New Industry for South Asbestos Yarn and Cloth
Charleston investors launch a southern asbestos textile plant converting rock to yarn and cloth using modified cotton mill gear. Georgia and Canada rock supply discussed. potential southern deposits may yield suitable fiber. project aims to profit from inbound raw material shocks and outbound finished product.
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Charleston
3. C
Canada
Constitution
T. H. Martin
Atlanta
Empire Building
United States
Charlenton
Martin
Philadelphia
Mertin
Canadas
Georgia
Clarkesville
Roosevelt Foretold Device to Stop Train Disasters
Danville May 21 Special reports representatives of major interests have studied a new automatic signal device for railroads that would halt trains before danger. Tests previously conducted in Washington and Pittsburg led to patent grants for F M Collard. Proponents predict public tests soon on passenger trains and electric cars, arguing the device stops trains before open switches or ignored signals.
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Danville
Pittsburg
New York
Kansas City
Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Congress
Roosevelt
Patent Office
F M
Speaker Cannon
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Carroll W Dolan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United Kingdom
Belgium
Austria
France
Weeyes
Nagepe Wxtes
Battle to host Panama Canal exposition narrows to three cities
The race to celebrate the canal's completion narrows to New Orleans and San Francisco with Washington in contention. Debate grows over which city will host the big exposition while political tensions and plans for multiple national showcases unfold.
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Panama Canal
Reigh M. Whitestile
Washington
San Francisco
New Orleans
Bates
Pacific Coast
South
Frisco
Seattle
New Orleana
St. Louis
Pacific Ocean
Congress
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promoted For Stomach Aid
endorsements from patients aged over 60 praising relief from constipation indigestion and stomach troubles. letters claim rapid improvement and urge trial via free sample with purchase advised from local druggists. confirms suitability for elderly women and children and highlights shared family use and satisfaction.
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Caldwell
Hitchcock's political maneuvering and local option debate
The article links Mr. Hitchcock to retrenchment tactics and neglect of department duties while detailing Republican funding pressures. It covers Nebraska insurgents led by Norris, local county option advocacy by Anti Saloon League supporters, and a bill funding a Midway cemetery monument honoring General Screven and Revolutionary War officers connected to Theodore Roosevelt.
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Hitchcock
Post Office Department
Taft
Representative McHinley
Ilinois
Congress
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Republicana
Roosevelt
House
Midway
Ala
James Screven
Stuart
Martha
Patsie
John Elliott
Jamess. Bullock
Mattie
Theodore Roosevelt
Sixth Sense: Danish man pilots steamer blindfolded
Scientists in Denmark study Emil Knudsen a 36 year old Norwegian from Christiana who navigated a Copenhagen Harbor steamer blindfolded with skill. Professor Fried snreich and colleagues note no fear or hesitation and deem his claim of a sixth sense plausible though not yet explained by known science.
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Prom
Washington Herald
Denmark
Emil Knudssen
Christiana
Friedsnreich
Europe
Knudsen
Copenhagen
Interstate Crushers Meet in Little Rock
Georgia and South Carolina delegates to the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers Association plan a train trip from Atlanta to Little Rock for a May 24 to 26 convention. Led by L A Ransom and Fielding Wallace, about 75 to 100 will attend with Georgia and South Carolina contingents. a focus is a uniform food law and fair treatment of cotton seed products. The group will also visit Hot Springs after the sessions and likely return to Atlanta the next Sunday.
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Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
Georgia
South Carolina
Atlanta
Little Rock
Seaboard Air Line Railway
L. A. Ransom
Interstate Association
Fielding Wallace
Georgia Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
B. F. Taylor
Hot Springs
Interstate Crush
United States
Cruahers
Macon
Augusta
Savannah
Albany
Fayetteville
Montezuma
Pretty Close to Home Student's Leave Raises Relative Question
A Boston technical school student who repeatedly took leave excuses one absence by saying he needed to attend a cousin's funeral, prompting the instructor to remark it would be better if the relative were closer.
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Boston
The Druggist’s Side Line in Puck Cartoon
A caricature by Thomas Fardon shows a newly graduated druggist planning to stock a shop with a soda fountain, photographs, slot machines, and wide wares to attract patrons. He muses that a side line such as Great Unguentum Zinci might be added, though he contemplates a proper drug line instead.
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Borax
Thomas Fardon
Age of Halley’s Comet Through the Ages
The fragment notes Halley’s comet has been identified for over 2000 years and possibly observed ten to a hundred times longer. It recalls a report that in 1066 the head rivaled the full moon and the tail extended to a remarkable length.
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Halley
Congress
House
Thentury
Georgia peach crop to be marketed by Georgia Fruit Exchange
Georgia peaches to be marketed in 4061 carloads this year with a projected value around two million dollars for Georgia fruit growers. The first shipment arrived in Atlanta this week selling for three dollars per crate. Over six hundred Georgia fruit growers, representing about 65 percent of growers, are members of the Georgia Fruit Exchange.
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Georgia
Atlanta
H D Marks
J M Fleming
Wear
South Georgia
Georgia Fruit Exchange
Thia
Georgian Exchange
Marks
Railroada
Tages William Tell's Predecessors
Harper's Weekly notes from Nuesch that humans first appeared on Swiss soil about 28,000 years ago and inhabited the region in phases: 8,000 years present, then 8,000 to 12,000 years absent, reappearing at the lake-dwellers' era for 4,000 years, ending 4,000 years ago with bronas introduction.
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Tages
William Tell
Harper's Weekly
Nuesch
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the Home Company
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Lincoln, Neb
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