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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1910
Page
3
Fred and Laura continue their Paris visit with charm and humor amid social tensions. Laura's spontaneity and flirtatious past surface as General Moore arranges a dinner, while Susie Moore's doubts about Fred and Laura linger. Fred defends Laura yet senses unease about family rivals and money. The chapter closes with Laura confessing mixed feelings about their social circle and Fred's resolve wavering.
A Popular Mechanics excerpt by Capt. Penfold outlines the thrill of parachuting. He details checks on cords, opening the canopy, and the wind lifting the flyer as they descend. The piece contrasts this with Maine prohibition attitudes and notes on Stanley’s views and a quip about women’s perceived value.
A novel railway inspection car is described formed by removing the propulsion from a hand car and the wheels from a car and joining the remaining parts. An automobile engine drives the rear track via chain drive, creating a unique inspection device.
The Literary Digest reports fireless steam locomotives stored steam supply at a power station base, suitable for shunting in powder mills cotton plants and wharves where fire risks deter conventional engines. One man operates, no fireman needed, and a power station boiler supplies four to five hours of work per fill.
A century or more ago Mr Holden planted eleven maple trees and a final pine along a Shirley road to honor the 12 disciples. The row has grown, becoming a landmark still admired for shade though the memorial idea faded, with local legend touching Judas and quaking poplars.
A terse quote contrasts two strategies for wealth by First Financier and Second Ditte. The First boasts earning through accessible investments while the Second claims wealth by taking from others, attributed to Puck.
The annual compilation of railroad fatalities shows 3 804 lives lost, with deaths rising 1 013 from last year. Traffic equals risk, but railroads are making apparent progress in carefulness amid a vast system and heavy freight.
Eastern railroad offers new luxury sleeping cars with brass beds and all but a bathtub. The bed car holds seven apartments, each a luxuriously furnished private room with two chairs a drop table and a toilet annex. Fresh air via a new ventilating device and electric lighting. some suites connect for hotel like occupancy.
In a crowded tunnel car at Winter Street station a man bears pain as a millinery hat brim rubbed his eye. A young woman, wearing the latest hat style, turns to face out the door and her hat brim repeatedly strikes him. He asks politely for the brim to be removed so he can wink.
The largest rubber suction hose ever built for a Philadelphia dredging firm measures 23 inches in outside diameter with a 29 inch Insider, and sits on a 1 inch diameter 1,290 pound spiral spring. The hose weighs 8,215 pounds with rubber and fabric in alternating layers, coated with gum, vulcanized under steam after containment.
A fractured dialogue recalls two men debating a banker named Jeff. They mention his sixty acres full of centaloupes, which yielded high prices before the collapse. One man notes Jeff found religion as centaloupes ripened, framing a rural tale of pride, loss, and change.
Dr A A Gamble lists office phone Munson 38 and residence phone Musson 121 Bell 311 Atlantic, indicating contact details for office and residence.
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