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Newspaper
Ackley World
Location
Ackley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1894
Page
10
An experiment reports German investigator Messner firing bacteria in rifle bullets into gelatin targets. Bullets pick up and deposit live bacteria midflight or from air and clothing, suggesting bacteria can survive and develop in gelatine after impact. Observers note the odd science in a piece quoted from Youth's Companion.
Mr. Medhurst recalls a singular invitation card from a young Chinese woman who vowed to die with her fiancé on a chosen date. A public spectacle followed as she hanged herself on stage with a child by her side, a ritual seen as voluntary immolation in parts of China. The piece notes such sacrifices can be honored with monuments and reflects on local attitudes. Also included are brief items: a Detroit doctor’s encounter with a distressed boy seeking help for a “sinking feeling,” and Vienna police oversight on censorship of publications and performances.
A Toledo Blade excerpt describes a farmhouse party where about thirty couples danced to a single fiddler. Talk turns to shooting, a warning is promised, and within minutes shooting breaks out lasting about five minutes. The crowd resumes, the fiddler calls in his monotone, and one man is later sent for a doctor as three men are wounded.
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