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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1896
Page
8
Profit to Pars Theatern Paris theaters reached 3 704 000 dollars last year an increase of 155 00 over 1534 receipts rose mainly at Opera Comedie Francaise Varieties Gaila Porte St Martin Nouveautes and Grmmase led by M Pore with earnings over 59 000 more than the prior year
A garbled historical column contrasts rail mileage in 1584 with later years and notes expected slower future railway expansion. It shifts to a long narrative about a free woman Parriote Grubb and a tale of Charlotte, a young woman challenging domestic restraint, highlighting societal push for emancipation and the harsh realities faced by working women.
Philadelphia Record notes a plan to install electric telephone signaling on the Brooklyn Bridge to link trains and the dispatcher. Experiments show feasibility with a metallic circuit, headsets, and long distance transmission. Trainmen would wear receivers and activate them only when signaled, improving safety and coordination.
A fragmented 19th century clipping describes the building-damaging habits of white ants in wood, citing a Ceylon incident witnessed by Col. James Campbell and noting the ants hollow timber for roadwork options. It discusses tramp labor and tax implications, then shifts to Buffon and other naturalists with a table of animal life spans and a stray note on Irish bench appointments.
A narrative from Chambers Journal recounts brutal 18th century military punishments. It details the wooden horse, picketing, and other severe penalties used for minor offenses, with references to 800 400 and 900 laces sentences and the harsh discipline of continental armies.
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