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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1903
Page
27
A fragment from the Semi-Weekly Nation highlights wages unrest, world speed contrasts, and satirical quips on figures like Admiral Cotton, King Peter, Laureate Austin, Sir Thomas Lipton, and Lieut Peary. It mentions diverse items from politics to poetry, with playful gossip about society and misprints about a Kansas or Arizona paper.
Special correspondence describes Chinese authorities in Shantung province staging an execution in the Chefoo public market after pirates captured near the Yellow River region. A young pirate pleads and rages as a Japanese executioner beheads him, while onlookers witness the dramatic spectacle of justice and order restored by officials.
Portable irrigator adapts a hollow fork head to inject fertilizing squid near plant roots, spraying nourishment precisely where needed. Dr Joseph W Richards warned that two thirds of furnace gases could generate steam power, saving about 10 000 horsepower if redirected to gas engines, with new sites offering over 1 000 000 horsepower potential. Sleeper cars progress: electric autocar to run Brussels to Ostend, appleyard syndicate sleepers between Columbine and Cincinnati with through fast service. Envelope safety improves with wax disc and tamper resistant flap by Edgar Thumb. Sun spot cycles linked to Earth temperature variations, Koppen and Nordmann noting cooling when spots rise.
Report notes a new pair of lawn trimming shears described as light aluminum like and cheap. A German journal claims a meteorite named metal, a compound of Muminum, rivaling aluminum for weight and pliability, suitable for pipes wiring and brass replacements with one third the weight and lower price.
Inventions include glass mine models showing all workings and noiseless street railway crossings made from end-on wooden blocks. The Neragansett oil ship launches at Clyde, capacity 10,000 tons, unloading at 800 tons per hour. Japan caps emigrants to Hawaii at 226 per steamer with men limited to 150. Automobile racing risks prohibition in France, while 20,000 skilled French workers fuel auto industry and global advertising. Germany has sold 7,373 miles of ocean cable in seven years at 7 million dollars. Key routes include Emden to New York via Azores 4,813 miles and Shanghai to Taichou and Chefoo 723 miles and Germany to England 280 miles.
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