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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1923
Page
3
Birmingham sewage works produce methane rich gas from settled sludge in a septic tank. Chief engineer John J. Watson reports 60 percent methane with high calorific value, powering a 25 horsepower engine and sludge pump. Gas output varies with temperature, higher in cold conditions.
A compact note surveys how authors and thinkers from Mercier in 1240 to Emile Souvestre and Champdieu anticipated future discoveries. It cites Cyrano de Bergerac, Verne, and others, noting a common thread of prophecies becoming plain realities in the twentieth century.
Residents report Cedar Falls a two mountain town forty miles from Puget Sound shifted eleven feet toward Cedar Lake. The town tremor is blamed on flexing clay subsoil and possible frost or quake effects, with windows broken but no major damage so far.
An 86 foot span reinforced concrete arch on a prewar highway bridge near Herkimer endured severe stress just 12 hours after concreting as floodwaters undermined centring supports. The arch remained intact, supported only by the mold bedding. Fashion Sensations Drive Demand for Monkey Skins in Paris and Aden. Limited supply could cap growth with prices rising if imports surge. In Addis Ababa skins sell for 4 1/2 to 9 1/2 cents depending on quality.
British amine-rescue investigators report that the average man responds to oxygen in apparatus, but miners show no apparent Rest on exposure. They suggest prolonged work in close conditions has trained lungs to use available oxygen and excess has no effect.
A Boston Transcript item notes a Oregon man who finished a rose cottage by the sea where a dead whale washed ashore. He decides it is cheaper to move the cottage than the whale. The second note explains star twinkling driven by atmospheric conditions.
A 35 foot long horn with a 12 foot square opening serves as the world’s largest broadcasting horn at Idora Park in California. It can carry radio music through an arena of about 20 square tons and uses an electroacoustic reproducer to reduce distortion, built with one thousand feet of airplane spruce for its construction.
Explorers in the Everest expedition reached 27,? feet above sea level before weather halted progress. Capt. Geoffrey Bruce and scientist George Finch stood at the highest point yet, with plans for a final ascent thwarted by storm conditions.
The British expedition aims to determine Tibet's history through religious links. Few foreigners have entered the Forbidden City, preventing study of its religion, literature, and sealed country history.
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