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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1911
Page
26
Popular Mechanics notes Biwabik Mining Company installed the world’s largest gyratory ore breaker at Biwabik Minnesota. The 28 foot tall monster crushes rock up to ten tons and can yield a 40 car load of ore per hour. Open pit mining enables blasting ore loose for this huge crusher designed for taconite ore.
A lengthy retropiece recounts Three-Fingered Jack Monahan of Florence Diggin's as the last of the pioneer Western gamblers. It details his life in California Oregon and beyond his reputation for honesty in faro play, multiple roles as miner prospector and rider, and a career ending after a fatal trick shot incident and a costly loss in Baker City.
Western gambler Jack Monohan, famed for dealings at the Devil's Den and Whoop Em Up, outsmarts a prospector in a high-stakes card bluff. A six of clubs surfaces as the non high card, netting Monohan a $100 stake and a round of drinks as the crowd celebrates the clever ruse. Monohan’s career includes notorious Idaho camps and a noted act of stopping holdup on a Kelso mail stage.
A satirical piece laments the influx of Chinese queues and hair fashion, arguing the romance of tresses fades as artificial wigs and dyed hair flood the market. It notes queues from China could arrive for decades, transforming hair styling and removing mystery from a woman's natural hair.
A Windsor Nova Scotia three year old Edward Herbert smokes big cigars with apparent relish. His fisherman father says the child started by sipping his pipe and later pilfers pipes to smoke in secret. Doctors note the cigars are strong but the infant remains lively and untroubled. Keep away from his tobacco, says the mother, while the boy’s habit grows into a comical sight of a small man with a large cigar.
A Kansas City Journal note depicts sailors hoarding tobacco during port stays in the Mediterranean. American crews buy and store plug tobacco at low duty prices, then sell or consume it ashore, using the credit gained to sustain drinking and further purchases.
A humorous roundup details Indiana licensing for drinking, Colorado malpractice rules, Iowa desk laws for legislators, New Mexico bachelors tax, Texas curses over the telephone, Nebraska bed sheet length, Missouri travel questions, and Washington’s polling place decor. Also notes Oregon marriage health certificates and bears in Michigan, ending with a sensational Italian crime tale of Magdelina Leoncavallo and a boy named Giovanni amid a tale of vengeance and TV thrill.
In a sunny Sicily style, Pietro del Orti and Magdeline Leoncavallo expand from lemons to a successful Italian run grog shop near New Orleans. Letters from the Black Hand threaten a cash stash and a police stakeout ends with Pietro missing the midnight drop, as intrigue and deception weave through love, wealth, and danger.
In a forty year slice of urban life a hotel proprietor’s marketing shows rising prices and stratified dining. Expensive table supplies and goods flow to higher priced houses while wealthier diners and immigrant households shift from luxury to common meals with meats and salads at similar tables.
The Aleutian archipelago offers the shortest San Francisco to Japan path by skirting Alaska saving many voyages. The chain runs over 4 thousand miles with Aleuts, once involved in a long patriotic resistance, ultimately under Russian control after a lengthy struggle. The strait region links US and Russia with two nearby islands housing both nations' citizens.
The New York Press extols German university dogs as loyal, well trained companions for students able to afford them. Dogs wear corps colors, ribbons, and tiny caps, performing chores from carrying food to delivering small items.
The Tatler notes Captain Brodie uses dramatic "Character Sermons" to fix death in listeners’ minds. He aims to frighten audiences into contemplating death and the afterlife during his sermons this month.
The Chicago Tribune recounts Senator Stephen B. Elkins saving Cole Younger during the Civil War era and later aiding his release from prison. It portrays Younger as a brutal outlaw yet a poet and hearted savior, weaving the Northfield raid into a tale of unlikely sentiment and loyalty.
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