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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1903
Page
12
A Zurich couple, recently divorced, celebrated the news with a lavish supper at a reading hotel. They rented a room, entertained friends, and partied past midnight, with the husband treating the wife with notable attentiveness.
An old engraving shows Washington and Adams in an improbable scene up a tree. The caption notes the unlikely situation, calls the men serene, and asks readers to locate them in the foliage.
An illustrated device shown as an attachment for handcuffs promises stronger restraint by gripping the fingers and allowing a reset on the back of the hand. Police records suggest prisoners often free themselves from standard handcuffs, making the new mechanism a potential improvement if adopted widely despite questions of practical use.
Tetene Ire d a young woman from Marograsarkely in Hupgari asks local authorities for a masonry certificate. She explains liberal professions are crowded and she wishes to earn a living with her hands. Officials question and approve the certificate after her satisfactory answers.
The piece describes seining salmon on the Columbia River as a lively scene, contrasting with the machine like salmon run. It notes the nets bring in game fish and the fish spray water as they are captured. It mentions historical notes on cattle in England, Russian emigration to Siberia, and a tiny American typewriter.
A photo shows an elephant battery entering action with a gun in arc and a sergeant guiding near the head elephant. Elephants stationed at Jansi Itawal Plud and used in Darbar ceremonies and in Supple and Transport duties.
A rustic caption notes a man mid ascent on a steeple with a camera shot from below. The piece expands into assorted trivia about optics and historical figures, mentioning Sir Robert Walpole, the Lanchester record, and various geographic notes including Hammerfest and Punta Arenas.
A New York farmer grew a notably large potato nicknamed the polite potato freak. The tuber weighed more than a pound and a half and bore a Mafelike face impression, attracting attention as it was packed atop a barrel. The piece notes the potato’s unusual size and mystery surrounding its origin.
An old optical illusion known as the yard of ale glass is described as centuries old with a 1788 example shown. The piece demonstrates how the design creates a long drinking vessel while the cellar space of the House of Commons is mentioned as five hundred feet long with capacity to hold 200000 dollars worth of wine, though usually only a test quantity is stored.
Several ancient Saxon treasure chests have been unearthed in England and are described as the oldest form of safe deposit. Each chest is carved from osk wood and over six feet long with a small 22 by 8 by deep cavity, protected by a wrought iron door locked with six different locks. Despite worm-eaten wood, the chests remain formidable even against crude ancient tools.
A French report describes so called death bed thieves who attend funerals to steal from grieving families. They mingle with invited mourners an hour or two before the service, posing as visitors known to the deceased or as relatives unable to attend.
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