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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1904
Page
13
A photograph depicts a Navajo wrestler in his professional attire. The article notes wrestling as a historic athletic form across nations and regions, including Africa India and America, with Navajos following similar match rules to civilized systems.
The article reports that Tenerife women plan to enter the bullring wielding spears and capes just like male matadors. It notes this as a historic, controversial shift in a pastime long associated with male participation and Spain’s tradition.
The Rose of Hell is a wooden flower found in Guatemala’s Volcan del Fuego crater. It resembles a half blown rose with four petals and is revered by Guatemalan Indians who call it Indestructible. A legend says it survived the 1841 Volcan del Agua eruption when waters receded around it.
In Los Angeles county a farmer cultivated a mammoth beet that oddly resembles birds and beasts. A prior photo showed a beet shaped like an eagle, but the latest bloom more closely mirrors an owl with a beak and eyes, later finished with button eyes and a ribbon, then displayed publicly.
The article describes clog making in Wales as a widespread cottage industry with alder wood gathered locally. Makers saw blocks, shape them into sabot-like shoes, then ship them to towns for finishing. Finished clogs sell in village shops for about 85 cents a pair.
An accompanying image shows a wax statue of Britain's naval hero Nelson. The clothes worn by the figure were once worn by Nelson himself, now shabby and frayed but the figure still presents well, better than if dressed in a new uniform with full insignia.
Over 1893 to 1902 Chill imported merchandise from the United States totaling 34,287,048 dollars while Chillan exported 22,820,522 dollars to the U S. This yields a U S trade surplus of 11,466,816 dollars and an annual balance of about 1,433,652 dollars.
A noted army officer in Crete is described as a priest who moved among villages to plan attacks and defenses. He traveled all night across mountains to join actions, earning fear among Turks and respect from followers. He called his activity playing at bail, highlighting his reckless energy and daring leadership.
Patrick Quilty, a long time seller of whips in New York, is described as a familiar figure among Broadway crowds. He has cultivated strong ties with cab drivers and for fifteen years maintained a practical monopoly on acceso of his wares along the theater district, selling his bundles each evening.
Max Meyer a young German presented at a London hospital claiming a bullet in his heart. Surgeons after exam using X rays located a lodged bullet in the heart, with decision on extraction still undecided.
The Count Hilaire de Chardonnet reveals silkworms do not create silk but process mulberry leaf sap into a gummy secretion. He builds machinery to extract leaf sap, using artificial methods to spin a silk-like cloth cheaper and with greater luster, possible from common woods.
The bedstead used by Queen Marie Antoinette at the Grand Trianon remains preserved exactly as she left it. Modern designers find the furniture and ceilings modest by royal standards, though the bed is inlaid and built from designs by a great court artist. The piece is priceless for its artistry and historic value.
Robert Collins, an inmate at the Naval Home in Philadelphia, crafted a full pasteboard model of the United States battleship Maine. The ship features masts turrets smokestacks and hull built from pasteboard using about three thousand pieces and simple tools before Collins spent nearly a year on the project.
A photograph shows an eastern beauty with jeweled foot ornaments on an ankle bracelet, noting such decorations may be worth up to $20,000 and worn only for walking. Two motorized chairs with or without chauffeur will be available for hire at the World’s Fair grounds in St. Louis.
A massive steam powered pump housing near Torch Lake provides a 60 000 000 gallon capacity with 1 507 horsepower, enabling 75 000 000 gallons in 24 hours when pushed to full capacity. It feeds water to a Calumet & Kecla mine operation aiding copper separation and rock washing.
A Italian army cavalry officer on horseback performs a difficult egg and spoon run. He holds a spoon with an egg in one hand while racing several hundred yards and clears two or three high fences without dropping the egg, a feat praised as rare and demanding long practice.
In Tross Fordshire a church holds two elms flanking a pew used by four named John Kyrie. An avenue elm was cut, its offspring reportedly sprouting by the pews. Kempen coatelor bears a chestnut from Sir Edward Wilde’s tomb. Local schoolchildren once watched a cat catch a cheese roll and its crumbs take root near the tomb.
Readings on Aztec calendars show ancient peoples used calendar cards similar to modern systems. The article notes calendars were publicly displayed and preserved among the Aztecs, illustrating early literature and timekeeping traditions across civilizations.
The text highlights turquoise merchants in Cairo as colorful traders in the East. It notes many such dealers, with individual stock often valuable, displayed on stands and transported by cart. It mentions the scale of the trade and references a large police force and a substantial total value in the region.
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