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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1901
Page
2
The article argues vast coal output and reserves provoke alarm yet suggests context. It cites 250,000,000 tons produced in 1900, analyzes bulk in cubic miles, and compares global reserves, exports, and future transport needs. It contrasts dire forecasts with broader supply data and world production shares.
In a late sojonim in Horduras L B Givens concluded it was a paradise for lazy men. Everything grows luxuriantly with little labor from natives and many crops do not need...
The article calculates the annual coal production by imagining 20 ton cars of 30 feet, yielding 12.5 million cars or a 71 thousand mile train for 250 million tons. Doubling and tripling this output shows trains circling the globe and extending to 59 world circuits, while estimates of known coal reserves suggest supply could last centuries with future innovations.
A London note reports Ceylon tea sold at five cents per pound in Mincing Lane, provoking protests from island planters who call the tea rubbish and worry it will taint Ceylon and India products. The piece questions public payment for tea and the value of brewed cups.
The article surveys diverse topics from the transfer of the Great Serpent Mound to the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society to Alpine telephonic links between Rome and Paris. It notes Salton Sea salt deposits in California, a meteoric history, Bermuda’s unique fauna, cannon science, and Brady’s Leap on the Cuyahoga River, with Brady’s Lake as a later summer resort.
In Portage County Ohio Brady's Lake is linked to Capt Samuel Brady a fierce frontier fighter whose alignments with Indians in 1780 sparked local legends. The article contrasts hiswoodcraft prowess with Shamrock lore citing a Boston observer on shamrock growth in Washington and Ireland's emblem origins.
In Kotron on the Ivory Coast locals believe harming a turtle brings death or illness. A turtle that returns after a man vanished at sea sparked a ritual: if washed ashore, women sing, place a white cloth on the turtle, offer food, and release it back to the sea amid dances and chants.
Tom promises a kiss for every shooting star seen, while Jack asks about his tally. Tom notes his account not yet settled as her father arrives minutes later, and she owes him a large number of kisses.
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