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Newspaper
North Platte Semi Weekly Tribune
Location
North Platte, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1908
Page
6
A French inventor has perfected a compact machine that uses sealed chemical cylinders and water cooling to produce cooling and ice. It can be belt driven by steam, electric, or hand crank and operates across temperatures and water supplies with high efficiency. German device adds a five gallon double wall tin vessel for rapid chilling of foods and beverages.
The article notes how flight leaps from theory to practice with a focus on propulsion and control. It cites Count Zeppelin sustaining two hours of airship operation and complex maneuvers as evidence that practical aerial travel is near. The Boston Herald lauds inventive genius turning possibility into practicability and anticipates the airship era.
An official weekly report shows total Atlantic and Gulf receipts at 1,974,304 bushels with exports of 1,055,822. New York shipped 619,347, Bouton 119,418, Philadelphia 144,000, Baltimore 80,000, and Montreal 794,058 bushels, indicating Montreal’s current advantage from Canada’s cheap transport and rail links.
The British admiralty court found the cruiser Gladiator solely responsible for the collision with the American liner St Paul near the Isle of Wight in a snowstorm last April. The verdict exonerates the American crew and officers, with the loss of over twenty lives described as lamentable.
Louis Honore Frochelle, recently died, regarded as Canada’s unofficial poet laureate. He wrote in French, was honored by the French Academy, and praised by Longfellow as a pathfinder of a new land of song.
A vivid survey of countless thrill machines from coast to coast. Descriptions cover roller coasters shoot the chutes figure eights aerial rides and looping coasters highlighting the dangers and the constant push for faster scarier experiences at popular resorts and parks.
An amusing Cleveland Plain Dealer note describes a barn dance where a cow escaped her stall in the east, disrupted the revelry by colliding with attendees and tearing a shirt, then pranced through the crowd before returning to the stall and ending the event.
Assessors protest to the State Board of Equalization over a proposed 40 percent rise in land values led Cherry county to defend the hike. Land in Cherry is valued at 69 cents an acre, with a contemplated jump to 96 cents. A board member noted the proposed rise could raise yearly taxes by about 1.08 dollars per section. Some protests blame county boards for unequal township treatment, while others support the increase as deserved yet imperfectly applied. The new assessor schedules improve livestock age data, aiding future equalization and avoiding past counting by value only.
The week featured warm dry conditions with abundant sunshine. Temperatures averaged about 74 to 76 degrees, about 2 degrees above normal. Daily highs mostly topped 90 degrees, dipping to 80s on Thursday and Friday, with a weekly max around 100. Rainfall was below normal across the state with light showers on Monday Tuesday and Thursday, generally under a quarter inch.
A Lincoln delegation of druggists met Food Commissioner Johnson to discuss enforcement of the pure food laws on headache powders lacking stamped ingredients. Prosecutors have filed over 200 suits. merchants argue some goods were stock on hand before the April 1 1908 labeling exemption. The group plans a statewide meeting to harmonize branding while ongoing prosecutions proceed.
Mrs. MacMurphy of the pure food department compiles a lengthy Omaha report on bakery cleanliness. Among sixty bakeries surveyed one third were dirty and needed renovation before sanitary products could be sold, a better showing than Lincoln where eleven of thirteen were unclean and unsanitary.
Hotels expect large tourist traffic from now through the state fair. Campers provide some meals at hotel lunch counters while a few campers from city hotels choose indoor lodging. Officials anticipate bigger crowds than last year and plan extensive entertainment.
The central labor union campaigns against prison made goods and sought influence over state officials during contract discussions. At its last meeting the union passed resolutions condemning state officers for entering the contract without allowing organized labor representatives to appear before the board, calling it an insult to organized labor.
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