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Newspaper
Reporter Boyden
Location
Boyden, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1910
Page
3
A Detroit Free Press item recounts two horse lovers meeting on a suburban road. One man boasts of a new mare and a four day ownership, claiming she has a pedigree eclipsing all others. They exchange compliments and invite the other to visit, praising the horse’s winning quality and suitability for a judge.
A Scientific American correspondent outlines a vacuum tube system to move passengers from Boston to New York in ten minutes and New York to Philadelphia in under seven. Trains would ride suspended by magnets, experience gradual acceleration, and endure continual back pressure as they travel half the distance, then reorient for the return leg.
An Islamic tale explains two guardian angels on a person’s shoulders. Good deeds are sealed by the right hand angel, while evil is recorded by the left. If the sinner confesses before midnight, the left seal is blotted out. otherwise both seals stand, and the right angel weeps.
A judge questions the conductors' weekly wage of $2,000 paid by a major New York opera house. The exchange raises issues about whether the pace and rate apply to other staff.
An analysis from the Chicago Record-Herald details how much weight a person could lift in various money forms. It compares gold coins, silver dollars, and paper money, with figures showing thousands to millions in value for given weights, including a young woman valued at $28,647 in gold and $380,444,385 in $10,000 notes.
The dialogue shows a clerkly exchange about a speech at a banquet. O'Sudds thanks the speaker and expresses regret that the truthfulness cannot be fully conveyed. Weather is noted as unpleasant and the Chicago Tribune is cited as the source.
A railroad era land sale advertises 70 to 80 mile west farms in Turner and WeCook counties South Dakota. Many tracts range 160 to 320 acres with high under plow, fenced and cross fenced buildings, river valley sites, and prices from 55 to 95 dollars per acre with 6 percent mortgage terms.
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