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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
5
A London Correspondence piece from the New York Times surveys Bernard Shaw’s critique of middle class cowardice and clerical life. It quotes Shaw arguing that civilization makes people into clerks and describes personal clerk experiences, poverty, and a banker’s son.
The Prussian Railway Administration adopts an electric cab signal that rings a bell and slides a white panel before the engineer when approaching a signal. A two-bar track setup and a copper wire broom transmit the alert to the cab, ensuring the driver notices signals without diverting full attention from the track.
W M Swinehart publishes results from Fort Selkirk experiments showing high per acre returns. Oats yield about three tons per acre selling 100 to 120 dollars per ton, potatoes three to five tons per acre at up to twenty five cents a pound, rutabagas six tons per acre at six cents, carrots three tons at fifteen cents, and cabbages three to eight tons with fifteen to twenty cents per pound. The Dawson White Horse stage line nearby supports demand, and annual income often exceeds ten thousand dollars.
A sugar estate in Demerara reports a mule kick injuring a young black boy driving the mules while speeding the team. The planter fears harm but a bystander asserts the boy is not hurt, noting he recovered after a day or two. The incident prompts concern over cane transport safety.
The Washington Herald reports there are not more than 1500 buffalo left in the United States and Canada. It notes the largest herd on the Flathead Indiana reserve in Montana about 400, with others on the Austin Corbin estate in New Hampshire and Scotty Phillips in North Dakota. The piece also describes buffalo cattle as crossbreeds with traits from both parents and cites breeding efforts by C J Jones of Grand Canyon Arizona and others like Mr Goodnight in Texas.
Three men in masks and dark clothes have reportedly dug in the yard around the home of Inte Ben Carrick, treasurer of Storey County during the Comstock era, alleged to have stolen over $30,000. The money remains unrecovered, and it is thought the trio believes it is buried in the yard of Carrick's deserted residence, according to a Virginia City correspondence in the Sacramento Bee.
Editorial note from the Live Region Reporter questions a universal rule to stop issuing complimentary tickets for fairs shows and races. It argues free tickets are often prepaid by advertising value and warns that publishers and editors profit from such “deadhead” notices.
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