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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1899
Page
3
Article surveys pineapple fibre as a flax substitute, noting its strength, moisture resistance, and potential in sewing thread and textiles. It also describes a simple method to visualize voice vibrations with a paper and tin horn, producing varied flower and animal shapes in sand.
Russian Kursk province shows notable magnetic disturbances. M Moureaux reports large differences between theory and observed effects, marking Kursk as one of the most remarkable regions for magnetic anomalies yet documented.
An extensible tele scoping car step designed by Harlow E. Spink of Oswego New York aims to ease railroad car construction. The device retracts under the lowest stationary step and uses slidings in side casings to set the footboard at a safe, adjustable position. A second item notes the opelet, a sea creature that mimics an aster but is deadly to fish, using its petal like arms to deliver venom and feed from a hidden mouth.
A Ohio inventor proposes wooden cribs filled with stone to form sand beaches along stream banks with projecting arms to prevent tipping. A dental flossing tool winds floss on a spool between hollow arms, threading through to be drawn tight by a reel. A Maryland inventor patents an electric switch using mercury-soaked contacts to complete circuits. Two Western inventors refine ice tongs with an inverted U handle and a sliding internal member to grip and release ice more securely.
A note from the Indianapolis Journal quotes a little bride apologizing for her many grammatical errors and a young husband quipping that even worse mistakes come from her mother, highlighting domestic humor.
In a chaotic courtroom a judge,Unable to control others, warned he would take drastic action to stop the persistent contempt. The disruption led to a moment of heightened tension as the judge voiced the need for firm measures.
The Boston Transcript notes that Helen Stone Rogers of Somerville Mass is welcomed as an honorary member of the Bunker Hill chapter D A R The national society honors living daughters of Revolutionary War veterans with a gold souvenir spoon one of which was presented to Rogers.
Michael D Wild has been made secretary of the Baltimore and Ohio South Western Railway, succeeding Edward Bruce, and assistant secretary of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, with headquarters at No. 2 Wall Street New York. For several years Mr Wild has held a very responsible position with the B&O Railroad in Baltimore, and the change is promotion and recognition of his valuable services. "Any man can become rich by persevering persistent effort." "I don't know I've never yet run across a millionaire book agent."
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