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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1914
Page
29
The glossa features pockets for the thumb and each finger, joined by a heavy web designed to bear against the water. The device implies a wearable apparatus with buoyant or gripping properties suitable for aquatic use.
A new cap with a two piece peak and a transparent visor protects eyes from ultraviolet glare and headlights. The visor clips to the crown and can be dropped down to view clearly, offering daytime and nighttime protection without relying on spectacles.
Read like a train dispatches snapshot, engineers recount life on the rails from Forty second Street to Union Station. Veterans describe watchful routines, locker rooms, firemen training, and close calls with freight trains on downhill grades. The piece weaves humor and danger, ending with a memory of early locomotive service and a sudden alert from an old engineer.
A tale recalls a night when a moonrise created a false train headlight, prompting quick reflexes from engineer St Maulley and his crew. An earlier 1900 ride shows a fireman stopping a fast passenger train just in time after intuition warned of danger on the track. The piece notes how nerves and perception shape safety in rail work, with other anecdotes about near misses and the limits of even seasoned judgment.
The article surveys discovery work uncovering past ages through medieval and Roman relics. It notes Pearsons HIEs find on the Black Prince and pawnbroker tale, Rosetta Stone’s role in deciphering hieroglyphs, Pompeii excavations revealing Roman daily life, Corstopitum near Tyne, Royston church remains, and the Bayeux tapestry illuminating England’s early history.
A long reminiscence by A. Allen recounts the first cattlemen convention in Kansas City 1878, frontier life, raids by outlaws, and Allen’s rise as sheriff. He details cowhand toil, encounters with Indians, cliff-rock ambushes, and brutal justice before fences and markets reshaped the cattle country.
A New York American report describes a clever glass tube device for fishing that uses a single live minnow as bait for a full day. The tube holds water and contains hooks on a wire loop, with fresh water feeding in to keep the minnow unharmed. When submerged the tube becomes nearly invisible and the minnow appears magnified to attract larger fish.
A fragment from a Chicago News EXE column critiques royal life and the burdens of monarchy. It describes the king’s isolation, constant surveillance, and lack of honest friendship, juxtaposing wealth with danger, seclusion, and traumatic public scrutiny amid the Hapsburgs’ storied history.
An overview explains street car propulsion from central power to trolley line. It details motors under the car, controller box, trolley pole, and the circuit back through rails to power. It notes power is generated at a central plant or water power source and transmitted via insulated trolley wires.
A cryptic note from the Cobn On Tee Cob column mocks etiquette while touting a dour method of extracting kernels for a rich delicacy. It warns against widening the mouth beyond three rows, attributed to Gangerous in Action.
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