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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1901
Page
10
James Rock recalls brutal animal clashes in Colorado and Africa. A grizzly mother and cub die after protecting against peccaries on a rock ledge, while Purvis and Clark witness a buffalo bull gore a lion as it targets a calf.
A crime on a Mississippi riverhouseboat ends with Starrs convicted after the pet monkey Jocko identifies the couple in court. Ackerman's crew and a bloodied ax link the suspects to the fatal voyage near Baton Rouge. Starr confesses before his hanging.
A Birmingham Mercury clipping recounts Abel Erasmus inciting Sekukuni against Wolseley in 1879 and a later encounter where Erasmus sought to be hanged after Wolseley threatened such a fate. It includes a tale of three men examining a confectionery window and a brief fashion note on a blouse.
German chemists Hoffman and Strauss report extracting a lead-like substance from minerals that glows on dark plates and emits a violet line. They suspect another yet unknown element in the material. Large asphalt deposits found on Salango Island off Ecuador, the world’s largest, could impact trade. Russia will mine 12,600 pounds of platinum this year valued near five million dollars, with most production in the Urals and little recent activity due to limited competition. Marble quarries in the southern Urals yield yellow to white varieties but suffer from breakage without improved methods.
A bicycle tour group stops at a farmhouse and is promised food. The farmer offers varieties from his garden and jokes that the meal features two Schoolmasters two Blacksmiths four Kidneys and two White Elephants as edible names.
Mrs. T. R. Perham of Brooklyn, a hotel guest at Navesink Highlands, plunged into the ocean fully dressed to save a five year old girl swept into dangerous surf. She battled undertow and heavy waves to reach the child and bring her safely to shore. The child recovered and both families praise the anonymous act of courage.
An artist N Chevalier who sailed with the late Duke of Edinburgh warned at dawn that a fog bank obscured land ahead. The crew resisted until a rising light revealed hills and a shipping error caused by magnets in a stern cabin misdirecting the compass. The tale underscores how trained vision outpaces plain sight.
A French physician reports that lime in soil or water may exterminate malaria. Dr Roche’s experiments linked to manuring show malaria’s decline in Puisaye after lime use. Dr Grellet confirms lime soil treatment reduces malaria in several French provinces and suggests broader applicability.
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