The Semi Weekly Nation News Sketches and Gossip
A jumble of London and New York cultural notes and witty asides. Mentions of Admiral Cotton Laureate Austin and Sir Thomas Lipton reflect literary and maritime topics. Peary polar prediction stirs talk while a Boston Herald quip about Sankey closes the piece.
A Chinese Execution Special Correspondence
A chaotic narrative from Cheefoo recounts a morning public execution of pirates in the market. Prisoners, aged around 30 to 40, await death with dignity amid crowding, with one notably younger man showing defiance before the blade. The scene shifts to a pirate assault on a supply fleet, met by lethal force as authorities act.
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Cheefoo
Yellow River
Veeela
Portable Irrigator and Power Waste Notes
A portable irrigator with a hollow fork head and piston pump sprays liquid at plant roots. Also discussed is waste heat from furnaces, potential for using surplus gas energy, and emerging electric sleeping cars and tamper resistant envelope ideas.
Invention: long handled lawn trimming shears praised
Lawna reports a new light aluminum like invention for triumming lawns. A German journal describes meteorite a pew metal marketed as meteorite, a compound of Muminum and Hebi in weight equal to aluminum, highly pliable for pipes and wiring. It weighs one third brass and costs the same, promising broad applications.
Wonders of Invention and World Industrial Notes
Wondera of Invention shows mines models and workings. Wood blocks make noiseless street crossings. The Ute Naragansett, the largest ship, launched on the Clyde, will carry 10 000 tons of oil and discharge at 600 tons per hour. Japan limits emigrants to Hawaii to 226 per steamer with men cap at 160, to encourage married emigration. Automobile racing curtailed in France while auto industry expands. Germany sold 7 273 miles of ocean cables in seven years costing 7 million dollars. Major routes include Emden to New York 4812 miles and Shanghai to Tai Tam Chefoo 722 miles.
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Ute Naragansett
Clyde
Government of
Japan
Hawaii
France
Germany
Emden
New York
Azores
Shanghai
Taitam
Chefoo
Genany
England
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