Queer travels of plants across seas and volcanoes
A French scientist notes icebergs move plants by carrying soil and debris to distant shores where they colonize. Volcanic pumice, seen near Port Elizabeth in 1887, carried unfamiliar animals and a coconut that sprouted into a palm, traced to Krakatoa’s eruption in Sunda Strait.
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Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Krakatoa
Straita
Sunda
Engine as a bootjack on a railroad coal train
Conductor Frank Ora relates a bizarre incident near Hancock where Walt Douglas, a coal train brakeman, froze while flagging a passenger train. After whisky and rubbing, the crew attempted to remove the boots but Douglas refused, claiming the seven dollar boots were too valuable. They finally freed his boots by running the engine, leaving his legs nearly detached.
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Aman
Frank Ora
Delaware Division
Erie Railroad
Walt Douglas
Hancock
Douglas
Tiwan
Coleman
Booth
Big gun fired in Armory display shocks Brooklyn crowd
In Sumner Avenue armory, Brooklyn, a heavy eight inch disappearing coast gun was fired publicly for the first time. Brig. Gen. Wallace F. Randolph supervised the test from Washington. A rubber shell was launched by compressed air at a target 300 feet away, with mixed results and evident spectator interest.
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Thirteenth Regiment, Heavy Artillery
Sumner Avenue
Brooklyn
Wallace F. Randolph
Washington
New York Exchange
Sponge fishers in luck on Florida coast
Sponge fisheries along Florida have reached peak values with annus sales near 600000 dollars. Sponge prices reach 2.50 per pound and about 60 schooners operate along the coast, making the trade a staple for many towns. Deep water sponges are harvested from about 50 feet, using a water glass to locate and a pole blade to cut.
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Florida
Not So Absent-Minded British Soldier Revealed
The London Express notes that British soldiers are thriftier than feared, having sent 8 million in postal orders home from the Cape. It praises the army post office for safe delivery through Boer areas, stock preservation, and smart dispatch control, while acknowledging occasional enemy interception and the dangers faced by mail guards.
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Tommy
Cape
London Express
Army Post Office
Cliff Dwellers Tower in New Mexico Unearthed
A New York Herald report describes cliff dwellings in New Mexico near Mancos Canyon within a day from Durango. A 700 foot high two story sand stone house features six by nine foot ground rooms, plastered interiors, and a white floor band. A nearby 500 foot tall watch tower ruins show they built defenses. Traditions about the lost race remain scant.
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New Mexico
Mancos
Durango
Col
Rio Grande Southern Railway
New York Herald
Science Beats Nature in Sensory Expansion
The passage cites Harper's Magazine noting the eye and ear as marvels compared to modern laboratory instruments. It discusses photographic plates, telescopes, and microscopes revealing unseen worlds, and references instruments like Langley’s bolometer capable of detecting temperature changes a millionth of a degree, vastly more sensitive than human skin.
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Harper's Magazine
Prof
Langley
Youthful Spanish Sovers Reign From Early Ages
The article notes many Spanish sovereigns began ruling in youth including Alphonso VIII at 11 and Ferdinand II at 16. It contrasts Charles V’s heir under a democratic constitution with executive power far less than the U S president.
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Alphonso VIII
Alphonso II of
Aragon
Ferdinand II. of
Castile
Ferdinand IV
Philip TV
Charles TI
Philip V
Louis I
Della II
Alphonso XIII
Charles V
United States
Arab Swallows Fortune In Exhibition Bank Operation
The Petit Parisian recounts a remarkable surgical incident on an Arab. Fearing safety, he swallowed 107 francs in five and two franc coins. A risky procedure recovered 105 francs 40 centimes after extensive search. The patient was 63 years old.
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Petit Parisian
France
The Unreliable Airship Popularity Doubts Rise
The Ohio State Journal questions airship appeal for mass travel noting risks from abrupt plunges and instability. It argues airships are erratic and unsafe, unfit for women or children to ride, and prone to sudden stumbles and crashes, undermining public confidence.
Horse That Lawton Rode Destroys Trusty General
In Tuzon a veteran horse once ridden by General Lawton was retired by a local commander after the general's death reached the garrison. The creature roamed the town enjoying sugar from boys and grass from children, refused company with other horses, and soon died of common native equine disease. Locals believe Lawton may ride him again in spirit.
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Lawton
Vigan
Tuzon
Third Cavalry
New York Tribune
General
Spirite
Language of Samoa in Stevenson era and giant granite pillars
A Century article excerpt translates Samoan terms with irony and humor, including playful definitions of words such as ta and widow or widower. It contrasts cultural quirks with a grand granite pillar in New York City, the largest ever quarried for binding, placed 60 feet up in the Hall of Records and costing $5,000 per pillar.
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Robert Loula Stevenson
Samoa
Strong
Monster
Hall of Records
Chambers and
Center Streets
New York City
Suicide by phone shocks Vienna audience
A Hungarian woman in Talos heard a caller claim to recount a self inflicted death. The voice asked if she wanted to hear how I shot myself and then a gunshot was heard. It was later found the caller had killed himself rather than the woman.
