Mauna Loa described as king of modern volcanoes
An official US Geological Survey report portrays Mauna Loa as the great mountain, far surpassing others in mass and eruptive power. It notes vast lava flows potentially capable of sinking Hawaii, details a summit crater and dramatic lava fountains observed by Isabella Bird Bishop, and describes episodes of upwelling lava and towering flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Everest
Dutton
Acc
United States Geological Survey
Mauna Loa
Vesuvius
Pompeii
Hawaii
Mauna Vau
Isabella Bird Bishop
Eruptions and Vistas of Mauna Loa Described in Dutton Text
The article recounts volcanic activity around Hawaii’s Mauna Loa with notes on the island’s geography and lava flows. It cites Captain Dutton describing eruptions, crater activity, lava fountains, and the formidable lava lake that repeatedly surges, supported by figures for eruption scale and column height.
Egyptian Fellas Rise to Military Prominence Under British Guidance
Harper's Magazine argues that native Egyptian troops, trained and led by British officers, have transformed from mistreated conscripts to patient steady soldiers. The piece cites Sudan campaigns of the 1890s and notes their quiet bravery, resilience against desert hardship, and improved relations with white officers as key to regaining the Soudan and stabilizing control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Ismail
Arabi
Tommy Atkins
Harper's Magazine
Montana Man Sheds His Skin in Forty-Three Year Oddity
A Butte miner, J. M. Price, exhibits a yearly skin shedding ritual that has continued for forty-three years. He skins hands and face then removes a large sheet of skin from his body each July 24, storing a glovelike piece. Medical experts have not solved the phenomenon, though his health remains good and his family shows no inherited signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Butte
J. M. Price
Price
San Francisco
Denver Post
Eruroferaning & Lowes
Gustavo Pisenti
University of
Perugia
Prof. Pisenti
Pisenti
Artemus Ward
Corious Fountain to Represent Queensland at London Exhibition
A Corious Fountain, Queensland will be represented in London by a notable fountain of quicksilver, among the colony’s chief productions. The display will feature two iron elements, one positioned above the other, finished in black enamel to present a striking appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wille Ehatoris
Queensland
London
Colony
Nests in Manaea Bunches
Dr Morris Gibbs reports bats and numerous creatures hide in banana bunches. He cites spiders, snakes, lizards, crabs, mice, and insects hitchhiking to American ports, traveling with green fruit and spreading across urban areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manaea
Morris Gibbs
Central America
Bees Found In Beer Cask At Stratford Depot
A beehive was discovered by workers from Boake Roberts & Co on arrival of a Burien treaty era truck at Carpenter's Road Stratford East. Bees filled a beer cask with honey and swarm. most insects and belongings were destroyed by workmen before managers learned. The remainder were preserved in a new cask and appear settled and content.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boake, Roberts & Co
Carpenter’s Road
Stratford
Burien
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Hilo
Port Arthur
Oup
Hawali
Forpital City
Hof Duhy
Cresh
Austra
Fonolulu
King of the Crup- Lawlegs
Honolulu
Kilauea
Great Mountain
White Mountain
Etna
Shasta
Hood
Ra~siler
Iceand
Pomneil
Pather
Pen
Jure
Ehrten
Meaven
Ani
Paul
Richard Realt
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