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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1900
Page
30
The piece discusses a surprised photograph print and the shift from gas balloons to kite-based altitude spying. It cites Spanish and Boer wars, noting balloons risked exposure while kites offered stealth. It condemns wartime casualties and ends with a graphic account of wounds from Boer artillery and the resulting medical treatment.
A Philadelphia woman named Nellie Horton transforms a stenography career into wealth by inventing pepsin gum. She develops a gum with the digestive aid, proving profitable after years of trials and industry backing. By ten years after starting, her fortune nears the half million mark.
The account notes Korea lacks a native market for foreign meats lard or pork. It states the native diet mainly consists of rice with fresh or salted vegetables and abundant fish from adjacent waters, plus beef.
Oklahoma prepares a corn train to ship provisions to famine sufferers in India, continuing a historic pattern of humanitarian aid from local communities to international relief efforts.
The genuine maple sugar makers organize exchanges for self protection. They send their sugar and shup for grading weighing and stamping to guarantee product genuineness.
A Hungarian custom has the groom kicking the bride after the ceremony to signal subjection while in Croatia a bridegroom boxes the bride’s ears. The practice reflects regional wedding rituals.
reporting from Great Britain reveals that in some urban districts drunken women appear as frequently as intoxicated men on certain streets, highlighting social concerns about public drinking and nightlife.
About thirty cities in Wisconsin are supplied with water from artesian wells.
Prof J N Stone identified the creature as an eel from the Muraenidae family. The Chelsea specimen resembles Mu raena Helena of the Mediterranean, with a long fin and scaleless skin, reaching five to eight feet in length, some tropical species over ten feet, and five Muraenidae species found in subtropical American waters.
A newspaper artist describes fast drawing and engraving steps from sketch to zinc plate for illustrated reports. A jail sketch of a counterfeiter is produced in under an hour, then photographed and etched into a printable plate for final press.
Hamburg serves as a major market for wild animals mainly from Africa with trade links to London for Australian and New Zealand goods. Sailors bring many rare creatures from various parts of the world in a bustling international exchange.
In London, the great bug market of the world, auctions of insects occur annually. Rare specimens fetch startling sums, with one butterfly bringing as much as 800 dollars, and an out-of-the-way beetle sometimes weighing many times its weight selling for high prices.
A telegraph line laid in the Amazon River bed linked towns to Para but driftwood damaged it, limiting use. A land line is under construction and 180 miles are already completed, restoring communications along the route.
Well known English garden plants such as phlox and verbena have spread over hundreds of acres of sandy Texan plains and into Australia.
An exploring party in Western Australia reported no rain for two years in the Oodnadata region they traversed, noting severe drought conditions and arid landscapes impacting travel and prospects.
Consul Van Buren reports that an American company has finished installing a new electric traction system in Nice. The project marks a milestone for local transit and highlights ongoing US–France industrial ties.
Danbury Connecticut reports a remarkable escape as Henry Fitch known as Whistler on Mountain End farm narrowly avoids death when thousands of bees swarm him and his oxen. His mother uses a tin pan and hive lure to lure the swarm away, saving them from stings.
A relic of David Livingstone arrives in England as a tree trunk containing his heart, buried at Chitambo near Lake Bangweolo, is cut free and sent to the Royal Geographical Society. The inscription reads Dr Livingstone May 4 1873 Za Mniasere Uchopere.
An Indian raja announces the death on January 6, 1900 of his faithful fox terrier Tommy purchased in 1898 from Mr. Gardiner of the Police Department. He praises the dog’s service in hunting and even retrieving a lost gold watch. The raja asks readers where to obtain a terrier like Tommy. The Chicago Record notes the rarity of such dogs but offers sympathy.
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