Flying Torpedo Test Off Port Royal At Sea
An 8 foot 515 pound drift torpedo tested from the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius off Port Royal South Carolina. The projectile used a brass head with wing pieces and a drawn steel body. An eyewitness from the USS Philadelphia described the flight, impact into water, and rapid descent as the torpedo moved six times faster than a railroad train.
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Port Royal
South Carolina
A. A. Ackerman
U.S. S. Philadelphia
Vesuvius
Harper's Cok
Enormous Sausages Parade Through German Towns
Historical notes describe giant sausages carried in ceremonies across German towns from 1553 to 1615. Records recount lengths from 193 to 1 005 ells and weights up to 434 pounds, with detailed procession practices in Konigsberg and Vienna during festive events.
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Koningsberg
Matthias
House of Austria
Vienna
Duisberger Zeitung
Troopers and Pacers in Racing and Breeding Notes
Hon est George 2.144 will race for money in his class again this year. Monbars 2.113 returns to George Starr s stable after a season in the stud. Matt Maloney forecasts Manager 2.093, a Nutwood colt, as a top candidate. Egyptian Prince 2.25 by El Mahdi trains at Milpitas Cal. Horace Landon of Eden Center N Y has a promising Fieldmont colt. Nutwood 23 years old remains active. Hokeby 2.17 paced 31 seconds recently. Bonnie Doon dam of Czar 2.123 bred to Russia again. Roy Wilkes 2.07% to be campaigned by L A Davis in $10060 free for all pacers at Washington Park. Lime remedy for lice. Maud S sale value cited by I V Baker. Nyanza 2.20 and Nutshell two four year olds handled by J E Turner. Bonnie Boy dam killed by rattlesnake. George Wilkes connection noted. Midnight 2,183 owned by John D Rockefeller died at Lakeland Farm aged 20. Buffalo Girl progeny update. Highland Gray 2.28 died at Hubbardston Vt. sire of five 2.30 performers. Martha Wilkes stride measurements by E D Wiggin. Horseman notes on whoa usage and feeding at rest. This looks to be a late year for trotters with few entrants. Irregularities in East ice tracks and California ownership debates noted. Scratch remedy described using white oak bark juice with sugar of lead and alum.
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el Mahdi
Mambrino King
Milpitas
Cal
Horace Landon
Eden Center
Fieldmont
Fanny Wilkes
Nutwood
Hokeby
Pacer
Lily Stanley
I. V. Baker
Comstocks
N. Y
Maud S
Woodburn
J. E. Turner
Nyanza
Quartermaster
Nutshell
Bayonne Prince
W. E. Weeks
Jewett Farm
Bonnie Boy
George Wilkes
Midnight
Peacemaker
Lakeland Farm
Wickliffe
Highland Gray
Black Hawk
G. H. Davis
Hubbardston
Darkey
Vermont Hambletonian
E. D. Wiggin
Martha Wilkes
California
Langley Air Ship Contraption At Smithsonian Revealed
The Langley machine, a fish shaped flying craft, designed by Samuel P Langley at the Smithsonian Institution, uses a lightweight aluminium skeleton and twin screws. It features four small boilers, volatile fuel, and adjustable aeroplanes with plans for outdoor tests on a Potomac tow.
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Samuel Pierpont Langley
Henry €. Baird
Smithsonian Institution of
Washinton
Smithsonian Institution
Langley
W. C. Winlock
Kidder
France
National Museum
Potomac
Giant extinct bird from New Zealand captured for study
A Berlin Ornithological Society member has secured a living specimen of a giant bird from New Zealand, about twice the size of an ostrich, with the scientific name Apteryx Maeseelt. Efforts aim to prevent its extinction as exploration of the Antarctic region sparks scientific debate.
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Berlin Ornithological Society
New Zealand
Diminution of the Indian andslow fading nations
The passage laments a fading Indian presence and notes literature often mourns their decline. It reflects on how white settlers push natives toward extinction or relocation toward distant waters, while suggesting some consolation in a future that accompanies this disappearance.
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Mexico
Pacific Ocean
The Science of Insurance and the Doctrine of Probabilities
A historical explanation of how the doctrine of probabilities originated from 17th century card game problems. It traces Chevalier de Mere and Abbe Blaise Pascal, noting how dice and repeated trials led to the law of averages and its use in life expectancy and mortality projections.
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Chevalier de Mere
Blaise Pascal
Pascal
Dredging at McNear’s Basin Reveals Tough Aluminium Rich Material
The Petaluma Courier reports dredging at McNear’s basin has reached 12 feet with another 200 horsepower machine straining to cut through a very tough layer. The material, like india rubber, appears highly aluminum rich and heavier than typical local clays. The dredge lags behind due to extreme hardness compared to underlying friable rock.
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McNear’s
India
Petaluma
Cal
Presence of Mind on the Chicago and Erie Railroad
A freight train traveling twenty miles per hour collided with a sled loaded with logs on the Har rods crossing. The sled pulled onto the track, horses could not move it, and the driver released the sled from the pin and fled, not seen since. The impact wrecked a new engine and damaged the train, with no injuries reported.
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Chicago and Erie
Harrods
Louis Globe-Democrat
New Empire Gown Satins Feature Tiny Light Palms and Stars
Fashion notes describe new satin fabrics designed for Empire style gowns. Ground colors include dahlia green silver blue gray and wine with scattered light spots such as palms stars vine-sprays and spangles for decorative effect.
Missing Island vanishes off Australian coast
A historic island near the northwest coast of Australia disappeared, leaving sailors puzzled as soundings showed deep water where the island once stood. The vessel’s officers reported no breakers and concluded the island sank to a depth of about forty feet below the surface.
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Expedition Island
Australia
St. Louis Republican
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Anadarko
Kansas City Star
Honest George
Monbars
George Starr
Matt Maloney
Bonnie Doon
Czar
Russia
L. A. Davis
Roy Wilkes
Pacers
Washington Park
Langley's
Smithsonian Institute
Popular Science Notes
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South Pole
Pacific
Soiphrep Arn
Prof
Dewar
Dallinger
Bristol
England
Mercury
Earth
Venus
Mars
New York
Pall Mall
Insurance
Queer Earth
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