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Newspaper
Mexia Evening Ledger
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1899
Page
4
A nineteenth century method uses crystal prism plates to flood basements and interiors with natural light. Light entering through windows is redirected by prisms to diffuse evenly, replacing gas and electric lighting without loss or maintenance costs. Invented by Canadien Pennyquick, these prism plates claim to boost room illumination five to twenty five times and are fire proof.
In London at St Katherine's Docks a new method by E B Norris renders boats unsinkable. Closed tubes along the sides or in water light compartments keep a vessel afloat even when capsized. Trials showed a treated canvas boat righted itself with seven men aboard while an ordinary boat sank. Admiralty and shipping officials observed.
A London firm introduces a new portable electric self-lighting lamp. It suits smok ing rooms and bedrooms for instant light with a battery that, when charged, needs little attention for months and can light the lamp about 2,000 times at a cost of cents. It ships securely packed with charging salts.
Prof Alexander Agassiz leads a scientific cruise under the United States Fish Commission aboard the steamship Albatross sailing from San Francisco in mid August. The voyage covers the vast Pacific arc including the Pa mota, the Friendly, the Ellice, and the Gli- region in one of the era’s major research efforts.
A voyage will thoroughly explore Bert and the Marshall Islands and nearby coral islets for the first time. The 20 000 s journey aims to study life and phenomena of the sea from surface to deepest depths. War ships suffer electric damage after copper sheathing and galvanic corrosion accusations arise in Legnora harbor.
Invaldla reports a Toronto youth has constructed a portable electric chair for street use. The chair sits on a small motor carriage with a four horse power motor attached to the hind wheel and three battery cells under the seat totaling thirty three pounds. The controller handles start stop steering speed and reversal and the chair measures about two feet wide and can reach four and a half miles per hour.
The article notes Welsbach lamp mantles made from thoria and ceria require precise ratios to maximize light. It also describes ostrich eggs showing a “telephoning” sound as chicks attempt to hatch, with a Pasadena farm sighting of a boy riding a pony nearby.
London scientists report open windows and fresh air reduce mosquito bites as the night air is not the enemy. Findings show insects, not air, cause trouble. babies suffer beyond irritation after bites, supporting continued use of open windows. Prof. D. B. Hughes is highlighted for pioneering telegraph and microphone work and public-spirited patent sharing.
The piece notes Maurice Gran receiving the Legion of Honor from France alongside a gallery of leading actresses. It profiles Annie Russell Jessie Millward Mary Mannering Margaret Anglin Julia Marlowe Minnie Maddern Olga Nethersole Lillian Russell Sadie Martinot Maxine Elliott Ida Conquest Alice Nielsen May Irwin and Lady Russell. It also recounts the London Daily Chronicle notice of Kronkowsky a Russian-born tragedian connected to Dumas fils with a tale of deception and misattribution in the play Les Danicheffs.
Amelia Bingham prepares to advance her role from The Cuckoo while Charles Wyncham plans a new name theater in Lemnion and openings include David Garrick and The Tyranny of Tears. Maurice Grau receives the Legion of Honor for service to French art and American stage careers.
Ruby Powell 20, Elizabeth Veatch 7, and William Searcy 22 were shot in an ambush at a Rushville Iowa farm early morning. Powell, the ex husband Grant Powell, was arrested on suspicion. Searcy wounded in arm and back. Mrs Powell severely injured. A double barreled shotgun was found in Grant Powell's room.
The article describes a Central American practice where newlywed couples separate for one year after weddings. Consent from both families is required, and the delay aims to let the partners stay with relatives in different regions. About ninety nine of every two hundred marriages succeed.
The Salt Lake City Herald notes church revenues from titles were 900000 for the year ending December 1, with one third in cash and two thirds in produce. It says the money goes to the Poor and salaries for church employees. For the current year projections rise to 700000 cash and 800000 produce.
Mr Figg remarks on degeneracy in lawbreaking and the folly of wealth from crime.
In Bedhim Maine Henry Wiswell kills a sow bear defending a cub found under a tree. He tethers the cub, wounds the mother with a rifle shot, and later discovers a cub hiding under a bed in the Wiswell home. The incident follows long pursuit of a training bear in the hills.
While en route from Trinidad to Santa Fe a prisoner known as Ketcham alias Mack Juck admitted his identity to Sheriff Stewart of Eddy county New Mexico. Stewart learned of a planned Gulf train robbery near Dotstm in 1897 and that a $500 share was given to him by a gang member. He claimed ignorance of the Colorado and Southern hold up of July 11 until captured. He said he feared for his life and wished to reach America, planning further robbery if $500 was obtained. He had been in Mexico recently returning briefly to the U.S.
Wilbur Po and John P. Stites, aged 1 year old twins living in Wichita, are nearly indistinguishable to all but close friends. The twins later married twin sisters Alive and Carrie Worth, and thirty years ago began a business together in Wichita under the sign "Stites Bros., Real Estate," a venture that continues today.
A fragment describes a man writing letters and a letter shop where a keeper bargains to carry multiple letters. The piece notes many people cannot afford the service and letters are kept and delivered.
Fragmentary quotation describes military discipline and danger in a British squadron with emphasis on staying still if wounded while a squadron passes by, dated July in the source. It reflects cautionary conduct and harsh field realities.
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