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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1902
Page
2
A garbled collection of satirical lines cites extravagant sums for an extermination fund, sprawling predictions, odd humor about mosquitoes, poetry, aviation, and international figures. It riffs on Edison, Tesla, Marconi, and notable names while nodding to era quirks and sensational phrasing.
Queen Wilhelmina may write a book on the model husband, though her grasp of the subject will come from observation rather than direct experience.
A fragmentary report suggests a Wilkes Barre man harmed a young woman by hiding and claiming revenge for a past theft. Details are incomplete with limited names or dates available.
A Wisconsin Holstein cow yields 684 pounds of milk and 40 pounds of butter in a week. Beyond the honor of champion, the prize includes recognition, prestige, and potential breeding value that boosts her farm’s status and future yields.
Ping pong is described as a rare gambling game offering either healthy exercise for the money spent or a chance to win money for the effort, highlighting its dual appeal and economic friction.
An intriguingly concise line notes King Edward taking advantage of any day off to play golf while Kipling reflects on seaborne ventures and earlier fireships, hinting at literary and historical contexts without full narrative detail.
A provocative line warns that if Monte Carlo keeps printing the names of American magouies who play there, one could become so indignant as to purchase the place and close it.
A nameless tramp, avoiding woodwork for hours, chooses three months in jail over labor, aligning with a rough brotherhood linked to the Weary Waggles narrative and its gritty social circle.
A Michigan man asserts locating hell at a subterranean depth of five miles. Philosophers counter that such notions are better explained as being carried around under a hat.
A speaker argues that trusts with skilled lawyers can defeat anti trust legislation, making it difficult for ordinary legislators to craft a constitutional measure. The remark questions the feasibility of enacting effective antitrust reform given legal expertise.
Goy notes that Taft sultans are as numerous on Moro islands as German barons and US justices of the peace, arguing the abundance further erodes respect for the title.
In Chicago an elderly married couple of fifty years was divided by poverty as the husband entered a hospital and the wife was sent to the poorhouse. The writer laments the modest sum needed to avert the tragedy and suggests Andrew Carnegie’s wealth could fund libraries instead.
Articles describe using ozoned air passed through a water tower to kill microbes in Spree water. Ozone, a highly active form of oxygen, reduces microbes from 600000 per cubic centimeter to virtually zero at a cost of about 35 cents per 1000 cubic feet. Also noted are postal envelope innovations by George P. Herndon to add a postage pocket, aiding rural delivery and mail collection by removing stamp purchases at local shops.
A January rain in Poriers France produced an odorless water that resembled lye with an earthy taste and slight salinity. After 24 hours it left a dense silicious deposit on linen and plant leaves, not explained by airborne dust, suggesting shallow pools on siliceous ground and strong winds as a factor. The report also describes a device by Conner of Chunchula and Rothweiler of Chicago to blind a runaway horse with springs and cords.
An observer notes that rubbing a smooth soda glass rod with fur yields positive charge under gentle action and negative charge with vigorous rubbing. The same rod can show both polarities in different sections, suggesting controllable electrification. Another report finds sealing wax rubbed with silk shows similar effects, linked to temperature differences.
In remote areas and even city districts it is hard to obtain postage stamps. A proposed solution suggests an envelope feature to obviate this inconvenience, aiming to simplify mailing without stamps.
In Munich a flood affected an island station housing car line batteries. A submerged battery designed for 6000 ampere hours at 60 amp discharge operated to supply 4000 ampere hours overnight while water caused losses. The system aimed to light principal streets despite waterlogged equipment.
Adam Gehringer of Philadelphia has patented a simple two wheel frame with three buckets on a chain elevating dirt into a wagon. The device attaches to a cart by a short chain and is operated by one man at the handles, aiming to speed loading and reduce labor costs.
The narrative blends a WWI era poem by W. Monro Anderson with a London Express postwar note. It recalls battlefield fears, heroism, and the cost of war, then shifts to Anne Graham and David Young’s marriage and Young’s nursing legacy. It highlights a nurse founder of two state sanitary associations in New York and Iowa.
Des Moines residents recall Mrs. Sarah Young known as Aunt Becky the oldest noted Civil War nurse. She joined the One Hundred and Ninth New York Volunteers via a permit from Secretary of War Benjamin F. Tracy after Anne Graham pursued nursing at 17.
A comrade recalled the Fifty-eighth Massachusetts during the Wilderness to the end of the war. May 6 near the Wilderness seven killed twenty three wounded and four missing all officers survived. Five days later at Spottsylvania three men lost. Heavy losses at Cold Harbor and North Anna followed. The regiment dwindled from about two hundred on duty after a company joined, to decimated by constant charges and shortages of food.
A Reichstag report shows last year 145 46 thousand young men were nominally available for German empire service. Deductions included 135 165 emigrants and 87 819 absent without leave. Of the remainder 573 749 were deferred a year, 25 175 joined the army, 1 200 the navy as volunteers, and 2 116 assigned to Ersatz reserve. Final drafts: 222 607 into the army and 6 184 into the navy.
The speaker recalls Sergt Grimshaw who earned a Medal of Honor at Jonesboro Georgia for bravery in which his unit captured Gen Govans brigade along with artillery and fortifications. The brigade suffered 135 casualties in the charge and later escorted prisoners to Alcanta and met Gen Govan again after the war in cordial terms.
How Shafter sought a regular army commission after the Civil War. A Kansas congressman with limited army knowledge sent a message claiming the secretary of war would appoint Shafter as a lieutenant colonel, the next best option, instead of first lieutenant.
Henry V Andrews a long time Illinois pioneer and one of the last surviving Black Hawk War veterans was buried in Canton Illinois. He helped sound the alarm before the Fort Dearborn massacre and served for many years as a government scout.
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