30 Aug 1910
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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1910
Page
1
A young man stammers a court provocation to Miss Bings, insisting he called last night. He blurts out that his proposal came while drunk and that acceptance would have meant he was crazy, as the judge observes.
Stephen Paget at the London School of Economics exhibited gelatine kissed by a man with clean lips and showed germs grew rapidly on contacted areas. He noted one cannot kiss the surface of gelatine without leaving the outline of the lips in germs.
A survey of recent information statistics shows readers at tenement district branches asking puzzling questions. Patrons rare to classics include a Milton last name query and a search for more Ivanhoe titles. A woman asks for a story by Miss Brabbles and another wonders if Hugo Victoria wrote about English queens. A German mechanic at Mott Haven asks for a Kaiser book by Captain Charles, the King.
Fragment notes a theme of life worth living and continuous struggle attributed to Dean Stanley, suggesting a reflective or philosophical line. The text presents a brief, literary musing without concrete events, dates, or locations. Further readable context is needed for a fuller summary.
Harper’s Weekly reports Ecuador’s first coast to Quito train opening, ending a 35 year labor with $17.53 million invested. The route links Guayaquil to Duran and Chimbacalle via the interior provinces, facing heavy engineering and coal import costs. A planned branch toward Bahia de Caraquez and coal bed exploration may expand the line’s profitability.
Julia Farley of Arlington New Jersey narrowly escaped being hit by a locomotive as a Newark bound train pulled in. Fireman Fred E Sickinger leaped from the engine to grab her arm and drag her clear before the car struck her. She suffered a sprained ankle and minor head and back contusions. Spectators credited his quick action with preventing tragedy.
The text notes that Grand Central Station in New York City was built in 1871 with Commodore Vanderbilt predicting its longevity. A series of expansions followed, including a million dollar office enlargement in 1897 98 and rebuilding of waiting and baggage rooms in 1900. Now the entire structure has vanished to make way for the new 150 million dollar terminal complex, illustrating human plans versus metropolitan needs.
A memorial to Gutenberg, founder of the printing industry, plans a new edition after ten years of labor. It presents the forty two line Gutenberg Bible, a monumental relic of the printer's art marking the close of the first Gutenberg era. The edition spans about 1,500 pages with hundreds decorated in color and gold miniatures.
Peter Cassidy, an engineer for the Reading railroad, spotted a white pigeon flying toward his locomotive near Allentown Pennsylvania. He feared a collision, but the bird swerved and Cassidy reached out to catch it.
Wilam K. Vanderbilt Jr., assistant to New York Central president W. C. Brown, argues electricity will become the motive power of tomorrow for passenger service. He forecasts eastern railways fully electrifying, with smokeless, faster travel, and greater comfort, while steam remains for freight. He cites Niagara Falls, Genesee at Rochester, Massena, and Hudson as power sources and notes the trolley’s allure drives public adoption of electric transit.
Purdue University receives a large freight engine from the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad for two weeks of experiments at the Purdue locomotive laboratory. The device, built for the smokebox, aims to trap sparks before they exit the stack and reduce property fires along rail lines. Prof. Louis B Endsley leads tests with a team guiding the evaluation.
W R Wright of Seneca Kansas offers a practical guide for hammock setup. He specifies a head height of six and one quarter feet from the ground and a foot height of three and three fourths feet. The head rope should not exceed twelve inches in length while the foot rope runs about four and a half feet. This arrangement lets the lower portion swing freely while the head remains steady.
The Elgin Marbles are named for Lord Elgin who, as ambassador to the Porte in 1799, saw danger to the Athenian sculptures and had them removed from the Parthenon. They were taken to England and, in 1810, deposited in the British Museum for safekeeping and display.
An old advertisement claims kidney secretions reveal disease and promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure, citing a testimonial from E Vaughan of Iola Kansas. It notes a 60 cent price per box and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as the maker, ending with a humor line.
A historical notice reports that deafness cannot be cured by local applications and cites Hall's Catarrh Cure with a dollar reward offer. It also notes Prince Edward Island's legislature unanimously refused to repeal a law criminalizing driving a motor vehicle on public highways.
In a curious exchange a man asks a woman for gasoline to clean his gloves. The amused conversation reveals the unusual request and the landlady’s startled response as the scene unfolds in this brief, quirky domestic moment.
A historic note explains how giant ships dreaded to be cut up with hand labor now yield to a blowpipe method using air and coal gas or acetylene. Two nozzles burn gas under pressure, melting steel cleanly. The process also speeds timber cutting and heavy drilling, though coal gas availability limits use.
A Harper's Weekly description explains that matches are produced from shaved blocks by grain, cut directions, or boiling. Logs are revolved, shavers carve the match thickness, and lengths are split into sticks. Various machines and methods yield many methods for making round matches.
A retired naval surgeon advises compression of the stomach to prevent seasickness. He claims no half measures will suffice and recommends an eight hour food abstention before embarking followed by binding with a tight webbing bandage wrapped around the body several times.
A period piece on home sewing advises careful linen care by darning tablecloth folds, reinforcing mid folds, and mending broken threads with a simple in and out stitch. It covers when to reinforce before wearing worsens, how to handle damask thickness, and how to extend holes with proper loops and extended darning.
A two-part recipe for Spanish chocolate cake with brown sugar, milk, grated bitter chocolate, vanilla, butter, eggs, and flour. The first part forms a custard that cools before combining with the second part, then baking soda is added, layers are baked, and a white filling is suggested between and on top.
Practical kitchen tips for a roast beef meal and desserts. Use baked dressing with beef, maple syrup on warm apple pie, and coconut rolled cold rice as a side. Parsley grown in a window aids dressing and sandwich fillings, with salt pork fried to crisp browns.
Core and peel apples without breaking them, cover with water in which sugar dissolves, and stew until transparent. Strain into a glass bowl, cool, fill centers with red jelly, top with orange marmalade if desired. Reduce syrup until thick, add lemon juice, and pour around the apples.
Melt butter in a hot chafing dish then stir in cream with salt and pepper. Dust with mace and red pepper, add diced veal, heat thoroughly, and serve. A delicious method that may taste like chicken and be hard to recognize.
In Graniteville Vermont Mrs. Cas Barclay declares Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health during the change of life. The letter touts the medicine as uniquely effective for female ailments and claims a long record of cures for inflammation irregularities and nervous prostration, urging others to try it at low cost.
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