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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1910
Page
5
Nikola Tesla predicts wireless power and communication will soon cover the world. He foresees inexpensive compact devices enabling instant transatlantic typing, voice, and image transmission, with thousands of miles range and remote operation from a single station.
Mrs. Jane Morris of Jackson County Kentucky is hailed as the greatest mother with 618 descendants none of whom have faced crime. The 86 year old celebrates a life guided by the Golden Rule and a duty to home and country aiming to reach 100 years and a fifth generation. Her prolific child Hannah Lakes had 16 children and over eighty descendants and Mrs Gallic Sparks adds to the lineage.
Residents describe Mrs Morris as living by the Golden Rule, citing it as her guiding motto and approach to daily conduct and neighborly relations.
A Savoy Hotel article recounts a lingering tradition and alterations after early ill luck. A director learns a curse tied to land once owned by a monastic order expelled at the Reformation, where the abbot cursed the ground that any enterprise on it would fail.
A fragment notes an abbot persuading the removal of a curse in Devonshire. The account asserts the Savoy’s position in London today makes the action seem effective and the curse removed through tact and diplomacy.
Lord Liangattock's collection at the Hendre in Monmouth includes a historic boot said to once belong to Wat Tyler. The item ties to the 1380 Smithfield parley where Tyler menaced Richard II before Walworth struck with a mace.
An Ohio inventor introduces a compact electric washing machine with an absolute tension motor, adjustable to water pressure, no internal springs or gears, reducing child injury risk. It can pull a rubboard dasher or prong dolly, with a raiseable plunger via a manual handle option and a space saving, attractive design.
A New Jersey inventor creates an electric sign using movable incandescent face lamps. Eyebrow and mouth lamps can be shifted independently to express joy, sorrow, or anger, while the lower facial lines can be altered. Potential commercial use noted for advertisements.
The passage describes a shipboard crossing of the equator with Neptune’s court on an improvised throne. Sailors are initiated and receive documents affirming their rites, as the ship nears the equator and the ceremony unfolds aboard the Bluecher.
The invention provides a lightning arrester for auxiliary use with other arresters in telephone exchanges. A line wire can be moved into and out of engagement with conducting members, enabling grounding or ungrounding all parts by a single hand lever.
The article notes experiments on electromagnets carrying high pressure, gold balls heated in a furnace at 1400 degrees, and telephonic links between Moscow and Nijni Novgorod. It cites coal’s varying conductivity, a Birmingham bonus for safe driving, a portable desk lamp with bed hooking, a Kansan patent for shade grips, and a compact motorized electric horse clipper using in-handle power.
The Pyrenees, once a nearly insurmountable barrier to rail travel, are being crossed by electric lines. Two routes under construction will link Ax les Thermes to Ripoll and Oloron to Jaca. Electric traction will use abundant waterfall power, with 21 000 horsepower on the Oloron Jaca segment and even greater capacity on the Ax les Thermes line.
An electric peeler designed for hotels and restaurants uses a rotating container with a roughened lining. Potatoes are pressed outward by centrifugal force and the spinning surface grinds off the skin as they rub against it.
Early spring nights see Great Lakes ships equipped with high power searchlights proving most useful as water remains dark. Crew rely on these lights to navigate and spot hazards during nighttime operations.
The article cites Sir Frederick Treves on tourist conduct when meeting lions in Uganda and details a humorous etiquette guide. It also quotes Treves on rhinoceroses as embodying blind conservatism with strong senses of smell and combativeness.
Young Tomkins shows his uncle London sights free of charge including St Pauls Embankment and the National Gallery and a music hall. An entertainer performs a trombone solo to the crowd while the old man remains unmoved muttering that country folk cannot be fooled.
An imperial courtier, a high ranking noble, earned the Kaiser’s displeasure at a state dinner. Seated near a titled woman he knew, he was publicly rebuked with the remark that it was not fitting at the Kaiser’s table. He then resigned the next day and retired to his country estate after receiving a personal apology letter from the Kaiser.
A brief item notes a person or group lacking basic sustenance and facing critical hunger. Reported conditions describe deprivation and a risk of rapid decline without aid. Authorities or aid groups are not named in the readable text. The fragment hints at humanitarian distress and urgent need for provisioning.
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