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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1889
Page
1
The root bark is said to contain a promising coloring material. Rev. John White of Greenwood Arkansas, who turns 102 in July, has married Mrs. Edie Smith, aged 65, after being a preacher for 81 years and having married twice.
The centrefield well in Taliaferro County Georgia continues to cure chronic rheumatism. Located on the mountainside four miles from Sharon station on the Georgia railroad, the site reportedly yielded gold during a prior search last summer.
Extraordinary activity marks Krupp in Essen as new buildings are required to complete orders for German guns. The effort aims to fulfill government contracts within the specified time, amid no sign of peace.
The article notes annual cocoa use totaling 0,000,000 pounds, led by France with 26,000,000 pounds, then Spain 16,000,000 pounds, followed by England 14,000,000 pounds and the United States 8,500,000 pounds, with West Indies and South America as primary suppliers.
Article describes a proposed bridge over the Straits of Messina between Sicily and Italy. The channel is noted as two and a half miles wide and 361 feet deep with two piers supporting a viaduct 328 feet above the water.
Paris hosts managers of the International Jubilee of railways as they prepare an exhibit showing various railway operations across nations. A belt line will be built where English Austrian and Russian trains will traverse steep grades switch tracks and pass through tunnels.
The Mayor of Nice, France, earns admiration for promptly assuring residents that the worst is past and there is nothing more to fear following a recent earthquake. His decisive guarantee is seen as a strong leadership sign for the frightened city.
A Springfield man claims mosquitoes purify water by keeping ponds from becoming foul. He filled two hogsheads with water, releasing wrigglers into one sample. The water with wrigglers stayed clear while the other grew foul, leading to his conclusion that mosquitoes prevent pestilent conditions.
The United States Mint struck one specimen after Congress ordered $4 gold pieces in 1849. The project stalled, dies were destroyed, and the lone piece remains unique and priceless, a historic curiosity in American coinage.
The Cambria iron works at Johnstown Pennsylvania with 6500 employees will convert its company store into a cooperative. It moves $1,000,000 in annual sales with $200,000 capital and caps holdings per person. Dividends max at ten percent with a six percent first claim for stockholders. Purchasers of ten dollars receive three percent off, then stockholders may gain up to ten percent if profits remain. Any excess profit beyond ten percent returns to customers as a rebate on purchases.
The new Formosan Governor General claims to have imposed many taxes and created a government monopoly of camphor. Foreigners view this as a potential pattern for monopolies in tea and sugar, crucial to foreign trade, especially as most tea from Formosa goes to the United States.
A dated exhortation urges immediate action to aid others before the day ends. It invites readers to perform compassionate deeds and seek peace with God and man, warning that tomorrow may bring death and prompting a pause to consider one’s actions today.
The Chesneys decide to relocate from the city to Mulleinstalk Farm seeking economy and independence. Mr Chesney enforces strict thrift while the children discover bees and flowers to fund their future. Elma and Walter Penn’s engagement charts a hopeful turn despite rough beginnings.
Dr W A Hammond discusses tests for genuine death and the possibility of syncope in living people. He explains decomposition, artificial freezing, and the brains spine link in frogs, then recounts cases of apparent death including Colonel Townsend and fakirs buried alive and revived after weeks.
Henry Howard discusses auto-suggestion as a cause of apparent nourishment in both humans and animals. He cites Sedillot on a tortoise whose weight fluctuated after evisceration but remained mobile, and Parville’s examples of hunger in nourished bodies. Ancient medical tales of insatiable eaters illustrate hunger’s power without real need.
The St James's Gazette reports a breakthrough in electrical science. Langdon Davies demonstrates a phonopore that sends phonoponic messages along telegraph lines independent of the usual current and insulates, enabling two way messaging even when ends are disconnected.
Manufacturers of kerosene oil claim lamps are safe with good oil and offer a test to gauge quality. A pint of water warmed to 120 degrees, a splash of oil, and a quick pass of a lighted match over the oil surface can indicate safety. buying larger quantities and testing periodically helps consumers protect themselves.
The article praises the drummer’s vital but overlooked role in an orchestra. It notes his wide range of instruments and sounds, recalls Field Musician Francis Wild’s insubordination case, and cites his dramatic, disciplined impact during Schubert and a ballad solo. The Globe Democrat Source.
In reminiscences of Henry Ward Beecher, Beecher's copy for printers is described as legible though written in a small hand. The text notes his habit of procrastination and preference for open air, with his wife pressuring him to write for the Ledger. It recalls his thrifty finances and jokes about bankruptcy.
A Western emigrant accused of stealing an Indian horse is exposed by a clever trick. The Indian binds the animal’s head, asks which eye is blind, and on the emigrant’s guess declares the horse not blind in either eye. The judge rules the horse belongs to the Indian.
The Cosmopolitan note cites Houzeau on animals and alcohol. Monkeys reportedly seek wine and suffer drunkenness like humans, with impaired movement and thick tongue. Donkeys and horses are described as intoxicated, while some dogs indulge when sweetened and diluted.
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