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Newspaper
Fremont Eagle
Location
Fremont, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1896
Page
4
A British ship Penguin sounding line touched bottom at 30 930 feet in the Pacific between New Zealand and Tongaland. The deepest prior reading was 27 980 feet off northern Japan. Mount Everest would be nearly 2009 feet under water if placed in the Penguin's underwater trench.
Scotland Yard aids local effort after a trio of high end burglaries at Longleat Chatsworth Hatfield and St James Jones reveal skilled planners. Detective Sergeant Collie and Inspector Boodle uncover a chest of clues including a horseshoe and ties to Dr Fell and accomplices. The final breakthrough comes when the forger John Howes is implicated and arrested, with Dr Fell and associates convicted at the assizes.
The article prescribes five drops each of laudanum and tincture of rhubarb to ewes three times daily to curb looseness. It recommends turpentine for a dry husky cough, two teaspoons every morning for a week before feeding. It warns sulphur as a rank poison in cold weather, opening pores and increasing cold susceptibility.
The article explains how ermine fur changes from brown in summer to white in winter. It notes that while color appears from new growth at cold, experiments show winter-like whitening can occur without shedding. Ordinary winter coat forms after the summer coat is shed.
Photographs reveal woodcocks concealed among fallen leaves hiding their wings tails and heads while their bright eyes betray them. In Towanda Pennsylvania a locomotive accident caused a box car to be lifted onto a steam engine and carried to nearby Waverly with dramatic photos reproduced in a science magazine.
Living specimens of the frilly lizard Chlamydosaurus have been transported to England. Photography confirms legends that it walks erect on its hind legs up to three feet long. Its broad frill inflates when threatened, turning it into an umbrella warning.
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