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Newspaper
Holbrook News
Location
Holbrook, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
6
Report describes the Juggernaut festival in Orissa where tens of thousands of Hindus will pull the massive wooden car, believed to grant heaven, while British officers prevent self harm among devotees. The 43 foot high car, six foot wheel high, is decorated with gold cloth and a wooden cage atop.
Pekin report notes Confucius born 551 BC as a moralist not a religious founder. His line ends with a duke, water from a 2450 year old well used as shrine in the Confucian temple grounds at Kufow. Confucius, once Lu minister of crime, was banished for uprightness and later wrote his famous maxims.
The Atlantic fleet flagship Connecticut at Brooklyn navy yard will house four new 12 tech guns for a two week trial. An expert crew will handle the guns after removing old ones, aiming to build on the ship's reputation with thirteen hits in fourteen from a 13 inch turret at about 14 006 yards.
In a playful exchange a man and woman flirt over dates and a proposed trip to Europe. He declares love and proposes again after a sequence of refusals. She jokes about finances and hints at a plan to keep him calling to satisfy her father’s curiosity.
A grave physician warns against rocking a baby while a young mother defends the cradle’s soothing motion. The physician recalls ancient practice. the mother presses for traditional methods, prompting an abrupt correction about past medical knowledge.
A quirky bride reception scene ends when Stodgers discovers the bride’s mother is present and jokes about confusing the groom with his brother. A fundraising punch line mocks Senator Bunk’s praise versus lack of funds. A shipboard customs joke reveals a father’s undeclared luggage and a lighthearted misdeclaration about Europe’s cold.
A reader notes the town buzzes with constant church scandals. The remark claims there has been no dull moment in the past year due to ongoing religious controversies and gossip among locals.
A joke about marriage and spending ends with a husband revealing his wife uses bold budget etiquette. She requests nothing directly and simply states what she wants, prompting an amusing reflection on financial harmony in a marriage.
The Michigan led a fast six-mile broadside drill with four bullseyes at 12,000 yards, setting unprecedented naval gunnery marks. The crew braced a sea of foam and spent shells as 1,400 pound projectiles unleashed 65,600 foot tons of muzzle energy, lifting the fleet's prestige to new heights.
A humorous anecdote from the National Magazine recounts Senator Frye of Maine and Senator Spooner at a trout stream. They arrange regular trout shipments to Frye’s home, but an order mixup delivers smoked herring instead. Frye replies that only smoked herring will ever catch fresh trout, a tale ending with the return message noted.
An English woman recalls renting a furnished Riviera flat which proved costly. A memorable incident was a visit from two washer women who left their cards, reportedly the only callers during the stay.
In Chile between Antofagasta and Oruro an engineer facing costly material transport devised a wind powered solution. He built box cars for workers commuting to the site and for carrying construction materials, using the prevailing morning and evening breezes to move supplies efficiently.
The article describes wind powered rail cars carrying goods with sails as the only propulsion. Brakes control speed and buffers prevent accidents. The system, praised for thrift and practicality, is rapidly spreading between coastal towns where steady trade winds enable 30 to 40 mile per hour travel.
Berlin authorities push a direct entertainment tax aimed at all ticketed amusements except schools and charities. The rate ranges from ten to twenty five percent, with even cheap moving pictures taxed at eight cents per visitor. Citizens protest what they call an unfair tax on simple pleasures, while officials insist the measure will raise about 250000 dollars annually.
Sharon Pa George Haven, while walking late at night, stepped onto the boards of an abandoned well and fell through. He clung to a crossbeam for about two hours, cried for help, and prayed as the cold sapped his strength. He released and dropped only six inches when the shaft was found to be filled near the top.
The Paris Academy of Sciences reports a study by Professor Macauliffe and Marie finding normal minded men with large feet or small feet patterns opposite to women. They claim soldiers show more small feet and weak-minded men more large feet while many normal women are small footed. The researchers say the results support the old idea that woman is man's equal as his opposite.
Boston based Glidden company plans long range airships carrying at least 29 people with regular schedules. Charles J. Glidden targets landing stations in Worcester Springfield New Haven Bridgeport and routes Boston to Washington with stops in major cities and a Boston to New York segment already outlined. He predicts passenger ships could outpace rail for travel and mail within ten years and aims to launch the first aerial fleet by 1912.
A speaker laid out plans for a main station site and urged awaiting engineers reports on aeroplanes. He cited French flights with 12 passengers as proof of capability and predicted heavier-than-air craft would dominate future travel while dirigibles offered less promise. He noted an engineer in Germany with Count Zeppelin and another in France, and that the airship line would run along railroad routes between cities.
Robert Newman of 1414 Washington avenue phoned police to find his trousers missing after a beggar borrowed them with his watch inside. He gave the case number 5574569 and the works number 6183475, prompting police to pursue the culprit.
Paris shifts to electric carpets for room heating say La Liberte. A steel wire underlayer forms a contact to distribute current evenly. The system promises lower costs than existing methods with a one cent per hour heat estimate for a room.
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