Remarkable bear fight and oddities from turnwood NJ
A woodsman’s wife battles a huge bear with an ax after the animal uproots beehives and mauls her arm. The bear dies, two cubs are saved and raised. The report follows quirky items: a Japanese English class mishap, a Burmese courtship myth, a blind sportsman in Connecticut, a California hunter in the Coast Range, an eagle-slaying on Great Bay, a storm pit rescue in Georgia, Berlin rental adverts for sheriff’s apartments, and various oddities from around the country and world.
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Turnwood
N. J
Amos Corey
Beaver Kill
Corey
Mrs. Corey
Morimer Menpes
Burmah
Mr. Menden
The
Sporting Review
Connecticut
William Hill
Hill
George Ellis
Coast Range
California
Lonesome Canyon
Ellis
Alaska
Daniell F. McCarthy
John H. Lynch
Marlborough
Mase
Great Bay
Portsmouth
N. H
McCarthy
Dog
Hart County
Finley
Largest paper mill and kitchen feats described
The passage notes the world’s largest paper mill located at Westbrook, Mc. It mentions Bon Marche in Paris housing perhaps the world’s largest kitchen. It cites fifty frying pans capable of cooking 800 cutlets or 220 pounds of potatoes, uses 7 800 sage for omelettes, and employs sixty cooks and 100 kitchen boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westbrook
Woodpulp
Bon Marche
Paris
The Ferris Wheel at the Exposition Landmark of Iron and Wind
World’s Fair correspondence describes the Ferris Wheel as the towering Midway Plaisance landmark. George W. G. Ferris, a Pittsburg engineer, conceived a revolutionary ride with two equal wheels, iron beams, and forty wire chairs per car. The structure weighs about 1200 tons and rests on two 140 foot towers with concrete foundations. Each car holds eight passengers and includes a door and windows protected by an iron grate, with 1400 total capacity.
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Ilinois Central
Manufactures
George W. G. Ferris
Pittsburg
Owever
Inside the Ferris Wheel at the Fair A Mechanical Wonder
Description of the Ferris wheel structure at the fair details a massive iron axle 32 inches thick and 44 feet long, thirty six cars attached, and a reversible Blooming engine of 1000 horsepower. The wheel operates by a bicycle wheel principle with six cars served in six stops per revolution, with platforms at doors for passenger entry and exit.
Among the Lumbermen Camps in Back Woods Village Life
Camps are built of round logs with rough boards for roof and floor. A typical camp holds a men’s area a cook area and a barn called the hovel plus granary shop and foreman’s office. Forty to sixty men share bunks and a Deason Seat while evenings spark stories cards and dances.
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Deason
Canterbury
Scribner
Bee stings cited as cure for rheumatism in 1892 account
A British Bee Journal correspondent recounts treating an ex police sergeant with bee stings for years of rheumatism. After eight stings he regained elbow mobility and could walk. a second session improved sleep and reduced ankle swelling. A third round saw renewed relief and a final hornpipe celebration.
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British Bee Journal
Confined Sound Experiments Across Castle Well and Paris Pipe
The Isle of Wight fortress castle well 12 feet wide and 200 feet deep transmits a dropped pie’s splash 182 feet below. Paris iron pipe stretches 4120 feet with two bends, carrying whispers end to end. A pistol shot at one end blew out a candle and ejected shavings at the other during tests.
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Causbrook Castle
Isle of Wight
British Isles
Paris
William Penns Will Restored In Philadelphia Relic
Frank Subin of Philadelphia owns a near perfect 1684 will of William Penn. The document is in excellent condition with silk stitching and wax seals bearing Penns arms. It bears attestations by Lloyd Holmes Harrison and Clarke and was drawn in Philadelphia on June 6 1684.
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Frank ‘I’. Subin
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Penn
Thomas Lloyd
Thomas Holmes
James Harrison
William Clarke
St. Louis Republic
When a person becomes lost in thought it in due to his wandering
A fragment from a Philadelphia-era column remarks on mental wandering as a cause of being absorbed in thought. The line suggests a reflective moment, noting inward focus and the ease of drifting away from surroundings during contemplation.
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Fred Burnaby
Chicago
Gerald Rolston
Rolston
Burnaby
Urnaby
Philadelphia
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Berlin
Fingerville
New Jersey
Prosanty
Joseph Rodgers & Sons
Sheffield
England
Hamilton Houston
San Francisco
Baldwin
Cape Colony
Italy
Capada
Sgtptiams
Michigan
William Penn
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