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Newspaper
Hamilton Democrat Sun
Location
Hamilton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1907
Page
3
The London Express explains how Lloyds underwriters gamble on overdue ships. Doctors place premiums based on recovery odds, paying to relieve insurers of risk. A ship is posted missing only after a formal committee vote and a week of inquiry, effectively issuing a legal death certificate.
A Westminster Gazette correspondent recalls Charles Lamb and Burne Jones as they discuss long borrowed books. Lamb jokes that returning them would raise moral standards and pain the borrower’s conscience, while Burne Jones notes two costly volumes sent long ago and refuses to part with them.
A paper by Captain W. Bartling to the Northeast Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders reports that the steamer Thueringen showed a rising magnetic power during construction from 25 to 57 percent of the earth's field, then declined after launch. A sister vessel not swung retained increasing magnetism, reaching 68 percent and requiring seven compensating magnets.
The London Truth notes horchata de chufa as Madrid's favorite beverage made from chufa nuts yielding a milky pulp diluted with water. It may also use almonds and is often sold where matting is kept for sale, signaling a glass of horchata. origin of the combination remains unclear.
An apothecary lacking a red store light used a glass bottle with red fluid and a candle behind it. He added a second, inspiring rivals to illuminate their windows with red lights. The novelty spread, making red storefront lighting the new town fashion.
A Cleveland Leader anecdote about Cecil resisting temptation to buy peanuts as he saves coins for missions. He struggles, prays for help, and asks God to keep Jim the peanut man from coming down the street.
Mr Timmid jokes about throwing a kiss to Miss Pechis, who calls him the laziest man she has seen, in a brief exchange from the Philadelphia Press.
The dialogue records Miss Witherupp asking if Mr. Newman noted she did not show her age. Miss Frank replies that he said she was careful to conceal it.
It is estimated that 70,000,000 Europeans wear wooden shoes. Basswood is ordinarily employed for sabots, but willow is the best material.
Merton K. Raynesford of Ellis Kansas received a patent for an improved bench stop that locks into the apron holes of a carpenter's bench. The device uses two hinged members with an eccentric to lock, and a jaw to clamp the work firmly against the bench, preventing pins from loosening or dropping out.
Chief Engineer Fredericia of the Danish State railway reports success with plugged sleepers. A 1.5 inch creosoted beech or birch plug is driven into the sleeper and spiked, securing the rail and reducing deterioration from loose rails.
A tin foil process forms a pipe of pure tin filled with lead, then beaten out like gold leaf to coat the lead core. The resulting sheets are often thinned to about one thousandth of an inch.
Ergin, a liquid fuel derived from tar by a secret process, has found wide use in Germany. It is reported to deliver about 16 500 British thermal units per pound.
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