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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1900
Page
2
A 1897 plant transmits 4 000 horsepower over sixty miles from Redlands California to Los Angeles to power street railway and municipal undertakings. The setup marks a notable advance in electrical power distribution and showcases a diverse range of ambitions and talent.
A recent French postal regulation makes it a serious offense for a postal employee to read or forward any content written on the back of a post card. The rule aims to enforce privacy and prohibits forwarding tainted or indecent messages.
The surviving member of the Hoselol lineage, famed for William Tell and other operas, once titled count by Tuscany’s Grand Duke, has died by his own hand in Milan. An elderly relative previously harmed herself to death from a fourth floor in Milan, a ninth family tragedy.
Abram Hewitt argues that education brings lasting pleasure far beyond wealth. He says given a choice he would pick the satisfaction from his college days and learning over one hundred million dollars, accepting social scorn from others if needed.
New Zealand weighs defenses against potential attackers with a defense committee report urging about £59,000 yearly spending. The plan includes modern guns at Auckland Wellington and other vulnerable points and calls for an imperial reserve funded with possible imperial aid.
The article quotes Edgar Saltus lamenting a flood of dry goods and groceries from department stores submerging genuine novelists. It notes this immersion would be beneficial for the public, while acknowledging some fiction writers might favor this outcome.
A treasury warrant for 1 cent salary was issued to Franklin Lynch for carrying mails last fiscal year. Lynch serves the Minera Point to Dodgeville route in Town County Wisconsin, driving a stage and earning by passenger and traffic trades. He had secured a four year contract with the government at 1 cent per year, fearing underbidding.
Prof Farrington of the Field Museum and Indiana geology researchers collected 300 stalactites during a tour of Indiana caves. They cite a marked piece from 1850 that has grown three-fifths of an inch since, and a six foot by one foot column as the largest museum specimen. Using a growth basis, they estimate the limestone formation times for the St Louis area and hope to reveal geological timelines.
In Chicago on Christmas Day the Chivington twins Jack and Jim arrive with a lively party. Tom Butterworth introduces them to Miss Lucy Manners as the famed twins who share a daring past and courtship. A toast, antics at South Hall, and a mistletoe kiss lead to a lighthearted union tension and a proposal scene.
A dialogue reveals Jim praising Bessie Lee as the dearest girl in the world and urging Jack to write to her. Jack recalls writing to Bessie after Jim’s schemes and a summer visit. The speaker teases Jack about his conceit and hints Betsie is away, then whispers a secret love to Jack.
The New York Herald notes Lake Ngami in Africa has dried up since Livingstone’s 1849 visit. A vast morass now covers the site as tributaries fade, rafts clog the river mouth, and surrounding villages disappear. Restoration seems impossible. the lake is gone.
The piece contrasts Arab and Hebrew views of dogs as unclean and outcast with Greek and Roman sympathy. It cites Homer’s loyal dog who dies for his master and recounts the legend of the dog of the seven sleepers named Kazmir said to be admitted to Paradise in the Koran.
The piece notes that Chinese women had substantial rights and fought in wars, citing the 1850 rebellion where women fought as men. At Nanking in 1853 some 500 to 600 women formed brigades of 18,000 under female officers, with 10,000 drilled and garrisoned in the city. They fought, dug moats, built earthworks, and shared soldierly duties.
A Grand Army post in Attleboro Massachusetts lost an 880 pound cannon set on a granite shaft after a daylight theft. Parts were recovered from a junk dealer who had purchased the pieces and melted metal likely cast into various items.
A figure shows about 150 firms in the country engaged in the manufacture of school text books. The data reflect a broad publishing landscape with diverse suppliers serving educational needs.
Mark Twain declares he is in doubt about the age at which an author should retire. He once thought sixty, but at sixty five he has changed his mind and now reconsiders when to lay aside the pen.
A scientist reports milk forms an emulsion with kerosene oil to speed flame extinction. The text promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a quick cure for constipation and digestion issues and suggests using it for malaria and fever.
The resource is running low due to reckless methods in Sumatra and Borneo. The Philippines Islands are seen as an ideal area to profitably grow gutta percha.
The Pittsburg Dispatch reports the man who jumped into the Monongahela last week now has typhoid fever, a finding aimed at confirming concerns about the river water’s dangerous effects.
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