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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1892
Page
4
Narrative recalls Columbus entering St Nicholas harbor to Hispaniola on December 6 with reports of fertile valleys and native hospitality. Spaniards sent interpreters and gifts, noting 1000 houses in a valley and a peaceful, resourceful people living under chieftains amid a mild climate and abundant wildlife.
The year 1891 saw remarkable growth in the anthracite coal trade with enormous production exceeding shipments by nearly 5,000,000 tons, highlighting a record year for mines and related industries.
Promoters advertise flouring mills banks hotels and various shops for locations in Minnesota the Dakotas and Montana with free sites water power and stock offers. They claim land in Red River Valley yields high returns and invite farmers stockraisers to homestead government land still available through F I Whitney Saint Paul Minnesota listings.
Grapes can be eaten through the winter with modest effort as they should be cut ripe with stem. The SE Railway ladled out a huge sum for a tiny depth, a claim of about 13 million per acre. A remarkable natural cave in Lafayette County offers crystalline rooms and a yawning abyss.
Virginia owns about a million and a half acres of oyster lands. London streets are sprinkled with sand costing about $50,000 annually. Rio de Janeiro boasts a fine harbor with fortifications and quays for anchor. Southeastern Railway land price in Bermondsey is £13 000 000 per acre for a 16 foot deep strip. A launching raft improves lifeboat deployment. Quinine workers suffer skin irritation and fever. A new baseball glove features a removable inflatable palm air cushion and multi chamber design for better fit and performance.
London Letter notes the Dowager Lady Falmouth's death passes the ancient barony of Le Despencer to her son, Lord Falmouth. It traces the title's writ creation in 1264, its abeyance, revival for Sir Thomas Stapleton in 1788, and the path through heiresses to the current peerage implications.
Harriet Hosmer plans a full exhibit of her works at the world exposition now underway in Spain. A Missouri town announces a unique exhibit a walnut tree six feet in diameter and eighty feet to the first branch. Projections estimate the fair cost at twenty one million dollars with sixteen million needed before revenue arrives. Sir Frederick Leighton agrees to chair the royal commission fine arts section for the Chicago show. Hassan Ben Ali, Morocco’s chief commissioner, tours the United States described as six feet four inches tall and wearing a jeweled white turban.
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