Quietest Place on Earth Found in Utrecht
The Dutch city of Utrecht hides a room built for research that is sealed from all vibration. Professor H Zwaardemaker created three nested rooms with vacuum between walls and multiple layers of stone horsehair wood cork lead sea grass and tapestry to absorb sound. The inner chamber remains absolutely silent.
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Utrecht
Holland
H. Zwaardemaker
Wandt
Leipzig
Zwaardemaker
Earth
Trick of East Indian thieves exposed in training schools
A Calcutta report describes thieves schools in India teaching concealment techniques. Trainees swallow a lead piece on a thread, guide it to the throat, then coat it with lime to aid ingestion. The process aims to hide items in the throat and escape detection.
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India
Aaper
Calcutta
Tillamook County Scenery Cuts Miss Last Week’s Trip Note
Accompanying photographs of scenes along the P. R. N. railroad were received too late to accompany the editor’s earlier Graphic trip write up to the same region.
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Graphic
No Dog and No, Child Replies at the Table
A fragmented social vignette describes a rift at a meal with children and elders. The father's firm tone contrasts with a stubborn sister seeking more dessert or bread. The scene shifts to a note on Indian thieves and pouching rupees, cited from National Monthly.
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Dog
National Monthly
Calendar quirks and comical exchanges echoed in old notes
A mix of pithy quips and calendar tropes from Paris Journal and News recounts curious calendar facts such as which months share start days in common years and why centuries shift. A joke about a tramp and a sharp retort from a wary woman punctuate the snippets.
The Wrong Plea In a Separation Suit
In a separation suit the husband’s advocate urged a brutal and violent history while the wife’s responses portrayed her as spiteful and short tempered, creating a heated courtroom exchange with emphasis on character references.
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First St
White
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Victor
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Second Street
F. H. Griffith
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