Miracles of ugliness in Brussels contest for hideous faces
A Brussels letter describes a world fair of ugliness with prizes up to five thousand dollars. Contestants from many nations parade as judges, artists and crowds eye grotesque counts of facial blemishes while women pursue the spectacle and pride themselves on strange beauty.
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Brussels
New York
Belgium
Tift Spring
Madagascar
Norway
Sivasil
Sam Bong
Asiatho
Russia
Prion
Lis
England
Movement of a Dark Cloud Over Western County Fields
A farmer driving home from Oneida reports seeing a large dark cloud moving northward across fields on a still day. He thought at first it might be smoke from a railroad, but concluded it did not originate from the West Shore line and could not be explained by wind, describing an unusual aerial phenomenon observed in the area.
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Constableville
Oneida
Action Observer
Woos
posiMon
Poweitty
West Shore Railroad
Sugenio
Rogland
Prince Imperial
Teron
Comte Herris
Napoleon IV
Paris
Eugenie
Frigedian
Windsor
Traggedian
Easie
Unpublished British Naval View of Yalu Battle
A British officer attached to a Chinese squadron reports the Yalu engagement in vivid detail aboard Chen Yuen. He describes awful deck casualties, a gun crew blown up, a ship hit near the engine room, and blood and debris staining the vessel after action with the Japanese Naniwa. The admiral awards a surviving gunner a tole. The Chen Yuen arrives at Wei Tai Wei in bloody condition, with corpses and gore not cleaned.
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Yalu
Yalu River
London Graphic
Chen-Yuen
Naniwa
Wei- Tai-Wei
Irresistible canvassers learn from a stern reader
An English lecturer tells how a bookbinding tale inspires a trook canvasser, who visits a curmudgeonly householder with no reading habit. After a growl the canvasser insists on family, then the occupant among cats is persuaded to buy a book in a case of mistaken need.
Mirage Seen Over Buffalo Teaches Light Trickery
The sky over Buffalo and eastward features a remarkable mirage showing Lake Ontario and Toronto with sharp detail, including ships and sails, though the real bodies are far away. Experts explain refraction in heated air creating inverted images, a phenomenon sailors call looming, with examples cited along the Great Lakes region.
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Buffalo
New York Central
Toronto
Canada
Lee
Anas
Maywood bicycle frame promises unbreakable one piece crank
The Maywood frame uses a true truss design with two diamond shaped sections built from g inod cold rolled steel rods and joined with steel and aluminum bronze fittings. It features indestructible ball bearings and a one piece crank integrating two cranks pedal axles keys screws and washers, eliminating common failure points and promising long life with three year guarantee.
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Arlington
Morgan & Wright
Humber
Gilliam
Reading
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West Indies
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Ded.c, Ayer Co
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Mase
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Latimer
Kanaan
St. Louis
Chicago
F&a. Mno
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Ythian
G. SS Sharp
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Athena
Oregon
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Ariens
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the Pioneer Harness Shop
W. E. Young
ArmEna, Oregon
Athena Press
Umatilla County
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C. A. Barrett Company
Banaiis
Mano
Alcongerité
Maywood
Wheel of Earth
Dien ‘Thoes Peat
Maywood Model
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Cash Buyers’ Union
Chicago, Il
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Athena, Ore
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