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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1908
Page
8
Sir Francis Galton proposes indexing facial portraits by measured features to allow searches like dictionary terms. He outlines six cardinal points on the profile, defines a unit called a seat, and argues that lexiconizing portraits could identify individuals more efficiently even under blur or partial views.
The article notes Lake Tchad's fluctuating size and depth over two decades, with cycles of decline and rise. It recalls native records indicating near-dry conditions around 1828 to 1833, a very low level in 1906, and a peak about twenty years later, illustrating an ongoing pattern of variation.
The geologist Prof. Angelo Heilprin praises Edwin Swift Balch for both scientific skill and landscape painting. Balch created seven paintings of Mont Pelé features from the St. Pierre eruption, valued as art and as scientific representations of nature.
A London physician recently operated for consumption. He opened the patient’s back and removed the diseased portion of the bag. The procedure marks a notable early attempt at lung surgery.
A Massachusetts inventor unveils a circular automobile ride powered by a cable system. Cars move in a loop while scenery travels in the opposite direction to create the illusion of faster travel. The novelty targets parks and vacation resorts next summer.
A female inventor designs a metal harness attachment that keeps carriage lines above the horse’s haunches. Upturned clips secure the lines in a fixed position, preventing tail interference and aiding driver control.
The piece explains that fleas are a key link in spreading plague from rats to humans. Simond shows human transmission is possible but less common than rat to human via fleas. Bombay plague commission confirms fleas move plague between rats and that the implicated flea species is present in plague homes. Medical science now targets fleas in disease control.
At a National Preservation society meeting in Cape Town the chief justice urged stronger steps to save Africa s rare flora and fauna from extinction. He warned that the gnu genisbok moumain nebra elant and the giraffe are now nearly all extinct.
Assopt Motors notes the twinluuket Central railroad has adopted motor cars replacing steam locomotives. The motor cars will operate on the same trucks under their own power. The line covers elgut nilies in length.
A New York Sun recounts a dramatic rail tale in which a talkative operator and night staff avert disaster. Dante's Inferno, Nemesis, and Hell's Kitchen locomotives clash with a Cannonball freight, and a pigeon named Samson carries urgent orders to Scruggins Corners, enabling safe pass and preventing a crisis.
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway will honor Carl Mack, a veteran engineer who was fatally scalded in last August’s Red Rock wreck in northern Oklahoma. Mack, who served the railroad over 30 years, perished while trying to save passengers as his engine failed on a curve near Red Rock. A photo of his engine No. 84 hangs in stations and offices. fireman C J Wanzer was critically injured, and conductor Al Glazier escaped unharmed.
A railway passenger loses a ticket blown from a window on a north bound Colorado and Southern train. The ticket is swept by a south bound train's suction and ends up in the smoking car, where the baggage master recovers it. The tale comes from a prominent railway man via Sunday Magazine.
A strong likelihood that management of the Japanese railways will be taken over in the near future by a syndicate of leading European financiers who have offered to assist the government in reorganizing the national finances.
The text notes wooden railroad cars cost about $100 per year to repair, far more than steel cars, with wooden cars out of service by reasons of repairs six to one versus metal cars.
On the French Northern railway many carriages are lighted by acetylene and the results of using this method of illumination are said to be satisfactory.
A puzzle describes turning an oblong garden into a rose bed half the area with a surrounding uniform path. Lady Belinda uses a tape inside the hedge, marking one quarter points on the sides to set the path width. If sides are 12 and 5 poles, the path width becomes 1 pole via a right triangle square sum.
Instructions for crafting a toy windmill from soft pine with a Greek cross frame and four blades cut to a thin flat profile. Directions specify dimensions tenons, alignment, and assembly on a six by twelve inch board platform with a central shaft and base fasteners.
A survey of children’s verses and a sensationalized note on Uganda’s natives. The poem warns of hunger from impatience. The Uganda piece claims houses grow from earth and clothing from trees with bark cloth worn by Daudi Chwa.
The piece highlights animal scenting ranges across species. A fox detects a man half a mile downwind, a mouse noses cheese at 50 feet, a hunter’s trap is spotted by a wolf at ten feet, and a deer senses a passerby 200 feet away. Coyotes lead in scenting ability, reacting at first sniff and continuing on.
Sailors recall sighting a giant whale while dining during a routine drill. A crew member notes firing two shots at the creature after a deck officer granted permission, describing the sea around the whale as blood red for miles after the encounter. The vivid report, attributed to St. Nicholas, captures a dramatic maritime moment.
Dialogue between Black White and Jack about the riddle of when an apple pie is ready. Jack asserts an apple is pie when covered in crust, sugar, and proper filling, while White grows exasperated. The scene ends with White wandering off in comic confusion.
The Wumenidae or solitary wasps include miners who dig earth tunnels and carpenters who cut channels in wood. They build mud nests on branches with partitions forming fly rooms where captured insects feed their young.
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