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Newspaper
Winchester News
Location
Winchester, Kentucky, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
3
The piece discusses platinized glass a thin platinum coated surface that looks like a mirror when viewed from the inside and appears transparent from the outside. It cites France experiments and explains how a window could turn into a clear observer view while passersby see only mirrors. The piece from the New York Tribune notes the optical phenomenon and potential tricks.
An 1816 register notes a Brighton coach covering fifty two miles in six hours sparking public alarm in Newington. The attorney general sought a bill to curb stagecoach abuses, citing horror stories of extreme speeds including a Manchester to Liverpool run in under three hours at twelve miles an hour.
The London Standard describes Fiji natives performing the sugar cane meke. Dancers begin crouched and murmuring then rise tall as they wave their arms, representing cane growth. The final scene shows chiefs enforcing crop labor on the willing and unwilling kaissi.
A wounded man is brought to a surgeon's tent after a scalp injury and loss of consciousness. The bearer says he dressed the wound and gave whisky and water, prompting the surgeon to question the improvised treatment. London Illustrated Bits reports this anecdote.
Buyers are urged to inspect patent leather skins for hidden holes covered with varnished thin paper and a patched unfinished side filled with glue and leather dust. The tip appears in Shoe Manufacturers' Monthly as a caution for quality checks.
A concise aphorism by Alfred Tennyson: genius results from mutual sharpening of all parts of intellect, each acting as a whetstone to the others. The quote frames character as entwined with intellect, with genius emerging from their interaction.
A sparring line features Hicks and Wicks debating color vision as a blind person allegedly distinguishes colors by touch. Wicks retorts that feeling blue requires no blindness.
In a store a salesman named Green is encountered by a boy named Clarence who learns the surname and notes a neighbor living two doors away shares a color as his name. The brief anecdote highlights a coincidence of naming across local residents.
W H Moore urges U S to follow British roads example noting Warwick Kenilworth and Stratford routes near Leamington with earth surfaced paths and coal tar dust control. He argues for bonding or levies to fund public roads, condemning mud roads as misgovernment and a stain on equal rights and liberty.
Minneapolis teamsters and motorists unite to push better roads by backing aldermanic candidates who pledge good highways. Theodore Wirth, parks superintendent, elected honorary member of the Automobile club and expected to aid the movement.
The post office department warns rural communities that interrupted service will lead to discontinuation unless roads are repaired and made passable this year. The rural mail system is described as a farmer staple and essential, encouraging road building efforts nationwide.
Gustave Eberlein told New York listeners that American women surpass others in beauty and intellect. He cautioned that excessive confidence can be a flaw and recounted a shipboard encounter praising a brilliant yet overly positive woman. A child’s innocent question closes the anecdote.
A sample of Canadian telephone humor jokes about borrowing phones and long distance calls. The quips poke at subscriber rights and company policies with playful lines about rent, wall scribbles, and restricted usage times.
A father contemplates disciplining his son Willie with a strap but is stopped by Willie's insistence on proper sterilization. Willie warns the leather impact could release germs from the dusty fabric, causing potential harm to the father, leading to the strap dropping and Willie leaving.
Old Uncle Hiram from Bacon Ridge remarks on the new Lightning Lunches sign near the quick lunch room. He jokes about lunching on lightning while the city nephew looks on, reflecting local color and town gossip.
A judge asks a prisoner if he has friends and a witness replies he has only a wife. The piece argues marriage should be a true partnership where partners are real friends and children count parents as their best friends.
The passage notes a husband who keeps little from his wife while another man, Porgie, reveals much. It contrasts secrecy with openness, suggesting Porgie’s wife benefits from his disclosures. The dialogue implies social norms about communication in marriages.
A sightseer asks about the cost of the capitol in Harrisburg. The guide admonishes that the visit is for improving minds rather than discussing scandal. The exchange highlights priorities of a historic tour.
After nine years of effort by Abilene clubwomen, a former eyesore block in central Abilene Kansas was condemned for park use and cleared. The $12 500 Carnegie library now sits on the site with 6 000 books, an oak furnished interior, and an assembly room, in a beautified park with elms and blue grass.
Count Zeppelein flew his new airship Sunday around Lake Constance. He was accompanied by several women including Duchess Vera of Wurtemberg and his daughter. The craft remained aloft for one hour.
In Frankfort Kentucky on November 4 the Statehouse square was nearly empty as officials left to vote. Insurance Commissioner W Bell reportedly bought a home in the county and was the only official remaining.
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