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Newspaper
Golden Valley Chronicle
Location
Beach, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
2
A Brinton Bros. column notes that men are irritable before breakfast while women remain amiable. The restaurant proprietor recalls early risers who travel to work and warns against crossing men until they have eaten. He observes a marked mood change after breakfast.
Observers note rarity of sighting policemen in uniform wearing eyeglasses. Few officers are seen on duty with glasses, and even beards and mustaches have become uncommon in the latest generation. Station desk clerks sometimes use spectacles while recording notes.
A native subordinate reports in a diary from a trying position on the fire line. He describes climbing a tree as a tiger roars and disrupts his work, calling the animal inconsiderate and criticizing its thunderous shouts.
Government of the Australian Commonwealth stamps leather exports with an imperial declaration that not more than five percent of the consignments are sugar. Some bales stamped held back by customs as goods partly confectionery and released only after tax payment.
Blumenthal of Berlin asks Tolstoi if he understands Ibsen. Tolstoi replies that Ibsen writes and waits while others sew and explain, then his expounders tell him what he meant.
The assistant to the country editor reports Silas Kidder answered a letter about a subscription expiration. He says Kidder sent the letter back with Italian words scrawled on the bottom, appearing to read requisseat in pace.
Industrious beavers cause major disruption as a dam on the Fence river holds hundreds of thousands of feet of logs. The Kimberley Clark company reports delays and seeks remedies to resume lumber transport.
Water power rises as a dominant energy source in industry and electricity. Since Lowell pioneering canals to transmit power, long distance transmission has expanded hydroelectric reach from coast to coast. By 1905 over fifty North American cities drew power from transmitted water power, reshaping industry and utilities.
The article traces the rise of hydroelectric energy in the United States, noting over 2,000,000 horsepower from streams and cataracts and a shift from old water mills to turbines. It highlights major plants on the St. Croix and Chattahoochee rivers, the Puget Sound region, and Concord's rail shops, where power from nearby streams reduces coal costs and fuels factory operation.
Gen Keifer of Ohio, longtime figure in Congress, surprised colleagues with youth and stamina on his return to the House after years away. He was seen brooding over wasted sleep as Jim Tawney offered sympathy, revealing the general's reflection on time lost.
In Illinois Ogle county Frank Lowden hosts guests including John J. Mitchell and William Ridgely at a farm meals scene. Conversation centers on produce with Lowden mistaking sole for a lake catch while the butler confirms the season.
A young colored man in Washington passes a civil service exam and is sworn in at the treasury. His mother, a darkey of antebellum type, accompanies him and later remarks she cannot support the United States when she could not support her own folks.
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