The Greatest Eruption of Vesuvius
The article notes an unprecedented lava flow down Vesuvius southern slopes, surpassing three centuries of prior activity. It details streams reaching Bosco Trecase Ottajano and Bosco Reale, with ash showers at Pompei ruins, and compares lava volumes to Skaftar Jokull 1783 Iceland and Nile discharge.
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New York Sun
Trosa
Bosco Trecase
Terra del Greco
Bay of Naples
Ottajano
Bosco Reale
Pompei
Vesuvius
Skaptar Jokull
Iceland
Mediterranean
Army officers train at Fort Leavenworth engineering college
Brigadier General J Franklin Bell oversees three Fort Leavenworth colleges where army officers study the art of war. The engineering department requires officers to build trenches palisades and bridges without enlisted help, testing structures with loaded wagons and river crossings. Meanwhile Hainan island off China attracts exploration by two foreign expeditions.
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Regular Army
Fort Leavenworth
J. Franklin Bell
Tims
Missouri River
Hainan Island
China
South China Post
Hainan
United States Seeks Earthquake Records Role at International Meeting
The International Seismological Association invites United States participation with Prof. Harry Fielding Reid of Johns Hopkins directing U S earthquake records. The program, discussed by the Geological Survey, seeks a $1 300 annual appropriation for membership and a delegate to Strasbourg coordination.
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Harry Fielding Reid
Johns Hopkins University
United States Geological Survey
San Francisco
Reid
Strasburg
Imperial Seismological Station
United States
Berlin
Roi
Geological Survey
Secretary of the Interior
International Seismological Association
Congress
Pacific Coast
Poe's West Point Fable Ends In Flight From Duty
Officers recall Edgar Allan Poe at West Point and his military exit after a late night escapade at Highland Falls. Aware instructors and cadets describe Poe as an untamed spirit who once hid in a sugar barrel to dodge a patrol, ending his army career and shaping his literary future.
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New York
West Point
Success Magazine
Prof
Church
Edgar Alen Poe
Poe
Highland Falls
Leutenant
Difficult Tongue and Language Barriers Aboard Missionary Tales
The Bouton Transcript notes Eskimo as a difficult tongue to understand and speak, with parts of speech joining into verbal forms. A missionary reportedly returned a word written on a blackboard that stretched about 2% yards long.
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Bouton
Panama Water Supply Project Delivers Large City Boost
John Wallace reports in the Engineering Magazine on a Panama system with a main 16 inch water main feeding an auxiliary reservoir of 1 006 000 gallons and a 20 inch distribution line. Delays in material and labor slowed construction but the city neared delivery by late June 1905 with credits to Carleton B. Davis and staff.
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John ¥. Wallace
Panama
Carleton B. Davis
That helps some remark ends with sorrowful tale
A Southern New Hampshire clothing clerk comforts a tearful widow with limited funds by saying That helps some after she reveals her husband has died to a better world. The clerk’s phrase turns a heavy moment toward consolation amid hardship.
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New Hampshire
Growth of Southwest Expands Beyond 1900
The Southwest shows faster growth since 1900 with Texas and neighboring states, Arkansas, Arizona, and New Mexico expanding. Railroads from Chicago to New Orleans push a regional influx between Missouri and the Gulf, Mississippi to the Rockies, and the Rio Grande. Snail smell studies at Geneva reveal scent perception at distance, via tentacles and skin contact. Australian rabbit traps capture 630 rabbits in one night at a ranch water hole, using devices that release rabbits into a yard as they are trapped.
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Texas
Arkansas
Arizona
New Mexico
Saya
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
New Orleans
Missouri’s
Kansas
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
Rocky Mountains
Rio Grande
Ems Jung
University of Geneva
Russia's Naval Loss Valued At 128 Million
The Russian ministry of marine has set the total value of the war ship sunk or captured by Japan in the recent war at no less than 128 million dollars.
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Russia
Ministry of Marine
Local Social Roundup From North Ridgeville Area
North Ridgeville society notes list Mrs Lele Leonard treating ladies to ice cream and several visits to Cleveland Avon and Lorain. Decoration Day exercises are set for Town Hall at 10 a.m. with families and neighbors attending funerals and gatherings across Wellington Doylstown Beach Park and Pittsburg connections.
North Eaton Children Day Exercises Set at Church
North Eaton reports that a large percentage of Eaton pupils attended the town school examination. Names listed include Charlie and Iva Dawley Hazen and Nina Tie John Lyon Ray Ross Katherine Garrelson among others.
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Eaton
Toxwell
Ares
Charlie
Iva Dawley
Hazen
Nina Tie
John Lyon
Ray Ross
Katherine Garrelson
Local notes and events mix in Columbia area page
Mr and Mrs Geo Cole of Columbia visited M C Ross and Grace Conk is home from Cleveland Grace Conk visiting. T Ross and wife of Lorain visited their parents Mr and Mrs John Longlion of Columbia Mrs Mary Sumner of Columbia visited in town last week. The Tailles Aid Society plans an ice cream and strawberry festival at Mrs Joynson Thursday evening May. Derive relief from corns with Indian Corn Leaf advertised as painless and quick acting. Package costs 10 cents and money back guarantee. Address The Bond Supply Company Washington.
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Geo. Cole
Columbia
M.C. Ross
Mias Grace Conk
Cleveland
Lorain
Liclr
John Longlion
Mary Sumner
Colimbia
Lown
Cowles
Bond Supply Company
Bong Building
Washington
The Markets Retail Quotations
Grocery price list by J. Reubein includes lettuce per pound and per head 186 head lettuce, cucumbers at 15 cents each or 2 for 26 cents, and Southern tomatoes at 20 cents per pound.
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Reubein
Grocer
Jackson Brothers Wholesale Quotations
Readable grocery price list from Jackson Brothers shows bulk and unit rates for produce dairy and staples. Items include onions potatoes beans sugar flour and cheese with specific per unit or per sack prices and bundled offers.
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Jersey
York
Pillsbury
Graham Plour
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Government Geological Survey
America
Limite
Territories
North Ridgeville
Lady Maccabees
Lele Leonard
Culver
Arch Kidney
Town Hall
T. B. Rogers
Harry Rogers
Wellington
Joseph Lehman
Geo. Ott
Doylstown
Edith Brooks
Joseph Blesser
Elizabeth Wilson
Beach Park
Stanley Shaw
Llyvia
Leland Rawson
Grafton
Waller Proudfoot
Nellie Hopkins
Migs Harriet Faxon
Vwrgria
Jamies
North Eaton
Jackson Brothers
Seeg
Aggie
Pease
West Broad Street
H. M. Leonard
Automobile Garage
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