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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1910
Page
7
The article describes a mail catching device installed on the Freeport division of the Altkoken Central railroad. It details side and roadside versions that deliver mail bags to passing trains and receive bags from them, with nets, springs, and chained frames absorbing shock during exchange.
An English inventor improved gasmaking by top fed retorts and continuous coal carbonization. His design allows unbroken coal feed and coke extraction with less labor and no waste, cutting costs and enhancing output and efficiency of the process.
A South Carbon County ore deposit in Pennsylvania yields a two foot bed of iron carbon ate with about 33 percent metallic iron. Mined at two sites, it lies between a cement rock and a clay bed in an east west belt twenty miles long and half to two miles wide. The paint made from the ore is durable, free of grit, dries without a drier, and is used on ships, rail cars, tin roofs, and other metal surfaces, with linseed oil as a binder.
A heavy tripod lowers a bell to the seabed two miles from land, connected by cable to the lighthouse. Operated from the coastal station, the device is expected to aid steamers passing the channel, especially at night, by improving navigation around the Lizard.
The City Star quotes security cautions urging homeowners to avoid confrontations with burglars at night. Experts warn burglars are often prepared to use violence, and homeowners should prioritize safety over capturing intruders.
The text explains Normans as Nordmen expelled from Norway, who settled northern France and formed Norman society. It states they invaded England as French men to the gens they found, and places them in the Germanic-Scandinavian lineage with Anglo-Saxons and Danes.
A collage of quotes shows how silence and wit shaped humor in historic columns. It recalls sayings from exchanges and pocket musings about kindness and communication, with a touch of playful misinterpretation and timeless advice.
An unnamed marooned man speaks of avoiding home after twenty five years abroad. He refuses to return despite queries, citing a desire for gradual changes and fatigue with the humdrum life. The piece blends dialog on wireless, politics, and weather with a parlor tale framing.
A garbled OCR page presents a series of clipped phrases and noisy lines from various columns. It includes references to a motorcar, a maid, a colored girl, the Marseillaise, and stray captions, all tangled in a dated newspaper texture with unclear attributions.
A garbled manuscript reviews a dramatic study focused on a nervous observer and a blind colonel. The piece praises the faithful portrayal and nerve of the narrator, noting a revelation in the thoughts of the blind. The critic highlights meticulous detail from the scene and the sense of spectacle in the firecracker signaling.
During the Peary north pole expedition a member tested a wire communication method. He attached forked poles in the ground and hung wire owners atop. By speaking into one end he expected to hear his words echoed through the wire to the other end but received no response. The incident shows early attempts at long distance voice transmission.
Fragmentary OCR passage describes a strange snail with two shells, notes about its color, behavior, and experiments. Mentions yellow Epodes, reddish shell, door use, and possible phenomena like balled shells. Mentions a PUM ppige Iskids and Went Iida variety with signoplu Tondon Nologriph.
The reminiscence recounts John Brougham famed for quick wit and storytelling. Friends urged him to see an expensive religious stage costume, and after theater, he quips about not owning such a waistcoat, recognizing the lanky fashion as a perilous parable.
A collage of antique quips and epigrams from early newspapers recounts playful malapropisms and door knockers slang. It highlights phrases like as dead as a doorwall and witty exchanges about marriage proposals, with brief notes on the era’s humor and language.
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