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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1899
Page
3
The rag carpet industry remains thriving in cities, with makers using worn fabrics to weave durable rugs. Page describes process from rags selection to warp setup, beating and packing with a steel reed, and edge finishing, noting rough but sturdy outcomes and long-lasting use in nurseries and hallways.
Cadillac inventor George H. Wall presents a pneumatic baggage lift attached to the baggage car door. A brass cylinder, four inches by over five feet, drives a piston to raise trunks and grips with about 500 pounds lifting capacity, allowing two men to do the work of many with less wear.
The article recalls Rockland Mansion in Philadelphia once owned by John Lawrence and later used as a state prisoner hold during the revolutionary era. It notes Washington and Mrs. Washington stayed there in 1760 and traces ownership from 1758 to 1860 before park acquisition.
The former baseball catcher Charley Bennett, who lost both legs in a railroad accident, now runs a cigar business in Detroit aided by his disfigured hands. The article notes his hands grew misshapen from early catching days when gloves, masks, and chest guards were not used.
The passage notes large annual outputs across industries with eggs and wine clarifiers cited as tens of millions of dozens. It states photographers and other sectors use many millions and that these demands grow faster than table needs.
A fragment notes vegetables and mice fresh air India pensable for health. It claims vegetables cool and purify the blood and add a necessary acid to it.
James Healey of New Mexico, worth a million dollars with annual income around 100000, lives in a simple board shanty on cattle ranch land. He left Texas for New Mexico, made copper profits from Ranger mine, and keeps an extremely demanding schedule sleeping under five hours a day while riding and farming through dawn.
Jim Healey rose from Texas vaquero to a New Mexico cattle magnate through savvy border sense and land buys. He weathered the 1870s busts and 1890s range declines, building a copper boom era fortune while living frugally at the edge of Cerillos.
The article recalls John Holmes, famed for ready wit, not as famous as his brother Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes. He never married and lived alone in Cambridge. A friend teased him about marrying to gain a larger house, and Holmes quipped he would need to improve his quarters if he took a better half.
A Philadelphia Bulletin quip questions a newly launched ladies magazine titled The Age of Woman calling its failure obvious due to its gendered audience. The exchange frames the publication as unwelcome by women.
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