11 to $21.00, hogs around $15.00, sheep $6.25 to $6.50, lambs $6.25 to $6.56 with later market steadiness.
Butter and dairy prices listed for Chicago market with varying grades and stalls. Stand ards and firsts show multiple cents per pound figures, indicating a busy trading session and range of product quality.
Hog receipts 2500 with prices 18.75 15.50 14.75 15.50. 1108 packing at 14.00. light 14.75 15.50. pigs 13.75 14.50. Cattle receipts 1600 market steady with beeves 8.25 18.75. butcher stock 6.00 14.25. canners 6.25 8.76. stockers 6.00 13.00. cows 7.75 13.00. calves 17.06 18.25. Sheep receipts 4000 market steady. wool lambs 8.50 12.75. ewes 3.00 7.50.
Grain quotes from Toledo listed for Cern No 3 yellow oats barley and rye with cash and futures prices. Clover seed and timothy options show multiple monthly values. Cincinnati prices report eggs live poultry and fowl values with various weights and grades. A provincial India note on egret breeding and a night fishing flashlight innovation follow the market data.
Classified notice seeking waste materials for recycling. Lists items like rubber tires inner tubes brass and iron scrap and paper with prices and quantities. Includes miscellaneous entries for bike parts tools and books.
A farm sale offers 3 milk cows aged five and three years, 1 two year old heifer with calf, 3 yearling steers, 3 yearling heifers, 5 spring calves, several horses including a 13 year old, a 3 year old broke horse, a 13 year old mare with good driving record, one sow and pigs, a Beatrice Cream Separator 650 E, 2 cream cans, 10 tons hay and 100 ake fodder, assorted farming implements, and other items. Sale begins at 12 o'clock with terms stated on sale day.
The document lists owner names F. W. Bush and associates in Athens Ohio with stockholders and security holders. It includes sworn statements about ownership, publishers, and publication distribution figures for the six months prior. An English physician is quoted on mouth juices not preparing food for digestion.
An ad from Aaron K. Prey and Son of Myerstown Pennsylvania promotes Lubricant Carbon Remover. It claims to fix carburetor problems by adding two to four tablespoons into spark plug holes and guarantees fuel mileage improvements. The product is priced at $1 prepaid.
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