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Newspaper
Logan Nation
Location
Logan, Utah, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1901
Page
14
A fragment from the North American Review describes a bizarre scene in Massachusetts where a device aims to stop a rooster from crowing. The text interweaves a poetic mood with themes of union and power, hints at a cultural debate on gender and conquest, and frames human longing as driving force behind earthly marvels.
Edward P Howard of Brockton proposed an anti crowing attachment using steel springs and padded clamps to prevent crowing without harming the bird. The device fastens to a rooster’s bill, tightens as the jaw opens, and was reportedly tested on Plymouth Rock bantams, but the market rejected it despite claimed safety.
A writer recalls testing a huge lens for the Lick telescope at Cambridgeport with Alvah Clark. In a dark room the giant Qint glass stood tensely. Light from the disk revealed even the smallest imperfection, risking invention by the observer’s eye.
In a Youth's Companion description Mr Clark demonstrates a lens reacting to heat from nearby bodies. A viewer sees a volcanic display as the glass mass expands and contracts, creating jets of light before settling to a calm, reflected glow. The phenomenon is explained as heat radiation affecting the glass structure.
A 2850 foot steel wire suspension tramway spans a canyon on the South Fork of the American River to move 3000 feet of green timber from the heart of the sugay pine forest district east of Lake Tahoe to the El Dorado Lumber mill. The towered route crosses a 1000 foot gorge with two parallel cables carrying a car across. The feat showcases a pioneering industrial solution likely to inspire similar projects and to bring timber wealth to tidewater at San Francisco.
A humorous incident near St Paul involved Governor Samuel T Van Sant aiding two New York ladies with their baggage on a Northern Pacific train. The portly governor carried two large grips in each hand through the crowd to the waiting room after noting the women’s struggle. The event drew amused comments from onlookers as the governor offered practical help rather than leadership bravado.
All Swiss glaciers except one are retreating steadily. Since 1874 the Rhone glacier alone has shortened by more than thirty-one yards annually, signaling ongoing glacier loss across the alpine region.
In a bitter storm a young man travels with an old stranger to fetch a doctor for Elsie who is slipping toward death. After risking life in ice and flood, he saves her, tends the old man’s needs, and learns Elsie is the niece he once knew while discovering a plot involving a $5000 case that has already gone by default.
The National Review cites Mr. Walton from the Royal Statistical Society Journal noting London’s population rose from about 1,000,000 in 1804 to 5,442,000 by 1804 and an estimated 6,260,000 in 1901. The article warns figures differ from census returns, yet indicates a sixfold increase over a century within roughly 200 square miles.
The death penalty for murder has been restored in Colorado and states. Imprisonment for life experiments produced more homicides. Only four states now do not inflict the penalty, per Chicago report.
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