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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1909
Page
8
Washington reports the new $7,000 automobile for Mrs Taft as the first vehicle of its kind for a first lady. It joins two official Taft cars bought with congressional funds, while her personal limousine offers luxury features and a coat of arms emblem for instant identification.
The story recalls the Van Ness mansion built by Latrobe for Gen John P Van Ness near the White House. It notes Burn s wealth from land near the river and Marcia Burns, the heiress, plus Van Ness becoming mayor and planting a marble tomb at Oak Hill. The relics include a six white horse legend and Andrew Carnegie s large gift to the Bureau of American Republics, now building south of the Corcoran.
In Washington society several women embrace walking as a healthful remedy for late hours and diet errors. Notable figures include Mrs. George von L. Meyer and Mrs. John B. Henderson, with Miss Elsie Jarvis McLean leading a 20 mile group tramp among navy officers. Miss McLean recently returned from the Philippines with her parents and has been presented at the British court.
Alice Blech, a clerk in the bureau of American republics, has been selected by Mrs. Taft as her secretary. Miss Hagner moves from Mrs Roosevelt to a post in the bureau of trade relations, state department. Blech is fluent in German and knowledgeable in French and Spanish, with duties including correspondence and letter handling at the White House.
John W. Harrison, a St Louis manufacturer, insists his four year plan for a water and air navigable airship will work. He built a two foot model that sailed away, then predicted a 64 foot aluminum craft with a silk roof and two propellers could lift 2100 pounds, powered by a 64 horsepower steam engine. An agent attempted to pursue the idea in New York but nothing more was heard.
A spring awakening toad in Montclair New Jersey near Claremont Avenue woke to warmth from thawing ground. A passing smoker discarded a burning stump on a twig two inches above ground drawing the toad to leap for the ember and flee hopping thrice before retreating to its winter den.
In Minneapolis a three year old Plymouth Rock hen owned by Franks A Breitkrentz is in the public eye for laying a squash shaped egg. The odd egg weighs about a small egg with a long neck and a second small egg at the end.
Eureka Cal to shore by wireless from the oil steamship Asuncion where a sailor lay ill and receiving treatment. Humboldt wireless station received notice of a fall from the rigging causing severe internal hemorrhages. Marine Dr Charles Falk prescribed care and the ship stayed put until a wireless prescription arrived.
West Virginia will acquire the 70 foot high Moundville mound on Grave Creek flats near the Ohio River. The state appropriated 1000 dollars plus 35000 dollar donations from the McFadden heirs and state schoolchildren to save the mound, a prehistoric monument discovered in 1770 by Joseph Tomlinson.
A hill has risen from Cache creek in Capay valley as the creek’s course shifts several hundred yards. The upheaval was marked by two sharp explosions. Seven acres nearby dropped 40 to 100 feet and the low mood area is rapidly filling from the creek.
A suburban couple in a train tale jokes about burglars and sleepless nights. The husband tricks his wife with staged noises, then two lovers chase a nighttime excursion through meals, trains, and a sleepy town. Also notes on a Canton vinegar seller and a fountain pen quip.
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