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Newspaper
Canon City Record
Location
Canon City, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
5
A long column surveys diverse topics from marriage happiness to American political longevity and foreign affairs. It notes Greece honoring Navarchos Miaulis, a Paris butcher’s cage stunt turned tragedy, unique Paris lodging star Valles, Albion Tourgee on nations, and shifts in US military presence and naval budgets.
The Holland submarine torpedo boat strengthens Uncle Sam’s fleet, seen as a turning point in harbor defense. Features include submerged operations, electric batteries, air supply at high pressure, and five-man crews. The vessel’s awash and diving methods, torpedo deployment, and control systems are described alongside recent congress funding for six improved Holland boats and performance in Newport maneuvers.
A village near Ko brina, Lepeshy, faced arson damaging eight thatched houses. Rumors blamed the devil as locals seized a resident, blinded his eyes with a red hot iron and beheaded him with a chopper. Authorities have launched a strict inquiry.
The deaf mates of Chicago held a rally described as the most unique political meeting in the city’s history. Speakers delivered arguments with clear diction while a woman translated into sign language, her arms moving continuously as she noted questions with her hands.
The piece notes that foreign residency in China is reflected by cemeteries, often populous like living quarters. It observes Chinese reverence for graves and describes three places where an American long in China might feel at home: legations and consulates, mission quarters, and especially well-kept cemeteries dedicated to foreigners.
Herbert Spencer ends a long quiet period by publishing a paper opposing British interference in the Boer states. For nearly fifty years he has opposed British colonization. The article notes the resinous roots of southern pine can burn like a torch without splitting.
Lady Colebrooke a carpenter teaches needlework and carpentry to a large weekly class of women and girls from the Abington district. She has crafted many fine pieces of furniture and a perfect pillar box stood in the hall at Abington.
The article explains photographing sound using a Helmholtz resonator with a thin glass plate and a tiny mirror in a Michelson refractometer. It describes measuring amplitude via light-wavelength shifts, subdividing interference bands with a telescope and micrometer, and noting records of folk tones instrument tones noises and vocal sounds in Nature.
St Petersburg mourns the death of Camillo Cavos a renowned journalist and former 1866 war officer who led Novoe Vremya starting in 1876 focusing on foreign policy his passing marks a notable loss for the city press Waves Pound Sandy Hook Lighthouse in furious storm delivering three ton forces per square inch on the structures coastal vigil continues.
A British report outlines Siberia’s vast expanse beyond the Urals from the Obi to Kamchatka, detailing area over 12 million square versts and a population near 8 million. It highlights Tomsk and Tobolsk as dense regions, notes tabled demographics, and states the Trans-Siberian line will transform settlement and global commerce by linking Paris with Vladivostok.
An Austrian colonel rebukes Prince Franz Joseph of Braganza for entering a dining room with cap on, no sword. Two Hussars demand satisfaction, colonel cites military decorum. court of honor likely. The prince, 21, is a Braganza scion in Hungary. A separate English army anecdote notes a junior officer asked for beer, provoking a mocking reminder to join the ranks.
The article notes South Africa relies entirely on imports for common goods from the United States and England. Cape Town to Johannesburg has no general consumption factories, no pins or paper mills, and most cooking utensils and furnishings are imported. Fresh eggs come from New York, and 90 percent of meat from Chicago packers.
Friends of the late William L. Wilson and Washington and Lee University alumni propose a subscription fund of at least 100000 dollars to establish the Wilson endowment professo rship at the university in his memory.
The North Bull Sandbank off Dublin bay hosts a pale mice population seen as a distinct Irish variety. Descendants of castaways, these mice have lightened coats over about a century to blend with sandy surroundings, a natural experiment waiting to reveal how many generations produce a full color change.
Richmond Virginia city council remains divided over eight proposed curfew ordinances. The measure sparked heated discussion and a constitutional challenge, leading to referral to the city attorney to determine legality or draft an alternative. Parents and youths show strong public interest and support on both sides.
An old newspaper ad asserts Cascarrets candy cathartic cures a wide range of ailments by regulating the bowels. It touts easy movements, low cost of 10 cents to start, and warns about imitations. The piece ends with a quip about a waning platform speech.
An old advertisement urges tired and nervous people to use Garfield Headache Powders made from herbs to soothe nerves. It also promotes Huse Bleaching Blue as a preferred washing aid and muses on political people and weather forecasting in a humorous, clipped tone.
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