Hermit Ah Chow of Hawaii Dies After Thirty Years on Mountain
In Hilo Hawaii Ah Chow a Chinese laborer turned hermit lived alone for about three decades on a cliff edge mountain above Papalkouwmanuka. He avoided contact with locals built a coffin like hut and reportedly raised pineapples peanuts and fruit trees while hunting for meat with bird snares. His body was found and burned with his hat as witness to a solitary end.
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San Francisco
Hilo
Hawaii
Ah Chow
Islands
Papalkouwmanka
Chow
Molokai
Jude
Kanaka
Planta
Ghost Answers Phone In Church Haunt
In Philadelphia Old St. Pauls church reports a ghost that answers the telephone after hours. The shade, seen on a stairway, also relays tidbits about staff and meals, leaving Rev. H Cresson McHenry and assistants mystified. He later saw a figure in the stairwell but found all doors locked and no trace upon inspection.
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Philadelphia
St. Paul’s Church
Protestant Episcopal City Mission
Third Street
H. Cresson McHenry
Mr. McHenry
City Mission
Panther Escapes Circus in Wisconsin Set Offs Panic
A panther that escaped a Rhinelander circus a year ago has caused a statewide scare in northern Wisconsin. Evidence of the beast’s savagery appears in a woodsman’s partly devoured body near Brentwood, and a child at a Tripoli homestead is reported missing amid fears of a panther attack.
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Rhinelander
Wisconsin
Brentwood
Tripoli
Lightning strikes hen house killing nine fowls
Winsted Connecticut Mr and Mrs Joseph Scriber of West Colbrook returned from Norfolk where high meat prices led them to avoid buying. On arrival they found their hennery struck by lightning killing nine fowls and broilers some already dressed by the bolt with feathers removed.
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Winsted
Conn
Joseph Scriber
West Colbrook
Norfolk
Froge That Eat Chickena in York Pa Report
Mrs. Caroline Ferguson living near Margaretta Furnace reported missing chicks for some time. She claims a frog jumped from a pond, caught a chick, and leapt back. After draining the pond and removing a dozen or more frogs no more chicks vanished.
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York
Caroline Ferguson
Margaretta Furnace
New balloon fabric rivals German material gains
A new seven layer rubber silk balloon fabric reaches the U S market resembling continental material. It weighs five ounces per square yard with two silk skins, vulcanized to a durable layer able to withstand 100 pounds per inch width and withstands moisture gas, heat and cold with minimal gas loss. Durability is boosted with fivefold life and easy patching though price runs about 2.50 dollars per square yard.
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Germany
Scientific American
Improved frying pan with multi compartment design
A pan with three internal compartments keeps different foods separate while cooking on a single burner. It uses two partitions a V shaped bent piece with flanges bolted to the bottom and a straight piece from the apex to the far side. Bolt heads on the underside raise the pan from the stove.
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Eal
Scientific American
Photoelectric Effects in Potassium-Sodium Alloy
Dr J A Fleming demonstrated in a Royal Society experiment that a potassium sodium alloy sealed in vacuum leaks negative electricity when illuminated. An insulated platinum plate in an exhausted tube revealed leakage from the most refrangible rays. Polarization of light affected the observed leakage.
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Vacuo
J. A. Fleming
Royal Society
The Wonderful Alpha Rays Explained by Rutherford
Professor E Rutherford spoke before the Royal Institution detailing alpha rays from radioactive matter as atoms moving at about 6000 miles per second. The fastest particle travels seven centimeters in air and breaks up roughly 100000 molecules en route.
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E. Rutherford
Royal Institution
Longest Submarine Cable Linking Vancouver to New Zealand
The record longest single submarine cable runs from Vancouver to New Zealand. It spans vast oceanic distances, connecting continents and enabling trans Pacific communications.
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Vancouver
New Zealand
Your Own Sweet Voice How to Sing and Speak Perfectly
An instructional piece describes light-waves as vocal vibrations and explains how sound produces distinct tones. It references a luminant instrument showing bass G A and treble D tones, with recordings labeled No 1 through No 4 and notes on pitch relation.
