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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1911
Page
4
Kathleen A worth of Montclair New Jersey brings her pet gander Pete to school after the bird follows her. Pete entertains pupils with tricks inside the classroom while Kathleen explains the situation to the teacher and avoids missing class.
During a recent Wyalong storm flashes of lightning caused accidents. Belle Melville experienced a jolt and hairpins dislodged. she stood shocked. Another woman dropped a bundle of matches igniting them and injuring her hand.
A photograph shows a strow gun used by interior tribes. It fires bamboo arrows tipped with poison over hundreds of yards. American soldiers endure dire risks from these arrows in the jungle terrain.
A historical note highlights that dust could not exist without matter's extreme divisibility, explaining how tiny particles arise from continuous subdivision and the implications for understanding material composition.
The text discusses coal tar derived fluorescence emitting yellowish green light in water. It notes fluorescein must be divided into billions of particles to achieve this effect and states street dust contains varied substances including bits of iron, steel, horseshoes, nails, and wagon tires.
Meerschaum remains scarce as a large industry once thriving in Vienna Nuremberg Paris and Rubis wanes. Rubis town reports chess exporting pipes valued around 1.5 million dollars, highlighting a still substantial but shrinking market.
An ordinary crab shell becomes the focus of a brief illustrated feature. The piece highlights a tiny artwork or engraving visible on the shell, drawing attention to its pale coloring and natural texture as a curious micro-object of nature.
A compact water heater, attachable to an ordinary electric socket, boils one quart of water in three minutes. It costs about three tenths of a cent per quart to heat. The device is a five inch long, one and a quarter inch diameter perforated metal cylinder with six amperes capacity and 117 alternating current maximum, shown as pocket attached.
From Berlin comes news of a friction heated steel wire device 1 millimeter thick that cuts through trees by to and fro motion driven by an electric motor. In tests it reportedly fells trees up to 20 inches thick in about six minutes with a smoother cut and no wedges needed. The motor operates outside the cutting range and allows stumps to remain below ground.
A new hydro electric plant harnesses water from an underground source. Engineers describe an unknown-depth subterranean flow feeding a compact generating unit. Local officials anticipate increased power supply and potential regional updates.
The article states that for the first time ships afloat on international routes must install wireless apparatus. It specifies Austrian vessels bound for Gibraltar or Aden carrying passengers must be equipped as a safety measure.
An Australian electrician claims a scarecrow that uses a clock linked to a primary battery to ring a set of bells frequently. The device is designed to alarm birds and keep them away from grain fields and orchards.
A device to crease trousers conveniently uses a vertical guide rod a foot tap on the tower end and a bandle for steadiness. It features two spring pressed electrically heated plates between which the fabric is placed and is powered by wires tapped from a lamp socket.
Mar tin O. Cox of Tygh Valley Oregon claims a dynamite cartridge hidden in bait with an electric detonator. A split circuit wires to a spring contact that closes when the animal grabs the bait, triggering an explosive charge.
The report lists belt surface power for motors, a shade device with spring fingers for lamp globes, a portable wireless telegraph outfit for the British army, and an automatic fire alarm using heated pipe expansion. It mentions a long lasting telegraph wire, Mrs. Rose Terry managing an Oregon electric plant, shipboard telephone retaining devices, and a 176000 gallon whirlpool tank for bathers in New York.
Jenny a simian from the Andaman Islands served as a mascot aboard the H. M. vessel during the Abyssinian campaign and was awarded a medal. She learned quickly, ate with humans, rode the ship’s routines, befriended a chicken, rocked a rag doll, and even enjoyed tea and grog. She remained fearless at sea and was later presented to the London Zoo.
At a Methodist conference in Melbourne Rev Fitchett author of Deeds That Won the Empire presents a resolution but the note is unreadable as the president and clerk struggle to decipher it. The president finally asks Fitchett to rewrite the resolution so it can be presented next time.
A Toledo blade excerpt describes a tense encounter where a photographer pressures a sitter for advance payment, insisting on making a flattering portrait while a bystander notes the risk of coercion and improper conduct.
A seafaring man at the Goat and Grapes recalls a parrot that seemed to lack sense. He mentions the Saucy Emma, a bird that once woke a high church curate with jealousy. They ride in a railway carriage toward London with an old lady as the only other passenger.
Unclear fragment shows a possible sports or team remark. No identifiable persons, teams, or places readable. Unable to determine concrete event, outcome, or date from the text.
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