Impenetrable plates and the Congo railway project
British naval authorities claim an armor plate 10 inches thick is nearly invulnerable to current firearms. A Congo railway of 260 miles is projected at about $5 million with $1 million to be subscribed in the United States, granting a wide strip of land for roadway and export duties. Other notes discuss naval reviews, lances in European armies, Chinese schools, U S coinage, a Kentucky magnate’s hoard, Canadian Indians counts, Wah Kee’s wealth and land fears, and reflections on United States wealth inequality and buffalo bone fertilizer trends.
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Congo
Africa
United States
Som Wah Kee
New England
China
Anl
Boston Custom House
America
Est
Helena
Montana
San Francisco ‘Chronicle
West
Grapevine Swing and a Mountain Catastrophe
A lyrical reminiscence opens with childhood swings in a grapevine, then shifts to an adventure in Switzerland. Ludwig and two friends trek toward a village, a broken strap delays them, and a landslip topples the valley. Ludwig survives when a broken shop saves him, the village vanishing in ruin.
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Alps
Switzerland
Ludwig
Franz
Kaspar
Bey
Damascus Tombs and Pauls Visited in Eastern City Tour
The article notes Damascus hosts tombs of Mohamet’s wives and Saladin, found in poor condition and rebuilt at $16,000 by 1867. It describes Paul’s transformative voyage, Strait Street, and historic sites linked to Ananiag Juda and Paul’s baptism. The Christian population is ~12,000 mostly Greek, with Catholics and strong Protestant schools. Missionary voices urge government reform to ease access for Mohametuni seekers.
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Damascus
Mohamet
Vatimah
Saladin
Nicolas I
Russia
Saul of
Tarsus
Ananiag
Juda
Paul
D Presbyterian Church
M. Phillips
Ireland
Colts Lick a Calf Folktale Mishap
A farmer Halton hires an inexperienced boy to salt a calf in the pasture. The calf is coated with salt and mobbed by a herd of colts that lick and pull hair off the calf. The farmer and boy are unhappy while the calf suffers and the tale ends with the boy and farmer sharing the misfortune.
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Halton
Air Ships and the Quest to Conquer the Sky
Mechanical engineers focus on air navigation advances, weighing power against weight and exploring engines, fuels, or storage batteries. The piece contrasts dirigible attempts with birds’ powerful wings and foresees a strong steel structure propelled by large rotating mechanisms for sustained flight. It also notes early human trials and rejects hydrogen and aluminum as sole solutions.
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Noris
EC. Stedman
Scribner 'S Monthly
Akeipay
Banana Varieties and Uses in Madura Island Kitchens
The article discusses Madura bananas widely used in northern regions, noting many varieties and flavors. It highlights the tiny lady finger banana as prized, and describes green cooking bananas peeled and roasted, slightly ripe ones boiled with syrup or honey, and ripe ones sliced and fried in olive oil or butter, with references to cooking methods and textures.
Fragmented OCR recounts early voyage and later life events
Fragmented text details individuals Captain Gabriel Goldit and Captain Coffin, a brig named the Sachem, and travels across Europe and the United States. It mentions English ability, American adaptation, and a reception with expenses around $2000, with references to North Carolina and settled life, all in a fractured narrative.
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Boston
North Carolina
Household Tale Echoes Six Hundred Etiquette
Fragmentary dialogue shows a distressed household scene as a tramp insults etiquette and class, begging for sympathy. A marred exchange hints at the Six Hundred era but offers only partial lines about supper and manners in a manor.
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Madden
A Famous Nevada Horse Woman Heads for the Rodeo
Miss Johanna Kemler of Paradise Valley shown expert with a horse, able to pass under a neck and emerge ahead, a feat admired by riders. Other items note hot weather hair fashions, Duchess of Marlborough’s gown, and women’s clothing trends from a New York World summary.
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Johanna Kemler
Paradise Valley
London
Duchess of Marlborough
New York World
Edison’s Work Ethic and Lab Life Revealed in Pittsburg Interview
Thomas A. Edison describes his demanding schedule and lean meals as he works. He details sleeping little, keeping clothes on while sleeping, and laboring in his laboratory with 42 assistants, some of whom stayed for long hours to support the incandescent lamp project.
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Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Pittsburg
Dispatch
Jess
Bay Building
Odor Preventing Hood for Stoves Patent
The New York Telegram notes a simple device to stop cooking odors from escaping by using a hood with folded sides that covers the stove and vents directly to the chimney. In addition, a collection of home tips covers fruit vinegar, ten hints for the worse wife, and methods to clean clothes, plus several recipes including beef cakes, lettuce salad, meat loaf, cocoanut custard, and pinna in a glass dish.
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Coorlno
New York Telegram
New York World
Electric lights to curb crime in Chinatown plan
A proposal to erect six electric masts in Chinatown aims to aid police in maintaining order. The lights would illuminate dark alleys behind crime as darkness facilitates Chinese organized crime, with highbinders using shadows after robberies or murders.
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Chinatown
Nein Fark Veidune
World of science scraps and curious notes from era
A collage of scientific items reports war balloons for France, German parachutes for campaigns, and annual world water fallout. It notes elastic corrugated hoops, dust aiding fogs, Gray on electrical progress, salt testing for mushrooms, compressed gas cautery, a fast Scotch mail locomotive, Vienna parliament wiring, a prolific North City artesian well, animal hearing quirks, Leopold king of Belgium as a hatless vegetarian, and wind reading tricks with a polished metal plate for airflow observations.
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Elisha Gray
Lewiston (Mo
B. W.richarrson
England
Vienna
City
Esceeda
J. K. Rainey
A Missouri Fruit Farm Expansion in Howell County
Several years ago five men bought 2200 acres in Howell County Mo for a fruit farm. They now grow 61000 peach trees 2000 apple 209 pear and 600 cherry trees all bearing with 40 acres in small fruit. The peach crop this year is estimated at 1100000 crates.
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Howell County
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