Tunnel schemes under straits face financial and engineering hurdles
Scientific American discusses ill fated tunnel proposals including a 25 mile double track under the Straits of Gibraltar costing £25 000 000. editors note depth limits and required grades render excavation under compressed air impractical and financially unsound.
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Bez
Absuri
English Channel
Irish Channel
M. Berlier
Straits of Gibraltar
Scientific American
Arabian Nights in Salonica style governor’s love plot
A Salonic governor, about 70, falls for a Jewish governess. After futile attempts, he schemes to win her by placing her in his harem, but she resists. He falls ill, then arranges to shift his view by funding a new government house to hide her from sight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hassan Pasha
Salonica
London Telegraph
A Chinese Girl With Bound Feet Revealed in Tale
A 14 year old Chinese girl, raised in a Methodist milieu, is shown by Lippincott’s Magazine to have suffered from bound feet. Her mother arranged a marriage, and she endured months of bandages tightening the feet to three inches. The girl recalls pain, sleepless nights, and the social stigma of large feet.
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Lippincott’s
Amah
Modern Detroit fire boat described with ice breaking hull
Pearson's Magazine outlines a Detroit fire boat 122 feet long with a 25 foot beam and four water tight holds for hose drying boilers coal bunkers and pumps. It features 2 000 feet of extra hose on deck giant reels and an arsenal of high pressure pumps capable of over 6 000 gallons per minute. The craft includes multiple hose outlets fore aft and amidships plus heavy artillery like 13 inch guns as visual comparison. It notes reversing gear steam propulsion and automatic anchor and ash handling.
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Detroit
Pearson’s Magazine
Fragmented OCR Notice on Markets and Planting Advice
The readable text hints at seasonal shopping and farming tips. It mentions oil surplus, garden seeds, and building a dock of poplar crops to raise profits, urging readers to prepare for winter and future sales. It references various places and general market actions without clear names.
Dissolution and Sales Notices in Cameron Texas 1900
Legal notice reports the dissolution of AL Partoy & Co by mutual consent and assignment of accounts to AD Mia Dives. sale of one mule and one pony details. S. Laval of Dallas endorses Electric Bitters as a cure for overwork. local drugstores advertise priced bottles and various glasses at Cameron shops.
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AL Partoy & Co
al, Partioy
Arras F Eplen
ALD, Parnfey
AD Mia
A.L. Parifoy
Arra F. Eplen
Cameron
Texas
S. Laval
Dallas Tex
Thomas & Moore
Conquering Hope and Local Notices in Cameron Texas
A mixed page itemization from Cameron Texas includes Mrs Hora Richardson of Laurel Springs North Carolina claiming a cure with Dr King’s New Discoveries for consumption and other ailments. Local ads offer dairy land for sale 75 acres with cows and farm improvements, shoe repair, and loan services.
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Jime & Score
Cameron
Dr Robinsons Golden Catarrh Remedies Visit Cameron Texas
Notice touts Dr H Robinson remedies for catarrh and ENT lung eye diseases sold at Cameron Drug Co Cameron Texas. semi annual visits to Cameron. free trial treatment and consultations offered by mail or at office 315 N 11th Street Waco Texas.
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Robinson
Cameron Drug Co
Cameron
Texas
H. Robinson
Waco
11Th Street
Chamberlain's Pain Balm Heals Rheumatism Says Local Man
Wesley Nelson of Hamilton Georgia recounts trying Chamberlain's Pain Balm for long lasting rheumatism and claiming a one week cure after a skeptical start. The ad also mentions JAVA BLEND Coffee and Laxative Brome Quinine Tablets with No Cure No Pay offers and a seed potato sale at C N Green & Bro.
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Thomas & Moore
Jim Coleman Woodworker Offers Plow Work Discount
Jim Coleman, noted in town as a premier wood worker, announces a sale at his shop with prices reduced by up to 6 percent on plow work. The offer highlights affordable rates for local customers seeking quality craftsmanship.
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Jim Coleman
Bint
Seeing Things Darkly and Eye Care Offer
An advertisement urges readers to address eye troubles with eyeglasses and eye helps. It promises stronger, longer lasting sight and offers a free eye examination, suggesting timely action to prevent years of vision problems.
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Henderson, Streetman & Freeman
Sisson’s Shoe Shop
Belton Street
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J. P. Creel
O. L. Kidd
Myles 7
Menderson
Sam Streetman
J. K. Freeman
Henderson
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Milano
J C. Reese
Cameron , Texas
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L. C. Mahibe
Ino. Watson
Lppley
McBride & Watson
W. McGrevan
Court House
Teyas
Walter Nelson
Sam Little
Nelson & Little
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Srancer Reep
W. Ww. Cuamanns
Joux M. Swann
Fok
Chambers & Sharp
D. Monroe
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F M. Adams
Attorbney-At-Law
Cameron, Milam County
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Reese
Sapa
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