Explosive Harpoon Dominates Modern Whaling
The article details the explosive harpoon used by whalers, its six foot length, malleable iron body, time fuse detonating in the whale, and an anchoring system of four barbs to prevent escape. It notes how multiple whales can be taken in a day, methods to ensure ownership, and historic production records, including a ship killing twenty-two whales in a week. It mentions seasonal pauses and Arctic habits before shifting to a Alabama drug store relocation with concrete ground floor and plate glass front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aosiill
Tiudson Bay
Polar Sea
P. M. Carlisle
Alabama
Vanished Treasures Across Museums and Galleries
The article lists missing art and antiquities including the Venus de Milo right arm, a Phoenician cup from a 1740 statue, the Marcella vase from Dresden, Reynolds Countess of Derby painting, two Vandykes, a Rembrandt, and a Cupid from the Countess of Crewe portrait. Collectors would pay large sums for rediscovery, with rewards proposed by governments and patrons.
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Venus de Milo
Louvre
Isis
London
Europe
Dresden
England
Reynolds
Countess of Derby
Earl of Derby
Earl of Crewe
Countess of Crewe
St Louis Republic
Success Magazine
Race of Genealogists Phrase Catches Old Welsh Trait
A London Outlook piece notes the remark that in the eighteenth century the Welsh women were famed genealogists and asserts that the saying still holds as a vivid reflection of national character, highlighting enduring cultural traits.
The Tidy Tadpole’s Quiet Fratricide and Growth
A Chambers Journal excerpt describes tadpoles tidily eating weaker peers and maturing with visible internal coils. It notes a three month development with tiny feet and earlier right hand emergence, then left, as they approach froghood, in a reflective, observational tone.
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Charmbers
Sails as Sound Conductor Wonder in Ocean Tale
A ship off Brazil heard distant bells up to 100 miles away when a concave sail focused sound waves. The crew learned the bells of San Salvador cathedral were ringing at the time, and a steady breeze carried the music to the ship. Similar cases are reported by trustworthy authorities in moist air.
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Brazil
San Salvador
Kim
London
English Regard For Teaching Reveres Mind Training
A Nineteenth Century reflection extols teaching as a noble yet degraded calling, praising its intellectual challenge and delicate work. It notes respectable pay and refined living for those in higher teaching roles, with head of house status earning universal respect.
Rural Route Boxes Allow Patrons to Build Their Own
Post master General Cortelyou issued an order effective August 1 ending the rule that rural route patrons must buy boxes from two approved manufacturers. About 500 styles of boxes had been offered at 50 cents to four dollars. Patrons may now construct their own boxes meeting department standards for size durability and weather protection.
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Washington
Cortelyou
Central of Georgia Buys 2600 Freight Cars and 40 Locomotives
Chattanooga Tennessee July 9 The Central of Georgia railroad filed an equipment agreement to spend 2 300 000 for forty locomotives one thousand box cars and one thousand coal cars Locomotives to be delivered at Philadelphia in October and November 1906 box cars to be delivered in Savannah beginning July 1 1906
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Chattanooga, Tenn
Central of Georgia Railroad
Office of
the County Register
Philadelphia
Savannah
Marbury and Liddon Wed in Dothan Then Depart for North
Earnest L. Marbury and Callie W. Liddon were married Wednesday night at the bride’s brother W S Wilson home on West Main. The groom, a Gordon sawmill man, and the bride, a well known Dothan resident, left on the Coast Line for New York and other northern cities for several weeks.
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Earnest L. Marbury
Callie W.liddon
W.S. Wilson
West Main Street
Rev
J. B. Cumming
Gordon
Mr. Marbury
Alabama
Dothan
Mess
Sid and
Hosie Wilson
Suspected mail draft case ends with arrest in Albany
A young man named O. W. Simmons tried to pay for goods with a draft on himself at a local office. He was detained by a city officer after a suspicious attempt at payment and later released with a $20 fine. authorities report Simmons claimed Birmingham ties and used an alias.
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O. W. Simmons
Coast Line
Aing
Thuy
Albany
Cary
Gether
Mgr. Carr
Hig Sion
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Music AT Sea
Dothan Guano CO
ALA
Central of Georgia
Marbury
Liddon
Mr. Simmons
the Mystic
TEE Mystic
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