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Newspaper
Grand Rapids Tribune
Location
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1914
Page
13
A deranged inventor Nicknamed the Mad American hauls a gyroscopic foot velocipede across continents. He pursues revenge, driving Hopkins eastward from Spa to Vladivostok in a deadly, unstoppable sprint with a warming fur coat ballast and a perilous machine.
A Jersey night operator fainted at a mouse near her luncheon crumbs and hid in a closet overnight. The piece argues fear of mice among women may be instinctive or social, noting mice are harmless and unlikely to bite, and challenges theories of evolutionary roots and fashion trends.
A Baptist church in Santa Rosa is said to be built from a single giant redwood from Guerneville area. The main structure interior finishings and seating use the same wood with no plaster. The tree yielded 78 000 feet of timber and leftover material could make shingles and joists. The 70 foot tower on the southwest corner collapsed in the 1906 earthquake. The piece ends with a quip about Leap Year and a London Punch joke.
Scientific discussion notes instinct to kill insects stems from humans’ need to protect food, livestock, and health. It cites malaria, sleeping sickness, and ancient declines in Greece and Rome as insectborne burdens, urging broader pest control to reduce deaths and disease. Seismograph evidence used in court to link machinery vibration to property damage.
An 1895 Chicago bee tale recounts Bum the bee who outlived generations, kept safe by cunning and rest, until he fell in with robbers. The hive rose to defend him, and Bum died beneath guards after stealing honey. The story blends lore with a warning about crime and nature.
Wisconsin items report a string of local incidents across cities including Green Bay Manitowoc Wausau Oshkosh Superior Sheboygan and Appleton. Highlights cover violent acts accidents suicides arrests a rail fatality and civic projects with names of towns institutions and individuals.
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