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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1908
Page
6
In Indiana a 12 year old girl faced disapproval from her mother over a trip to Millgrove fair. After discovering the railway bridge burned by a spark she waved her red shawl to warn an oncoming excursion train, saving passengers and earning a lifetime rail pass for her and her parents. First Page Story in Detroit Free Press.
The French naval lieutenants Colin Jeance and Mercier and Mr. Lee De Forest of this city advance wireless converse. Experiments cover 200 to 600 miles with potential trans Atlantic talk via wireless telephony promised by Mr Poulsen of Copenhagen.
Norman Osborne describes a sailor kite and introduces the arrow kite with three tails as promising new forms. He notes extreme lightness and elasticity, suitability for light zephyrs, and that skilled handling is required. Both kite designs demand careful construction and materials.
A classic match puzzle explains forming three squares with four whole matches and four half matches, using all pieces without overlap. The solution creates two X shaped crosses touching by the whole matches and finishes each end with half pieces to complete a square.
The lines attribute leadership, courage, and duty across historical military figures. “Be sure you are right, then go ahead” is credited to several authors. “Nothing except a battle lost can be so melancholy as a battle won” evokes battle wisdom. “I make war on the living, not on the dead” and “My children, if you lose sight of your colors rally to my white plume” point to exhortations by commanders. “Let me die in my old American uniform” expresses wartime fidelity.
A farmer, after selling a pig to a neighbor, passes the neighbor’s place and sees a boy watching the pig from the pen. The farmer asks Johnny how the pig is, and the boy replies that the pig is “pretty wetl” and asks about his folks, reflecting a quaint rural exchange.
A witty exchange in a Sunday school setting features two teachers asking about biblical cities Nineveh and Tyre. Johnny’s quick replies, “destroyed” and “punctured,” deliver a concise punchline.
George reports a fact about seeing two men crossing the street this morning taking twelve steps at a time while one carried a small step ladder. The exchange between John and George adds a humorous tone to a brief observational note.
A clipped dialogue scene features George accusing James of misstep and James asking for clarification in a playful exchange about a comical error in a work or social setting. The back and forth centers on the phrase Sool and a formal rebuke turned humorous.
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul rail line reports 117 bridges in 115 miles along the Musselshell river between Fergus and Yellowstone counties. The route crosses county lines 117 times, with 174.68 miles of roadway and 14.9 miles of sidings across four counties Meagher Fergus Yellowstone and Custer.
Martin Hanes, a track walker for New Orleans & Northeastern, chased a fast special across Lake Pontchartrain trestle on a track tricycle. He clung to the cow catcher as the engine flashed into view, escaped with severe bruises, and wrecked his machine. The incident ended with him insisting on a lantern for daylight patrols.
The article notes Canada’s early twentieth century goal of completing a second transcontinental railway. The Grand Trunk Railway has completed its prairie segment from Winnipeg to Edmonton. The remaining 700 miles to the coast across the mountains will take about three more years, with the project described as difficult and costly.
The Northwestern Railway Company of England created a savings bank for its staff to foster thrift. Deposits as low as sixpence are accepted, with four percent interest on balances up to £200 and two percent on excess over that amount.
Ola Sandy McNaughton, a veteran engine driver from Chicago, recalls warnings that never put him on the front page yet claim dozens of premonitions. He describes a near-mail disaster at a bridge when a strong warning prompted him to slam the brakes, averting catastrophe as passengers tumbled from berths and Bill Carter the brakeman tumbled on the platform.
A Russian train from Kursk to Kiev sparked a comic incident when a student kissed a sleeping passenger mistaken for a priest. The offended woman slapped the student, a police protocol followed, and a Jewish witness later cleared the priest, leaving the student humiliated.
Experienced railmen say after 120000 miles a locomotive deserves a layoff and hospital treatment. The heavy 194 ton engine at 60 to 70 mph resists the jar and vibration. At 60 mph the machine runs about 2000 hours to reach that mileage before overhaul. Regardless of past record, maintenance is required.
Consul General Robert J Wynce reports 1907 Suez Canal shipping and net tonnage rose overall. The 1907 tonnage increased by 1 282 930 tons versus 1906 and by 1 594 329 over 1908. Receipts in 1907 grew by 1 557 000 dollars compared with 1906.
French scientist Prof Deprez and collaborator M Vernez demo wind lift on simple models to show how air currents can propel or suspend aluminum wings. Dr Rene Quinton offers 19000 francs for a plane that flies five minutes unpropelled, Deprez vying to win.
Hon. R. 3. Strutt argues pitchblende in Cornwall veins of granite and slate supply radium. He suggests radium originates from surrounding granite, which contains radium at one part in a million. Even at tiny concentrations, the Earth's crust could hold enough radium to account for internal heat up to depths of 40 to 60 miles.
A Russian inventor has arrived in America to showcase a motor boat he claims can reach 31 miles per hour using a 12 horsepower engine.
A sketch details an Indiana inventor's device for planing floors that resembles a lawn mower but functions as a floor plane. It rides on a thick roller with a dual blade frame, one straight and one V shaped, set like plane blades. The operator pushes it across a room to control depth, enabling deep or light cuts with ease.
A tip explains using a watch to find cardinal directions by aligning the hour hand with the sun. The halfway point between the hour hand and 12 marks south, with north from 6 pm to 6 am. In the southern hemisphere the rule is reversed.
An earlier article discusses the Andromeda Nebula seen as a misty speck even to the naked eye. It notes ringed structure and a continuous spectrum, questions the external universe idea, mentions parallax suggesting nearer distance, and cites Ellard Gore arguing the nebula is likely part of our own galaxy.
The Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette in New York reports ash from anthracite coal as a useful wound dressing. It notes the ash is neutral sterile and non irritant. When sifted through flour it becomes a soft absorbent dough that quickly soaks up pus and protects surrounding tissue better than gauze.
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