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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1911
Page
3
A new automatic coin weigher and self feeding coining presses improve efficiency at the Philadelphia Mint. Eight machines weigh up to ten coins at a time and sort by light or heavy, replacing many workers, while a single feeder handles multiple presses. The changes mark a rapid, accurate modernization of mint operations.
Mrs. Mary Tarwish Proctor, 111, a real daughter of the American revolution, lives in a one room Georgia cabin with her daughter and two great great grandchildren. She receives a $12 monthly pension for her husband’s War of 1812 service and recalls 25 presidents, from Adams to Taft, as she dwells between eighteenth and twentieth century life.
Over a million dollars sits in New York City savings banks in dormant accounts. Some have remained untouched for 22 to over 70 years. Accounts can still be claimed by owners at any time, and recent activity includes five accounts in the emigrants' Savings Bank becoming active after long periods of dormancy.
Kansas women plan to classify merchants in towns by payment behavior and service. Class A includes prompt payers and reliable goods. Class B covers fair treatment with minor faults. Class C denotes gruff or substitution tactics. Class D targets skimping or misrepresentation. Merchants threaten injunctions, but deadbeat lists circulate and injunctions were dropped.
Careful steps ensure survival from root health to soil contact. Inspect roots for disease before planting, prune and trim evenly, dig a proper hole, set slightly lower, pack finest soil, water to secure contact, balance branches, and mulch to retain moisture for first year growth. Maintain careful root pruning and avoid diseased nursery stock.
An economy minded design showcased at Turin proposes a fireless, boilerless locomotive powered by compressed steam in a large cylindrical receiver. The concept replaces fireman and firebox with a pressurized steam tank, aiming to drive the motive mechanism.
An Ohio correspondent asks for guidance on broom corn production focusing on soil and culture. Soil prep mirrors Indian corn, seed bean must be finely pulverized to avoid covering young plants, planted in drills with a corn planter or by hand, and cultivation can start after planting using bar row or rows. Early weed control is crucial if plants stay small.
A vintage note urges adding ten more animals to the farm to raise next year's profits. Animals convert coarse foods into valuable products, feed grain and hay markets, and enrich soil fertility. They add life and incentive for children to stay on the land. Consider expanding with more good animals.
Western experts warn that after generations incubator hatched chickens lose the instinct to brood their eggs. They believe, over time, all chicks may need artificial hatching methods.
UK railways show 1910 paid-up capital at 2 £1,418,016,000, up slightly from 1909. Net earnings for dividends reached £47,366,000, up 2,222,000 or 4.9 percent. Traffic receipts totalled £114.2 million, with £52,759,000 from passengers and about £61.5 million from goods. Passengers numbered 1,306,729,000 excluding season ticket holders, and third class share rose, partly due to Great Western cutting second class on long journeys.
This bottled-up steam enables the locomotive to go quite a distance with only the attention of an engineer. It remains to be seen if this engine will come into general use, but it seems better than a compressed air device. Steam holds more heat energy per weight or volume than other known gases or vapors.
CG T Ripley of Topela predicts larger Mallet engines will follow. officials are patenting triple coupling of three engines, with four in one later. current Mallets pull 19,000,000 pounds. future designs may double that pulling power as motive power advances.
A London Quarterly Review writer notes the Woolwich line faced fierce resistance and danger. Third class cars lacked roofs and seats, forcing passengers to stand or sit on the floor exposed to rain and sparks. Second class travelers were urged to wear gauze spectacles and stay distant from the engine.
Railroads have done more to break down physical and moral barriers between people than any other agency. Worldwide commerce is a stronger promise of world disarmament than peace conferences. The ocean carrier has made piracy rare and spread American ideas across Europe.
The article notes that in 25 years electric railroads rose from nothing to widespread use, now supporting about 800000 people annually. This figure covers employees' families, with actual workers estimated just under 250000.
The report notes freight receipts and train mileage in 1910 rose to record levels. Freight receipts per unit reached about 95 pence, up 34 percent from a decade earlier while train mileage fell 14 percent. Tonnage handled increased 21 percent, despite fewer miles run.
Thomas T Chaloner showcased an overhead system to stop trains within their own length without motormen. The device halted a two car electric train at 66 mph within 300 feet using an electric linkage from signal towers. a vertical pole with a steel bar lowers to strike a car top plug, triggering air brake application.
The Puget Sound transcontinental railroad stands as a monumental feat of engineering. Wisconsin engineer Mr. Whittemore planned and directed the project from the outset, overcoming natural barriers with tunnels, bridges, and an exceptionally level roadbed across the Rockies.
A slow moving Highland train halted at a somal station. A passenger asked the station master to fetch rowan berries. A porter quickly picked a small bunch from a laden tree and handed them to the passenger. The five minute delay recalled a tale from Spain about a birthday gift by train.
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