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Newspaper
Freeland Tribune
Location
Freeland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1893
Page
4
Thrilling tale of Col Daniel Boone, famed lion trainer and French regiment member, detailing a 1870 Africa jungle encounter. He describes a lion leaping, a close fight, and a fatal shot by a companion, with injuries including crushed ribs and a seven foot six hundred pound animal.
Henry C. Ide, a Vermont lawyer from St Johnsbury, is appointed chief justice of Samoa with American approval. The role, the island’s highest court, carries a salary of 26000 annually and Ide’s prior work with international commissioners aided his selection.
A collage of joke captions and light quips from various small papers. Dialogues touch on marriage, temper, and miscommunications with punchlines about love, family, and daily life. Names are varied and locales implied, reflecting early humor pages and reader-inspired bits.
Two magic squares crafted by Euler, the German mathematician, from the last century. The article notes their construction in 1759 and presents the sequence of numbers forming each square. The readable fragments hint at interesting features but lack complete layouts or final results.
A square puzzle begins with 1 at the lower left and climbs by knight moves to 25 at the upper right. Opposite equidistant numbers sum to twice their value, with the center showing 13 and the sequence including 28, 3, 26, 18, 542126, and 19.
In a 6 by 6 square the knight path returns to the start and opposite equidistant pairs differ by 18. Row and column sums including diagonals equal 101, with 1 and 19 equidistant from the center and differing by 18. Other opposite equidistant pairs like 80 and 18, 21 and 8, 20 and 11 share the same 18 difference.
California inventor Wells H White describes a two disc metal wheel hub with inner spoke grooves and raised partitions. The assembly uses a babbitt fitted center to adapt to the axle, enabling easy spoke replacement and on-vehicle repairs without removing the wheel.
A detailed natural history piece explains feather development from a skin pit to a full feather, noting the pyramid structure, groove patterns, and hornlike coating. It compares nail and hair formation and mentions preserving fish with acetate of soda as a modern alternative to alcohol, citing Prince Henri d Orleans.
A compilation of patent disclosures covering a tool harness with a pivoting busting handle, a combined monkey wrench pliers and shears, a potato peeling roller within a drum, and a penman rest ring with a finger contour. Also listed are a collapsible trunk wardrobe, a two-board flytrap with a triggering cord, a leather waterproofing process, steam distribution improvement for engines, a wedge waste-knife for spindles, and a gas detector apparatus using a miner’s lamp with hydrogen burner and gauge.
A survey of legendary gems and regalia highlights a Turkish sultan's wealth with Hindoo sapphires carved as amulets, a Russian empress diadem with 2,536 diamonds and a ruby worth 400000 dollars, plus a towering emerald crystal in St. Petersburg. It notes Kohinoor and Regent cuts, notes a German girls gym, and adds satirical quips from Harper's Bazar about society life.
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