Fourth of July in Columbia Rail Town Sparks Bold Celebration
In Columbia a railroad town, the Our Boys club organized a daring Fourth of July plan. They harvested red fire sticks and torpedoes from railroad workers, storing them behind the round house. By two weeks before the holiday they amassed dozens of sticks and many torpedoes for a dramatic night display.
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Joly Stonys
Columbia
Our Boys
Bern Gilman
Sky Rockets
Red Tire
Tlea
Jim Slade
Oon
Our Boy
Vilroaders
Mier
Firecracker Plot Lights Up Town Celebration
A group of boys known as the Our Boys club hijacked Fourth of July festivities in a small town. They harvested red powder from signals, framed a daring train-torpedo display on rails, and staged a fake fire scare with a two-square spread of torpedoes. The stunt halted a busy express, terrified passengers, and drew mock cheers as volunteers and firefighters rushed to battle a staged blaze. The prank boosted club fame and drew many applicants.
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Charley War Lew
Johnny Hook
Stevenson
Our Boys
Columbia
Key
Fie
Extraordinary Swimmer Gormly Sparks Australian Style Craze
A New York Sun report describes Gormly as a swimmer whose peculiar corkscrew left leg motion and straight right arm draw intense interest from Australian and New Zealand rivals. He trains six to eight hours daily, and his method has experts puzzled and copied, promising front page attention when he arrives this summer.
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Australia
Gormly
New Zealand
Antipodes
New York Sun
Indestructibility and Fusibility of the Diamond Explored
The piece discusses the diamond as historically indestructible by acids and fire, noting a 5000 degree flame can burn it in open heat while sealed in air prevents burning. It also covers dramatic naval and earthquake observations, including Captain Keene’s remarks on shipwrecks and South American nerves under disaster, as reported by the Washington Post.
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Renner
St. Louis Republic
Atlantic
L. M. Keene
United States Navy
Ebbitt
Charleston
Bnuilets
Washington
Tricks in Teas Expose 60 000 Packages Found Adulterated
A New York World report describes sweeping tea fraud with 60,000 packages condemned at the port. Inspector Isaac McGay explains adulteration with dirt clay willow and sloe leaves and the use of Marlowe leaves. He demonstrates by tasting samples and notes health effects from the tasting ritual.
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John
America
Congress
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
New York World
United States
Laight
Hudson Streets
Isaac McGay
Port of
McGay
China
Canada
England
Marlowe
Hong Kong
Marlowe Street
Langley’s nanoscope thermometric wire gains precision
A Detroit Free Press report describes Professor Langley of the Smithsonian Institution bringing a highly refined belometer to near perfection. The instrument uses a 1-590 inch wire, with a 1-509 inch thickness, where no current flows. Temperature changes alter the wire’s resistance and thus the current, yielding temperature readings.
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Langley
Smithsonian Institution
Cory
Lansley Law
Detroit Free Press
Tides of 640 Feet Predicted by Irish Astronomer
Professor Ball notes a historic lunar distance shift and its impact on tides. He explains that when the moon was about 49,099 miles away, tides could reach roughly 660 feet, potentially flooding the Mississippi Valley and piling water 400 feet deep in St Louis streets.
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Professor Ball
Ireland
Mississippi Valley
Eads
St. Louis
St. Loam Republia
Saved by its Dot Dog helps 8-year-old in New Brunswick river
An eight-year-old boy playing near a bridge in New Brunswick New Jersey fell into the water. A dog, a Newfoundlander, sprang in and swam to the boy. The dog kept the boy afloat until they reached shore and the boy grabbed the dock log to climb out. Witnesses praised the dog's apparent intelligence.
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New Brunswick
N. J
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