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Newspaper
Massillon Independent
Location
Massillon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1906
Page
6
Upton Sinclair outlines a planned cooperative home colony near New York for about 100 families. It would blend farm land, shared kitchens, and dedicated children care with expert management, aiming to solve the servant problem and provide affordable, quality living through collective enterprise.
A Venetian host in France hosts princes merchants and critics for dinner. When a spoiled centerpiece forces a scullion Antonio Canova to improvise with butter a lion, critics praise the accidental genius. The boy reveals his talent and is celebrated as a future master sculptor.
The embryo brain evolves from serpent like origin to a form resembling fishes birds and mammals before reaching human shape. Works by Hein Wilson and Hugh Miller are cited noting these transformations and the idea that man is the sum total of all animals.
The article cites a Parisian writer arguing Napoleon I’s illegible hand influenced history. A handwriting master supposedly told Dumas that Napoleon’s scrawl altered battles and destinies, suggesting legible writing might have changed France’s future and preserved the empire.
The term osprey refers to the fish hawk but fashion uses osprey feathers inferred from egret plumes. Pliny linked ossifraga to the lammergeyer, yet ossifrage and osprey now denote a different bird. Feathers used in fashion actually come from the egret, not the osprey.
The sea otter blends seal habits with otter wit and curiosity. In rare herd gatherings far at sea they swim on their backs, eat while prone, and nurse young on their chests between the paws. They shield their eyes with their paws as the sun dazzles them.
A Houston Post item quotes a man saying he will seek out an inferior to give him a licking after a morning encounter described as polite. The brief exchange frames a confrontation over perceived politeness versus aggression.
An anecdote from English Country Life recalls a teacher pondering egg incubation methods. A nine year old student replies that eggs can hatch in another way by placing them under a duck, illustrating practical resourcefulness.
A humorously clipped dialogue pits Robbie and another speaker over love and marriage. The exchange questions whether affection is real and suggests marriage as a solution. A brief aside touches on experience with children, indicating domestic themes and playful miscommunication.
A widow in a rural tale battles love and labor as four hired men quit after awkward proposals. The fifth, Tom Parker, stays distant yet capable, finally winning her heart as she confronts her own feelings during farm life and butter prices rising.
A new sand press design for meat pressing uses a series of stacked meat boxes that fit into each other, allowing variable quantities and simultaneous pressing of different meats. The device features perforated bases, adjustable crossheads, hinged boxes, and grooves to guide boxes and drain liquids, with an optional ice chamber for cooling.
The tesserograph by Roberto Tacggi Piscelli of Florence prints each ticket in one operation from a thick paper strip. It prints station name, destination, issue date, ticket number, class, kind, price, and company monogram. Duplicate tickets ensure checking. The machine handles 400 ticket kinds and requires inspector authorization daily.
In Durango Mexico a towering iron mountain rises, claimed to be the world’s most remarkable feature. It stands 2000 feet tall with three quarters of a mile base thickness and is nearly solid iron. Iron firms have eyed its riches but faced government refusals to lease. Ore reportedly yields about 87 percent pure iron.
Eastern Shansi coal fields, soon reached by Peking syndicate railways, are estimated to hold 600 000 000 000 tons, enough for about 700 years of global demand. Western Shansi and vast deposits in Hunan and Kansu add to the stock, countering a Nation claim that world coal life is only 300 years.
The official 1905 German coal production totals 121,208,167 metric tons valued at 262 million dollars, up under 500,000 tons from 1904. Lignite output reaches 52,498,507 tons, rising about 4 million tons from 1904, with lignite valued at 330 million dollars.
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