Sanitary penny cup water fountain touted as health weapon
A new sanitary drinking fountain delivers a cup of water for one penny in a simple operation. The device stores cups upside down in a nickel plated tube, keeps water and cup separate, and claims germless, clean usage. A New York City health office and the International Tuberculosis Health Association highlight its sanitary design as a weapon against disease.
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Commissioner of Health
New York City
International Tuberculosis Haelaty
Rooster Battles Snake Show Draws Crowd in Sonora
A Mexican cockfight tale unfolds with Yono the Indian presenting a heavy black Spanish rooster named Hualpa trained to fight snakes. An American traveler recalls visiting a cockpit where a grand Sunday event pairs a rooster against a rattlesnake, drawing crowds of peons and herdsmen who marvel at the bird’s strength and ferocity.
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Misale
Pablo
Ysandro
Pedro
Sanchez
Sonora
Boniface
Yono
el Senor Americano
Hualpa
Rogster
Haulpa
Huala
Yone Nved
Yona
Bunday
Monley
A. Iitle
Cabelleros
Tualpa
Rip
Fight with Hualpa the Yaqui Rooster and the Snake
An eyewitness recounts Hualpa the Yaqui rooster facing a three and a half foot rattlesnake in a public cock pit. Yono, the owner, bets on the snake but Hualpa dominates with swift gaff strikes and beak to the eyes, winning a famed victory that elevates the bird’s reputation among the Yaqui.
Missing Wife Goulette Declares $15 Reward Offered
Worcester Mass Worcester County brief: Louis Goulette of 14 Bartlett Street offers $15 reward through Police Chief David A Matthias for the return of his wife Louretta Goulette, 27, who disappeared with $1,400 from her husband’s savings bank deposit. Authorities reported the claim after Goulette sought assistance, stating the money vanished as the wife went missing.
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Worcester
Mans
Col
Philadelphia
Louretta Goulette
Louis Goulette
Bartlett Street
Louis Gowlette
David A. Matthias
People’s Savings Bank
Gowletts
Maxim Silencer Demonstration At New York Exhibition
Hiram Percy Maxim unveiled his rifle silencer in New York before reporters and scientists. Demonstrations used rifles from twenty two caliber to Springfield thirty caliber, with and without the silencer. The device, a seven inch metal tube, uses a negative turbine to swirl gases, reducing noise by about 90 percent while allowing the bullet to pass unhindered.
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New York
Hiram Percy Maxim
Mr. Maxim
Maxim
Eagle Attack Sees Wyoming Youth Fight for Life on Cliff
Arthur Williams of Riverton and two companions trek to Lost Well Canyon to trap two eagles raiding sheep. After climbing half the cliff, Williams battles an enormous bird to protect its nest, narrowly escaping a fatal fall as the pair eye the nest from the sheer face.
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Deleans
Cole
Jimi
Sporting World
Texas
Neil Forward
Tate Seacs
Mr. Weems
Mexico
Val
Uly
Lee Asanieh
Aid
Sas
Daiean
Cather
Wiliams
Slive
Clit
Williams
William
Willams
Blond
Willlama
Mother Eagle
Riverton
Arthur Wiliams
Wyoming
Cheyenne and
Arapahoe
Lost Well Canyon
Arthur Williams
Invention Aimed at Merging Motoring and Sleighing
London. A self propelled ice sledge carries a passenger beside the driver, blending motorized travel with winter sport. The design echoes equipment used in Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition, highlighting its practical and exploratory appeal to winter enthusiasts.
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London
Life Saving Devices at Sea on Modern Ocean Liners
New York Tribune details safety features on large passenger ships, including bulkhead doors, automatic bells, and high pressure hydraulic seals. It explains lifeboat procedures, man overboard drills, copper carbide buoys, smoke helmets, and the agile response of crews aboard Hamburg American Line vessels like the Deutschland, President Lincoln, and President Grant.
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Republic
Nantucket
Herjheing
Aloan
Dfeer
Lincoln
Grant
Hamburg
New York
Yale Diploma of 1776 in Aaron Church Family Display
Yale diploma issued in 1776 conferring A B on Aaron Church sits in the home of R Howard Church at 4 Quincy Street. The document remains well preserved under glass with readable signatures while other marks fade. Also exhibited are wedding patchwork from Aaron Church and Lydia Merrick and an old punch bowl used by clerical ancestors.
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Worcester Cor
Boston Herald
YALE
Aaron
Thomas Clapp
Solomon Whitman
Fale
Agron Church
Aaron Church
Hartford
Church
Lydia Merrick
Wibraberi
Ancestr
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Owe Hanese
Shane
Beatin
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Gbale
Arly
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Rottnest
Western Australia
H. F. Maxim
Gagle
New York Tribune
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