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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1910
Page
29
A weather vane design described in a New York Tribune article explains a wing mounted on a pivot so its opposite end faces the storm. The mechanism supposedly stays aligned as wind shifts, while the house is arranged with sunward windows and steps leading to a sheltered interior for inmates to use in calm or storm, ensuring safe exits.
Swat Milligan clutches a dramatic win as a fiery ball and explosive book of weaknesses spark a clubhouse blaze. McGlack’s bat ignites the nearby pages. Swat rounds the bases to a record erasure, while Poison Oaks falls 9-8 in a chaotic game marked by injuries and a smoky clubhouse inferno.
A famed performer recounts his career escaping from heavy police handcuffs using concealed keys and clever tricks. He details cabinet releases, hidden pockets, and improvised tools, describing tests in England France and Russia, and how he outwits guards and skeptics with steady nerves and practiced technique.
The piece traces early air travel myths and mechanics from two French roots to the aeronautics craze. It lampoons hobbyists and notes the playful mischief of sky riders in a long rambling column, mentioning aeroplanes balloonists and notable absurdities with humorous tone.
Joseph Thompson Hare, a famed early American highwayman, boasts of looting over 12 million in modern value across a seven year spree. His career included rail and stage robberies from New Orleans to Nashville and Pensacola, culminating in a dramatic prison sentence and execution after a thwarted North Carolina mail holdup with accomplices Lewis and Alexander.
Popular Mechanics reports an isolated Central California mining town, Stone Canyon, nears civilization as an automobile rail service uses flange wheels on a dedicated track. The sand filled route made rail more economical than wagon roads, linking the town to civilization and suggesting the first such automobile rail system.
Obadiah Burden, a small but powerful boy in Totem City, incites-school trouble with six roughs led by him as six teachers fail to curb their rowdy acts. After repeated taunting and a plan to reform, Burden helps mobilize women to confront local saloons. The crowd’s anger peaks when Burden is tarred and feathered and cast into the river, signaling a brutal retribution by his peers.
The Canadian industrial disputes act limits on strike and lockout with boards, reports, and public opinion pressure. Critics point to eight week Philadelphia traction strike as costly proof for an anti strike law, noting large wage losses and injuries while praising Canada’s approach.
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