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Newspaper
Decatur Weekly News
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1900
Page
7
German experiments test beech as railway sleepers with and without preservatives. Creosoted beech on Alsace Lorraine lines averages 19 years life, while zinc chloride treated sleepers last 21 to 24 years. Also mentions Egyptian pyramid reference in The Book of the Dead study.
Herbert Southmayd of Durham, on Haddam Quarter road, owns what may be the state’s finest Indian relics collection beyond one exception. He found many pieces in caves and camps, including 3000 arrowheads of varied size and material, axes, gouges, chisels, pipes, war gear, wampum, and a rare bone ornament. A separate note mentions Walter Lame uncovering 1200 arrowheads in North Guilford after rain, likely a game and trout spot, with extensive forest trails and paths nearby.
Advertorial notice promotes Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney and bladder woes. It claims both women and men are affected, notes symptoms like frequent urination and bed wetting, and offers samples and a pamphlet from Dr Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
The British Rainfall association has grown to over 3,000 reporting stations with agents and gauges. Camden square headquarters houses an automatic device that measures rain hail and wind, while a separate setup records thunder and lightning. A separate Bourne Easter custom auctions a meadow for bread distribution, using running boys as the timing bid trigger.
The Louisville and Nashville plans a 45 mile opening from Andalusia to Geneva on January 1. Additional Birmingham area branches totaling about 125 miles will connect Birmingham with coal and iron districts and nearby towns, boosting the city and railway.
H A Zicktoos of Hemlock West Virginia says two years ago he was laid up with his liver and thought his time had come. He used one box of Ramon’s Liver Pills and now feels like another man. For sale by all druggists. decl 1m
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