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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1911
Page
33
The Sketch suggests sporting coins with artistic designs may become more popular than current money. Many might welcome such coins, hoarding them as artistic treasures. The piece imagines future issues like a finish farthing or a snooker sovereign.
Drs Duval and Couret announce isolation of the leprosy germ and breakthrough work toward a preventive serum. Studies at Indian Camp Iberville Parish Louisiana show progress in curing and reducing cases. Experiments with fish as the germ’s habitat explain transmission including through raw fish. A serum is hoped within this decade.
A Brazilian funeral association practice draws thousands for processions in Rio de Janeiro. Members attend fellow members' funerals as a community obligation, with celebrations, drinks, and music replacing traditional dirges. The wake scene shows a coffin, baccarat, and women guarding grief with sweets as umbrellas shade the lively crowds. The man’s wealth funded his inclusion, and the striking spectacle moves observers who mistake the deceased for a notable figure.
A curious inventor proclaims a discovery named grabococcous in a farcical tale of a parasitic microbe. A naive farmer becomes entangled in a swindle, but a sharp crowd and a bank scene expose the con. The farmer wins back $56 after a risky bet on the check Johnnie Hardup.
Three hundred people joined a rabbit hunt five miles northwest of Esto pia. Businesses closed early as drivers corralled and dispatched hundreds of rabbits. Huge fires were built, coffee brewed, and ranchers hosted guests. another hunt is planned nearby.
In Cherokee County Kansas Judge Hd Sapp orders witnesses to tell the truth in liquor cases. He sternly instructs jurors that lying will lead to jail, comparing knowledge of drinking to ordinary foods. The ruling rattles bootleggers and raises anxiety in the trial setting.
The New York Herald reports a fossilized egg of the extinct Aepyornis on exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. The egg, eight inches long and two feet two inches in circumference, is claimed to have cost $100 to secure and was once held by the British Museum for 19 years. Natives of Madagascar reportedly used the birds for resources, while the egg’s shell remains well preserved with minimal fossilization.
A well dressed young man on the Portland Express at Brookfield tries to cash a $50 check for $45 claiming his wife and children are ill in Billings Montana. While police and bystanders doubt him, a farmer in the crowd offers to buy the check for $45 after inspecting it. The plan unfolds amid skepticism and chatter.
A curious formula claims an average adult contains materials for candles nails pencils and books, alongside notes on Dr. Alexis Carrel's experiments at the Rockefeller Institute. He describes tissue grafting across animals, growing cells in plasma, and organ transfer ideas, noting rapid growth of young animal tissue under incubation.
Pietro Ficco, a shoe maker and amateur musician, chose to have his phonograph supply the music for his funeral. He selected The Angel's Serenade and Ave Maria sung by himself. He directed his phonograph and 72 records, many his own, be sent to his mother in Italy.
The Cooley monoplane features two independent two cylinder ninety horsepower engines capable of 125 mph. It spans 81 feet by 42 feet, with a 1548 square foot four wing soaring surface held by piano wires tested to 1800 pounds. An enclosed cabin houses the pilot and engineer with glass portholes and automatic engine restart via pneumatic springs.
In Xanass City Star report, visitors watch Senate debates on the Constitution as a nightly show. The piece likens lawmakers to a crossroads store, debating framers and current interpretation while adjourning after hours.
The piece questions policy outcomes by framing costs of prosperity and antitrust laws as arithmetic. It suggests that prolonged prosperity creates breadline complexity, asks how much prosperity would end it, and likens antitrust to multiplying trusts. It also weighs annual peace spending versus ongoing war costs in stark, speculative terms.
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