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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1909
Page
34
Report describes two elephants trained to draw plows and perform tasks at Lord John Sangers Horley farm. Included notes on other animals, a camel, and a cutting machine used in winter processions and farm labor.
The piece surveys early aviation promises shown after Paris exhibits. It highlights Wright brothers style aircraft, future passenger flown by pros, women pilots, and cameras in flight. It notes New York bank for women, Carnegie vault security, and King Edward's royal private car as era-shaping innovations.
The piece foresees dramatic changes in daily journalism over 20 years with color printing, lifelike photographs, and broader news gathering. Wireless telegraphy and airships will speed reporting, while subterranean freight tubes and pneumatic passenger transit transform cities like Chicago. politics, fashion, and society will appear in vivid new forms.
A London detective reports burglars obtain drilling and safe cracking tools from respectable local mechanics. In one case an escaped convict paid a blacksmith to craft drills, temporarily tempering the tools before arrest. The only known maker’s shop in the East End was raided years ago.
A compressed summary traces coal use from ancient mentions in Proverbs to early mining in Britain and China. It notes Roman era Britons, early receipts for coal at Peterborough Abbot in AD, Marco Polo era reports, and the first U S mine near the James River as 176 anthracite discoveries spread commerce.
Henry Vander Ploeg, small four foot four inch Holland merchant and storyteller, displays valentines in his Wich Holland store. A curbside horse, left unhitched, wandered to the window and, after seeing the comics, let out a hearty horse laugh before being moved along as its owner returned.
Jimmy the Dreamer and his partners hatch a scam betting scheme based on a dream tip service. They scalp rooms, rob a hotel desk, and post a $25 dream tip guaranteeing a winner. Montgomery wins at Los Angeles, $375 bankroll swells, then Granada s odds tempt them into a grand finale with Airship before Flying Acrobat wins.
A Berlin scientist, Dr Fischer of Berlin University, develops a device to pass ordinary air through a machine to produce air with added benefits. He notes oxygen becomes ozone via sunlight, offering stronger disinfection but points to insufficient sunlight due to smoke and urban living as a limiting factor.
In a New York Press item Lord Kelvin estimates Earth's maximum age at 100 million years while Prof McGlee argues for 15 million. The piece notes geology and astronomy treat variations of a few hundred million as minor.
The Arkansas Alligator Arms owner Mr H J Campbell known as Alligator Joe has trained an alligator for man’s service. The creature, once temperamental, has shattered carriages with its tail three times but now pulls a cart around his Hot Springs farm as a regular harnessed companion.
An exposé of gambling and swindles aboard ocean liners highlights frequent cons targeting travelers. Stories include a young heiress nearly robbed by a fortune seeker, sweepstakes schemes with auction gambits, bogus charity collections in Australia, and forged banknote ruses aboard German and South American voyages.
A speech delivered before the Local Baseball Society of Centres at Welks Hall drew standing room crowds as Casey II urged revitalizing American baseball. He humorously traced the sport from ancient myths to modern times, noting eras of decline and the enduring appeal, while praising Venus and ancient figures in a lively, period voice.
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