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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1911
Page
7
Electric ceiling fans claimed to block entry in stores
Popular Mechanics notes a draft from electric ceiling fans may prevent files from entering. The concept was tested at a store entrance next to a restaurant where a six foot doorway remained wide open yet no fly passed through as customers moved in and out.
Early tungsten lamp fragile element stifled by vibration
When first shown to the public the tungsten lamp element proved very delicate and easily shattered by careless handling. Its placement was limited to avoid vibration, as lamp life suffered under such conditions.
Power of Textile Mille Reveals Horsepower Debate
Fragmentary notes discuss horsepower in textile mill machinery and its impact on efficiency and production. The garbled text references Siell and eupotied to states, hinting at a technical debate over motor power and textile processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ates
Remarkable Bridge Demolished by Electric Cuts
The bridge was wired for current and aimed to drop 27 planks per span into the water away from piers. After an hour and forty minutes the first span fell as a cherry red current heated the wires. Beginning at five in the morning, demolition completed by two the next morning without masonry damage.
Electric Light in a Cane
A pocket flashlight wears pockets and bulges clothes but a cane form houses a miniature lamp. The metal sleeve keeps the device straight while the current shines on the path or through a keyhole for illumination.
Fragmentary 1909 tech notes mix telegraph costs and lamps
A collection of brief notes cites film lengths of 1000 feet, Denmark telephone rates around 11 dollars yearly, electricity boosting plant growth, 1,800,000 miles of telegraph wire added last year, Edison lamp filaments half the diameter of a hair, a New York patent, an electric pen by an East India inventor, and a 1909 $7 million outlay by telegraph and telephone firms amid unsettled details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
New York
East India
Telegraph and Telephone Companies
Guivanint Lee
Rates Fulton
One Good Fattening Ration Pennesylvania Station
A recipe and tips for fattening poultry using sour milk and grain mixes. Suggestions include barley meal with corn meal, shredded wheat byproduct, and milk substitutes when milk is unavailable. Feeding should be soft porridge-like and not left in front of birds beyond twenty minutes.
Candling Eggs With Simple Home Outfit
A quick method using a tin cylinder placed over a lamp to candling eggs. Clear eggs are good. dark spots or rings mean discard. Some fresh eggs show dark lines due to hens. those are not good. Fresh eggs with air spaces are not bad but may be sold. Poultry can be as cheap as beef to produce and often yields a better price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bus
Lean housing and single breed advocated for hens
A brief note urges lean housing for poultry and keeping only one hen breed per acre. It calls for collecting all eggs at least daily in hot weather, and disposing of surplus cockerels and pullets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Doan's Kidney Pills Ad Claims Kidney Trouble Cure
Warrick of Le Danon Ohio testifies to kidney pain and immobility but reports relief after six weeks using Doan's Kidney Pills. Ad promotes the product with the Buffalo Foster-Milburn Co. as the distributor and 50 cent price.
Robin and Sparrow discuss a new bird home
A brief cartoon style exchange notes Mr. Robin and The Sparrow inspecting a new nest. The line drawing hints at a bird’s eye view of the home in a light humorous tone.
Cuticura Cures Acne Says Chicago Woman
G Bawmel describes three years of facial acne and sleepless distress. After failing with pills, she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment following a booklet, with rapid relief and complete cure over weeks. She endorses the products and notes a free 2 page booklet offer from Dept. 28 K Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Bawmel
20Th Place
Chicago
Sam Ghator
Pomen
Dept
Boston
Shakespeare statistics reveal counts of lines and words
A Shakespearean enthusiast reports totals across plays: 106,007 lines and 614,780 words. Hamlet is the longest play with 3,930 lines, Comedy of Errors the shortest at 1,777. The corpus has 1,227 characters, 157 female references, and Costard in Love's Labour Lost uses the longest word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlet
Costard
Moth
Honori
When the World Was Made in Swastika Camp
A report notes three thousand people at the Swastika gold mining camp thirty one miles north of the Cobalt silver area as Lottie returns from her first trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottie
Swastika
Cobalt
Giving others the best of ie and good investment
The note promises shared benefit by offering quality of IE and smart investing, with a suggestion it may incur no cost to participants. It emphasizes generosity and prudent financial choices as a path to mutual gain.
Man Says He Was Framed In Monument Robbery Case
A man claims he is unable to kick due to being framed in a monument related burglary. He alleges the incident was an inside job and vows to clear his name.
Howells Revisits Wall Street Celebrity Memory
In reminiscences of New York figures, Mr Howells lightly mocks a Wall Street celebrity. He recalls a 1869 remark about a man whose possessions were once tied to a bandana handkerchief and notes the current twist that today everything he possesses is tied to his wife's name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Howells
Wall Street
That Young Mr Highfly Breaks Altitude Records
An amused observer notes that the young man known as Highfly has a lofty air because he has broken several altitude records, signaling a striking ascent and prowess in his field.
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