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Newspaper
Bainbridge Democrat
Location
Bainbridge, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
4
A New York Sun retold tale details two travelers starting penniless in a western city. One borrows 50 cents, takes a job at $2.50 a week, and over twenty two years builds a retail and wholesale empire worth about 2.5 million. The other spurns opportunity and fades into obscurity.
A Lahore paper recounts a superstition where a man from Badaon in upper Burma married a doll as his third wife after being warned that a third wife would die. He announced the doll's death and burial then proceeded to marry his fourth wife.
A Scotsman takes a shower bath with a cistern and colander and reports it was fine yet dry. He explains he used an umbrella to stay dry while enjoying the shower, a humorous tale from London readers.
Scientific American explains gasoline tanks rarely explode due to air gas ratios. Even when heated a burst vessel would burn, not explode, unless venting and air mix were just right. Larger volumes burn faster. smaller amounts mixed with air could demolish a boat. The piece also notes geopolitical and economic quips from period voices.
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