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Newspaper
Covington Republican
Location
Covington, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1899
Page
4
An agent prospectus claims Yukon parties can be outfitted and transported cheaply via Hudson’s Bay Company connections and lines from Chicago to Teslin Lake. It touts reliable deposits, two years of supplies, and a guide, Mr. Tuttle, to lead expeditions into a rich placer area.
An assay house in New York challenges common beliefs about metals by listing values of gold platinum and silver against rarer metals. It notes barium calcium chromium palladium and gallium prices per pound or ounce, showing many are far more expensive or cheaper than widely assumed and aluminum has become cheap to produce.
The article argues against simple protections from lightning such as air currents, window moisture, or perch on feather beds. It notes that electricity seeks paths through conductors, that damp air can conduct better, and that lightning can jump across rooms. It also calls electricity a largely misunderstood yet transformative force.
The article jokes about new terms for factories without chimneys and fans driving furnaces from below. It then reports a railway official’s death amid a grotesque autopsy finding of coins in the stomach. A Persian shah tale describes a fur lined cloak traded for large sums of money as a duty homage.
The longest courtship on record involved Robert Taylor, postmaster at Searoa, Ireland. He wooed his intended spouse for fifty years before marrying, and he died in his fourteenth year of marriage.
Historical note on long standing charity practices in China and Egypt. Describes an organized poverty relief method described as prevailing in China for over two millennia and in Egypt around 2600 years before Christ. Mentions longevity of organized almsgiving across ancient societies.
In a single month, bank checks moving through the London and New York clearing houses totaled more than the value of all the gold and the combined ordinary assets in the world.
Fragmentary article describes a thief caught by a beadle and three men in a curious Indian tale with rods and a frost scene. It mentions a murder-like confession, a court or jury scene, and references to Australia and ancient time concepts.
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