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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1912
Page
5
Report describes a dramatic incident in Paris where a trunk struck the ground emitted a sudden current of air through its trunk like a valve at impact. The ensuing noise resembled a large sheet of tin, leading to speculation that animals beat their sides with their trunks, though the cause remains unclear.
M Joubert a professor at the agricultural college in Fontainebleau reports a new method to make hens lay by adding wine to their regular feed. After multiple trials across fowl types and six experiments, wine fed hens produced about 20 extra eggs per month compared with bread alone.
A Paris cafe owner showcases the world’s smallest cow, just over two feet tall and five years old. The cow yields modest milk but attracts many customers, making her a local attraction.
About twenty years ago the diamond merchants of Amsterdam held their market in cafes or on the street drawing gems from their pockets to trade. The scene reflected a rough and informal marketplace for precious stones among local traders.
A historical note on elephant vocalizations and meanings. Elephants use sounds from trunk and throat to express fear anger pleasure and need. Specific sounds include shrill trumpets for anger and brassy tones for fear with lower squeaks or purring for pleasure.
Nagoya violin maker unveils the reikin a guitar shaped four string instrument. By manipulating its keys it can perform the work of seven samisen. Demonstrations in an orchestra of Japanese instruments show it as a successful innovation.
In an old Viennese village custom villagers parade a grotesquely dressed dummy named the Lazelwife. A troupe of musicians flog the dummy before each house as they collect cakes and wine from households.
A man who gives all bright money to his wife observes that bright dimes quarters and halves come in streaks. He reports periods of days or weeks with many bright coins followed by a month with none.
A fragment from what may be the world’s largest tree stood in Southern California. It rose over 300 feet tall with a 90 foot base, and this section weighs 60 tons and spans 56 feet in circumference. The concentric rings show growth beginning in 550.
Article notes Zanzibar clove yields vary yearly with a heavy export duty and markets in France and the U S, while copra from coconuts fuels soap and oil cake production. It describes cultivation cycles, sun drying, and main buyers in America, Germany, and India. The sultan Ali bin Hamoud, educated in England, governs Zanzibar as a British protectorate.
Gifford Pinchot and Miles Poindexter traveled in Alaska with a guide who ate constantly. The guide consumed four to five grouse per meal while the politicians ate one each. Poindexter hunted sea gulls to keep pace. the guide admitted eating gulls after tiring of seeing them.
In Surrogate Fowler's court a crowd of over forty heirs and socialites gathered to challenge Maria L. Campbell's will leaving 2 million to four cousins. Witnesses testified to alleged insanity and irrational acts by the octogenarian spinster and her supposed heiress sympathizers. Names like Killaen Van Rensselaer Stephen and William B. Blackwell are among interested parties.
Miss Alice P. Vanston of the Social Service House urges using public school buildings for dances under municipal oversight to curb dangers of private halls. She argues higher age limits won t solve the problem and that supervised, accessible venues would provide healthy recreation for girls and boys.
Fifteen hundred actors and actresses fill Chicago's Rialto as about forty companies folded nearby. Managers report a flood of applicants with 200 workers for every opening. The LaSalle Opera House and Rowland & Clifford offices note many pleas for work and a harsh year for small dramatic and musical outfits. Many actors head toward southern stock companies, but joblessness lingers.
Estelle McElroy eighteen was jailed in Hillburn after police caught her in Hillburn Bronze Works while allegedly planning to rob the factory. She wore boys clothing to conceal identity and faces charges of attempted burglary. Authorities search for leaders of a months long burglary ring affecting Rockland villages.
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