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Vienna
Magyar-Czernya
Hungary
Talos
Herald
Fors good amoke and club cigars promotion notice
An advertisement proclaims Club House and The Judge cigars as the best in the market. It markets business opportunities across Illinois and Missouri via the Chicago Great Western Railway, seeking competent partners with capital for diverse ventures amidst agricultural prosperity.
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Town
Illinois
Missouri
Chicago Great Western Railway
United States
J S Ashman Music Tutor Advertises Lessons
J S Ashman professor and teacher of music offers instruction at pupil’s residence on cornet flute clarinet and more at one dollar per lesson. Also agent for Home Library Wit and Humor and Photogravure of all presidents with key. Avila Lake North Dakota.
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J. S. Ashman
Avila Lake
N. D
Eminent Dr Berg Offers Cures For Wide Range Of Ailments
A Minneapolis based physician Dr Berg and staff touts remedies from South American roots and herbs that allegedly cure curvature of the spine brain diseases paralysis epilepsy heart trouble deafness diabetes and many other conditions. They claim a secret method and offer free consultations with mail options for those who cannot visit the Northwestern Building office.
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Berg
South America
Bright
Ata
DR. Berg & CO
Northwestern Bldg
Minneapolis
Minn
Land claim witnesses named for residence and cultivation
John G Peterson 4H filed in E 6220 for lots 1 and 2 in section 6 township 158. He names witnesses to prove continuous residence and cultivation of the land: John Graham, Charles Peterson, Frank Yand, and Frank W. Cockburn, all of Devils Takes.
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Grand Forks
N.D
Aia
District Court
Devila Lake
Max Pyes
Sever L
Martin Benson
N. D
Jorson
Cleristrict
Rameay
Neuh Bkota
Devils Lake
I Zasich
Bernt Johnson
Bars H. King
Ephram Halebach
Bovisake
Pater
North Dakota
Aksel N. Hanson
Nisw
Vis
Joseph Zanieh
Gla Mandt
James Griswold
Love Kaslow
Jola
John G. Peterson
John Graham
Charles Peterson
Frank Yandin
Frank W. Cockburn
Bids Sought for City Printing Lumber Coal Prices
City of Devils Lake calls for bids on printing work and supplies including lumber coal and timber by the cord. Bids must be received by 8 pm with the council reserving the right to reject any or all bids.
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Devils Lake
City Ann
Notice of Sale of Real Estate in Morris Brown Estate
Notice is given that the administrator of the estate Morris Brown deceased will apply for an order to sell real estate at public auction in 1902 in Barnes or Rolette County North Dakota. The northwest quarter of section eleven township seventy seven range sixty in Ramsey County North Dakota will be sold per court order. Bids will be received until 2 pm the day of sale with sale terms and bidding procedures defined by the court.
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Daria Sengpera
Rank Howard
B.S. Brynjeltson
Guaranty Company of North Nation
Bank of el
Samed
Devils, Lake
Tenet County
North d
Oifice
Devila Lake
Rams Connty
North Dakota
Simmons
Davila Lake
Ramsey County
Lane and
Denover
Plaintiz. P.O
Morris
Brown
Couny
North
Dakot
Morris Brown
Seelock
E. Boole
Davila
Notice of Sale Under Special Execution in Romney County
Notice announces a sale under special execution in Romney County North Dakota. It names plaintiffs Bergotrom D W partners and other defendants including Hope 8.0 Born and Henry teip corporation. The sale of real estate described as 87 feet of lot 23 block 23 in Devils Lake is to satisfy a judgment with costs. Dated March 1902 at Berrey attorney H Brennany for Reb Mor nville Lake ND.
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North ‘Dakota
Romney
Mateh
Aid
Peanley Hope
Hoy Hope, An Strom, D. W
Bergotrom A Fo
Peta Mo
Henry Teip Corporation
Hopeier Drill Co. 9
Mia
Hosta Afeer
Devils ‘Lake
Marchuth
A. D
Berrey
H.brennany
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N.Y
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Monte Carlo
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Cunrar & Co
Toledo
C. Jasob Berg
Sevilla Hotel
D. Millar
Grand Harbor
Sumons
Ramsey
Myron King
Devils Lake, N. D
N. Ds
Alayith
Goer
A Law
Pete Brennan & Kennedy Lawyers
North Dar
United States Land Office
Wa. M. Anderson
Devile Lake, N. D
W. D. Jones
Hanry Merlier
University of Christiana
Meeway
Ies Sup Rad Maglone & Middaugh
K. Moeller
Sobta Dak
Crewe
Toronto Waterinary College
North Dak
Andrew Huesby
J. J. Bell
CHS
Nelson
Ordeh
L. Wineman
Atty Skri Skrivess
Casper Scratass
East Fourth St. Devila Lake
Russell & Schultz
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