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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1911
Page
5
A historical observation notes that the Chinese sailor, adaptable from fireroom to galley, is industrious and less prone to leave the ship in port. The text claims they are often as efficient as foreign crews, with some companies paying Chinese crews similarly to white crews and carrying equivalent staffing.
The rocky promontory near St Johns harbor bears Cabot’s memory with a tall stone tower serving as a signal station. A wireless telegraph link and weather signals aid seafarers while various shrines under the same roof honor the navigator’s legacy.
A temple narrative describes Asakuse temple dedicated to Kwannon with a small gold image about two and a half inches high. Guards stand at the entrance while sandals hang on wires. Worshippers cleanse hands and mouths before entering.
M. Gaston Bonner of Paris researches bee navigation and suggests bees have a special directional sense akin to carrier pigeons. He claims bees can fly two miles to their hives without sight and may also use smell to locate odors from up to a mile and a half away.
In New Jersey a police court heard why three chickens vanished from a butcher shop. Mrs Yetta Harowitz, while leaving with a chicken, was linked to the theft after the butcher heard a crow. Police recovered two hens and a rooster from her skirt lining.
An Ohio inventor describes a car heater with a grid of undercarriage pipes that traps exhaust heat to warm the cabin. The system distributes heated air to all seating areas and recycles heat from exhaust rather than wasting it.
A New York designer creates a lighter chair for invalids to carry up and down stairs more easily. The new chair aims to reduce bulk and effort compared with traditional cumbersome models.
A newly patented piano playing device by William G. MacArthur of New York uses pneumatic action attached directly to piano keys. The invention aims for inexpensive manufacture, durability, and quick positive operation, with space savings highlighted by a vertical cross section illustration.
An aerotechnical institute established with a $100,000 endowment by Henry Deutsch begins work under Paris University recognition. Located on the St. Cyr plateau near Versailles and beside the military school field, it features laboratories, a glider launch track, and apparatus for meteorology and flight studies.
In France researchers cultivate luminous marine microbes in a liquid medium contained in small glass ves sels. Arranging a few of these living lamps around a bust in a dark room makes the bust plainly visible and photographs may be taken.
A collection of brief statements covers eye color in great men, pine dwarfing in ten years, Europe's death rates, cod liver oil production, sound speed, retractable landing gear, yen currency values, carbon to graphite, ancient Alexandria observatory, ammonia recovery patent, a cork life jacket with a crank propeller, England's pen quill imports, a Chinese star atlas, Patents total to 1909, and the origin of aluminum name from alum.
The American Society aiding stranded countrymen reports it has sent home over 10 000 persons and supported many in London before funds arrived. Only five percent of expenditures are repaid, while American sailors receive help amid few returning ships. The society faces color prejudice gatekeeping for negroes, with only three ports for signing out. One quarter of applicants are English, not Americans, exploiting the system.
Advice instructs washing to clear water then wiping bands while moist and briefly exposing them to sulfur smoke to remove stains from hands after handling acid fruit. The method relies on tying the band near a sulfur match to catch smoke and lift the stain.
A man probes his fiancée to confirm she never loved a rich man before marriage. She answers that no wealthy suitor ever attracted her, and he stresses documenting her past so she cannot later compare him to richer options. The exchange appears in the Detroit Free Press.
In a quoted exchange, Dustin Stax predicts that dissolving the big monopoly will raise expenses due to the need for many extra bookkeepers to handle the readjustment of accounts. The remark highlights anticipated administrative burdens.
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