Wool Trade Swells as Abilene Receives Massive Clips
Abilene receives 320000 pounds of wool in store with daily arrivals. largest clip 100000 pounds by Eli Stilson of Tom Green county. Grinnell & Tweedie and others add hundreds of thousands of pounds. Total receipts 465000 pounds, shipments 122976 pounds. Coleman also sees strong sales and stockpiling as crops promising.
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Abilene
Eli Stilson
Tom Green County
Grinnell & Tweedie’s
Coleman
Fountain Bros
The United States Capitol Dome Elevation and Design
The dome is the Capitol's standout feature in Washington designed by Walters. It rises 360 feet above the west park gate, 138-foot diameter, and ranks among the world’s tallest domes. The octagonal base climbs 93 feet with a 124-foot diameter peristyle of 36 iron-fluted columns.
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Freedom
Crawford
East Park
Capitol
Capitol Hill
Anacostia
Washington
City
University Square
Washington Monument
Observatory
Potomac
Sunday Magazine
Walters
Plan to curb paper borrowing by clipping items for neighbors
A letter from a female subscriber complains of neighbors borrowing her newspaper. The paper proposes a plan to deter borrowing by clipping any item from the issue, prompting curious neighbors to return with a duplicate paper, thus boosting revenue. The method reportedly works better with female borrowers, as male curiosity is implied weaker.
Secrets and scandals in newspaper life and a burglar tale
The Toledo Telegram laments editors guarding secrets while the race to publish news keeps pressure on. It notes the difficulty of tracing authorship and warns of the costs of disclosure. It ends with a wry exchange about a burglar who robs a country editor after a struggle.
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Toledo Telegram
Color of Lightning and Its Substances
The article explains that lightning color arises from the intrinsic properties of vaporized particles in the air. Iron vapor and sulfur vapor emit distinct sheens, and other ingre dients floating in the air impart their own hues to lightning, with color variations by climate.
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England
Lightning Play Over Table Mountain Near Pietermaritzburg
Describes sheet lightning and coruscations seen as storms drift over Table Mountain near Pietermaritzburg Natal. Observers note bright electric fire coronals and filamentary lines forming above the flat summit as clouds retreat, with nightly views from the city.
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Pietermaritzburg
Natal
Out West Justice: Gunnison Case Ends With Jail Boldness
A Gunnison eating house keeper reports counterfeit half dollars and asks for a warrant in a tale set in Deadwood style frontier justice. The judge mocks the accused, pronounces a $25 fine but hints at harsher fate, and the defendant chooses jail over payment, underscoring frontier judicial bravado.
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Deadwood
Custer
Michigan
Gunnison
Justice of the Peace
Larnin
Gunnison William
Origin of the dollar sign a tale of six theories
The passage surveys theories on the dollar’s origin including U S initials, the eight for eight, H B the Roman mark, and P S from Spanish peso. It cites the London Whitehall Review editor’s tale that the sign derives from the Spanish dollar, showing pillars of Hercules and a scroll with Pius Ultra, evolving into the current symbol.
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U. S
United States
London Whitehall Review
Pius Ultra
Juno
Tubercle Parasite and Kochs Discovery Explained
A lengthy summary of Dr. Kochs Berlin address on tubercular disease detailing his inoculation experiments, bacilli cultivation, and temperature limits for growth. The London Medical News lauds the findings and hints at potential vaccines to combat tuberculosis. A second tale recalls Mr. Popes earlier California pursuit, wife nursing him, and their reunion with renewed vows.
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Koch
Physiological Society of
Berlin
Breslau
Imperial Health Department of
John Tyndall
London Times
London Medical News
Pasteur
Pope Returns from Massachusetts Visit
The Quincy National notes General Pope, long known in the area, has returned from a trip to visit friends in Massachusetts and is recalled with favorable mention.
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Quincy
Cal
Massachusetts
Leipsic cuirass shows strong protective steel test
Experiments at Leipsic tested a new steel cuirass three-fiftieths inch thick, lined with wool. The 14 by 10 inch heart and lung protector weighed 2.25 pounds. Eleven rounds were fired from a Martini breech loader at 175 yards. eight hit, two penetrated, both flattened and retained in wool. The test notes the armor’s lightness as a key advantage.
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St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Globe-Democrat
National Stock Yards
Buffalo
N. Y
National Yards
J. J. McCafferty
Poughkeepsie
San Antonio
Texas
McCafferty
Police Gazette
Life Insurance Company
Leipsic
Martini
N. Y. Sun
Wit and Wisdom Sayings From a Prairie Publisher
A Perrspvere firm secures a patent for glass shingles and plans manufacturing. Opinions on ignorance bliss and the mule in journalism surface. A Wisconsin girl baby with six arms puzzles readers. St. Louis papers praise personal reporting. A New York belle boasts of celebrated men at her feet. a chiropodist is preferred to provoking profanity.
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Wisconsin
Elmira
Sprakina
St. Louis
Kansas City Times
New York
Europe
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W. Johnson, J
Young
H. Glasgow, J
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Young, Palo Pinto
Stephens
F. Brim
Graham, Young Co
J . P. Orr
Law & Real Estate Agt
Throckmorton, Texas
R Hollingsworth
Graham, Texas
D. W. W. James
West Side Square
R. N. Price
Phyician
Ryus’ Drug Store
Ann & Arnold
Rent Side Square
Yous Meisterhans
Boot & Shoe Maker
Sikes
Wfratherford
Mammy Sikes
J. Eryus
Brick Drug Store
Texas Topics
Thomas Devies
Dallas Herald
Express Company
United States Capitol
the Colter of Lightning
Fair Play Out West
Vrof
Dr. Koch
Pope
Charlestown
Mass
California
el Dorado
Massachusettts
WIT and Wisdom
Perrspvere
Parr O' Dice
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