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Newspaper
Barstow Printer
Location
Barstow, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1910
Page
6
A new Chicago directory lists 803,108 names for the city and estimates total residents at 2,329,018 with an outside figure near 2,500,000. The Johnsons lead with 8,205 members, Johnston 518, while the Smiths rank second at 5,333, illustrating surname prevalence in the metropolis.
New York report shows Brooklyn Bridge no longer the busiest point in America as travel shifts northward. The Williamsburg Bridge now carries more passengers to Brooklyn and earns far more from automobile tolls, boosting Bowery traffic and reshaping city highways.
London news confirms J Armstrong Drexel achieved a world altitude record for an airplane at 6752 feet. The observatory tested the barograph carried by Drexel and certified the figures as accurate after his ascent from Lanark Scotland on August 11. He endured extreme cold during the climb.
Five and a half miles of the Atlantic entrance of the Panama Canal were opened to navigation for the sand and rock fleet of the Atlantic division last week. The newly opened section joins five miles of the Pacific entrance, bringing total usable canal length to ten and a half miles. The dredged channel runs 15 feet deep at the shallowest, 100 feet wide at the narrowest, with work ongoing to reach 45 feet deep and 500 feet wide. The opening eliminates a long detour via the old French canal for shipments from Porto Bello and Nombre de Dios to Gatun.
Chicago Aug 24 A wide survey reports 1910 yields for wheat corn oats barley rye and cotton near or above ten year averages. Droughts and cold slowed some crops but timely rains and cooler weather boosted overall food stocks, with strong corn and oat results and a diversified South gaining in grain production.
New York August 24 guide books and maps for aviators are the newest item on publishers row. The maps emphasize cities railroad lines and watercourses while elevations are deemphasized as irrelevant to pilots. These features help flying men navigate by landmarks.
New York August 24. Mayor Gaynor sat up in bed propped with pillows for over an hour yesterday and spoke with his daughter Ruth. Robert Adamson said the last blood test was satisfactory and surgeons assured him the mayor was practically out of danger.
Seattle reports a model dairy near North Yakima receives modern milking machines, displacing fifty dairymaids who had milked cows for 11 years. The farm previously relied on Japanese workers who were deemed unhygienic, and workers now switch to packing peaches and pears in nearby orchards.
The Washington Humane Society plans to push for a district wide ban on vivisection. It aims to curb experiments conducted by government bureaus and the Animal Industry Bureau if current provisions are interpreted to include these institutions.
Yonkers New York August 23 A forward locksmith is jailed after a bold advertising method. He claimed ordinary locks were worthless against a skilled lockpicker and offered his own device as protection. He would pick a door unlock it and tap the housekeeper to urge a real lock. Police received many complaints.
London reports aeronaut Claude Graham White argues speed defines progress for air travel. He notes engines must gain power and planes must be built for maximum speed, tracing a rise from 35 to 66 miles per hour as pilots push records in aerodromes and racing monoplanes.
The longest telegraph line in the world, built above ground without a break, has been completed in Australia. Its total length is something over 6,000 miles.
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