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Newspaper
Washburn Times
Location
Washburn, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1903
Page
5
Thomas A Edison announces a finished storage battery using iron nickel and potash with no lead. He says it powers autos, can be used by non experts, and aims to let households light, heat, and cook by electricity without outside help.
A Farmoutiers citizen funds yearly prizes of 25 nes each to the two most polite scholars, one boy and one girl, in town schools. Winners are chosen by a ballot of their peers in the pols of the town.
A Washington candy dealer outlines winter novelties from Mexico Switzerland and Paris. He highlights Mexican pecan cakes penochis Geneva cream Paris nut cakes and deviled almonds plus new candy dishes onyx caramels and marshmallow butterscotch treats. The piece notes returning favorites like jujube paste and wintergreen crops.
Major General Samuel B. M. Young was presented to the Kaiser during a visit to Germany. The Kaiser asked if he had visited that country before, and Young replied with a joke about having visited St. Louis, Cincinnati and Milwaukee. The exchange caused the emperor to laugh heartily.
Dr Wallace argues the earth is near the center of the visible and perhaps entire universe and that the solar system sits at the center of a globular star cluster in the Milky Way. He claims humanity's development ties to a central cosmic position and the universe reflects mind and purpose.
A prominent English association seeks parliamentary authority to create a royal commission to study feeding the nation in war. It notes that over half the population earns under 50 shillings weekly and seven million earn under 23 shillings, warning famine prices could follow any supply shortage. The group advocates establishing large granaries to hold a reserve food supply.
The New York mansion hosts a grand organ with 3 000 pipes, 180 keys and 43 stops operated by electricity. Andrew Carnegie and his daughter Margaret enjoy concerts in a hall seating 500, with orchestral and choral effects echoing through the home.
A street sign in a busy area advertises meals cooked by formula of Dr. Harvey W Wiley of the Agriculture Bureau. Curious patrons visit to see experiments that fed twenty four young men on dangerous substances, yet the place is said to be pure and highly sanitary.
New York inventor Peter Cooper Hewitt says his mercury vapor lamp powers cheap light with high efficiency and may advance wireless telegraphy. He describes a static converter and interrupter for wireless systems, notes potential to stimulate plant growth and to treat skin diseases with specific light wavelengths. The interrupter could aid Marconi, with future lamp materials needing quartz to pass short waves.
A giant automatic weighing machine, the largest of its kind, is en route from England to Natal. It boasts a total weighing capacity of 129 tons and features automatic indicators that display the weight on each wheel as soon as an engine is placed on the machine.
Congress approves more than 6 million dollars to extend the East Front and construct a marble office building near the Capitol. The plan mirrors Walter era designs, adds 33 rooms to each house, connects by tunnel, and includes a grand 108 foot vestibule and restored rotunda.
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