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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1900
Page
2
Alpine Avalanche notes that the Advances to Settlers Department issued loans to 7 000 settlers totaling two million in money. Not a shilling of principal or interest has been lost or remained uncollected, according to the report.
The text notes a tiny weekly published in Guadalajara Mexico called E Telegrafo. It appears every Sunday in eight columns, 14 inches long and one and a half inches wide on Manila paper. It lists an editor director administrator of business manager and the owner.
France orders 100 new quick firing cannons from Ruelle works Charente to equip the fleet before year end. The 16 millimetre caliber gun fires a 62 kilogram projectile at 900 meters per second and can fire five rounds per minute, capable of piercing steel armor up to 82 centimeters thick at a distance of 20 centimeters.
Crowds cheered the Crown Prince's bridal procession as no one looked from upper windows. The custom reflects strict etiquette and loyalty, avoiding visual acknowledgment of royalty. The practice, while unusual to Americans, showcases Japan's emphasis on duty and honor.
The Hon. Henry Copeland succeeds Sir Julian Salomons as agent general for New South Wales in London. A former Ballarat miner, he rose from the Ballarat goldfields to settle in Sydney and enter parliament before his promotion. A Sydney farewell editorial hails him as a working miner still speaking in vigorous Anglo-Saxon as he negotiates colonial questions with Mr. Chamberlain.
Dr Andrew Gerber a Mount Joy physician devised to his son Christian half the income from one farm for life and bequeathed nearly all his estate about 200000 to his great grandchildren who were unborn at death. The will reflected his belief that his youngest grandchild would return at 22, keeping the estate intact until then. The Supreme Court ruled Christian Gerber receives all that portion intended for future generations.
Sensational morganatic matches dominate court gossip as Archduchess Maria Theresa petitions Emperor Franz Joseph for permission to wed Maj General Count Cavriani. The 46 year old widow of Archduke Charles Louis is a Braganza princess and stepmother to Archduke Franz Ferdinand who has morganatically wed Sophie Chotek. She has two daughters aged 24 and 22, and her cousin and the emperor’s granddaughter are the court’s belles. Cavriani is described as a handsome, veteran soldier and older than the archduchess’s late husband’s line.
Henry M. Stanley in the North American Review presents a theory that the modern Negro is a remnant of the direct progenitors of the white man, shaped by seven millennia of Turanian segregation and inbreeding. The piece traces Turanian origins through Aryan migrations and Egypt, arguing Ethiopian stock formed Africa’s civilizations before Aryan ascent.
Washington’s Marine Hospital Bureau reviews Hamburg’s rat control method to curb plague risk. It uses two steps: poison in cabins and fumigation of holds with sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide, supervised by harbor police, with rapid results aboard docking ships.
The article explains serum therapy tracing immunity to blood changes during disease. It details how immune serum from horses is used to immunize others and notes debates on efficacy and future hopes of eradicating infectious diseases through serum treatment.
A portrait notes Mrs Roosevelt as a modest, unassuming housewife with no distinguishing characteristics, though she is recognized as the governor's wife and household figure in New York.
Representative J. P. Dolliver of Iowa is praised as one of the best orators in the house. He has never taken lessons in public speaking or throat culture and never worries about his throat yet remains unhampered in speech.
A curio in human nature notes white deserters adopting savagery. The piece details European renegades aiding Khartoum and the Mahdi, including Osman Digna’s French training, exiled leaders like Pain and Rochefort, and various pashas who pressed European ties in Egypt and Turkey.
George Huxon aged eighteen and John Corkey aged seventeen of East Cambridge Mass were left with injuries after attempting to ride a New Haven Boston midnight express roof ride. They leaped from Grand Central footbridge onto a mail car as it moved and were swept into a tunnel with dangerous heat and debris. Corkey suffered cuts and bruises and nearly lost clothing. Huxon bloody and dusty. They were taken to Yonkers police and St Johns hospital and remanded after arraignment.
A report notes that royal tours include rocking seats in carriages to ease constant bowing during long drives. Queen Victoria reportedly used such a seat for all her long journeys.
The Century quotes Napoleon after Elba claiming he learned editors of Times and other papers were paid 6000 francs monthly plus 100 copies, with offers to write for him. He says he declined, regrets not accepting, and asserts newspapers shaped public opinion and will continue to do so.
An American bride recalls a crowded rail journey from Liverpool to London. A guard awkwardly moved a small tow-headed English girl into their compartment amid apologies for lack of space. The girl asked, I don’t see the birds, and queried where the love-birds were after a guard’s remark.
A London correspondent recalls a charming Australian who told the Prince of Wales when to leave by saying she was bored. He replied it was her place to decide. She added she had lived all her life in one piece and, when asked her age, replied with calm humor.
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