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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1908
Page
7
An instructional snippet describes building a rustic four-seat settee not to exceed six feet, with detailed dimensions for posts, rails, battens, and dowels. It covers bearer joints, edge clearance for rain drainage, and steps from rough cutting to final fitting, including armrests and back rails.
An article notes advances in electric lifting magnets used in cranes across German, Belgian, and American plants. A Osnabruck installation showed two-ton supplemental grips and rapid load detachment, enabling hot and cold ingots handling up to 750 degrees Fahrenheit. Magnets cut time vs chains, with adjustable lift capacity and side-by-side ingot placement, though reliability concerns persist.
At Lear More a plant conducted tests comparing lifting magnets with chains curved arms and other transporting apparatus. Magnets reportedly offered the best overall service including lower operating costs and greater reliability.
At Covina California a municipal celebration marked electric railway debut with a 250 gallon coffee urn serving 5 000 cups. A 200 gallon beans pot roasted 12 steers and twice as many sheep and porkers in a 44 foot trench. The nine foot tall giant coffee pot stood over the fire.
Captain C H Ley in England studies floating balloons to learn how earth’s surface features shape the air above. He reports that hills and valleys transmit disturbances to great heights, speeding winds over ridges and slowing them in valleys, suggesting a kind of aerial topography.
French electrical engineer Lemoine accused of swindling Sir Julius Wernher of over 300000 by selling a supposed invention for artificial diamonds. Court proof failed to show the method could make gems at the claimed size.
The late Asher Smith, born 1849, was among the first American locomotive operators. He began on the Mount Savage and Cumberland line in Maryland, later worked in Chicago, Milwaukee, and on the Santa Fe at Emporia before retiring to a farm. He witnessed early rails, John Bull engines, wood fuel delays, and speed recorders known as Dutch clocks with tape printers.
Oxen, long used for farm tasks, remain essential in eastern Canada where in Nova Scotia they build roadbeds for railways. yoked in pairs they pull short hauls, plow, haul firewood, harvest crops, and endure slow patient labor before fattened and slaughtered for food, returning as beef.
Chin Gee Hee, an Americanized Chinese engineer, leads a Hongkong railroad project as projector president and chief engineer. The line uses six locomotives, four US purchases and two from Germany, faced with native opposition who feared smoke would ruin crops.
A traveler waits in a quiet English provincial town for a long overdue branch line train. He asks the porter about the coming train for the twentieth time. A dog trots along the line and the porter smiles, saying the engine-driver's dog is approaching, suggesting the train is near.
A discussion argues that railroad employees hold growing influence in management and rulemaking. It questions division of responsibility for accidents, noting management bears most costs while workers offer little in support. Proposes an employes liability concept as a logical, though unlikely, remedy.
Prof Fernald forecasts a future where electric power transmitted from central coal mine plants via wire will run rail locomotives, eliminating smoke and cinders. He notes practicability with gas engines and coal energy and envisions 10 to 12 plants powering all U S railroads, plus factories.
Line almost joins oceans as Chile advances cross-continental rail along the Ine between Valparaiso and Buenos Ayres, a four hour stage ride would complete a continuous Pacific to Atlantic journey. Chilean congress funds a parallel coast line while Peru and Ecuador push Pan American routes. Guatemala opened transoceanic line last January and Costa Rica nears ocean to ocean completion.
The article notes Scottish railway anomalies such as Mallaig and Kyle Lochalah being 360 miles apart by the shortest route despite only 20 miles apart in a straight line. It also mentions Port Ellen on Islay having the nearest station Ballycastle in Ireland, aside from Campbellton.
The Brazilian government backs a plan to build 300 miles of railroad around the Madeira river rapids. Railroad lines currently cover about half of the 6,630 miles from the Mexican border to Buenos Aires.
An exchange between Mr. and Mrs. Billtops reveals why winding a clock can be difficult. Mrs. Bilhops explains that clock keyholes hidden near four and eight cause the hour hand to obscure them twice daily, so winding must wait until the hands move past the holes. Mr. Billtops, impressed, winds the clock after understanding the trick.
The spread of successful artificial pearl production in France has confused buyers and hurt the market for genuine pearls. Experts doubt how long manufactured pearls will endure and whether they will retain their luster. Real pearls stay beautiful through contact with the wearer’s body, a longtime consideration in daylight fashion.
A dialogue unfolds as a man questions a small boy walking down the road. The boy reveals a pickle wrapped in brown paper and jokes about going fishing for pickerel, replying to the curious man with simple, playful answers.
A playful back and forth explores the topic of corporal punishment with maritime jargon and a breezy exchange. The dialogue riffs on sailor slang and discipline, highlighting tension between opinion and propriety in a lite, era-tinged tone.
A New York Sun essay describes a warship as a busy, highly disciplined floating fort where the crew must move at peak speed for a short, brutal dash. Outsiders are shunned during preparation, as pressure and toil demand total concentration learned after years of schooling and experience.
A giant bull moose fled dogs and the ferry district this week, leaping fences and tossing barricades aside as it ran toward the Atlantic. George Peterson witnessed the chase then saw the animal drown or be exhausted in salt water near the breakwater after mistaking the sea for the river. Witnesses William Edgecombs and sons reported the sighting.
A meditation on human nature noting that even those who strive hard for success often undermine themselves. It contrasts the overconfident with the timid, arguing flaws such as conceit and careless habits drive away opportunities and prevent lasting achievement.
An anecdote recounts explorer Peary being advised that there are tricks in every trade. A grocer named Uncle Josh explains that barrels labeled A and Z contain the same apples, but customers prefer different openings, top or bottom, illustrating varied habits.
A village parson admonishes the blacksmith about his auto repair work near the parsonage. The parson proposes moving the shop behind the parsonage to increase profits. The smithy jokingly asks if splicing broken parts could also mend “rimaway couples” in marriage.
A quoted exchange shows a skeptic challenging belief in ghosts while a Black servant named Mr. Wrasias Ploldey pleads to remain free of trappings of superstition. He hopes loved ones will let him stay untroubled rather than awaken the fears that accompany haunting beliefs.
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