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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
8
A patent granted to J. J. Johnston of Graham Mo describes an alarm signaling device for clocks. The system uses a signal bell and battery circuit with a brush contacting a disk and a clock dial to trigger at a chosen hour. The disk mounts on the hour hand cannon and aligns with a metal segment on the dial to set the alarm.
Dr Franz Nagel Schmidt demonstrated in London that alternating currents of up to 800 volts and 2.5 amperes can heat and coagulate tissue along the current path. He showed liver tissue coagulation between electrodes and cauterization in egg white, suggesting potential to destroy diseased tissue without blood loss and to relieve localized pain with moderate heating.
A Popular Electricity feature explains how a wall mounted electric motor driven ventilating fan forces out foul air in theaters and restaurants. The unit runs at full speed during busy periods and can be slowed or shut down during off hours by a simple switch or speed control.
The article argues for concealed lighting as the preferred modern system, noting benefits for workers and patrons by reducing glare and saving power. It cites English reports showing British Museum lighting at seven one thousandths of daylight and government spaces even lower, praising the approach as cheap, universal, and satisfactory.
A French instantaneous water heater threads directly onto a faucet. A brass tube encloses a coiled glass tube wound with nickel steel wire, heating water as it passes through. The lower end passes through the protective brass tube and connects via a flexible wire to electricity.
Erie railroad conducted tests of the Edison storage battery car between West Orange and Forest Hill junction on the Greenwood Lake branch. Plans call for regular service on this route with passengers continuing on standard trains from Forest Hill.
A survey of early 20th century innovations shows Eleciri locomotives for towing ships through the Panama Canal and Swedish inventors using hemp cores in electric cables. Other notes describe windmill powered electricity for a church near Bilston, a clock promoting ads via a phonograph, Jordan’s falls harnessed for Palestine towns, a New York store wiring for liners’ wireless shopping, and widespread U.S. electric lighting adoption.
A young settlement worker offers to chat with Mrs. Duggan about uplift, prompting Mrs. Duggan to declare she will wash or listen for fifty cents an hour. The judge remarks on those who want to improve others lives. The scene centers on labor, reform efforts, and the resistance of a working woman.
A wife calls to her husband John from the stairway asking what he is doing. He replies he is trying to remove his overcoat which seems hard to take off. He muses that he never before noticed the coat buttons in the back and wonders when it became so tight.
A comic exchange has Professor MeaGoozle claim his spectacles are faulty. The optician finds nothing wrong with the glasses except that the lenses have fallen out, prompting a humorous misperception from the absent minded professor.
A Yonkers Statesman snippet recounts a manager questioning a green collector about calling a woman for her gas bill. The collector says the woman offered a chair, and he refused, insisting on payment in money.
A fragmentary exchange suggests a love triangle in Alberton as James recalls a jilting and Jessie concurs that the party may have chosen another. The overheard dialogue hints at romantic tension without detailing names or dates.
A fragment quotes a speaker asserting his wife does all the talking, likening it to a man on the Mississippi letting the river flow by. The line sharpens a domestic, gendered power dynamic with a pointed simile.
The leading citizen is defined by a cautionary example. A man whose example isn’t always safe to follow, as spoken by a father to his son about his son’s role and influence.
A witty exchange on the ordinary playgoer’s demand for happy endings. A manager questions this preference with a biting remark, while a commenter recalls attending a German performance of Shakespeare and jokes about translation and accessibility.
A terse exchange shows a lawyer dismissing the client as too thin skinned and insisting the client take the case elsewhere. The client presses for reading a last poem, and the lawyer agrees to read it.
A slender, hard hitting lawyer recalls a tense clash with Jimmie Squigges who ran at him, throwing three quick punches in seconds. The lawyer notes he stayed ahead the entire time, despite Squiggs being a larger man.
Mrs Oldcastie declares a preference for Bothell as they leave the picture gallery, while the hostess counters with a love of traditional raspberry jam. The exchange hints at contrasting tastes in a genteel drawing-room moment.
In a department yesterday morning a jingle about Man uel's Parisian flame labeled her Gabby a printer turned Gaby into Gabby by inserting a stray 1. The error altered the spelling of the subject's name in the piece.
In a sharp exchange two characters debate desk mischief at school. The first advocates placing a live mouse to unsettle a teacher, while the second proposes setting cheese to lure the animal and avoid blame. The dialogue hints at classroom tensions and ethics of pranks.
A witty exchange unfolds with one man remarking age and another replying with humor. The scene shifts as a cold wave arrives, changing the mood and atmosphere in the moment.
Doctor urges wife to ensure husband gets more exercise after initial treatment. Wife agrees, noting the bill will provoke a reaction when shown, but accepts the plan for his continued care.
A widow and a widower meet while choosing monuments for late spouses in Ohio and fall in love. Cupid takes quick action as a cherub on a tombstone seems to have played matchmaker.
The remark debates self awareness warning against heedless fault finding. It notes Carlyle’s line that the gravest fault is lack of consciousness, while contrasting it with knowing faults yet failing to care. The exchange explores values and personal responsibility.
The exchange reveals TJ's act of shaking Jinx and his reason that, while the speaker was engaged to him, she should not be engaged to any other man. The dialogue highlights Old World propriety clashing with modern romantic pursuit.
An aside notes how Junks claimed pursuit of literary recognition but never achieved it. The exchange implies luck kept him from true literary fame as he shifted to writing ads.
In a dialogue excerpt a friend asks why sewing is done near an air shaft window despite poor visibility. Mrs. De Platt responds that she can hear well enough, asserting auditory clarity compensates for the limited view.
A brief unsigned fragment notes a skein of era humor with a line about longing for a monster in the sky and a jab at a town where residence property runs about 80 dollars per front foot. The text hints at satire on housing costs and provincial pretensions.
A brief exchange contrasts convenience of familiar topics with the need for careful phrasing. One speaker notes frequent second thoughts to choose polite language, while the other questions that assessment, highlighting social friction in everyday talk.
A worker returns to the office after claiming a day off to enjoy time, but explains the wife wants ribbons matched prompting the return.
In a humorous exchange a father explains an optimist to his son. The man is described as thinking fame follows from being sent to the state legislature by Will County. The remark captures a light civic satirical tone from a historical column.
In this piece a minister extols the power of intercessory prayer as exemplified by Paul in a Roman cell. The sermon urges believers to seek Christ dwelling in the heart by faith, noting prayer’s reach beyond physical restraint and the heart’s depth over mere knowledge. A call to faith situates Christianity as a heart state rather than legal observance.
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