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Newspaper
Cheyenne State Leader
Location
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1913
Page
12
A man narrates his near drowning amid undertow and friends pulling him ashore. He recalls a long life review from school and bank messenger days, including the missing $80 promissory note he feared would never be produced. The event ends with a wry remark about relief and accountability.
Railroading in the west faced a concrete bridge installation challenge near Frenpo California. Engineers used dynamite to collapse the old wooden supports beneath the new steel span, allowing the replacement to be lowered into place in three hours with derricks reaching the correct points.
Wind and cold force an uptown streetcar to push ahead with passengers left behind. The conductor declares the car out of six and unusable, forcing riders to migrate. A man wonders what failed and learns the cash register cannot ring up any more fares.
Popular Mechanics notes the caber toss as a strange ancient test of strength and skill. The Scots have long cherished the event as a feature of athletic contests, where a tapered tree trunk is flipped upright and thrown to land with the small end farthest from the throw point.
An elderly man from Camberwell walked daily to his business in Martin's Lane, London, about seventy years ago. He rose early, took a strenuous route, and returned with meals skipped between breakfast and dinner. His routine gave him strong knowledge of the city and longevity.
A fragment describes the extreme weight and speed of modern trains noting a 40 ton mash propelled at 75 mph carries energy far exceeding a 2,000 pound object and the potential for severe destruction from such power.
Railroads have long promoted farming regions to boost agricultural prosperity and increase traffic. Over the past decade they have expanded to farming instruction region surveys, organizing agricultural groups, fair cooperation, labor help, and market aid. This promotion is a business plan to grow traffic and revenue.
Dr Helen L Sumner compiled figures from the department of labor noting that at Paterson in 1835 women and children began work at 430 am with a half hour breakfast and three quarters hour for dinner and then worked as long as they could see. Their hours were cut to 11 percent after a 1835 strike. In Philadelphia around 1888 hours were 18. At the Schuylkill factory hours ran from sunrise to sunset March 21 to September 6 and from sunrise to 8 pm the rest of the year. Saturdays the mill closed one hour before sunset to clean machinery.
A US museum gathers an Indian stone inscription collection by a novel mold method. Soft paper is moistened and pressed into the carvings, dried, removed, and used as a mold to cast a detailed replica. Painted casts closely resemble the original stone carvings.
Swiss doctors argue sleep should be tied to altitude with seven hours safe at low levels and five hours sufficient in the mountains. They condemn lingering in bed and urge rising promptly when sleep ends, inspiring efforts to form local sleeping societies in Swiss resort districts.
West Point arrest of a cadet over marriage provokes discussion as officials note that displays of courage by soldiers are not typically condemned. The incident raises questions about conduct rules and institutional stance.
Flat dwellers lodge a concrete grievance against the neighbor upstairs for repeatedly moving the cement plano, disrupting quiet and prompting tensions in the building.
Divers probe Pearl Harbor wreckage where four years of work on the drydock collapsed. Navy engineers debate bottom failure causes while Salvage proceeds and costs loom for government and contractor San Francisco Bridge Co. leadership. Rear Admirals Cowles Moore inspect the site as wreckage draws crowds and questions over rebuilding rise.
A Boston Woman recounts hosting Dr. Baird of North Carolina who postponed his visit, leaving a hungry stranger outside. The hostess invites the man to dine at her table, serving Carolina staples while the doctor’s telegram notes his return was delayed. The act ends with the stranger bowing to gratitude and a Southern hospitality moment.
Polly Witham encounters a mysterious tall youth in white sailing clothes who asks for tea and waffles then vanishes. The stranger returns later in town driving a horse carriage and faints after requesting more drinks. Polly helps him, a village crowd gathers, and yachtmen visit Polly later that day seeking her gone quiet.
Sir John Hare at the Savage club recounted a lively anecdote about Andrew Halliday, describing him as a charming fellow and a lighthearted writer. The tale includes mistaken identity at dinner and a pun on Halliday’s name and pseudonym.
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