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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1913
Page
8
A New York company begins producing a special rope for balloon use. A prominent aeronaut orders 66,000 feet. Previously explorers imported rope for high altitude journeys. The rope is handmade from Italian flax and crafted for maximum tensile strength with minimal weight.
Maj. Cooper Kay reports to the Home Department on an explosion at the presshouse and a nearby factory at Hedigak near Kendal England caused by a thunderstorm. He notes copper and trap metals as lightning conductors but favors iron for magazines and dangerous buildings because of its self inductive properties and energy absorption reducing dangerous effects.
A school teacher notes boys divide the year by sports not months. Skating marks spring and winter, base ball in summer, shinney in autumn, with seasons determined by boys at play rather than a calendar.
A Chicago firm touts a remedy from OC H Rowan Drug Co Dept B120 that claims to cure bed wetting and frequent urination in children. The ad offers a 50 cent package and urges readers to write for free medicine and spread the word to neighbors and friends.
Want ads list a cable plane in use three months for cash or terms. Mrs. Marie Dunham seeks buyers at No 4 Phepps St Salt Lake City. Also notices about training vicious horses and selling work horses yearlings and ponies. Chas Brown advertised Fontenelle care of F J Pomeroy for horse training and sales in Fontenelle. The Examiner promotes itself as top Green River valley advertising medium.
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