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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1887
Page
12
William T. Hornaday recalls a lifetime opportunity as he and his horse pursue a colossal bull buffalo. He details the animal’s immense size, luxurious coat, and powerful frame, then describes his calm study, drawing, and finally the reluctant kill. The account ends noting the bull’s measurements and age, and cites a Cosmopolitan reference.
The New York Mail and Express describes a patent paving idea by English astronomer Mr Banyard. It uses blocks with alternating hard and soft layers such as Portland cement and sand cement set open edge to create a ridged wear surface. Blocks are four inches high and wear to under an inch without smoothing like granite.
A humorous Epoch reader quotation depicts a barber remarking on frequency of shaving while a countryman retorts he travels to town monthly and prefers to get shaved each visit. The exchange captures rural speech and early newspaper humor.
Long overlooked timber buried in Reelsfoot Lake mud after the 1814 quake yields valuable white walnut logs. Dredging boats recovered large quantities of sound, rot free wood from shallow water, preserving it in anaerobic mud, described by J A Mei in Brooklyn.
The article notes Dr. Meyer summited Kibo on Kilima Njaro but cites far higher Himalayan peaks than Kilima Njaro. It states Kinchinjunga exceeds Kibo by about 20 000 feet and Mt Everest remains unclimbed, with fifty Himalayan peaks above Kilima Njaro. It urges Alpine clubs to establish branches in central Asia.
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