Washington Letter details tunnel work and public notices
The report describes construction plans for a tunnel under Capitol Hill to Union Depot at Massachusetts and Delaware avenues, a gauge railway to a river wharf, and earth disposal for the approach to Long Bridge. It notes baggage handlers to deliver open newspapers on trains, Secretary Root’s anticipated retirement, and potential changes in treasury and administrative roles. Also covered are plans to condemn part of square 120 for the new Hall of Records, the selection of Frederick MacMonnys for General McClellan's statue, and miscellaneous postal receipts figures for July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol Hill
Union Depot
Massachusetts and
Delaware Avenues
Ann E.G. Williams
New York Continental Jewell Vibration Company
Union Station
Post Office Department
Westmaster
Payne
Anmty of
Te Lest
Aury
Ther
Root
Netirewest
London
Washington
Boun
Tt Lms
Rudge Taft
Pines
Liquid Air Sold in Berlin in Double-Walled Glass Receptacles
Liquid air is sold in Berlin at 85 cents for two litres. Receptacles are glass with double walls filled with insulating material and silvered to prevent heat radiation. The items retain temperature for fourteen days and can chill water to refresh drinks or aid air quality in ill rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Cotton Rust Demonstrated Ties to Soil Conditions and Fertilizers
The article explains cotton rust stems from soil depletion and improper soil conditions. It details experiments on plots with varying fertilization including nitrate of soda, phosphorus, and potash, showing rust prevalence where nutrients were lacking and reduced where high-grade fertilizer was used. It notes extensive tests by agricultural bodies, the impact on bread wheat, and calls for scientific soil management and fertilizer use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southie
Global notes touch many lands in brief items
A collage of short items reports on Germany's valuables and Japan's noble fencing revival, land sales in India and Britain, population notes in Brooklyn, and Paris and California curios. It covers coal land auctions, park memorials, German auto bans, redwood giants, and science finds from pollen poisons to Antarctic expeditions, with fashion tips and textile work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Wenty
London
Mana
Sonatoss
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Leecher
Southwark
Essen
Leipsic
California
St. Etienne
France
Vfelde
Berlin
William I
Dunbar
Wamburg
House of Peers
England
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Utility Poultry Club
Ceeowe
New Zealand
Coernain
Gauss
Cape of Good Hope
Exma
Los Angeles
Gian Ins Am
Tucson Chamber of Commerce
Desert Laboratory
Carne Institution
Yarmouth
South Africa
Wiltshire
Arabella Young
Natal
College Course Outline and Fees for 1903 04
The excerpt lists a collegiate department with three degree tracks B E B S and A B plus optional advanced studies in English and sciences. It details year by year curricula, recitation limits, and special courses in music art bookkeeping telegraphy stenography and typewriting. It then outlines tuition board room fees payment plans discounts entrance and medical fees and additional costs for uniforms instruments and supplies. It also notes clothing lists and the upcoming October 1 1903 start and a September 9th cornerstone ceremony with Governor Heyward as orator.
Germantown doctor links deaf mutes to vertigo immunity
A Philadelphia Record summary notes a Germantown doctor who observes deaf mutes at Mount Airy’s Pennsylvania Institution For the Deaf and Dumb. He cites Dr James and Harvard experiments showing deaf individuals largely escape vertigo while spinning, challenging sensations of dizziness as a tube theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dent
Germantown
Pennsylvania Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Mount Airy
William James
Harvard
Ilenry James
Vikia James
James
Blurvard
Ife
Horvard
Mount Airy Institution
Philadelphia Record
Modern Miracle Restores Lost Voice After Eighteen Years
A forty year old woman from Kerhous near Strest regains speech after an old man in a long beard and worn clothes appears in her field during prayer for France and Dri stany. He instructs her to pray further as the world grows worse. The incident is described in a dramatic report from firittany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Jimuenes
Kerhous
Strest
Firittany
France
Dristany
Pope
Thomas Parr
Henry Jenkins
Jeanne Scrimphan
Dr. Dufournel
Marie Prion
Metz
Politman
Patrick O'Neill
Robert Taylor
Queen Victoria
Crown
Durand d'Etivel
Cahors
Portland Oregonian
Nurse Mary Clark of Philadelphia Cares For 905 Babies
Mrs Mary Clark a 64 year old Philadelphia practical nurse residing at 331 North Tenth street has for nearly 60 years nursed 905 babies. The Philadelphia Record notes her long service and dedication as a quiet testament to nursing. The quote contrasts fear and bravery with a Te Deum at sunset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Clark
North Tenth Street
Philadelphia
Augusta Bee Hive Offers Bargains on Clothing and Shoes
Consisting of clothing for stout and lean men and youths as well as two full lines of overcoats for men and boys. The store touts a fine assortment of hats for men and boys and a large stock of shoes from infant sizes to No 14 brogans. Call at The Augusta Bee Hive to be convinced this is the place to get bargains.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hall of Records
Treasury
Honssial Hall of Records
Shaw
Iga
Rhe McClelan
Foot
Wetmore
General Ruggles
General McClellan
Bosen Frederick MacMony
New York
State Department
Shaws.y
America
Sensed Post
St. Louis
Cal
Carl Schofield
of Pont
Riculture
Recon
Fica
Ag Minpaye
United St of the
Rocky Han
Alito
Netny Qillers
Thougly
Tiezens
Inis
M. A. Car Farmers’ Congress
Clark
Re Rhas
New Yorker
Toston
Atlanta Journal
Kilwa
German East Africa
Enn Cotton Exchange
New York Department
Nuymuluebiers
Malaga
Spain
United States
Barbados
Portsmouth
South Carolina
Go-Educational Institute
Edgefield
Frye
Wentworth
Swinton
Wheeler
Paratory Department
Buehler
Lee
Reed
Tujep
Venable
Robinson
Lockwood and Whitney
Benson
Fuell
Fowler
Fresiman
Pattison
Montgomery
Steele
Milne
Solnemone Yean—Genung
Matthews
Myer
Jusion
Gewing
Halleck
Anne
Gray
Wells College
Foxtorn Yesnr
Shinn
Wurtz
White
Young
Cnet
Meaniny
China
Bailey
Concordia Lodge
Goth
Heyward
Seine-et- Oise
Pocret
Australia
Lord Tennyson
London Spectator
Floretta Vining
Massachusetts
Miss Vining
Mllonaire
Lord Ravenscourt
Lord Saulisbury
South Kensington
Samuel Waugh
Maclay
London Tatler
Cour
Lessie's Weekly
Iere
J. C. Levy's Son & CO
Augusta, GA
Cyrus Cobb
Wilie
Darius
Sylvanus Cobb
Malden
Bether
New England
Julia Ward Howe
Sylvanus
Samuel Tucker
Eben
Cyrus
Boston Transcript
Tim Healy
Newcastle
Parnell
Nationalist
Healy
T. D. Sullivan
Irish Parliamentary Party
Mr. Sullivan
Tim
T. D
Augusta
Hag
Ares
Millinery Department
Abe Cohen
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