1896 – Fists and .45s!

Pig With A Human Face, 1896

On: May 2, 2020May 1, 2020 By: Romeyn

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, July 26, 1896

The Latest London Sensation

On: February 23, 2020December 20, 2019 By: Romeyn

Illustrated Police News, England, August 15, 1896

(If the lion cubs were born at the royal aquarium, would that make them sea lions?)

WE’RE DOOMED! (Again)

On: December 31, 2019December 17, 2019 By: Romeyn

The San Fransisco Call, October 4, 1896

First Sea Monster of the Season, 1896

On: November 15, 2019September 29, 2019 By: Romeyn

Good to see they didn’t just print the story without investigating its merits first!

Le Chat Noir, 1896

On: October 22, 2019October 11, 2019 By: Romeyn

1896 poster for the nineteenth-century entertainment establishment called the “Black Cat”, Paris.

When Octopi Attack! 1896

On: September 26, 2019September 13, 2019 By: Romeyn

From the Illustrated Police News, England, October 17, 1896

Monorail, 1896

On: September 24, 2019September 13, 2019 By: Romeyn

New Railway System

Inventors have for many years been working on what in known as a “single track” railway; that is, a system that would only have one traction rail and one overhead rail, the car to run beneath the two.

As long as the car was running on a straight track, all previous inventions seemed to do very well, but when curves were reached trouble began on account of the action of centrifugal force. As a consequence, they have been failures.

W,H, Boynton of Morris Park N.Y., is the inventor of a railway system that seems to overcome this great objection..

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