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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1902
Page
3
A detailed look at the government observatory mechanism for timekeeping. A youthful “Father Time” figure and a precise noon signal transmission illustrate the elaborate system. Despite high accuracy, small variations of a few hundredths of a second occur in daily measurements.
Washington May 15. A reporter visits the great time factory on Observatory Hill and the Mare Island navy yard to describe how Uncle Sam produces noon Eastern time for the nation. Commander Everett Hayden oversees the process from star observations through a network of wires to synchronized clocks and time balls in Eastern cities.
The President appointed General E. S. Bragg of Wisconsin as consul general of the United States at Havana. Bragg is seventy five, has served as minister to Mexico, and has a noted army record as a gold Democrat. The piece then describes the government time service, noon time balls, and the navy’s chronometer tests and pricing, detailing the temperature room and nine week checks before ships receive instruments. John Elfreth Watkins, Jr.
The government time facility houses standard clocks on stone piers connected to a chronograph. A transmitting clock with a deputy records near perfect accuracy only during a small fraction of time. A sealed brick vault with asbestos roof keeps 77 degrees and 28 inch pressure to prevent pendulum errors from temperature and pressure changes.
An analysis by Hon. Charles H. Allen lauds Porto Rico as a growing investment, noting 2,336 sugar plantations with high yields, production cost advantages and opening U.S. markets. It highlights pineapple potential, farm ownership, and the island’s size, climate, and untapped factories alongside prospects for diversified exports and manufacturing under American capital.
The May Anniversaries begin in St. Paul with about 2000 Baptists from the North attending reports of the Missionary Union Home Mission Society and Publication Society. Debates focus on efficiency economy and possible consolidation while three societies resist full unification this year.
In Springfield Republican circles women gathered to nominate a trustee for the State university. After ballots showed votes exceeded by twenty nine, the chair dismissed objections and ruled the discrepancy insignificant, seen as a rebuke to claims women lack readiness for suffrage. The piece argues women’s virtue enlivens reform in politics.
The Washington Star discusses the phrase solid mahogany as applied to Senate chamber furniture. It notes that the heavy pieces are built from multiple wood strips to counter shrinkage, not from single solid blocks, a practice explained by the New York Commercial Advertiser. Also mentioned is Mrs. Mackay’s Paris stay and the loss of her small jet black spitz.
The article notes Mr. Squiers as secretary of legation in Peking and later minister to Cuba. It describes Cuba’s climate and crops, especially coffee and sugar. It cites coffee cultivation covering 7 percent of the island and 36 percent of cultivated lands, with potential for expansion. It mentions a 188% hurricane impact and coffee exports during occupation and early civil administration. It also discusses sugar planting along coast plains and river margins.
The article highlights Lord Beresford and reform advocates, notes Porto Rico tobacco, cattle, and honey exports, and argues for fruit crops and fiber industries. It emphasizes free trade with the United States, tariff savings, and German competition, urging American sales to capitalize on island markets and credit links.
J L Laughlin discusses the traditional college curriculum in May Atlantic. He notes that Latin Greek philosophy and mathematics formed the core of education until electives expanded choice. The passage reflects on how core subjects supported learning for generations.
Mr. Wadsworth, one of Colonel Roosevelt's Rough Riders from the Spanish American War, has been appointed third secretary at the United States embassy in London, succeeding William Corcoran Eustis who retires on July 1. The piece also recalls banquet anecdotes and a comic tale about feeding wild celery to ducks.
A Chicago grocer remarks to a boy about his newborn sister, and the boy laments wishing for a brother to play games with. The shopkeeper sighs that it is too late, as the girl is four days old, ending the brief exchange with quiet resignation.
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