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Newspaper
The Silver Messenger
Location
Challis, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1902
Page
2
A scattered miscellany notes art collector counts of Corots, a Pullman murder story, Rockefeller remarks on wealth, a Life of Napoleon, and various anecdotes. It mentions Spanish revolutionaries, a Jordan baptism joke, royalty receptions, and a Kansas ex politician venturing to New Mexico.
The Hakimo Easter marks the return of the sun with masked Kods and elaborate costumes. Masks show double faces and animal figures, each with symbolic meaning including seals and sun rays, and a belief in semi human animal ghosts underpins ritual. The Eskimo rites, carved from driftwood, include movable features and hinged doors to reveal human faces, reflecting a deep animist view and magical practices tied to luck and misfortune. The piece notes museum ownership of Bakimo artifacts and cites related mortuary mask customs among Aleutian and Vancouver Island peoples.
A local amateur photographer subjects a neighbor to a harsh portrait using an outdoorsy lens. His full face shot reveals freckles wrinkles and broomcorn hair, producing a brutal but judgedly accurate likeness that resembles a caricature more than a true image. The victim endures the unkind result and the photographer calls it a good likeness.
The Makimo revived and stored animal bladders for a ceremonial festival. Ghosts are believed to inhabit these bladders and return through an ice hole to be reincarnated, guiding future killings for sustenance. Makimo carvings, painted figures, and feathered images adorn ritual objects, some portraits are surprisingly recognizable though often crude.
The Washington World correspondent reports Senator Lodge rode in an old capital vehicle used by natives as conductors for owners. Passengers enter through a rear door and are conducted by the rider acting as keeper for the owner, a method deemed ineffective and awkward in practice.
The prosecuting attorney of Natrona county Wyoming has filed a suit against 175 Casper residents for damages totaling 100000 dollars. He alleges the citizens circulated a petition urging him to hire an attorney in a murder trial and claims his personal reputation was damaged by the action.
Inventors describe a new incandescent bulb and high brightness projector system for photography and printing. Projectors use a parabolic mirror and dual lenses to horizontally and vertically disperse light, creating a laminated square image. With 35 amperes, the illuminated area is 25 cm square. at 50 amperes and a larger disperser, 88 by 88 cm illumination is achieved.
Indianapolis electrician E B Rines has invented an adjustable incandescent bulb. A sixteen candle power globe is tunable to eight four or two candle power by rotating the bulb, using a novel internal filament arrangement. Rines says the device suits dwellings hotels and hospitals and can save power.
Frank A. Headson of Lafayette Ind presents an automatic handcuff design shown with a picture to lock the jaws instantly on contact. The concept seeks to reduce escape risk by triggering closure as soon as the cuff touches the wrist, elevating officer safety during arrests.
A historical patent description explains a handcuff design featuring a sliding internal handle, a trigger plate, and jaws pivoted on either side of a sliding pin. A rack mechanism and spring loaded blocks control jaw movement and locking, enabling rapid deployment over the wrist.
The text describes applying pressure to a projecting face of a trigger to release a mechanism on the wrist piece, allowing a jaw to shut over the wrist. The fragment suggests a device or trap with mechanical action and a safety notch or stopping point.
A French report outlines Pittsburg gas industry growth since 1882. Philadelphia Gas Co now controls it with about 44 million dollars invested, 42 000 acres exploited, 1200 wells, around 809 in use, yielding over 3 112 000 cubic metres of gas via 2400 miles of pipes. About 2 500 workers, 600 factories, and 40 000 homes pay roughly 2 750 000 dollars annually for gas.
A London physician writes to The Times that open air riding at speeds of thirty to fifty miles per hour benefits consumption patients. He cites exhilaration, increased appetite, better sleep, and a healthy glow that tends to persist after days of treatment, with no reduced tendency to cough. The note appears in Youth's Companion.
An illustrated report describes Parshall of Statersville WV claiming a practical spark and cinder arresting device for steam engines. The design places a branched tube and perforated ends behind the smokestack with a deflector to redirect cinders into a rear cylinder where they are collected, allowing smoke to pass.
M Stazzano argues aurora borealis originates from terrestrial meteoro logical phenomena. Statistics show low barometer pressures correlate with more frequent auroras. Auroral activity expands the polar zone and mirrors the lunar monthly and solar disturbance cycles.
A dispute arises between the Nice observatory and a local trolley company using the Thorn ton-Houston system. Observators claim electric instruments in the magnetic department were disrupted, forcing relocation of equipment to Mount Mounier at a cost of $20,000, with the company resisting payment.
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