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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1911
Page
5
About three miles from Concordville Pennsylvania stands one of the oldest houses in the country. Erected in 1683 by William Pusey it is said by authorities that it was not infrequently visited by William Penn. The house combines brick and wood in its construction and has hosted many notable visitors in early days.
Cheshire hounds from Winsford pursued a fox into a church where the chase ended abruptly among the pews. The fox escaped as the hounds pressed the interior, with the caretaker noting the unusual scene.
An 81 year old man known as the boy began a walking contest toward York covering 11 miles to claim a prize. Myers finished in 3 hours 15 minutes winning while Crist trailed by a small margin. Delays from a train kept the senior from victory, but both vow to win next time.
A Paris man named Bleriot was arrested for leaving a restaurant without paying. While searched he had a temple wound, claimed it was from a fall, but doctors found a bullet in his head. He later confessed an attempt to take his life, remained alive four hours, and died that night.
A Denver woman marries James M. Taylor, twenty five years her senior, a union described as a badly mixed relationship and indicates Taylor becomes her elder spouse by this marriage.
A large wild fig tree grows over the grave of Captain Jas in Tanah-Abang Batavia. Folklore says a woman making a wish under the tree will have it granted if she hangs a garland on the branches. Garlands multiply around Christmas time and the phrase has become local shorthand for death and burial at Tanah-Abang.
The article recounts Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson working on the telephone at 109 Court Street in Boston. It notes Bell’s 1876 invention and describes the first sound transmitted as a clock spring twang along a wire, marking the telephone’s birth.
In Spartanburg a dog chasing a cat during a prayer service sent congregants fleeing. The cat fled upstairs to the steeple where it leaped from a window to the ground, escaping. The dog followed and died from the fall. Services resumed later.
A massive wind propelled machine in Golden Gate Park near the Pacific coast claims to be the largest windmill in America. Located on the park’s western edge, it pumps water to reservoirs across the area. The vanes span a circle 200 feet in diameter with 75 to 100 horsepower capacity and drove construction costs around 30000 dollars.
A sketch shows adjustable brick carrying tongs that grip four or six bricks. Used when unloading from cars into wagons, the tongs are handed to the driver speeding piling. The device replaces the chain gang and hand to hand methods, saving time and labor per Popular Mechanics.
In Washington the Supreme Court upholds a man’s right to beat his wife. Jessie E Thompson sought 70000 damages for assault and battery, but the court found no law in the District of Columbia allowing such a suit.
In New York City George Curtis aged seventeen shot his own arm and told police he was shot by a rival he would not name. He later confessed he injure himself to look heroic in his sweetheart’s eyes.
Mahogany and other hard woods can be kept in good condition by wiping off with a chamois skin wrung from cold water and immediately polishing with a dry piece of chamois.
Calvin Linton twenty eight years old who recovered from a severe typhoid attack now sports vivid red hair. Once raven locks, his hair darkened with the illness and has progressed to a striking red hue that grows more intense daily.
Evansville businessman Henry Osborn is organizing an anti-divorce society. He aims for national scope and pledges members to never seek divorce while urging state legislatures to enact stricter anti-divorce laws.
A test of four commercial nickel steels riveted joints shows nickel steel strength about 2.25 times that of joints using wrought iron or mild steel rivets. The higher cost is offset by the gain in strength.
A massive dredger operating on the Mersey is described as the largest of its kind worldwide. It measures 487 feet in length, 60 feet beam, and 20 feet 7 inches depth with a 10,000 ton sand load capacity. The twin screw self sand pump hopper dredger carries 12 hoppers totaling 180000 cubic feet.
In Nagaunee Michigan a gruesome find occurred while exhuming graves at an old cemetery. The body of Mrs Joseph Fay deceased eleven years was unearthed in a petrified state. The mass measured about 600 pounds and was easily identified by relatives and investigators.
An author states China requires about eight billion yards of cotton cloth for clothing. The figure could carpet a sixty foot wide path from the earth to the moon or cover a twenty mile swath from New York to Chicago.
German scientists unveil Resinite a new substance used as a substitute for celluloid and ivory It strengthens wood and paper and creates an unusually hard material capable of dulling a planet in demonstration tests
A New York man devised a novel knife sharpener that clamps to a table edge. Two triangular steels in a vise sharpen both sides of a knife at once, with thumb screws adjusting edges. The device wears down knives rather than the steels and can be turned to expose fresh surfaces for longer life.
The article notes Germany uses electricity to remove grease from metal. A negative pole in hot potash or soda lye drives the oil off within minutes, with paraffin and other non saponifiable oils removed by the current. Hydrogen bubbles mechanically eject oil particles.
Reports cover Patagonian wool and hides worth millions, a steam wall paper remover, a 50 ton hammer in Terni Italy, copper output gains, compressed leather tires on rough roads, Malay tin exports over 40.5 million dollars, a convertible wagon bed, folding metal gates, Michigan automobile boom impact, a magnetic pencil holder, a window netting funnel to remove desk files, declining bicycle use in Russia, stagnant German demand, and an aluminum roasting pan with a perforated plate plus a pocket tire pressure gauge.
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