My cell CCTER vu 3 in teaching speech culture
The item, used by Mr. W. Brewer Brown, is a CCTER vu 3 cell model employed in teaching speech culture and voice production. It is cited as a teaching aid to analyze vocal technique.
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W. Brewer Brown
Sauerbruch presents chest surgery in cabin with reduced air
Professor Ernest Sauerbruch of Marburg describes a new chest surgery method using a cabinet with exhausted air to maintain lung pressure balance and prevent collapse. He demonstrates on a dog and reports 12 successful human uses.
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Ernest Sauerbruch
University of Marburg
Germany
American Medical Association
Sauerbruch
Prof. Sauerbruch
Optical Illusion Addition Appears in Figure One
An article introduces a new optical illusion, describing the inside circle in Figure 1. It discusses how perception is affected by visual arrangements and hints at further examples in the series.
Fire in Wool Ships Sparks New Zealand Inquiry
A New Zealand royal commission report links spontaneous combustion to wool on ships, noting frequent fires over two years. Australian tests show surface temperatures near 87 degrees while three feet deep reach 660 degrees, with charring and smoldering due to abundant tallow. Wool with only ordinary fat resists ignition.
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New Zealand
Royal Commission
Natural Indelible Ink From Semecarpus Anacardium Nut
The article describes the Indian tree Semecarpus anacardium whose heart shaped nut yields a black viscid juice used as marking ink. Dried nuts, mixed with quicklime, mark linen and cotton and form a black varnish. Alcohol and sulphuric ether also produce a marking ink. Cashew nuts share these properties.
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Australia
West Indies
South America
Belgian glass director breaks weight lifting record
The record for one arm lifting strength, previously held by two professional athletes Viard and Empain at 244 and 260 kilograms, was surpassed by M. Verhaert, a non professional and director of a Belgian glass factory, who lifted 353 kilograms.
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Viard
Empain
A M. Verhaert
Practical Religion and Daily Life Reflections
A column explores practical religion over Sunday ritual, urging consistent faith in daily acts. It critiques misused religion and quotes a court scene, then shifts to light verses and humor about marriage, cheer, and social manners in a rural Iowa town.
Absinthe Prohibition Moves Switzerland Toward Bans
Swiss efforts push to outlaw distillation and sale of absinthe amid temperance drive. Consul reports devastating absinthe influence and a court case in Vaud fuels momentum as Swiss supply pivots to new sources for U S importers in New York New Orleans and San Francisco.
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Central Park
United States
Neuchatel
Switzerland
New York
New Orleans
San Francisco
Republic
Gifford
Basil
Vaud
Remarkable soda spring discovered in New Mexico
A newly found world notable spring in New Mexico yields water weighing 10.66 pounds per gallon with 83 percent dry sulfate of soda. Evaporation concentrates the compound into crystalline soda, forming a vast white salty bed in a large basin. The spring supplies heat to maintain the channel and deposit growth.
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New Mexico
Etiquette rules haunt a traveler at Kansas wedding feast
A Kansas man recalls a western town where guests at a hotelier's daughter's wedding are warned by etiquette. He is skipped by an old lady serving supper then questioned by others who accuse him of eating twice, leaving him ostracized at the feast.
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Kansas
Kansas City Times
Champagne Bottles and Odd Doings of Long Nails
The piece notes champagne bottles can only be used once due to glass loss. It claims cheap wines reuse secondhand bottles. It also mentions Chinese nobles with 18 inch nails and Siamese belles wearing long silver soot for display, suggesting vanity or ritual.
Mrs Judge J F Boyer Recovers After Peruna Treatment
Mrs Judge J F Boyer of Evanston Illinois reports malaise loss of appetite and energy after illness. She credits Peruna with restoring her health and vigor and thanks the remedy for new life and strength.
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J. F. Boyer
Sherman Ave
Evanston
Peruna
Face Recognition and Dueling Impressions in a Short Exchange
The dialogue features Miss Heamley and Miss Knox discussing a man from New England who studies the speaker's face. He asks if the woman was born that way, while a gift ad for Lewis' Factory, Peoria Illinois, is noted.
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Miss Heamley
Miss Knox
New England
Yeas
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