Mahogany Bridge in Mexico A World Rarity
A bridge in Palenque Chiapas Mexico built entirely of solid mahogany spans the Rio Michel. At over 150 feet long and fifteen feet wide it carries both pedestrians and teams. Iron supports and nails are the only non wood elements. The timbers were hewn not sawed reflecting local scarcity of mills.
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Department of Palenque
State of Chiapas
Republic of Mexico
Mexico
Guatemala
Rio Michel
Old Mexico
Paper tiger and lantern on a distant light meaning explained
The passage lists Chinese expressions for sarcasm and excess. It explains terms like a paper tiger for a blustering man a rat falling into a scale for self importance a hunchback making a bow for overdoing things a rocket for haste and a lantern hung far from home that gives no light.
Meanings of caliber in gun terminology explained
The article clears confusion about caliber, defining it as the bore diameter of a gun. It notes ships use 50 caliber to describe length about twenty five feet for a six inch gun, while small arms use hundredths of an inch for bore diameter such as 22 or 32 caliber pistols.
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Scientific American
Pen model No. 23 with billing device offered
In the Typewriter Shop a polite salesman presents pen model No. 23 boasting a billing device while a fair stenographer asks for a model with a cooing device as referenced by the New York World.
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New York World
Her Sad Fate Geraldine in Love Loss
A brief New York Press item notes a dramatic exchange between characters in a romance tale. Geraldine proclaims sorrow while a suitor confesses lasting love, framing a domestic tragedy tone.
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Gerald
Geraldine
New York Press
Explosion in Hinton Mine Kills Many Workers
A massive blast at the Stewart shaft mine near Thurmond West Virginia on January 30 reportedly killed about eighty miners at work. The mine, new about a year old, used contract labor and faces difficult rescue efforts as timbers may have caved in. Owner Samuel Dixon.
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Hinton
W. Va
Stewart
Samuel Dixon
Thurmond
Cheaspeake and Ohio
Parral Mines
Submission Favored On Liquor Traffic Question By Convention
Guthrie Jan 30 The committee on liquor traffic at the constitutional convention reports favorably for submission to the people of the liquor question while spring votes determine adoption or rejection of the constitution Memorial services honored the late President McKinlay Delegate Ash praised him and gave carnations Delegate Pittman called him a friend of the south who healed reconstruction The Jim Crow issue surfaced around separate cars and waiting rooms in Oklahoma Conservatives led by Murray Haskell and Hayes oppose the plank citing possible presidential veto Ledbetter and Baker argued three fourths of delegates ran on Jim Crow platforms
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Guthrie
McKinlay
Ash
Pittman
Oklahoma
Murray
Haskell
Hayes
Leny Ledbetter
Baker
Big Baldwin Locomotive Works Fire T: Baldwin works section destroyed by explosion at Philadelphia plant
A fire triggered by an explosion in a Baldwin Locomotive Works paint shop destroyed a 175 by 150 foot section, causing about 1 million dollars in damage. About 1,000 workers were in the building when flames were controlled within an hour. one fireman and three workers were briefly injured by falling bricks. The plant is the nation’s largest, employing 15,000 in Philadelphia and nearly 10,000 elsewhere.
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Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Spring Garden Street
United States
Lewiston
Two Measures Pass on Liquor Tax and Train Drinking Ban
In Austin on January 30 bills by Mr Thompson and colleagues passed the house. One bill levies a $5,000 state tax and half that amount for county and city for each express office delivering liquor on C O D orders. A second bill by Messrs Savage and Roberson of Bell prohibiting drinking on passenger trains passed unanimously.
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Austin
One Dissenting Vote Passes Senate Fare Bill
In Little Rock on January 30 the 2 cent passenger fare bill passed the senate with a single dissenting vote. It applies to all railroads over eighty miles long and now goes to the governor for approval.
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Little Rock
Jan
Senate
Plague breakout reported in Chinese province
A cablegram from the American vice consul at New Chwang, China, to the state department states that plague has broken out in the province.
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Washington
State Department
New Chwang
China
Des Moines Anchors at New Orleans During Mardi Gras
In the Mississippi River at New Orleans on January 30 the gunboat Des Moines bound for Natchez entered the river to stay there during the Natchez Mardi Gras celebration.
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Mississippi River
New Orleans
Des Moines
Natchez
Senator Per dleton extends Adams temperance law statewide
Nashville January 30 Senator Per dleton's bill to extend the Adams temperance law to the entire state passed the senate by a 36 to 5 vote. The action marks a statewide expansion of temperance enforcement.
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Nashville
Perdleton
Senate
Temple Admitted to Texas Baseball League
Temple won admission to the Texas Baseball League as the eighth club. Each city contributed players and staff, with Ben Shelton named manager. A 140 game schedule was agreed, salaries capped, and the season opens April 19 with Waco at Austin and other matchups.
Fatal fight for water in Arizona desert
In the Arizona desert near Salome two prospectors, William and Lynn Desplain, tried to access a scarce water hole held by an old man named Jones. Jones fired on them. in the ensuing fight Jones was killed and William Desplain wounded.
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el Paso
Arizona Desert
William
Lynn Desplain
Salome
Ariz
Jones
William Desplain
Hanging to limb in Calvert prompts suicide note
The body of an aged negro named Hicks was found hanging from a tree limb near Calvert Texas by a boy from his own race. Authorities believe he was weak minded and committed self harm by using a plow line to fashion a noose and end his life.
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Calvert, Tex
Hicks
Charcoal fumes blamed for Houston death
In Houston on January 28 a charcoal brazier left burning all night is blamed for the death of Lizzie Harris a Black servant in Mr. Osborne's home. Her body was found in bed with a charcoal burner in the room, the cause thought to be inhalation of fumes.
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Houston
Lizzie Harris
Osborne
Buffalo Triumphs Over Bull in Mexican Plaza Fight
Ten thousand spectators gathered at the Jaurez Plaza de Torres to see a buffalo defeat the bull. In the preliminaries a matador named Complo was tossed over the fence by a mad bull and badly injured when the bull leaped back into the arena.
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Fl Paso
Jaurez Plaza de Torres
Complo
Emperor William’s Birthday Celebrated Across Germany
Berlin reports a nationwide celebration of Emperor William’s birthday with the emperor and family seen on public streets. An imperial ordinance then limited penalties for offenses against majesty to premeditated acts, not those due to ignorance or thoughtlessness.
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Berlin
William
Editor John F. Magner Dies Suddenly in St Louis
John F. Magner assistant editor of the Star-Chronicle and a prominent St. Louis newspaper man died at his home Sunday from a stomach hemorrhage. Born in St. Louis in 1855, his health had declined for about a year.
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St. Louis
John F. Magner
Star-Chronicle
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