Cable Foil Wreck Attempt On Rail Line Narrow Escape
In Pottsville Pennsylvania a trolley car carrying about 60 passengers neared Tumbling Run on the Eastern Pennsylvania Railways line when a rock likely placed to wreck the car caused the wheels to lift. The car snagged a wire cable and stopped four feet from the cliff edge. No crew members have been found responsible.
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Pottsville
Eastern Pennsylvania Railways
Tumbling Run
Reading
Frank McGovern
Louis Reber
Eagle Fights Mother Deer At Bonita Falls Clash Over Fawn
Campers in Lytle Creek California watched a gray eagle grab a fawn from a mother deer in a dramatic chase atop Bonita Falls. The eagle pinned the fawn then flew off to a rocky ledge as the mother attacked in defense. Others at Glen ranch saw the scene from a distance.
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San Bernardinoo
Calif
Lytle Creek
Bonita Falls
Raeer
Glen Ranch
Whiskers Endow Cats with Dark Sight and Silence
Harper's Weekly notes the cat’s whiskers as crucial sensory tools near the muzzle. Each hair is highly sensitive, detecting obstacles instantly and guiding stealthy movement, aided by soft paw cushions for noiseless progression.
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Harper’s Weekly
Frugal nightly ritual claims to shape and poise
A French actress promotes a plain home regimen. She awakens, drinks chocolate, reads the morning paper, scatters torn clippings on the floor, and recovers them with light steps. She repeats the routine at night to build sprightliness and charm for mind and body.
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Ferself
Goethe on self thought and rereading influence
The speaker favors learning directly from the author’s thinking rather than secondhand guidance. He notes how a book’s quick read can shape a life, and contrasts it with later study which cannot strengthen the initial impact. He admires ancients as distant mountains guiding modern intellect and cherishes revived classic works.
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Blue Mountains
Goethe
Swatting the Fly in Corea
The Japan Weekly Mail notes fly control in Corea where flies, spreaders of epidemics, provoke measures by Chol la do authorities. Last year 4.68 koku of flies were purchased for 212.97 yen. this year 5.68 koku cost 268 yen with flies to be burned when prepared.
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Corea
Chol-la-do
Japan Weekly Mail
Real Mailed Fist Arm Acquired by Rohan Museum
The steel arm of the Sire of Mittelhausen has been bought by the Rohan museum at Strassburg. The warrior lost his arm in battle, and a designer crafted a new arm that folds to 90 degrees and extends at the wrist. Each finger moved and the thumb operated independently.
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Mittelhausen
Rohan Museum
Strassburg
Pall Mall Gazette
Current Styles Noted in Parlor Conversation
Fragments depict a butchered exchange about a young man and a potential suitor. The garbled text hints at a social scene and a joke about who might enter the parlor, but specifics are unclear.
Reforming Time and Calendar Plans Stir German Thinkers
A Los Angeles Times piece reports German scholars led by Ostwald propose a sweeping calendar and clock reform. They favor a 100‑hour day, six‑day week, ten months of 36 days, and a 360‑day year with five intercalary holidays, plus decimalized metrics and a global hygienic alphabet.
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Herbert Bateman
Los Angeles Times
Wilhelm Ostwald
Schmoller
Berlin
Klaus Wagner
Hesse- Wartegg
Germany
Wagner
Wazner
Hermann Kauffmann
Kauffmann
Ostwald
China Studies Bamboo Pulp for Paper Napkins
Experts in China explore bamboo pulp as a raw material for napkin production. They assess feasibility, supply chains, and environmental benefits, aiming to diversify materials in the paper industry.
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China
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