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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1915
Page
7
Cripple Creek district produced 14,500 tons of ore in August at $14.65 per ton, with Portland Gold Mining reporting 41,100 tons at $25.9 to $41 per ton. New Mexico and Arizona plants show strong milling, shipping heavy tonnages, and rising gold and silver outputs while copper and zinc also rise.
Ed Good of Thermopolis inspected Thermopolis area property and reported a high grade gusher by Drayton Good Oil Company near Grass Creek, at 1 450 feet, with over 1 200 feet of oil in the annulus. French capitalists tied to Midwest Oil Company are en route or recovering from wounds. Keller Bright mines in Ouray County show progress as Gold Coin mill machinery advances Cripple Creek ore shipments rise.
A farm tale contrasts a wary husband’s fascination with an automobile and a wife’s push for mobility with a practical update on corn and soil in the Great Plains. The narrative shifts to a Popular Mechanics note on reinforcing a damaged wagon frame, then to a USDA bulletin on corn’s role in soil preparation across ten states, rainfall effects, crop sequencing, and profitability of growing corn for fodder versus grain.
A description from Scientific American outlines a design to connect front wheels to the axle so the wheels can pivot and steer while remaining constrained to rotate with the axle, enabling four wheels to be driven from the engine. This mechanism integrates steering with drive action to keep wheel rotation synchronized with the axle.
A reader warns that simply adding distilled water biweekly does not preserve a car battery. Proper care requires electrolyte gravity checks around 1.250 and attentive charging. A lightly charged battery may freeze, while a full charge resists freezing. neglect leads to costly repairs.
The excerpt notes that leakage harms valves beyond power loss, as escaping hot flame tempers stems, softens springs, corrodes bearings, and deposits sediment that clogs motion, highlighting broader mechanical risks.
The article describes rapid progress on a government supervised automobile highway to Pike's Peak, financed by Colorado Springs businessmen. It will be 20 feet wide with gentle grades, offering a panoramic view of about 69,000 square miles from the summit. It also discusses armored cars in wartime, noting weight vs speed tradeoffs and exposed wheels for speed.
Farmers are urged to study alfalfa before planting noting its superior feeding value drought resistance and soil enrichment but warn that it requires soil conditions proper inoculation liming seeding methods and timely cutting Weeds deplete resources and hinder growth Sudan grass is suggested as a forage option at the Montana experiment station where yields reached four and a half tons per acre in 98 days and conserving soil moisture is emphasized to save moisture for later needs.
A 3,000 year old village life in Palestine described by John D. Whiting for the Total Geographic Society portrays three peasant classes Hedouin Fellatieen and Madaniyeh. Villages sit on hills near springs with houses built around a central raised kitchen and guest chambers that serve as social hubs. Childrearing, marriage, and women’s status are outlined alongside primitive farming, sanitation, and traditions that echo pre Christ days.
Norman Taber, American and Brown graduate, who studied at Oxford as a Rhodes scholar, set a new world mile record of 4 minutes 12 and 3 fifths seconds at Harvard stadium, breaking the 4:12 3/4 mark by three-twentieths of a second. Despite the feat, observers note his intellect and training as integral to his achievement, challenging the old view that Americans excel only in sprints. Meanwhile, New York trains collectively travel more than twice the globe’s circumference daily in the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx.
The new acetylene signal lantern used by the national forest service transmits Morse code messages readable to the naked eye at fifteen miles in clear weather and up to nineteen miles with binoculars. It runs on carbide and water, with a back-mounted tank giving about three hours of signaling. Normal operation uses a small flame, while a key trigger enlarges the aperture for a rapid flare.
A fragment from Popular Mechanics explains Morse code timing. A casual exchange shows Mr. Meekton acknowledging his wife supports women's suffrage but doubts a plan that lets some women vote the same as others.
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