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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1923
Page
5
The remark discusses why a player piano should operate with care even when properly geared. It notes that gentleness and feeling matter in how the instrument responds and performance quality depends on precise mechanics and attentive use.
The essay argues America might have been named Beatrice instead of Vespucci because Don Cristobal Columbus and Beatrice de Trenriquez inspired his delayed voyage. It notes Vespucci’s ties to graft and navigation, and recalls the French proverb Cherchez la femme as framing the motive.
The article discusses the ancient origin of the wheel, noting lack of authentic records and proposing that early man moved timber logs by semicircular branches as runners beneath them. It frames wheels as a result of experiments in moving heavy loads. It also includes a brief unrelated quote about profanity from Uncle Eben noting courage in speech.
A fragmentary paragraph hints at a workplace issue with thinking tasks and an unclear target. The text references an unnamed job and a Herald, suggesting a commentary on labor and effort without concrete details or names.
An advanced electrical coin counter wraps 420 coins per minute when fed and powered, far surpassing the 50 coins a minute a trained worker can count and wrap. A human sorter still handles sorting, removing plugged pieces and noncoins, while the machine delivers ready wrapped money. The invention stems from a man who specialized in collecting and sorting coins from slot machines.
The article explains coffee trees reach 20 to 30 feet but are kept as low as five feet by growers. They start bearing around age three and continue for about twenty years, with blossoms and fruit often appearing together. Each red fruit contains two coffee seeds, the familiar beans, and fruit flesh is removed by drying. Coffee drinkage began in Persia over a millennium ago and reached Europe about three centuries ago.
A Private aside by financier J Pierpont Morgan triggered a Wall Street panic in 1907. Norman B. Ream repeated the comment, leading to fatal consequences. Morgan, blamed for a market upheaval, sent family members to repair the breach and faced lasting regret over the misinterpreted remark.
Sir Charles Parsons demonstrated using reciprocating engine exhaust to generate power more efficiently. Professor Raeneau in Paris refined methods for intermittent engines. A high authority notes exhaust and mixed pressure turbines now produce nearly two million horsepower of electrical energy on land from previously wasted steam.
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