Victoria Falls Power Plant To Be World Beating Scheme
A London syndicate with 15 million dollars in capital plans to harness Victoria Falls as a vast electrical plant. They own Rand power interests, target 50 000 to 250 000 horsepower at first, and aim to transmit power 600 miles to Transvaal mines and beyond, potentially surpassing Niagara in scale.
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London
Rand
South Africa
Johannesburg
Victoria Falls
Transvaal
Niagara
Alabama
United States
British South Africa Company
Treasury
Capitol
Washington
Ralph D. Meshon
New York
Meshon
Bioudel
Paris
Tis‘Sot
Basle
Klingenberg
Berlin
Lord Kelvin
California
Oakland
California Gas and Electric Company
Niagara Falls
Chicago
Boston
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Buffalo
The
Times-Democrat
Headache Medicines Are Dangerous Health Warning
A Youth's Companion article warns that indiscriminate use of headache powders harms heart and overall health. It urges medical diagnosis for recurring headaches and offers non drug relief techniques such as cold towels, ice packs, and rest, urging cautious use of any medication under physician guidance.
Public Ginner to Mark Cotton in Mississippi Law
Mississippi legislation requires public ginner to mark each bale with bale number his initials and customer initials plus register customer name date ginned baled and bale marks. Violations are misdemeanors under section 1597 of the 1906 code and subject to inspection by interested parties.
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Mississippi
Negroes and Insanity Debate in Southern Press
The Clarion-Ledger quotes the Vicksburg American arguing that rising insanity among freed Blacks stems from poverty and substance abuse rather than lack of work. It claims labor is available on southern farms and assigns blame to recent emancipation for a supposed increase in the "army of negro maniacs" crowding state institutions. It contrasts slavery’s restraint with postwar vice, warning of a growing civic burden.
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the Clarion-Ledger
Vicksburg
South
Newspaper Duty Wields Public Opinion Across Ga Gazette
A Ga Gazette note reflects on reporters and the public’s shifting judgments. It contrasts earned respect in time with present condemnations, asserting that only final judgment will reveal right or wrong. Also mentions headaches from overtaxed nerves and promotes Dr Milez Anti Pain Pills.
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Milez
Notice to Creditors Sallie D Aills Deceased
Letters of administration granted August 14 1908 by Chancery Court Rankins County Mississippi to ROBERT L AILLS Administrator. Creditors must present claims to the clerk for probate within one year or be barred. This 14th day of August 1908. Stop Pains almost Instantly Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills. No bad after effects.
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Chancery Court
Second District
Rankins County
Mississippi
Sallie D. Aills
Robert L. Aills
Miles
Nervous Break-Down Cure Claim Shown
A reader from Myrtle Oregon describes severe nervous trouble and improvement after taking Dr Nervine. She credits relief to a course of the medicine and states she is now cured, urging others to try the remedy.
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Miles’ Nervine
Dr. Nervine
Myrtle
Oregon
Nerv
Pattie Fonny
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart, Ind
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Daniel, Miss
H. A. Busick. Company
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Golden New Model
Walrus
Jackson Hardware Company
Jackson, Miss
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E. Pearl Street
Everett
Kranich & Bach
Ivers & Pond
Krell-French
Smith & Barnes
Forbes
Harvard
E. E. Forbes Piano Co
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LC. Smiths
Capitol Street
Rankin County
Brandon
W. H. Barnes
Ban
Sidney L. McLaurin
E. H. Ohleyer
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J. Etwelers Onrichanios
East Capitol Street
Atlanta
N.Y
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Birmingham
Shreveport
Chattanooga
Smith
New Orleans
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