05 May 1905
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Newspaper
The Bowbells Tribune
Location
Bowbells, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1905
Page
1
Abraham Abelson of New York presents a gravity driven railway adapted to cross rivers gorges and ravines. Towers anchor cables with counterweights maintaining tautness and stability. Swivel truck cars ride the suspended cables and descend by gravity between towers, offering potential time savings over existing transportation methods.
William J. Cahill, 17, son of Hancock School Commissioner Edwin P. Cahill, raises Angora goats from a seven year effort. He owns several hundred goats on land cleared for orchards. His goats won $100 at St Louis and earned a Hamburg order for eight. A New York show awarded a $100 silver cup for best Angora.
The text presents a somber lyric on laborers toiling from dawn to dusk, facing hunger and want yet cherishing virtue. It contrasts grim toil with visions of wealth, churches, and spires, ending with a religious note of reward and “Well done” spoken by Charles EB Milroy.
An elderly prisoner, Moreno, condemned in 1867 to twenty seven years for desertion and brigandage, was kept in Cartagena jail eleven extra years after his sentence expired in 1894 due to a lost record. A Madrid newspaper editor exposed the error triggering Moreno’s release amid public outcry.
In Paris a runaway horse sparked a crowd and a heroic police rescue reported by the New York Tribune. A second swindler’s ruse exposed how an alert officer was duped by a clever Parisian con artist, highlighting audacious schemes in the city.
The article argues that specialization lowers unit costs in manufacturing. It cites Edison’s early incandescent lamps at $3 each versus modern mass produced bulbs under twenty cents. It notes watches once handmade and costly are now produced by machinery in large lots, making accurate timekeeping affordable.
The Oregon State fisheries exhibit will be at the north end of the forestry building in Portland. It will show salmon hatching methods and feature large specimens of the lordly chinook, the king of fresh water fish. Some spring catch fish weighing 85 to 90 pounds and 5.5 to 6 feet long will be preserved in formaldehyde in inverted glass jars.
A satirical verse by Horace Seumann Keller contrasts women's vitality with aging, listing activities they pursue such as shopping sewing dancing and socializing. The piece defends women’s continued youthfulness as natural and not treasonous.
The smallest full-grown elephant in Europe is on view in London. He stands thirty-three inches tall and weighs 230 pounds. When photographed, he traveled by cab, and a luncheon of buns and brandy and water was provided for him.
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