27 Sep 1892
Page 1
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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1892
Page
1
The column surveys turn of the century trends from England crime figures to American farm tech profits, Oregon ventures, Minnesota pioneer life, and a Denver era romance with Hines and Miss Holt, interwoven with pieces on Linens, termites in Ceylon, and a lightning calculator at Williams College.
Long article notes rise of artificial ice production in the United States powered by ammonia compression systems. It covers the components, direct and brine expansion methods, and the cost of production per ton. Also includes burst sections on coin testing, Kansas silk culture, a dog that catches alewives, and a light miscellany of geology and old-time reflections.
A vast clam shell deposit near Astoria Oregon covers over four acres with piles rising ten feet. The heaps powered road building and reflect the clam eating tribe once inhabiting the Pacific Coast. Ancient tools and clam openers were found nearby, indicating long term use by coastal peoples.
A veteran, with a fresh Gettysburg wound, chats with a man at a bar about his injury and pension. The wounded veteran jokes about the sabre wound and mentions he only recently received the injury while in town on business.
Bombay India opens a grand waterworks supplying the city by gravity with 31,000,000 gallons daily. Water is sourced from a large artificial lake and travels through sixty five miles of tunnel. The dam and aqueducts represent a landmark in engineering for the area.
The fragment shows a puzzling line about a wedding request with unclear names and context. It reads as a snippet likely from a narrative or letter, offering little verifiable detail or event to anchor a full news card.
In parts of Ceylon natives dig in pond mud during hot seasons to uncover fishes buried at two feet or more. The species survive drought by remaining in damp mud until rains return, when they emerge to be captured in large numbers near the shallows.
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