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Newspaper
Galena Tribune
Location
Galena, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1905
Page
2
Teddy writes in the Cleveland Leader about a stifling early summer season. He notes the heat arrived with June sunshine and wonders why hot weather won t come earlier in the year. He recalls a near deathly July day and laments missing December cold.
Rex recalls a roommate story of a haunted house across the street where a supposed hypnotist allegedly hangs a living woman each night. The twist reveals a ventriloquist and his wax figure doll enacting a prank to bait police, ending with the reveal that no murder occurred and the “hangings” were a mechanical stunt to deter rats.
A canti lever bridge now under construction at Quebec will feature two 210 foot approach spans, two shore arms of 500 feet, and a central span of 1,800 feet, extending the longest span yet built by 90 feet across the St. Lawrence River.
A Boston minister faced a moral trial when a newlywed couple paid him 50 cents for their wedding and later another half dollar for a second ceremony. He advised a discount, explaining he had married the first couple five times, so duty required a higher fee for the second. The bridegroom paid the remaining 4.50, and the minister's customary fee was five dollars.
A wild eyed inventor visited General Nelson A Miles and offered a bulletproof army coat. Miles ordered a guard to load a rifle with ball cartridge as the coat was tested, but the man fled before finishing his pitch.
Mr Terwilliger is described as the busiest neighbor, endlessly tinkering with home devices. He works on a window lowering system, furnace controls from above, a wind mill to lift cistern water to a roof tank, and an automatic dumb waiter between pantry and dining room. He explains he pursues inventions to save labor.
A jumble of playful phrases and a comic clock gag appears beside a tale of a yellow satchel salesman and a rooster clock, then a New York dervish record set by Marie Bayrooty from Beirut at Madison Square Garden, spinning 82 minutes requiring orange and banana snacks during the feat.
Japanese war department reports economy measures in Manchuria. Used socks stockings and hosiery are collected and remade into knitting yarns. The yarn is distributed to hosiery manufacturers and reknitted into underwear, then shipped back to the front.
A brief notice notes a person named Bill describing a “diamond broker” as settling for peanuts at the baseball grounds. No further details or context are given in the fragment.
The article details two English inventors advancing a bird inspired flying machine with 100 flap per minute wings lifting a 232 pound carriage about two feet per stroke. It tests from a suspended setup and notes potential for multi unit feathered wings to increase resistance and lift beyond insect or bat type designs. It also covers razor blade innovations and global power from water, plus the Simplon Tunnel delay and rising interest in new islands such as Japan, Bogosloff, and others through sea formation chronology.
Plans show a combined hot and cold water feed to a bathroom over a kitchen cistern pump. The scheme describes tanks, kerosene heat, pipe layouts, and a 75 dollar total to create a permanent bath facility accessible to farmers and rural households.
A Philadelphia Record note claims a Washington letter praises Col Nicolas Pike’s uncle, but Artemus Martin argues the first US born arithmetic was Isaac Greenwood’s 1729 Harvard professor work. Greenwood predates Pike by 59 years, with earlier foreign and domestic imprints and other early American texts cited.
A newly completed river crossing between Widnes and Runcorn over the Mersey is described as unusual for having neither footpath nor roadway. A single car carries four wagons and 300 passengers, suspended 80 feet above water, with loading at the river edge to avoid inland approaches and ship obstruction. The design aims to speed crossings without heavy grades or long approaches.
Pekin Times cites drifting floating mines from Port Arthur endangering ships. Hsinch at Tientsin reports sighting a mine, engines stopped, officers fired rifle shots without effect, a boat towed the mine for two hours until it exploded. Captain Pratt says a mine was exploded at 100 yards. Kungping reports a large spiked mine twenty three miles from Howski Island. rifle fire caused fragments to fall on deck.
A North Carolinian asks how far Gouldville is and receives a folk reply in non literal terms. The exchange uses regional dialect to measure distance by verbal cues, concluding Gouldville isn’t worth hollerin about.
Comte de Castillon de Saint-Victor ascends in the Centaure with M J Jaubert and Dr Jolly to study the atmosphere. Other aerostatic flights reported from Berlin Strasbourg Bar nau Munchen Vienna Zurich Rome and Trappes on the same day.
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