03 Apr 1911
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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1911
Page
1
The article argues that Washington, lacking local industries, relies on government clerks as its economic engine. Clerks number about 49,000, supplying income to merchants, lawyers, doctors, and others while legislators vacation. Without clerks staying in town, business would falter and the city resemble a deserted village in summer.
The Labor Bureau reports on European workmen insurance and compensation schemes covering accident sickness age invalidity and unemployment in 11 countries. It notes U S interest as eight states study disability compensation and three European nations have national compulsory old age insurance with mixed employer and employee funding.
Washington society leaders envision a women’s aeronautics movement with a school to teach operating flying machines. Notables Viscountess Benoist d Azy Mrs Nicholas Longworth and Miss Gladys Hinckley back the project. Initial instructors will be men, with possible future women faculty as skills grow. The plan includes fashion considerations and daily sky flights before breakfast.
In a historic closing session the Senate stretched the legislative day of March 8 into March 4, causing a review of precedents. Chair Gallinger and Parliamentarian Gilfr y argued that calendar day governs, revealing a new rule: calendar day supersedes legislative day.
Consul General West inspects a Vancouver plant testing an electrical distillation method to extract turpentine from resinous BC wood. For one cord of wood costing five dollars, claimed outputs total twenty four dollars and seventy cents in turpentine plus by products, with by products including rosin tar oil and charcoal. Availability of resinous wood at low cost supports claimed profitability and uses for air and shingle stain.
Popular Electricity notes some sportsmen attach an electric search light to the barrel of a gun to locate prey in the dark. The illustration shows the concept and advantages of this setup for guiding hunts through dim woods.
A Cassell Germany firm makes a lamp attachment aiding deer location from 75 to 200 feet. Hunters vary in mounting position with telescope sights possible below the barrel or high above. For long trips they carry spare dry batteries and an extra lamp as a reserve.
Meteorologists puzzled by a sudden heat spike in Teneriffe Canary Islands. Santa Cruz observatory logged 63 degrees at 12:45 a.m. then 79 within two minutes before returning to 68 as barograph pressure fluctuated. Nearby notes show unusual atmospheric activity.
An electro magnet was used to retrieve a broken steel drill from the bottom of a 600 foot driven well. The device pulled up the drill and collected all metal borings and particles in the hole, highlighting the magnet’s efficiency in well maintenance.
A proposed fire alarm box would lock a wrist cuff on the caller, removable only by a fire department officer, to deter false alarms and ensure accountability for alarms raised. The idea targets reducing prank calls and protecting emergency resources.
A young Australian inventor has demonstrated a wireless device that steers watercraft and torpedoes beneath the surface. Bays Popular Mechanics notes that while wireless control is not new, with European inventors already building such gear, the Australian claims an improved system and successful demonstrations of boat guidance.
The United States navy department plans an elaborate set of wireless telegraphy experiments. The flagship of the Atlantic fleet and two scout cruisers would carry apparatus capable of sending messages up to 1,000 miles under adverse conditions. Messages could reach three times farther under favorable conditions.
On January 1 Philadelphia and suburbs had a telephone for every 11 residents. A novelty cane with an electric flashlight is described. Wireless telephoning on a moving train is reported in England. Bradford corporation provides a public electricity supply. Canada plans its first large ore treatment electric plant at Sant Ste Marie. Germany adopts a zigzag danger sign for high tension apparatus. A French chemist reports gold balls in an electric furnace at 2400 degrees. Over 900 girls train to operate electrically driven machinery in New York. Electric curling iron heaters are installed in 400 bedrooms of a New York hotel. A flexible rubber mouthpiece for telephones is invented to prevent desk transmitter breakage.
Scandinavian news reports a plan for a whiskey tax in Germany amid dairy exports. Jutland coast floods from a hurricane wash away land. Berlin expo hailed. Iceland ministers face censure. Nakskov preacher bans red banners at funeral. Aarslav waterworks leak floods area. Swedish Riksdag 1909 expenses run high with salaries and servant costs dominating the bill.
Stockholm moves to sell bonds totaling thirteen million five hundred thousand dollars. The article notes royal visits in Berlin, a benefaction to Karolinska Institute, stock cautions on mining firms, and local rail and population topics including Falun locomotive orders and Ronninge municipal changes. It also recounts a legend of a tree nicknamed The Pulpit and hints at trials to extend rail service by auto transport between Fannsta and Grebbestad.
A Norwegian note on the Kristiania exposition site in 1914 proposes a large stand on a riget. Stavanger canners install bourbon tubes, a first for Norway. A snowstorm isolates Trondhjem’s Fjeldsater sanatorium for two days. Elders Abel Grovdal and John Rogneby near 115 and 104 years old are profiled with life events. A Russia Norway rumor is debunked by Foreign Minister Irgens. A hospital thread from 1909 resurfaces amid a birth. About 14,000 men fish southwestern grounds.
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