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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1897
Page
3
A proposed route from New York to Philadelphia envisions trains reaching 1412 3 mph with no grade changes and a rigid bed. Features include third rail, limited current sections, block signaling, auto brakes, and five power stations. Car seating for 140 on six wheel trucks, no freight plan, and several safety devices proposed.
New York opens its first hotel for the poor named Rowton House offering lodgings at 12 cents a night. Lodgers may cook, shop, and dine on-site with affordable meals, private lockers, laundry facilities, a library, and communal spaces, all with clean ventilated rooms and hygienic amenities.
Turpentine dissolving camphor treats lacera tions bruises and cuts with antiseptic action comparable to carbolic acid. Borax in wash water prevents scarlet napkins and red towels from fading. A basin of water in the oven during cooking avoids smell or smoke through the ventilator. Age brings learning and mental clarity at forty, while timing and audience matter. Caution about striking a light over a wet blanket versus a barrel of gunpowder.
The wheat king of the world is an Italian immigrant named Guazone living in southern Buenos Aires province. His 66 270 acre farm employs a thousand workers who share in profits. When his son’s crop is harvested he fills over 3 000 railway trucks with grain.
A Detroit Journal quotation notes a bicycle instructor warning that too much learning is dangerous, phrased as a concise proverb about excessive study.
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