Balloon to make meteorological observations from Berlin
The Semi-Weekly Nation notes a large balloon to attend from Berlin for meteorological work. It will carry provisions for weeks and two beds.
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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1900
Page
14
The Semi-Weekly Nation notes a large balloon to attend from Berlin for meteorological work. It will carry provisions for weeks and two beds.
In Manitoche Haute Banne an ancient Roman villa is uncovered near a Gallo Roman town. Frescoes mosaics and wall paintings illuminate rooms and passageways, with two silver bricks found by Tease Martin near a large sycamore tree. One brick bears “J. B” initials and both show slight alloying. Finds suggest the locality was inhabited well before the Gallo Roman era and may hide further treasures.
A trade review notes American shoemaking has superior footing due to refined machinery, producing durable, comfortable footwear. It cites exports over three million dollars last year and warns of imitation orders from German French Austrian and English makers selling under the American label. A Paris and a Berlin traveler visit a Little Ohio store to observe, joking that Marie Antoinette wore French shoes weekly, questioning if any American would accept such a fate.
A historical account links Chinese belief in fungshul burial places to railway routing decisions. The superstition supposedly guides where homes and graves should be, and engineers’ disregard is cited as a factor in unrest and atrocities in China. The piece notes the belief’s influence and its partial explanation for the current chaos.
A Brooklyn inventor promotes elevated projectivelike passenger cars for transcontinental runs. The Atlantic City to Philadelphia line and a New York to Chicago route are planned, with 100 trains daily proposed next year. The scheme claims 200 mph, magnetic braking, and safety, funded by a $6,000,000 capital venture led by Captain Link Beecher and Osborn Congleton.
Department clerks have expressed strong objections to the seating arrangement for multiple seats yet have not resolved the core issue. The dispute centers on whether current practices meet official standards and satisfy applicable regulations. No final decision or timeline is noted in available text.
Charles H Brigden of Waterbury Connecticut invented a ball driven single wheel clock.60 holes in the rim guide steel balls through inclined plates tubes and tracks to regulate the hands. The device, born from roller coaster ideas, uses a three pound ball balance and a complex escapement and promises a novel timepiece watched with interest.
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