Delagrange Sets New World Aeroplane Record at Isaly
Paris reports Leon Delagrange, head of the Aviation club of France, flying an aeroplane at Isaly for 29 minutes 54% seconds and covering about 15 miles 24 727 meters. He beat Henry Farman's 9 minute 34% second best and Wilbur Wright's distance, until fuel exhaustion forced the landing. Attendants Quinton Gasnier Ferber Malecot and others witnessed and praised the feat.
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Leon Delagrange
Aviation Club of France
Isaly
M. Delagrange
Henry Farman
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers
United States
Quinton
Gasnier
Ferber
Malecot
Bobby and the Pharisees riddle from Sunday school
A humorous exchange quotes a boy naming the twelve disciples and claiming Pharisees were seven, asserting a Bible line about the seven Pharisees. The tale is a light religious quip from Youth's Companion.
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Bobby
Vinegar as Snake Bite Remedy Debated in India and Britain
The London Standard reports a clash of opinion on snake bite treatment. Dr Lauder Brunton favors permanganate of potash applied immediately, while Mr Greengrass of North Arcot district cites vinegar, even diluted, as effective if used within an hour to ninety minutes after bite. He notes twenty nine recovered cobra bites with incision to drain poison before vinegar injection, with one failure from no incision. A similar approach is advised for scorpion stings.
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Lauder Brunton
Greengrass
North Arcot
Madras
London Standard
Necessity the Mother of Hanging Gardens Joke
Humorous talk in the Louisville Courier-Journal about who built Babylonian hanging gardens and why, quipping that a king built them to outwit neighbor chickens. The item frames a witty historical aside without assigning real names or dates.
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Babylon
Louisville Courier-Journal
Farm Hands Leaning As Plowing Time Proceeds
In a local remark from Deseret News, farmer Ryetop notes farm hands lean against barn or fence during plowing and planting, suggesting political leanings shift with the rhythms of farm work.
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Ryetop
Deseret News
State Fair Attendance Breaks Records in 1908 Run
St Paul Sept 7 Minnesota state fair attendance surpasses 200000 for first time with 326753 visitors. Week receipts total 162781 dollars, up from 136471.90 in 1997.
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St. Paul
Albert Lea man dies after freight train accident
Hans Cristensen of Albert Lea was fatally injured while trying to board a St Paul road freight train at Lyndale Avenue and Twenty Ninth Street. Both legs were severed below the knees and he died soon after arrival at the city hospital. No one was nearby to explain how the accident occurred.
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Minneapolis
Hans Christensen
Albert Lea
St. Paul Road
Lyndale Avenue
Twenty-ninth Street
City Hospital
Soap Bubbles and Their Marvelous Effects
An article discusses how to produce pretty soap bubble effects from Windsor Magazine. It explains making a castile soap solution, blowing six inch bubbles, and layering six or twelve bubbles inside one another with careful wetting and technique.
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Windsor Magazine
Meredith Nugent
No Tears Nor Hills Bishop and Parson Adieu Jest
A Wellington style quip about Tears and Hills. Bishop Rowley Hill’s clergyman Tears bids farewell on preferment. The bishop quips that in heaven there are no Tears, and the parson retorts that paradise has plains but no Hills.
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Isle of Man
Goodby
Plains of Paradise
London
Australian Bushmen and their remarkable homing instinct
The bushmen of Australia, though very ignorant, show a rare instinct similar to animals and equal in wonder to human reason. They are almost impossible to lose, and when led blindfolded away from home they can always find their way back to their nest homes.
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Australia
Fool and Sage in a Cleaver Exchange
The Fool and his neighbor face a clash of wits over money with a laughable twist. The fool remains cheerful while the wiser neighbor’s wealth is noted by six figures, drawing a wish that the old miser would meet a fall from grace.
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Fool
Sage
Emporia Gavette
Erratic Echo Reveals Rival Paper Prank in Spain
Sir John Long tested a supposed marvelous echo in Spain and spoke the Dundee Adver tiser phrase. The echo returned Dundee Courier and Argus, the opposition paper, in a playful prank by friends.
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Sir John Long
Globe
Spain
Sir John
Dundee Courier and Argus
Echo
John
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