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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1900
Page
2
A Denver claim reports one million dollars wagered on the presidential election results. Honolulu enforces strict Sunday laws closing saloons and restricting games with penalties. Sweden faces a manufacturing boom drawing workers to towns, rising rents, and a looming liquidity crisis as many manufacturers overextend capital.
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company plans to use bloodhounds to catch criminals. A litter of puppies is distributed to agents along the line trained for man catching as a preventative measure against train robberies.
French chemist Raphael Dubois has devised a method to nourish phosphorescent animalcules in glass vessels. The organisms emit moonlike light and Dubois hopes to intensify the glow and remove heat to add scientific value.
New Zealand reports a record surplus of over $3,006,000 and a public debt of £47,000,000. The financial statement proposes Parliament authorize a further £1,000,000 loan for railway expansion, a move expected to be approved.
Two 1745 English cannons retrieved from Louisbourg harbor have been brought to Toronto. The remains, among several salvaged items, lie underwater for about 150 years. Each nine foot cannon weighs over a thousand pounds.
A Lyons company uses caustic potash to shrink cotton fibers in silk webs, creating fixed cotton thread spacings that gather into tiny folds while the silk retains its length. The process yields a variety of embossed patterns.
As the Roosevelt train left Greeley Colorado a woman clambered onto the back platform to bestow a home made cake upon the governor. The speed forced her to leap to the ground where she rolled but rose smiling and waved a kerchief while Roosevelt looked on with concern and the crowd of women cheered.
The Philadelphia Record recounts a petition for bankruptcy where a creditor and debtor, both Quakers, partook in cordial ritual. The debtor quips there goes thy money while the creditor replies I know that thee would pay me if thee could. They shake hands in a friendly exchange.
Colonel Shoobooter of Kanawha challenges Andrew Jackson Prock over political nomination. Prock uses a live fuse and powder barrel standoff, then lights the fuse and mocks the duel. The colonel panics, mounts his mule, and escapes as spectators disperse.
In a tale of mischief and politics, Andrew Jackson Prock upstages a rival by staging a humorous barrel gag with a hidden aroma. The crowd cheers as Prock claims the nomination while the rival colonel vanishes into the woods, leaving a front-porch stand-in who challenges the public figure to run.
The article notes Dutch immigrants around Chicago wear wooden sabots due to water resistance and heat. It cites fields as well as hot furnace rooms and slaughterhouses where wooden shoes stay cooler, dry less, and resist moisture, aiding workers in wet soil and on slippery floors.
A Munich stage incident prompts a court case after the heroine’s actress is kissed by a performer of Marasquín in Girofle Girofla. The manageress objects to the immodest act and the defense cites author instructions amid Bavarian law banning kisses and passionate embraces on stage.
The two Kw ang provinces lieutenant governor Chang Chi Tung opposed foreigners initially but later proposed opening railways and building iron works and arsenals to secure China’s practical independence from outside powers.
A fashion note highlights mannish shoes for women in patent leather with a higher heel for afternoon wear. Paired with the look are heavy-weight hose in narrow stripes or featuring embroidery.
Report says Count Cassini will retire as Russian ambassador in Washington and M Giers will replace him as minister to China. Both are described as able and experienced diplomats.
A December 19 1699 Bank of England note for 555 pounds is kept in the vaults as one of the oldest and rarest banknotes. The article notes its age makes it highly valuable and mentions historic appetite medicines. Hos tetter s Stomach Bitters is cited as a long trusted remedy claimed to cure dyspepsia indigestion nervousness and insomnia when taken faithfully.
A major strike at Newcastle shuts four collieries with about 1100 miners idle after a dispute between mine managers and workers. The stoppage affects local coal output and employment.
A reader describes severe menstrual and digestive woes and a physician’s warning about womb conditions. The piece touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a proven cure, citing Mrs Williams of Englishtown New Jersey and urging women to seek advice through Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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