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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1900
Page
3
Combined carriage and sleigh adapts for winter use
Edward C. Regelf of Minnesota designed a combination carriage with a skeleton frame and vertical guide rods. A rear lever shifts wheels between cart and sleigh modes, enabling quick transformation for snowy or clean pavement conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward C. Regelf
Minnesota
The Five Hundredth Gutenberg Birthday Festival
The city of Mayence celebrated the five hundredth anniversary of Johann Gutenberg birth and his moveable type invention. The festival showcased printing achievements from five centuries and contrasted early costly editions with the later democratizing power of the modern press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayence
Germany
Johann Gutenberg
Gutenberg
Rhine
Aldus Manutius
Vendee
Safety Razor Blade Strop Invention By William H. Douglas
A new apparatus for sharpening safety razor blades rapidly on a standard strop is described. Invented by William H. Douglas of New Jersey, the device grips the blade and uses a gear linkage to reverse on the strop, automatically forcing the blade against the surface as it moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Douglas
New Jersey
Plague Text Links Rats to Biblical Epidemic Discovery
The article reports that rat borne infection helps reinterpret a Samuel passage about the Philistines and the Ark. It notes mice near the epidemic and cites Doctors Tidewell and Dick of the Royal Society of New South Wales arguing the disease dates back 800 years earlier than prior records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tidewell and
Royal ‘Society of New South Wales
Spectacle of Fakir Fire Walk At Hyderabad Described
A vivid account recalls a fakir performance in Sindh where a wiry man hung by ropes above a bed of burning fagots. After ritual prep with ash, he descended head down and was pulled free as flames rose, then completed a devotional sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Ftakir
Hyderbad
Sindh
Curious Death of John Meyer in New York
John Meyer a Williamsburg wealth holder and real estate dealer with brothers Cord and Chris Meyer at 62 William Street Manhattan died from blood poisoning after a pencil cut on his index finger two weeks earlier. The injury led to swelling and fatal infection despite treatment by leading physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargxe
Sam
John Meyer
Williamsburg
New York World
Meyer
Cord
Chris
William Street
Manhattan
Cord Meyer
Indians convicted in Eugene murder case sentenced in Skaguay
Indian killers of Mr. and Mrs. Horton were tried in Skaguay on June 27. Hanson to be hanged. Williams to 60 years. Ketchiace to 60 years. One Indian 30 years and two others 20 years each. Five accomplices released after turning state's evidence. Crime rooted in revenge for supposed Hortons witchcraft deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horton
Eugene
Ore
Skaguay
Hanson
Williams
Ketchiace
Hortons
Wasted for Forty Seven Days Record Claim
Mrs. Mary Becanon of Santa Ana Gal allegedly held a 47 day feast surpassing Dr. Tanner's record by seven days as reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Becanon
Santa Ana
Gal
Dr. Tanner
Religions in China and their followers
The passage outlines China’s three main faiths Buddhism Taoism and Confucianism with Confucianism described as form light study and contemplation while Buddhism and Taoism feature elaborate ceremonies Taoism is older and Buddhism appeared about 1800 years ago The text cites about eight tenths of the population as Buddhist or Taoist and notes 30 million Muslims in the northeast and southwest Catholic adherents exceed one million with 29 bishoprics Protestant converts around sixty thousand and remote hill tribes still heathen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Girl in men's clothes nabbed for stealing freight ride
Rose Gilmore age 18 of unknown origin was arrested in Wilkes Barre after boarding a Lackawanna freight train to tramp toward New Mexico where her father owns a ranch. She claimed wealth but preferred tramping and was released after promising to pay her fare on future passenger trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
John A Thatcher Dies in Chicago At 49
Prominent billiard figure and longtime writer using the pen name Shortstop died in a Chicago hospital from bronchitis. Born in Clerebine, he was about forty nine years old and known for his contributions to billiards and sports journalism.
Canker Worms Threaten Fruit Trees and Control Measures
An agricultural column reviews canker worm outbreaks on apple cherry and plum trees and on elms. It explains life cycles banding trunks with cotton tin or tar to stop females and recommends spraying Paris green with lime for 125 gallons of water, plus early fall and late winter treatment. Additional notes cover thrush of the horse hoof and cabbage curculio damage and life stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steéman
Missouri Agricultural College
Columbia
Dairy Industry Wealth in Ohio Milk Herds and Factories
Ohio supports about 800000 milch cows valued at roughly 31 dollars each, signaling a 25 million dollar dairy cow investment and up to 500 million dollars across farms equipment cheese and butter facilities. Better cow selection feeding and handling could lift annual dairy returns by several millions, while inefficiencies in butter fat loss at mills costing about 851 dollars per year per 10 thousand pounds milk prompt improved methods, per Ohio State University Bulletin. An illustration notes a mine-like poplar leaf damage and mentions unknown worms per entomological report, alongside cautions about resevoir drinking vessels and disease spread through untreated water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jhle
Ohio
Ohio State University Bulletin
Smut Losses in Illinois Oat Fields and Wool Market Outlook
Illinois readers are urged to assist a Department of Agronomy study estimating oat smut losses in the state, with last year’s fig at 2.25 million dollars. Instructions cover counting smutted stalks inside a hoop, sampling fields, and avoiding undercounting. The note adds commentary on wool prices and notes about horse and mule power, with references to Australian army horse imports and Indian remount standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agronomy
Illinois College of Agriculture
Illinois
University At
Urbana
Australia
India
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