Lightship No. 50 Traverses Land to Reach Sea
A lightship moored off the Columbia River undertook a remarkable overland voyage after a November storm broke its mooring chain. Crew guided the vessel across beach and through improvised tracks on a cradle aided by horses and windlasses, finally launching into Bakers Bay where it resumed service guiding mariners at the river mouth.
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Mooween the forest bear of Maine and Canada
A narrator recalls brainlike fears of the imagination bear and contrasts it with Mooween, a real big black bear in the big woods of Maine and Canada. Mooween is shy, wary, and rarely seen, lingering in densest cover. The encounter near blueberries ends with the narrator armed only with a trout rod as the two species make tense eye contact.
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Cement Coated Nails and Their Hidden Use
An odd report explains cement coated nails designed not to protect the nails but the contents of boxes in transit. The thin cement layer makes the nail grip so firmly that the box cannot be drawn without damage, preventing tampering and theft.
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Kansas Experiment Station
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Peculiar Cuban Justice Shocks American Visitors
Havana officials describe a harsh, idiosyncratic legal system where a man jailed for stealing a mule also faces false registration penalties, and a murderer receives a lighter sentence under “crimen pasional.” Policing is autocratic, with suspects proving innocence, and fires provoke arrests of owners. An American shot a thief but faced homicide risk, and bystanders wait for judges before aiding injured victims.
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