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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1907
Page
28
A detailed description of a sealed packing case illusion where an assistant inside a bottomless wooden box is shown outside after nails are secretly manipulated. The article outlines a skeleton frame, sliding case, drilled holes, and fake nails enabling escape by an inside helper, with stage drawings referenced to clarify the mechanism.
On a Hong Kong to Frisco run, a stowaway spice trade pits Captain and crew against a vengeful cook Sin Ping. The crew endures eerie meals of roasted pigs fed to the sea as Sin Ping’s spirit allegedly haunts the galley. After the captain defends the cook, the ship halts wasteful feasts and carries on.
A clever memory method assigns each month a word with letters equal to the date of the first Saturday. Jelly for January yields the 5th, of for February the 2nd, and so on. By adding seven for each subsequent Saturday, dates like Christmas Day are computed as needed within the year.
A six legged frog once found near Auckland by H Wilson of Schenectady has been sent to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. The creature thrived in a tub until suds caused its demise. The Smithsonian offered a substantial sum for the specimen, which left Schenectady last night by express.
In a calmed Pacific night near the equator a bright shooting star struck the sea, wiping out a brigantine and leaving only scorched deck planking. The Antelope recovered no other trace, while crewmates speculated about devil omens and searched the sea for survivors.
Buffalo Bill’s thriller features Union Pacific Locomotive No 900 staged on city streets. A six-horsepower motor powers the fake engine with a puffing sound and smoke to mimic a real train, designed by Reese Hutchinson and built in Hoboken to chase the Great Train Hold Up drama starring staged derailments, shootings and driving action through Madison Square Garden avenues.
A Lesueur Minnesota cor respondent notes that OMAS RADIUS of Curvedale once poor, never over fifty dollars, then grew ill with apenicitis. A surgery was planned under City Physician Diaymeeter as he faced possible death.
Berlin scientist Dr Otto Kalischer trained dogs to eat only on a specific feed tone. Prohibition tones signaled no touch. After short daily lessons the dogs distinguished diatonic, semitone and chord tones, even detecting the feed tone amid discord. Many adapted quickly to a changed feed tone and could pick it out amid noisy notes.
A rural undertaker faced charges in Freiburg Saxony for disturbing his daughter's grave to retrieve teeth he claimed would bring luck. He admitted removing teeth and sharing them with two peasant women while claiming continual good fortune. the court dismissed the desecration count and gave a reprimand.
Joseph Zach, a Marietta gardener, grew a variety of onions with natural salt flavor so they require no additional seasoning whether eaten raw or stewed. The report appears in the Col Philadelphia Record.
National Geographic Magazine notes the giant spider crab Kampferia Macrocheira kampferi on display at the American Museum of Natural History via the Department of Invertebrate Zoology. The species lives off Japan to depths over 2,000 feet. records show spreads from 18 to 22 feet, with the American Museum specimen from Miura Misaki secured by Prof Bashford of Columbia University.
At the Pravoricators Union meeting in Lane the chairman laments the yarn drought as Joseph Pepperhill is elected a regular member after recounting a tall tale of a double headed bear and Boo-Bill the three-nosed hound aiding the hunt. The crowd applauds the tale and the election.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger fragment shows a girl asked for marriage and, after a playful exchange, firmly declines saying it is not a joke. The scene underscores cautious courtship language in a period piece.
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