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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1908
Page
16
Illustrated London News notes a cottage set in the Irish Village in London. Stones used in the structure are said to have come from the original cottage in Ireland, linked to President McKinley’s ancestors who lived there.
The article explains experiments with a ship gyroscope to steady decks amid heavy seas. A system using flywheels on gimbals maintains level horizons, potentially easing seasickness, aiding navigation, and improving comfort on passenger and war vessels.
A traveler in Southern California enters an abandoned square house near a canyon. He notes the eerie quiet, empty yard, and ancient timepiece, then discovers a hidden trap in the hearth revealing a dark passage and subterranean water beneath the decaying rooms.
A traveler recounts a terrifying night in a Mexican valley. He battles unseen hands and a shadowy ape like figure in a moonlit house, escapes through broken glass, and flees to his horse at dawn. Old Philippi recalls the legend of Francisco Montiel, the dwarf keeper nicknamed The Ape, whose cursed house has claimed many travelers and deterred locals.
Raymond N. Ditmars of the New York Zoological Park debunks myths about rattlesnakes. He notes rattles grow 2 to 3 rings annually, rarely reaching more than 10 to 12 rings, and fangs renew about every three months. There are 18 U.S. species, with venomous bites seldom fatal in America.
Authorities place the total elapsed years since mankind’s appearance at 268000 based on geological evidence. Breakdown: 78000 preglacial, 100000 glacial, 44000 interval to protohistoric and neolithic, 10000 last named epoch, 6000 years since historic period began in Beynt.
A first person account traces a perilous trek from Pennsylvania to New Mexico in the post Civil War era. The narrator describes buffalo stampedes, violent saloons, Indian raids, desert crossings, and a deadly thunderstorm near Cameron Creek. A dramatic Jornada del Muerto section is recounted with a later water trader profiting on the plains. The journey ends with a controversial Boulder Colorado trial about a diamond necklace later proven stolen by a magpie.
A red headed traveler shows off a diamond necklace given by an employer, fears theft, and recalls a Colorado tale of Bill Robinson who bought his wife a necklace. The wife hides the gems in odd places and, one morning, discovers they vanished from a string outside the window, leaving Bill blamed for the loss.
In Finburg Michigan Thomas Jackson was bitten by a sturgeon while struggling in a swimming pool. The fish tried to swallow his toe, he freed himself, and later landed the sturgeon which contained a Republican badge reading Vote for McKinley and the Full Dinner Pail. The man plans to wear the badge at the national convention.
In a New York home a newborn's name caused a multi day deadlock among mother father and aunt. A brother recalled Japanese practice where a temple priest picks a name by slips tossed into the air, the lowest slip determining the child's name, copied on silk and handed to the father with the blessing. The tale claims the ritual produced no disputes.
A garbled clipping describes a flying machine kept aloft by spouts, presenting a practical realization of Jules Verne style forecast. It references Clipper of the Clouds and Wedekind, with unclear provenance and multiple repetitions.
A fragmentary essay recalls strange phenomena and ghostly tales as proof of life after death. It weaves accounts from a man who died and spoke through a living medium, a fearless aunt’s encounter with a masked threat, a cleric’s dream foretelling real events, and a bishop’s later career shift tied to spiritual experiences.
A Colorado theft scheme called sweating coins reduces the gold content of five and ten dollar pieces. Operators place acid on the tail of the coin, absorb pure gold into solution, reform bars, and recirculate them as legitimate currency. Government tracing targets the operators as counterfeiting ends. The trick hinges on the currency's appearance and the common acceptance of a five-dollar gold piece in the West.
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