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Newspaper
San Mateo Item
Location
San Mateo, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1909
Page
6
The article reflects on the spread of world championship and record trophies across nations and disciplines, from land to air to sea and ice. It warns that if every family accumulates medals from Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland or Scandinavia, the value of such honors may lessen.
The Duluth Times reports a new industry with a patented desorticating machine turning flax straw into a soft fibrous mass like carded cotton. The plant's corticating machine can handle 250 tons of mire per year, needing 1000 tons of flax straw annually, with two larger machines under construction to begin soon.
A meteorite weighing over half a ton was sent from Prieska to the South African Museum in Cape Town. Found at Rateldraaj it resembles molten metal with pockets and dark bluish leaden surfaces. Dr. Peringuey calls its arrival the result of cometary disintegration.
The Look on the Bright Side Society enrolled a new widow’s name this afternoon. She explained that missing John at meals led her to eat from the pantry shelf, a habit that keeps her dining room cleaner and lightens her work.
In a London Globe quote, Jasper Claude, hailed as future pride of the Corps Diplomatique, defends his lack of gratitude by claiming he never gets enough to practice saying thank you. His exasperated parent urges him to speak the simple words.
The Herald notes a long standing question about how much should be paid, contrasting past disputes over whether payment should occur at all with current discussions on total sums due.
Fred A. Gilbert of Great Northern Paper Co estimates Maine wastes about 650 million feet of timber annually while potential production reaches 1.4 billion feet. He cites lack of rail access, decay, fire, and wind as key losses and urges improved transportation, cutting regulation, and fire patrol to unlock and profit from Maine’s timber wealth. A Detroit speedboat claims 46 mph with an aerial propeller added.
During life one shakes many hands and many persons. Lippincott.
A newly found Pompeii villa beneath ash layers reveals extensive Greek and Roman statues and frescoes, rich furniture, ornate vases, coffers of gold and silver money, large amphorae in the basement, and a banquet table set for thirty in the triclinio. Some silver appears priorly removed, suggesting earlier looting.
A Martinique barrister set a unique record by acting as prisoner, magistrate and advocate within five hours. He began in Fort de France police court facing assault charges and, after a light fine, sat as substitute magistrate when a colleague fell ill. He then returned to the bench to help hear cases before resuming his role as advocate for a prior client.
A Georgia youth, George W. H. C. L. C., faced a neighbor’s gun at 1 a m over alleged chicken theft. He claimed he was merely gathering local color for a dialect piece and insisted he did not intend to steal chickens. The exchange featured his insistence that he was writing a dialect story and simply came by for “local color.”
Prof L A Adams curator at the State Normal School raises hundreds of harmless snakes in the museum workroom to release in fields around Greeley to help farmers combat mice and pests. Next month he plans to obtain king and black snakes from Kansas to release their young against rattlesnakes. Farmers show strong interest in the experiments.
The project plans to employ more than 10,000 tons of dynamite over the coming twelve months to expedite the canal works. Officials emphasize the quantity aligns with expansion and dredging schedules.
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