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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1906
Page
16
An antiquated account describes a bear captured in Bohemia and sold locally, then trained over six months by starvation and kindness. The animal learned to perform for crowds, dance with its trainer, and avoid biting, with Catskill residents studying this “pearology” as a curious regional legend.
Fragmentary and unclear notes describe the Sultan of Gohore and a 12 Lewa oath pasted at a Johore telephone exchange in India. It mentions an arrest threat, duty officers, and a plan tied to a doctor’s assistants and pigeons, with various names and places obfuscated.
A fragmented report notes efforts to exterminate wild dogs in the United Provinces and discusses a photo showing Havana drain openings. The piece recalls Colonel William C. Gorgas and Colonel Waring’s sanitary campaigns and Roosevelt’s support for Havana cleansing.
In Frankfort Germany logs slaughtered declined from 125161 to 705 while the number of horses skilled rose from 1137 to 1468 reflecting a mixed commodity trend.
A historical table compares centenarians by country. Germany with 5 million people has 78 centenarians, France under 40 million has 3, England 146, Scotland 46, Denmark 2, Belgium 5, Sweden 10, Norway 2,000,000 inhabitants 23, Switzerland none, Spain 410. The Balkan region shows Serbia 573, Roumania 1,084, Bulgaria 4,883 centenarians, implying Albania holds the international record with one in every thousand. In 1892 Bulgaria reported 0 deaths beyond a century.
The South Africa tree called sneezs wood cannot be cut with a saw without sneezing due to its fine dust. No insect or worm will touch it and the wood tastes very bitter. When placed in water it sinks.
Fragmentary notes describe a wooden bridge on the old Waoden route at North Blephein in Koharie county failing under load. A worker named Powers reportedly sat center bridge with feet hanging as the structure sank, uttering a grim remark about the surface water rising.
Ornithologists note the frigate bird of equatorial Pacific islands as a storm predictor. It soars three to five hundred feet above water facing gales with rigid wings. It travels sixty to seventy miles per hour with the wind and has been used as a letter carrier in Samoa.
The chancellor notes wine consumption fell by about fifty percent over six years. Imports from France Spain and Portugal have halved in thirty years from 16 million to 9 million gallons annually. Per capita consumption dropped to around four million gallons since 1900. Australasia continues to sell wine to Britain but overall imports decline.
The article recounts how sculptor William Powers carved a small statue as a pastime for Henry Hoisington Pangborn a naval officer. Pangborn received the work aboard the frigate Constellation during a Mediterranean voyage and later passed it to Zebina K. Pangborn, who kept it until his death. It now belongs to Frederick W. Pangborn of New York.
Consul General Guenther of Frankfort reports German papers say tree roots often exhaust faster than the upper parts, threatening life. To extend life, it is advised to vaccinate the trunk with a solution of sulphate of tran.
In Ere in America style and South Africa craft converge as Mrs Collis and the Misses S Connor and E Williams of Cape Town create fish scale jewelry. Their work earns distinction and promises profit through poetic inspiration and refined form.
The European court doctor faces constant suspicion amid assassinations within the Troyal lineage. He must endure searches before visiting the heir apparent who is kept ignorant of worldly affairs. The doctor risks accusations of conspiracy regardless of his innocence.
A photo from Marion House Friends Lake New York shows a boat with three young ladies on seats beside a covered wagon. Photographer Angas explains the cameral error created a single frame yielding two distinct scenes, admired as a unique photography oddity by experts.
A lively influx of fashionable women in London pursues old lace stitches and ancient needlework. They study historic designs and reproduce varied stitches, reviving forgotten arts through modern silks and revived ribbon embroidery, aided by the School of Needlework.
An itinerant figure known as Sarthe, described as a walking portrait gallery, was arrested in Algiers where he had long been sought as a deserter. He stripped at the police station and displayed tattooed color portraits on his chest and sides of notable figures and elegant designs along his back.
A German physician showed typhoid fever can spread via butter made from milk containing the germ. Experiments flushed milk cans with infected water and butter from those cans later contained typhoid bacteria. Also reported: Canadian wheat crop estimated at 90 million bushels this season, 195 crop at 185 million.
A high authority reports Roentgen rays may reverse gray hair to its natural color. Doctors note color return in patients with lupus and others, starting with a white moustache. Practical use hinges on expert application, while hair dye sellers fear market disruption. Researchers seek a method to stimulate actual hair growth.
The article notes Egypt has about 5,000,000 acres cultivated by over 100,000 landowners. Europeans own roughly 1,000 acres each on average. Nine hundred forty peasants hold under five acres, 12,000 men exceed fifty acres totaling about 9,550,000 acres, with other ranges dividing the remainder.
Fragmentary science note describes electrons racing inside an atom and imagines a velvety green glow from Cpackas tubes. It speculates on how tiny fragments of matter form the atom and the impossibly small scale compared to bulk matter.
A dramatic discussion of earthquakes and volcanoes, citing Java and the Straits of Sunda. The piece warns against theoretical science while describing eruptions, mud rivers, boiling waters, and the depictions of wildlife and landscapes altered by volcanic activity.
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