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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
16
In a Chicago area tale two women awaken to a piercing burglar alarm during the night. They fear an intruder but discover the danger was only a wind blowing open a window, leaving them shaken and joking they’d rather have a burglar than the alarm.
In a New York Sun reflection, Mr. Nebbleton contemplates the coming era of power propelled fire apparatus. He extols the driver who steers a dead gallop engine through crowded city streets as the pinnacle of driving skill, rivaling historic horse teams on perilous mountains.
Al Sprung runs a turtle frog and snake farm in Starke County Indiana employing many locals. Frogs fetch one to twenty cents a dozen, snakes and common turtles go to museums and parks, while turtles supply hotels and restaurants. Frogs mature in two to four years and small ones are returned. Also included is a humor filled restaurant card from Kentucky claiming plain lodging and meals and a Montclair New Jersey women’s civic effort with low crime and public improvements. Coal Creek Tennessee ad notes modest hotel and cross-tie walks. Coal in Shansi China sells for thirteen cents per ton at the mines.
Minnesota Associate Chief Justice Canty recalls a humiliating episode in a Japanese port city when mistaken as a Russian spy. He faced military questioning, a crowd, and a denied change of venue before being allowed to depart, hungry and cold.
Article lauds St Pauls Catholic Church as a standout in American architecture. Gothic profile with Tromanesque principles, built entirely of vitrified clay. Notable for its acoustics, non absorbent materials, brick vaulting and terracotta sculptures with no timber or nails used.
Alaska's mineral output rose sharply with gold and silver valued at 5 831 355 last year. The gain over 1898 reached 3 157 983, led by new Cape Nome fields alongside quartz mines near Juneau. The next quarter may attract 80 000 more miners, attracted by placers at Cape Nome and copper deposits, possibly matching California or Klondike outputs.
A Toronto record identifies Henry Woodward and Matthew Evans as the original inventors of the electric arc light. Completed in 1873 and patented the next year, their joint experiments launched the arc lamp, marking a pivotal step in electric lighting history.
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