23 Dec 1892
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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1892
Page
1
A miscellany of prompts and anecdotes spans demographics and science estimates in the United States, mutiny and disease debate in Britain, and Greek language tensions in Bulgaria. Frontier adventures recount Sally and Sam Pritchard’s grizzly encounter, a ranger’s tale, and a dog at a country concert, with sparrow catching and police station bird nets rounding out the clipping.
The article describes an ice road built each winter between Ilochelaga and Longueuil across the St. Lawrence. Engineers lay pine timbers as ties on a bed of ice, with parallel cross ties and rails spiked in place. The ice is flooded and compacted to form a solid track capable of trains, with river ice thickness at least six inches plus ice crust. The method avoids Grand Trunk tolls by using a temporary winter line.
A vivid historical note recalls the Malay amok mania, depicting a frenzied attacker wielding a kriss as a crowd pursues. The description emphasizes fear, chaos, and the iconic cry oran amok, illustrating why such scenes haunt witnesses and linger in memory.
A massive Rand wheel, 53 feet in diameter and weighing 156.5 tons, was built by Dickson Company of South Scranton for Hecla and Calumet Copper Company. The water wheel features fifty buckets lifting 100 gallons each turn and was shipped in sections with parts numbered for assembly.
The Colossus of Rhodes cost about 300 talents or $375,600, while Averni Gaul’s Mercury statue by Zenodorus ran to $1,770,000. Athena and Zeus statues’ details are debated with gold drapery valued at $580,090 and hair worth about $25,000, per the Omaha Bee report.
A cursory hush fell at Union Station last night as Mr and Mrs Frank Farlow arrived aboard No 4. They are described as the largest couple in the world with Mrs Farlow weighing 6855 4 pounds and her husband 6251 2 pounds requiring a fruit car for their ride. The bride, born near Scottdale, is blond with blue eyes and a prettily featured face while her husband is a New York native of strong build amid curious remarks from onlookers.
A Thornycroft invention uses a hydraulic system controlled by paired pendulums to counter ship roll. Tests on the 230 ton steam yacht Cecile show substantial reduction from 18 to 9 degrees in heavy seas, suggesting potential for major liners with lighter displacement.
An authority notes Ohio flocks average 35 head while Michigan averages 21. Massachusetts is cited for dog and sheep statistics with 88 000 dogs and 45 000 sheep valued at 910 each. USDA values lambs at 3.45 under one year and 4.03 for older sheep.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a digressive aside about a tall young man miscast from church life into broader roles. The text references Miss Keenwit and implies the subject was destined for religious service but diverged into wider duties.
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