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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1898
Page
2
A collage of brief items notes Admiral Dewey’s age and vigor, cheer for peace, mockery of some races, and war talk. It surveys Spain, the Yukon Klondike rumor mill, British naval bases, Asian politics, and Venice’s Lion of St Mark restoration, all in a brisk newspaper voice.
A description places the most crowded area on earth as the Man Jeraglo in Valletta. The clip notes a space of about two and a half acres with up to 2,574 residents, yielding a density of 686,000 per square mile or 1,017 per acre.
A brief item notes that the British post office earns about 20 000 dollars yearly from unclaimed money orders. It also mentions an epicure who finds hard boiled eggs difficult to beat.
A fragment from the era recounts a weary farmer and wife debating the influence of the money power, dodging scams and sharpers as they fear losing land and home while a sermon and memories of coal’s rise frame broader fears of safety and prosperity.
A Crete rite on the eve of Easter binds a selected girl to several men as brothers through adelphopoiesis. A priest conducts the ceremony, prayers are said, and at the Amen the participants become lifelong brothers and sisters, bound to protect her though none may marry her.
Preneh engineers build a strange bridge at Rowen Onenel bank of the Bele. 175 foot towers rise and will carry a track bed suspended 160 feet above water. Moving platforms on wheels will run over the bed and giant chains will hold swinging carriages.
A London Telegraph note warns against substitutes for pipes in smoking. It explains soft clay remains cool as tobacco oils absorb, while briar wood and amber give smoother smoke. Bent, pontee, or novel designs may intensify oils in the pipe and harm the throat. substitutes like celluloth are dangerous and hygienic absorbers are discouraged.
A reader laments Scottish writers for showing imperfect knowledge of speech in London magazines and Borders slang. He cites lines like “Can you love me a little wee” and misread phrases such as “gey far ben” and “glowering” as misused terms. The essay notes a protest by a Scottish author against absurdities and comments on pronunciation and usage.
A newly appointed French government bureau chief, surrounded by female clerks, faces constant complaints and gossip. He demands accountability, reads a record of accusations to the staff, and leaves the room to a tense, unsettled workforce. The piece notes ongoing psychic research and its debunking by hypnotists and muscle readers.
In the Senate twelve served in the Tinton army and twelve in the Confederate army. House members include seven Union veterans and thirty Confederate veterans. Gaelic Revival in Ireland reports remarkable progress with a focus on the ante room of a gum Dilig house.
Paragraphs describe Colombo washerwomen carrying linen and a note on a Chicago dressmaker, then switch to Cuban fortifications along the Spanish trocha with barbed wire and a crude weapon called nagujo. It mentions how the Havana cable work left parts intact after the cut.
In Southern California peieh districts stones and coconuts serve as fuel with coconuts burning hotly on ships at wharf. The excerpt notes tench stones burn freely for fire and describes chicory coffee tests where chicory sinks revealing a brown trail in water. It mentions a plausible misprint laden fragment about fuel and testing methods.
A garbled historical note discusses Italians carrying money with passports, a sunspot 20000 miles wide, a Seidlitz mineral containing bone moles, a violet linked to Bonapartiata, and a claim that chocolate and nuts act as currency inside America. The text blends misprints and speculative claims without coherent facts.
A New York Journal piece lauds the shipboard engine room crew, especially the machinist, as the unseen heart of naval power. It contrasts deck gunners with engineers, calling the machinist a grim, faithful physician who keeps the heart beating, facing death with coolness and resource.
A New York Sun report cites Swiss hotel receipts rising from 2 7800 000 to 114 838 000 francs, with total Swiss annual spending around 80 000 000 to 100 000 000 francs. It notes Paris hosts about 60 000 foreign visitors yearly, averaging 10 francs a day for hotel bills, implying near a quarter of a million dollars daily by tourists. Overall Europe sees about 700 000 000 dollars spent by travelers annually, a large share from Americans.
The piece extols Japanese courtesy as equal to artistry and vows of ceremony. It recalls a scene where a grieving Japanese woman restrains tears for her dying husband and later for his death, emphasizing dignity before the sacred dead and restraint over visible sorrow.
A vivid sketch describes a swing with ninety foot height and extreme speed. The daring Yankee who builds such a vast swing could earn a fortune, were it not for immediate arrest. The piece ponders flying through the air at mile per minute while suspended by a rope. The Shanghai Chinese or Slimese reference hints at a dramatic test of perilous apparatus.
The article notes amateurs from Shim congregating for a dramatic swinglog display at the Shimese harvest festival. Two men risk their necks in the spectacle while trumpets blare, with a swing perched high above ground and massive pillars. It mentions local figures and a Cuban volunteer for the Red Cross Society and a Tampa suburb social scene amid a revenue tax discussion.
The line runs from Tourist Cara to Toronto Montreal and Moston with daily trains to St Paul. Coyle, district passenger agent based in Vancouver, coordinates service and schedules for the route.
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