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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1908
Page
6
Clarissa laments a baby brother replacing her hoped for sister. An angel appears and explains the queen of heaven chose the boy to teach patience and kindness. Clarissa admits fault, grows to love the sibling, and learns the stork made no mistake.
An amusing Malta tale recalls a diver on the battleship Dreadnought who cleared the propeller, then slept through the rescue effort. While others worried below, he slept after lunch on the blade, waking to see fishes circling his searchlight, and faced no punishment.
A lighthearted exchange centers on filling an empty barrel to make it lighter. Frederick challenges Constance with a playful riddle while Constance replies with uncertainty and humor as the segment ends with Frederick addressing Helen.
Beth boasts of duck wisdom learned from Grandmother Maitland, claiming ducks as peacemakers. The ducks Pippin and Dumpling intervene in a rooster quarrel, quacking and pecking to separate the fighters, then prompting Mildred to inspect the barnyard.
A person demonstrates a trick using a bottle placed mouth downward on a flat newspaper. By lifting the paper from beneath without tipping the bottle, the bottle appears to “walk” off as a companion pounds the table.
A charming party activity lets guests compete to name a cake based on wearable hints. Attendees choose a cake, then display an ornament suggesting its name, such as a toy hen for layer cake or corn stalk for corn cake, with clever unguessable twists winning prizes.
Mr Johnson questions why the trunkmaker did not include a strap. Tommy confirms he told the maker the strap would not be needed. The exchange shows a family discussion about a prior trunk purchase and its accompanying strap.
A teacher’s remark that every hair on a person’s head is numbered left a strong impression on William. He plucked a hair, held it up, and asked what number that hair bore, seeking a concrete answer.
A method to prevent soiled pages uses a paper cover over the open book. Fold the paper along the long line so it spans beyond the covers, then fold the ends along the short lines to form a protective sleeve as illustrated.
A detailed old time method explains heating the ax to bright yellow and hammering at specified points, flipping to hammer on the other side, then finishing with a low heat to smooth the edge. It covers cooling, hardening, tempering with a blue stage, and cautions to avoid edge overhardness or softness.
The article notes that English boat makers often craft seamless steel hulls. The illustration features a hydraulic seamless boat press used to shape the hulls.
A central 8000 horsepower plant is to be built amid Indiana bituminous coal fields to cut transport costs by delivering power directly from mine mouths. From the plant to Indianapolis is about 100 miles, causing an estimated 10 percent extra coal use due to transmission loss, yet overall savings are expected to exceed this disadvantage.
Cleaning techniques for rifle barrels describe stopping one end, filling with mercury, and allowing 24 hours before returning mercury to storage. Wipe the barrel with an oiled linen cloth to remove lead.
The pain of carbolic acid burns can be relieved promptly by washing with pilcohol if applied immediately. If too late for alcohol to be of use, brush with water containing saturated solution of picric acid.
A tip explains that screws stay bright and less prone to rust by applying graphite mixed with ordinary oil.
A neat cement post is formed in a wooden mold sized about ten inches at the base and six to seven inches at the top. A one and a half inch gas pipe with an elbow is placed in the mold, with cement poured around it so the pipe sits centered. A weighted chain with a snap holds the elbow in place, and the figure shows the completed post.
A Chicago inventor creates a wheelbarrow mounted portable canner. Cans move along a water bath at 245 degrees for ten minutes then are sealed and cooled to form a vacuum. The system uses a kerosene burner and an endless conveyor to discharge finished cans into cold water.
English technical journals quote Mr John H Heck on the durability of mild steel in machinery and ships. Most steel failures occur early. if a plate lasts a year in service it may last many years. Panting of boiler ends causes worst wear. steel’s youth is turbulent but middle age and old age are trustworthy. Corrosion opinions vary.
Alaska’s Bering river coal field promises to aid Pacific naval operations. The find, overlooked amid gold fever, could lessen reliance on Atlantic shipments and improve fuel access for Pacific fleets when naval coal quality rivals West Virginia Maryland and Welsh mines.
A new experimental furnace at the Noble electric iron smelter in Hercult near Pitt River, California, has run continuously, producing about 2,400 pounds of pig iron per day. Designed by Prof. Dorsey Lyon of Stanford, it operates on a single-bore current, unlike the older three-shaft type, with regular tapping every few hours.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt notes U S railroads paid at least 24 million dollars last year to settle freight loss and damage claims, a 500 percent rise from a decade ago. It cites Northwestern’s 58,146 claims in one year costing 330,611 dollars, attributing most losses to hurried, slipshod handling and insufficient checks, with the industry finally balancing blame between loading methods and company rules.
The Pennsylvania Railroad shows 1,350 active employees with 40 years or more of service, plus 1,018 retired yet pensioned workers. By contrast, the U.S. civil service census of 1907 lists 40 men and one woman with more than 50 years in national government service.
A bridge near Shrader Station in Mifflin County Pennsylvania collapsed under a traction engine and thrashing machine, killing 14 year old Ellis Alexander of Millroy and 26 year old William Close of Millroy. Alexander suffered a broken neck and Close’s body parts were burned by escaping steam as both were trapped beneath the machinery before witnesses including Close’s wife.
James Dobson of Selby celebrated his golden wedding. A former engine driver with the Northeastern Railway Co, he made 50,002 journeys and traveled about 2,000,000 miles without a serious accident, earning notice in the London Daily News.
The Pennsylvania railroad forestry department completed spring forestry planting totaling 625 000 trees this year, part of a broader effort to supply timber and cross ties. Since starting the program, 2 425 000 trees have been set out, with 300 000 seedlings planted on company land and a Morrisville nursery established for transplants and ornamentals. The plan includes seed beds with acorns and hardwood seeds, conifers, and continued development of shrubbery and hedges along station grounds and rights of way.
English railways have long shown pictures to entice travel. The Midland railway adds large scale ordnance maps in booking halls and stations, detailing 24 by 36 mile areas with contour lines and elevation data. Cyclists and pedestrians also use these advertising maps to plan trips.
A Wellington Kansas News anecdote tells how a new brakeman and conductor refused to eject two men from a box car. Both men asserted they were old schoolmates of the railroad crew and refused to remove them, sparking a humorous exchange about loyalty and familiarity.
The Philadelphia and Reading coal train derailed near Meadow Brook, Philadelphia, when a flange on a wooden car failed. Nineteen of twenty eight steel cars were demolished, causing an estimated loss of 100000 dollars and ten hours of service disruption.
The Pennsylvania Railroad in active service shows 115 workers aged 61, 118 aged 64, 114 aged 67, and 105 aged 69. Sixty seven of the 85 principal officers began as beginners and most have served since. their average age is 51 and average length of service 26 years.
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