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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
3
The story extols Willy Amrhein as one of the world’s bravest eagle hunters in the Swiss Alps. It recounts his daring ascent and a dangerous rescue using ropes, pulleys, and rock sacks to retrieve eaglets from a high nest.
A party ascends perilous cliffs to the eyrie and retrieves five young eagles. Willy Amrhein leads the ascent and uses an Alpen hook to secure the nest and recover the birds while avoiding fatal rock hazards.
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A Parisian duchess discusses chic influence on status with an American wife of a Western senator. She describes beauty as inseparable from elegance, detailing wardrobe precision, undergarments, hats, and color choices reflecting Parisian aristocracy. She stresses meticulous presentation as essential.
The article argues that active outdoor play matters more for children's health than pristine clothes. It describes practical, simple play outfits in ginghams and denims, and contrasts them with dressy frocks trimmed in filet lace, embroidered silks, and elaborate buttons for special occasions.
A blouse in black silk features shoulder caps plaited and long, with soutache embroidery on black tulle. Neckline bordered by a fagoted silk band with gold tassels. White lace chemisette and sleeve puffs pair with light blue panne bands.
Pink linen jumper gowns are hand embroidered in a matching shade and offered at affordable prices starting at 15 dollars. The price climbs as the frocks rise in quality and size, with higher costs anticipated for better linen and embroidery.
An elderly Maine man recounts a 1872 effort to convert the Grand Trunk to standard gauge. He describes unspiking rails, moving trains, and the rapid, risky work to allow through traffic, avoiding delays and wrecks while widening gauge compatibility. Also notes a Dundee Scotland item about a honeymooners carriage on Midland Railway, a two-seat compartment in a composite coach for couples.
A simple mechanical trip system known as the Kinsman stop halts trains when engineers run past danger signals on New York City subways and Boston elevated lines. An electrical version uses a guard-rail and steel arm to shut throttles and apply brakes, with a hidden recording device logging each automatic stop for inspector review.
A Missouri Pacific dispatcher at Osawatomie Kansas faced repeated interruptions on a foggy damp night. A western worker repeatedly shouted G N as telegraph wires suffered escape and breaking in. Pierce finally answered with a curt farewell: Good night good morrow good Lord good bye.
A World To Day article notes European rail casualties in 1904 far lower than American figures. It argues the vast U S freight traffic raises risk per mile and per ton carried, with 34 330 total worker injuries in France comparable to higher American totals.
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