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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1910
Page
6
In the McCleveland Plain Dealer account, a mother and father ride a car where a crying baby triggers a confrontational scene. A heavyset man challenges the mother, accusing her of letting the child cry, while other riders sympathize with her. The father finally takes the child and leaves the car, asserting his right to raise the child as he sees fit.
Bishop Sanford Olmsted noted that a vacuum brake explanation reveals ignorance. The tale recounts two men arguing in a smoking car about braking the train. A brakeman listens and explains simply that stopping the train is done by turning the tap to fill the pipe with vacuum.
Grand Saline Journal reports on a Rhode Island red and a black Minorca hen placed in a hen house on Easter Sunday. The birds vanished for 28 days, later found wedged behind chest boxes, one dead and the other weak but improving with care and expected recovery.
A tale from Lippincott's Magazine recalls two seasoned rivals who meet on a Scotch golf course each Saturday. At the seventeenth hole, the prior week’s loser delivers a graceful approach while amused bylookers nearby. The winner urges a playful warning as the moment of play approaches, and a quip about moving growth provokes a light exchange about golf rules.
Mr and Mrs F R Zollhoper long stationed Mora vian church missionaries in Nicaragua discuss native Indian beliefs. They describe Wonaisa the male god and Yapti Misera the mother goddess, noting a yearly feast and hopes for rapid Christianization while maintaining a calm view amid Nicaragua unrest.
A Iowa State Station report outlines hardy plum varieties suitable for prairie conditions, notes propagation methods by budding or root grafting, and stresses selecting compatible stocks. It discusses Golden, Marianna, Myrobalan, and American plums, planting timing, soil and drainage needs, spacing at 18 to 20 feet, and cautions on fruit rot and shading.
A dated editorial argues liquor is a powerful social foe with only four solid counterarguments. It urges conviction, charity, concentration, and cooperation to unite temperance efforts, defeat saloons, and curb alcohol’s harms through voting, laws, and shared purpose. It cites Rev. Charles B Chapin and Jerome on unified action.
The article explains how steel ships acquire magnetism during construction and must have their compasses corrected. It describes using a pelorus to measure compass error by aligning north south and reading the gnomon shadow against government tables to adjust navigation.
Eng and Chang, Siamese twins born in Siam in 1811 to Chinese parents, were joined by flesh from breastbone to breastbone. Sold from their mother in Meklong, they toured America 1829 and Europe, settled in the southern states, married sisters, and had offspring. They died January 17, 1874, hours apart after a shared heart weakened by the shock.
England develops a jointing system for lead cables using a thin tin ribbon between surfaces heated with a blow lamp. The tin-tin treated surfaces melt and solder together, aided by a protective oxide-preventing composition. A second method uses a mold over the cable and molten lead poured in to form the joint without burning the sheath.
A dairy businessman notes that cost of producing milk has long been unclear. Recent experiments indicate production costs about 80 cents per 106 pounds of milk, covering feed and labor, equating to roughly 1 1/2 cents per quart.
The Ohio experiment station lists 25 oat varieties with Siberian Sixty Day Improved American Illinois German Jeanette Green Mountain and Big Four atop productive capacity. Five year average yields ranged from 68.84 bushels for Big Four to 70.46 bushels for Siberian.
A dialogue on the habit of fault finding and returning things to their owner ends with a sharp exchange about accountability. The speakers debate whether those who critique always demand reclamation, revealing a sting of irony in their exchange.
Old standard Yellow Belleflower apple shown as six specimens. varies in size and many are too small for market. It is susceptible to scab, but is a good grower, fairly hardy and long lived. Prefers warm, well drained soil. Also notes on home garden importance and resilience.
Gen Fred Grant promotes total abstinence asserting early life invitations to drink led him to drink in moderation and conclude that alcohol harms the person. He declares he became an absolute teetotaler and notes that one who never drinks is never pressured or offended by drinking.
A brief dialogue captures a young man’s urge to prove knowledge and a later fear of concealing ignorance. Jagson contrasts youth and maturity as both seek to display and hide what they know or don’t. The piece centers on perceptions of competence and self doubt.
A dialogue highlights tension between declaring “the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth” and preferring to hear it from another. The exchange underscores doubts about objectivity and who should deliver candor in public discourse.
A brief humorous quip contrasts the simple wedding of a young married man with the bachelor life, noting the old bachelor is rarely part of a straightforward union.
A speechless child joke features six year old Johnnie asking what a microbe is. Grandpa explains a microbe as something that gets into things, then Johnnie quips that his dog must be a microbe since he always gets into things when left alone.
An odd exchange unfolds as two travelers discuss bear encounters. One asks about ascending the mountain while the other notes they have already descended with tales of persistence and risk. The terse dialogue hints at danger and resilience in a remote setting.
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