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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1912
Page
5
A fragment notes odd animal behavior such as a fly repeatedly crawling up a window pane and hens scratching with the sun behind them to reflect light on particles. It hints at an explanation but cuts off with a blind hen.
An informal collection explains why dogs curl to lie before a fire and why cats rest with their left side turned away from heat. A mouse forages food despite alarms, and a garter snake kept as a pet may learn to beg for meals. The piece notes dogs thrice-rotate before lying as a prehistoric habit.
The Spectre of the Brocken casts enormous climbers shadows on the Hars mountains and repeats every move on Peru’s Pambamarca summit, creating mirrored apparitions in the sky.
Hananuma Masa kichi of Tokio carved a wooden figure so like himself that experts say it is the most perfect human image ever made. The figure uses 20 000 wood pieces, with seams undetectable and hairs set in tiny drilled holes to resemble Masakichi’s own features.
Beavers cut upper branches two to four inches thick and two to three feet long. They carry the green bark under water to storage burrows in the dam banks. The stored bark serves as winter food. A Mesa County Colorado dam measured six feet tall and held water several acres deep, built entirely of willow.
A cycle and motorcycle show in London features the so called motor trip. The user stands on a low platform between the two rear wheels instead of sitting. All three wheels are small.
The article describes a revived Dutch effort to drain the Zuyder Zee, covering 60 000 hectares. It notes past proposals a half century ago, growing support, and the formation of an association with a bill in parliament. Proponents argue reclamation can expand the country amid rising population and accompanying needs.
The piece explains that about 1.5 billion people exist and that an inch of rain on the watershed would yield two gallons per person. It notes that if every person on earth poured two gallons into New York City's water system, it would not last ten days.
A Cincinnati Times Star New York letter recalls Mayor Gaynor dismissing Paco Charlie who begged for food on the Brooklyn Bridge. Plainclothes officers move to quell mendicancy and exile Charlie to Blackwell's Island, with a census cited figure of 6,000,047 chances to win or lose.
Miss Mary Donnelly cashier for Mrs Belmont’s suffrage movement bunkhouse in New York lauds female resourcefulness. A train anecdote shows a woman trimming magazine pages with a hairpin while an old man with a knife watches. The tale ends with the woman making a note in the margin.
Lespes the French journalist known as Timothee Trimm endured a creditor who blocked his room and prepared a charcoal fire. He blocked entry with newspaper scraps and posted a notice claiming they would die of their own will. The creditor fled in fear after Trimm threatened joint suicide.
Fairlie Trent reveals impending marriage to John Carter after a winter of artistic struggle and social matchmaking by Mrs. Jerry Towne. Carter declares they will marry and travel abroad, leaving Kingston's plans in the air as the couple steps into a new life together.
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