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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1910
Page
3
Official time card shows westbound and eastbound passenger numbers and rough times but text is partly garbled. It lists No 26 and No 27 ponies for westbound departures around 9 25 a m and 9 S toward the eastbound No 28 around 8240 a m with other Nos and times unreadable.
A Spokane man unveils a novel lemon cucumber as a new vegetable product arising from a local growing experiment. The odd fruit draws curiosity and may spur interest from gardeners and markets alike.
George E Brown an orchardist near Spokane Washington claims success with a lemon cucumber a spherical fruit larger than a lemon with thick skin and sweet flesh Elites call it a commercial novelty and estimate one acre yields 300 in Seattle Portland Tacoma and Spokane with plans to expand to ten acres next spring amid market demand and his brown sugar corn expansion.
An aeroplane ride describes a first sensation free of jerks then rising ground and wind roar as the craft ascends. Local notices warn that the assessment roll for Local Sewerage Improvement District No. 1 in Payette Idaho will be heard February 10 1910 at 8 p m at City Hall. Also notices advertise a Payette residence for sale and an upcoming Payette Fruit Packing stockholders meeting on February 12 at 1 p m at the M C A building.
The article explains that all planets and their satellites show phases similar to the Moon and can be observed with a small telescope. It discusses Mercury, Venus, and others showing crescent and half phases, and uses a simple analogy to explain lunar phases. It notes Jupiter’s moons and a discovery about light travel time indicating light speed, supported by St. Louis Republic.
The article notes the mainspring’s nonuniform unwinding and 315 800 ticks daily, linking repeated shocks to metal fatigue. It cites Kent and Wolfer on endurance under repeated stresses, noting components fail after extended use, with the watch spring experiencing both tensile and bending stress as it releases and stops.
A fragment from Modjeska's Memoirs contrasts Von Bulow's reputed tirades with a portrait of a mind both gentle and artistic. The text cites anecdotes from Chicago News Fooling the Boy and New York Press about misunderstandings and playful misstatements.
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