Mine fires in coal districts prompt protection push
Merbert M. Wilson told a National Fire association meeting in New York that mine fires endanger hundreds of lives and cause millions in damage. He cited Cherry Illinois, Pancoast near Seronton Pennsylvania, and other mines where trivial sparks or lamps started blazes, noting huge losses and widows. He praised oxygen helmets used by mining engineers to reach flames and extinguish fires quickly.
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New York
Merbert M. Wilson
National Fire Association
Cherry
Ill
Pancoast
Serenton
Wilson
Cherry Mine
Carbondale
Butte
Mont
Comstock
Nevada
Bureau of Mines
Guinea pig lawn mowing tested in Kent golf greens
In Kent a cheap method uses guinea pigs inside a low wire enclosure to weed and mow golf course lawns. The pigs eat broad leaf weeds first then trim the grass, leaving no harm to the turf and apparently operating year round.
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London
Kent
New London Plans Uniform City Sidewalk System
New London Connecticut announces a municipal program to build a uniform sidewalk system at city expense. The project costs nearly 160000 dollars and work will begin immediately across the city.
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New London
Conn
New England
School Farm A Model Chief Feature Of Building
The article highlights a school building with improved doors allowing pupils to enter and move through halls to classrooms without confusion. It notes a 200 volume library and plans to expand with maps charts and a globe under three teachers for eight grades.
Sam Porter and Laura Emerson Talcott Chickens Capers
In a comic tale, Sam Porter plots to steal Major Tanner's prized white Plymouth Rock fowls after Laura Emerson Talcott betrays him. He trespasses, is thwarted by a barb wired fence, nabbed by a rain-soaked patrolman, and jailed for 60 days for chicken theft and unlawful entry.
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Laura
Sam
Major Tanner
Nice
Spectral Study Finds Snow Reflects Ultraviolet Light
Prof. J. von Kowalski reports in a letter to Nature that sunlight reflected from Swiss snowfields carries nearly the entire ultraviolet spectrum. He explains how this reflection helps account for UV exposure in high albedo environments.
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J. von Kowalski
Nature
London
Switzerland
Mule Defeats Bear in Diamond Valley Tale
In Diamond Valley a mule killed a bear menaced local residents. Lumberman and farmer Daniel C. Shaciey owned the prized beast as the two animals locked in a barn fight, the mule fighting with front feet and delivering a savage assault that ended the confrontation.
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Diamond Valley
Daniel C. Shaciey
Too Proud for Occupation Dialogue in a Short Fable
A tall character is teased for being unable to turn his voice into work while a shorter figure comments on his pride and suitability for a foghorn role at a lighthouse. The exchange satirizes industry and labor.
Tramp Question Shapes City and State Debate
The piece notes trillions in annual city and state spending on charities and institutions while private groups spend over ten million dollars, and cites five year totals of 23 964 trespassers killed and 25 236 injured as vagrants ride stealings. It highlights youths aged sixteen to twenty one raised in cities, seeking adventure, drifting from vagrancy to crime.
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United States
Fairbanks Alaska Costs and Conditions Highlighted
The piece paints Fairbanks as far north and uniquely costly with electric lamps around the clock in long winter darkness. It notes a laborer earning $5 a day plus board, three meals costing about $2.25, totaling $7.25 daily or $43.50 weekly, while ice and snow dominate October to April and temperatures drop to 60 degrees below zero.
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Sairbanks
Alaska
Fairbanks
Seattle
Wash
Ice Belt
Bank Uses Thumb Print Signatures in Chicago
A Chicago bank identifies depositors by thumb prints for those who cannot sign their names. Since adopting the system six years ago, the cashier reports no errors. Customers deposit or withdraw by stamping both thumbs on a card, enabling tellers to verify identity by comparing prints with the withdrawal slip.
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Chicago
Police Chief to Stop Boys Smoking in Angas City
Angas City police chief Henry T. Zimmer strict on underage smoking enforcing 1909 law. Officers confiscate tobacco, cigars, papers, and pipes from youths, seizing items and lecturing offenders before returning them home. Confiscated items are burned at the police station as smoke alerts continue.
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Angas City
Kan
Henry T. Zimmer
Kansas
Pélies
Pollos
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