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Newspaper
Bedford Free Press
Location
Bedford, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
6
Kansas City and Chicago reports show cattle steady to slightly lower on the day with limited cow and heifer offerings. Hog prices edged up with good loads moving. top bids near 6.12 to 6.75 on heavier and mixed loads. Sheep and lambs demand steadier, feeders weak, trains late causing slow starts but packers bidding for quality stock.
The Adult Deaf and Dumb Institute in Manchester presented Hamlet performed by deaf mutes at Hulme town hall as part of an annual reunion. The London Telegraph praised the dressing, scenery, and spirited acting, noting the audience’s evident engagement with the drama despite sign language.
Seven large Bayou Teche sugar refineries in St Mary parish plan to abandon coal and contract for Texas oil tanks in New Orleans. Several others already switch to oil. total coal use was about 150000 dollars annually. Adapting furnaces costs around 35000 dollars, oil should replace nearly 160000 dollars of coal with under 50000 dollars of fuel oil. By next season most Louisiana plantations may use oil instead of coal.
Commoner commentary frames a steel industry strike as a test of labor rights to organize. President Shaffer voices confidence in labor, while steel trust leaders show no weakening. The piece argues against monopolies, warns of wage earners’ dependence on work, and notes broader political riffs on trusts and democratic principles.
A reader criticizes New York Sun for money worship in American politics and opposes anti trust suppression. The piece warns crushing trusts could trigger economic calamity, urges Democrats in Ohio to vote and then organize Congress by districts to bar corporate Democrats from nominations.
The Atlanta Constitution reports the death near Fayetteville North Carolina of L N Calvary a peculiar man. He was found dead of heart disease in his chair aged 70 living alone after thirteen years on 100 acres with a vineyard and truck farm. He never shipped produce and kept $300 on him. He recently sold a 12 acre Hudson River vineyard for 12000.
The Onlooker notes a curious American group named the Alice society that stresses Carroll knowledge. Initiation rests on a long verbal maxim and the aim is fraternal bonds. When members meet in summer country retreats they stage tea gatherings with original refreshments.
Providence correspondence from the Boston Journal describes Mrs. Claus Peterson of South Auburn startling a large rattlesnake in her cellar. She attacked the creature with a rolling pin and then hurled a kettle of hot water, killing the snake. Later she found her cow in the yard dead, reportedly killed by the same reptile.
The Southern Pacific on its Pacific system owns 1779 engines with 50 added last year and 103 more on order. Ninety five engines already use petroleum fuel and orders exist to outfit all engines. At 21 barrels per engine daily for 300 days, consumption would reach 5,884,200 barrels annually, saving about 4,202,000 dollars compared to coal.
The Philadelphia Record explains that gas mantels use a mix of thoria and ceria in a precise ratio of 99 percent thoria and 1 percent ceria. Equal quantities of the two yield little light, while pure thoria or ceria produce far less light, with the exact mechanism of ceria’s enhancement not yet understood.
The Paris exposition awarded a gold medal to Professor W. G. Johnson of Springfield Massachusetts, former Maryland state entomologist. The honor recognizes his agricultural research and collaboration with the U S Department of Agriculture exhibit.
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