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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1910
Page
3
Berlin reports Prof M K Marbe of Frankfurt has devised a flame based heart beat recorder. A box placed on the chest transmits heart vibrations to a recording flame, leaving smoke rings on paper to indicate excitement or heart irregularities.
New Orleans Louisiana governor Jared Young Sanders one of the youngest state leaders in the nation has been named as a possible running mate by southern newspapers. Born January 28 1869 on a St Mary parish sugar plantation he led a large family after his father died and rose from country store clerk to lawyer and legislator. His legacy includes battles against race track gambling liquor regulation and creation of a game commission to protect wildlife.
The text notes an easily recognized invention that will be of great use in diagnosing diseases of the heart, highlighting its potential impact on medical practice.
The author praises General Gordon as a nearly godlike figure marked by detachment from worldly desires and extraordinary courage. He notes Gordon’s lack of personal fear and describes him as braver even than Napoleon, citing T. B. O'Connor in London U.P.'s Weekly.
Miss Mary D. Spiers a North Carolina girl will succeed Miss Alice Blech as Mrs Tafts social secretary. She has served as a clerk in the surgeon general's office and is described as well educated tactful and reserved. Miss Blech will marry Lieut Richard Wainwright early in spring.
Portrait of the early wireless telegraphy era notes Jack Binns and the public fascination with C Q D signaling. It outlines general wireless telegraphy facts and figures, emphasizing rapid international communication breakthroughs and notable demonstrations.
A historical look at wireless telegraphy from early 20th century ingenuity to dramatic SOS calls. It recalls ships linking with distant shores, the rise of 650 merchant vessels with wireless, and famed rescues like the Kentucky at Diamond Shoals. It explains Q signals and the S O S distress call born from sea emergencies.
The Lethridge viaduct across Bow River in southern Alberta is described as a massive, almost living structure. A traveling crane lays 100 foot girders into place as the 320 foot long steel spine grows toward a mile, with concrete foundations and a nearby camp village for workers. This Canada Pacific link in progress commands daring labor from workers aloft, while the crane and sections up to 120 tons each move into position above the plains.
Engineer John Knapp of the Central railroad of New Jersey halted a heavy coal train to save 12 year old Mary Maltin of Ashley who crawled onto the track. The emergency stop wrecked several cars and blocked the line for hours with an estimated four thousand dollar cost to the company. The child escaped unharmed.
A philosophical reflection contrasts silence abstention and stagnation with active effort. It argues that living means perpetual triumphs over destruction and illness, maintaining and renewing will day by day to avoid decline.
An excited man in a railway ticket office buys a new Wyoming folder, declaring a pamphlet habit like morphine craving. He explains collecting printed matter from ticket offices and hotels, storing the pamphlets in a cellar collection for later reading.
A farmer argues with a pedestrian over turkey pricing, noting 11 cents a pound paid to farmers versus 30 cents charged to consumers as he feeds his birds. The exchange frames the debate around who profits in the poultry market.
The Niagara Falls appearance has altered due to power installations. Even small diversions reduce water at the edges, making edge crests shallower and shortening the visible crest line, as noted by the Chicago Daily News.
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