05 Aug 1910
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Newspaper
Goshen Daily Democrat
Location
Goshen, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1910
Page
1
The item blends aviation chatter, irrigation bonds, and humorous asides from Detroit and New York. It highlights aeroplane–motor race talk, irrigation funds for western crops, and light commentary on professors skunks and eating habits, ending with travel and germ precautions on city transit.
The Lynchburg News cites Secretary Wilson on high prices as rooted in land and farmer numbers. Maryland farmer W Oscar Collier recalls teaching sons farming via Maryland Agricultural College, noting plant and animal science boosted interest, profit, and independence for his boys through practical training and poultry ventures.
Denver recalls Curley Wall a pioneer stage driver who guided six horses over treacherous mountain trails. He ferried famous passengers in the 1860s and 70s and now runs an Idaho Springs express wagon at 74 with wife and five children.
Dr Gottheim reports hidden leprosy in New York flaring in public life. He cites a long term case showing a woman with fifteen years of disease, one room unsanitary living, and yet husband and children spared. He questions transmission compared to tuberculosis and notes social stigma.
A Chicago Tribune report describes Japan’s Age Bay near Ise as a premier pearl culture area. Oysters grown for about three years receive nuclei and after four more years yield large nacreous pearls, produced with careful, patient methods by Japanese artisans.
India and Ceylon supply seven eighths of world tea production. Violet potatoes said to be highly nutritious. Infants food imports reached 41000 dollars in 1908. Hair often grays five years earlier in men than women. In 1909 London dogcatchers seized 44900 and dispatched 21253 dogs. Bees make nearly 23000 trips to gather one pound of honey. Banana oil protects metal from rust after polishing. An Obtoan patented a device to rotate auto lamps with wheels for night driving. A method to convey concrete through pipes by air pressure was patented. Native Mexicans hang spider nests to trap insects. A 65000 horsepower single-cylinder engine built in Ohio for steel mill use. A device to deal cards without misdeals from a new machine. A cork-core baseball approved by a major league. A French aeronaut patented a balloon packable on a man’s back. A Kansas inventor created folding stairs using lazy tongs. South African auto use ends short railroad, one station turned into a garage.
A collapsible decoy duck designed by an IMness man folds into a small compass for hideaway storage. The oval base rests on water or mud with hinged legs, while curved wires shape the head and body fibers form a duck silhouette. Lightweight, sturdy and quick to set up, it replaces bulky traditional decoys for hunters.
A new device helps players keep wrists high while playing. Two brackets hold a bug wire above the keys so the performer must lift the wrists to reach the ivories. If the wrists sag, the wire touches the wrist and cues correction. After habit formation the device can be removed.
The Matavanu volcano on Saval in German Samoa erupted in 1905. Dr. T. Anderson reports lava streams traveling about ten miles to the sea forming slaggy and cindery fields and a valley 400 feet deep. The crater holds a lake of incandescent lava that erupts in fountains and cascades into an underground channel causing explosions and showers of lava and hot fragments.
The article notes Germany alone has a submarine rescue ship capable of handling wrecks like Pluviose. The Vulcan, launched 1907 at Kiel, is 230 feet with twin hulls, 12 knot speed, electric cranes able to lift 500 tons, and a workshop crew of engineers and divers ready to operate on submarine rescues.
A British scientist, aided by a balloon, studied the atmosphere over London for years and found the air appears layered up to about a thousand feet. Between three thousand and five thousand feet dust and fibers from the city gather, while at six thousand feet the haze below looks like a distinct surface.
The article profiles J Pierpont Morgan Jr as he inherits vast holdings and steps deeper into corporate finance. It notes his visits to Pittsburg steel works and Gary mills, his parity with his father in personality, and his roles on United States Steel and National City Bank boards. It highlights his charm and athletic interests, including regular yacht racing at the New York Yacht Club.
The article analyzes Sir Eldon Gorst as the effective ruler in Egypt, noting his conciliatory approach and calls for replacement by Sir Arthur Hardinge. It contrasts Roosevelt’s London speech urging firmness with Gorst’s leadership, stating Britain’s duty to rule or quit Egypt and highlighting nationalist pressures seeking independence.
Col John S Mosby the famed Civil War guerrilla and early Roosevelt era special attorney in the Department of Justice is removed from his post at age about seventy three. He faced old age and health declines but remains noted for his fearless anti land grant investigations and long public service record.
H E Byram vice president of the Burlington system taught a railroad school in St Louis marking his first visit since taking operational duties. The class included W A Taloe assistant general passenger agent William Gray general freight agent and others as they study passenger safety freight rates and division leadership with a focus on practical railway education.
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