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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1903
Page
11
A cub reporter in a city paper takes a dangerous assignment to cover a sensational bank affair and murders aboard a train to New Orleans. A mysterious French traveler listens as the tale unfolds, inspiring the cub to craft a lurid Parisian wife story and prompting the editor to test the rookie’s nerve with a final, darker twist.
A New York Tribune excerpt recounts a Tucson tale where a man in the Purple Dog tavern adopts a high stool and sits at the bar, altering local drinking custom. Curious patrons form a committee to inquire, noting the stronger whisky and absence of tables, while comparisons to buffalo bars arise.
A three year old chimpanzee named Ksti in London astonishes observers with humanlike intelligence. He imitates actions from trains to seaside sand castles, rides a tricycle in multiple ways, dresses like a man, and shows emotion when spoken to. He weighs fifty six pounds and stands four feet tall, having been found on the Congo River region.
The Qualla republic, an autonomous Cherokee enclave in western North Carolina, covers about 40 square miles and sits largely unrecognized by foreign powers though acknowledged by the U.S. government. It has a population near 1,000 and a president elected every four years, with a salary of 1000 dollars annually and 5 dollars per day when in Washington. An assistant chief handles duties in the chief's absence, earning 200 dollars yearly.
A traveler asks why the boat stops as fog covers Long Taland. The pilot says the river cannot be seen until the Bil er Wet, so they will not sail that way. The passenger returns to bed.
Popular Science describes Moses H. Cohen of Marseillen Michigan’s mechanical device to stop a streetcar automatically when a passenger steps on or off the car. It includes a ratchet shaft and pawl system to prevent motor start while steps are occupied and to keep power cut off if vision is restricted.
The Swiss Academy of Natural Science heard M. Wing argue that the blue sky is an essential air property caused by electricity. His experiments with luminous rays in solutions containing suspended matter yielded various colors but only produced a pure blue in an atmosphere free of such matter, supporting the electricity theory.
The article describes an accessory for eyeglasses that adds a supplemental frame with reading lenses to a standard pair, allowing near and distant viewing with one set. It also reports on Alva P. Jones’s locomotive telephone design using a moistened contact pad and steam jet to maintain trolley signaling contact, plus an adjustable cab-mounted support for the device.
The article notes slag derived materials for construction and cement making. It cites 272,689 barrels of slag cement from eight plants in 101 and Portland cement production from slag and lime. Phosphatic slag yields fertilizers, mineral wool comes from slag, and 3,500 tons of mineral wool from slag in 1901. About 5,000 tons of slag used in macadam highways as satisfactory aggregate.
A sensitive thermostat is described in Journal of Physical Chemistry vol 4 p 118 by Bradley and Browne. It uses a glass bell jar with water stirred by a propeller, heated inflow from a second metal thermostat, alcohol expansion regulator, and mercury cut-off as described by Outward.
Typhoid germs die after a few days exposure in sea water. A dinner cooked by electricity costs ten cents. A breakfast made from wool pulp is now an article of commerce in Germany. Sarah C. Bagley of Lowell 1846 was the first woman telegraph operator. Dr Billinkin of Epernay France has produced complete insensitivity during surgical operations by high frequency alternating currents. W J Spillman a agricul ture mapmaker for the United States department plans a plant map to be shown at St Louis exhibition.
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